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• April: Unemployment dips
Unemployment state by state
See where your state ranks.
The unemployment rates below are for April and were released on May 16, 2008

State unemployment, April 2008 «click column headings to re-sort table»
Rank State Rate
1 SOUTH DAKOTA 2.6
1 WYOMING 2.6
3 IDAHO 3.1
3 NEBRASKA 3.1
3 NORTH DAKOTA 3.1
3 UTAH 3.1
7 OKLAHOMA 3.2
8 HAWAII 3.3
9 IOWA 3.5
9 NEW MEXICO 3.5
9 VIRGINIA 3.5
12 DELAWARE 3.7
12 MARYLAND 3.7
14 MONTANA 3.8
14 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.8
16 ARIZONA 3.9
17 ALABAMA 4.0
17 KANSAS 4.0
19 LOUISIANA 4.1
19 MASSACHUSETTS 4.1
19 TEXAS 4.1
22 WISCONSIN 4.3
23 COLORADO 4.4
24 VERMONT 4.5
25 ARKANSAS 4.7
25 CONNECTICUT 4.7
25 INDIANA 4.7
25 MAINE 4.7
25 NEW YORK 4.7
25 WASHINGTON 4.7
31 MINNESOTA 4.8
32 FLORIDA 4.9
33 NEW JERSEY 5.0
33 PENNSYLVANIA 5.0
33 WEST VIRGINIA 5.0
36 MISSOURI 5.2
37 GEORGIA 5.3
38 ILLINOIS 5.4
38 NORTH CAROLINA 5.4
38 TENNESSEE 5.4
41 OREGON 5.5
42 KENTUCKY 5.6
42 OHIO 5.6
44 NEVADA 5.7
45 MISSISSIPPI 5.9
45 SOUTH CAROLINA 5.9
47 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 6.0
48 RHODE ISLAND 6.1
49 CALIFORNIA 6.2
50 ALASKA 6.7
51 MICHIGAN 6.9
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
NOTE: Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force. Data refer to place of residence. Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.

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