Robin Boyle, professor of urban affairs, comments in a story about the labor impact on Michigan 's job market as Hurricane Katrina evacuees move into the area. Michigan 's unemployment rate is 6.7 percent - among the highest in the country, but experts say the state can handle the small influx of job seekers. "I could see there being a problem if there were planeloads of people being dropped off, but that's not the case," Boyle says.