Blue states have suffered the worst unemployment in the wake of the pandemic, a Labor Department report released on Friday shows.

The report revealed that the jobless rate in several blue states is significantly higher than the national unemployment rate of 8.4% in August, illustrating that they have borne the brunt of the disruptions to business.

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