Unemployment rates rise in U.S. election swing states – chicagotribune.com.

In [swing] states – Nevada, Florida, Colorado, Wisconsin, Ohio, Virginia and Iowa – jobless rates all rose in July. Moreover, Nevada again had the highest rate in the nation at 12 percent, while Florida’s 8.8 percent and Colorado’s 8.3 percent were both at or above the July national rate of 8.3 percent.

..Meanwhile, in North Carolina, the rate rose to 9.6 percent in July from 9.4 percent.