UNEMPLOYMENT RISES TO 28% IN WARD 8 OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

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The unemployment rate in D.C.'s Ward 8 remains one of the highest in the nation, reaching 28.3 percent in September, according to the D.C. Department of Labor.


By contrast, D.C.’s Ward 3, with neighborhoods such as American University Park, Foxhall and The Palisades, has one of the region’s lowest unemployment rates at just 3.2 percent.

Ward 2, whose neighborhoods include Dupont Circle, Georgetown and Sheridan Kalorama, had an unemployment rate of 5.8 percent in September.

Ward 4, whose neighborhoods include Chevy Chase and Petworth, had a September unemployment rate of 9.6 percent, the only other ward whose jobless rate remains below 10 percent.

Ward 1, including Adams Morgan and Mount Pleasant, had a September unemployment rate of 10.1 percent, followed by Ward 6, which includes Chinatown and Southwest Waterfront, at 11.5 percent.

September unemployment in Ward 5, including Eckington and Trinidad, was 15.5 percent. It was 19.5 percent in Ward 7, which includes Benning, Fort Dupont and Kenilworth.