Vermont unemployment at 12 percent?

Yes, according to the New York Times.

Vermont's official unemployment level is still at 7 percent. But once you factor in people working part-time who want to work full-time and everyone who has looked for work in the last year (the official number only includes people who looked for work in the last four weeks), that number jumps up to 12 percent.

Still, the state look okay compared to its neighbors. New Hampshire and Massachusetts are at 13 percent; Maine is at 15 percent and New York State is at 14 percent. California, for comparison, is at 20 percent.

The NYT has a handy interactive map you can check out here.

-Dan Barlow