Unemployment Biggest Worry in Md.: Joblessness Biggest Worry In Maryland
Marylanders believe that unemployment is by far the stateÛªs number one problem, according to a poll to be released today by the University of Maryland survey research center*</br></br>The poll shows that 53 percent of state residents surveyed rated unemployment first among the stateÛªs problems; 13 percent felt crime was the most pressing problem, and another 13 percent listed ÛÏother economic problems.Û that parallels a dramatic rise in nationwide unemployment, which stood at 10.8 percent last month. In Maryland, the 8 percent unemployment rate in October, the latest month for which statistics are available, was</br></br>John P. Robinson, director of the survey research center, noted that the concern about joblessness has spread more evenly t hroughout the state than was noted in a 1981 poll, in which 22 percent of Marylanders ranked unemployment as the stateÛªs top problem.</br></br>ÛÏIn previous Maryland polls, concern about unemployment was highest in Baltimore and in more rural parts of the state,"</br></br>Robinson said. ÛÏHowever, increasingly this issue is mentioned in all areas of the state in similar proportions, although still highest in Baltimore City.Û