The real unemployment numbers are quite different from those ones that the media and the Government agencies let us know. They are much higher and they are expected to get worse in the months to come, some analysts say. But here there are some official numbers provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Even though we know that the Government formula to calculate the unemployment rate is totally out of date, the numbers they report are not pretty. And if we take in consideration the REAL amount of people currently unemployed, the numbers would be much higher...and less pretty. Unemployment Rates for States Unemployment Rates for States Monthly Rankings Seasonally Adjusted Apr. 2009p RankStateRate 1 NORTH DAKOTA 4.0 2 NEBRASKA 4.4 3 WYOMING 4.5 4 SOUTH DAKOTA 4.8 5 IOWA 5.1 6 UTAH 5.2 7 NEW MEXICO 5.8 8 MONTANA 6.0 9 LOUISIANA 6.2 9 OKLAHOMA 6.2 11 NEW HAMPSHIRE 6.3 12 KANSAS 6.4 13 ARKANSAS 6.5 14 TEXAS 6.7 15 MARYLAND 6.8 15 VIRGINIA 6.8 17 HAWAII 6.9 18 IDAHO 7.0 19 VERMONT 7.1 20 COLORADO 7.4 21 DELAWARE 7.5 21 WEST VIRGINIA 7.5 23 ARIZONA 7.7 23 NEW YORK 7.7 25 PENNSYLVANIA 7.8 26 CONNECTICUT 7.9 26 MAINE 7.9 28 ALASKA 8.0 28 MASSACHUSETTS 8.0 30 MINNESOTA 8.1 30 MISSOURI 8.1 32 NEW JERSEY 8.4 33 WISCONSIN 8.6 34 ALABAMA 9.0 35 MISSISSIPPI 9.1 35 WASHINGTON 9.1 37 GEORGIA 9.3 38 ILLINOIS 9.4 39 FLORIDA 9.6 40 KENTUCKY 9.8 41 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9.9 41 INDIANA 9.9 41 TENNESSEE 9.9 44 OHIO 10.2 45 NEVADA 10.6 46 NORTH CAROLINA 10.8 47 CALIFORNIA 11.0 48 RHODE ISLAND 11.1 49 SOUTH CAROLINA 11.5 50 OREGON 1...