Ward 8 has nation’s highest jobless rate D.C.’s Ward 8 has the highest unemployment rate of any U.S. metropolitan area with a comparably sized work force, Bloomberg News reported, citing data from the Department of Employment Services.

Ward 8’s jobless rate stood at 25.2 percent in January, up from 23.1 percent in December. El Centro, Calif., had the next-highest unemployment rate at 25.1 percent.

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