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30 September
7:28 pm

California has the highest unemployment rate, the highest poverty rate

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Steve Hilton, at California Governor General Election Debate (CNN)

7:28 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific comparative claims about California's unemployment and poverty rates relative to other states, verifiable against Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census data
What we foundCalifornia has the highest unemployment rate among U.S. states (excluding D.C.) and the highest poverty rate under the Supplemental Poverty Measure (tied with Louisiana), but not the highest under the standard official poverty measure, making the claim partly accurate but imprecise.
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