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• March: Unemployment spikes
Unemployment state by state
See where your state ranks.
The unemployment rates below are for March and were released on April 18, 2008

State unemployment, March 2008 «click column headings to re-sort table»
Rank State Rate
1SOUTH DAKOTA 2.5
2NEBRASKA 2.9
3IDAHO 3
4HAWAII 3.1
4NORTH DAKOTA 3.1
4OKLAHOMA 3.1
4WYOMING 3.1
8UTAH 3.3
9IOWA 3.5
10MARYLAND 3.6
10MONTANA 3.6
12NEW MEXICO 3.7
12VIRGINIA 3.7
14DELAWARE 3.8
15NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.9
16ARIZONA 4
17ALABAMA 4.1
17KANSAS 4.1
19TEXAS 4.3
20COLORADO 4.4
20MASSACHUSETTS 4.4
22LOUISIANA 4.5
23VERMONT 4.6
24MINNESOTA 4.7
24WEST VIRGINIA 4.7
26NEW JERSEY 4.8
26NEW YORK 4.8
26WISCONSIN 4.8
29ARKANSAS 4.9
29FLORIDA 4.9
29PENNSYLVANIA 4.9
29WASHINGTON 4.9
33MAINE 5
34INDIANA 5.1
35NORTH CAROLINA 5.2
36CONNECTICUT 5.3
36GEORGIA 5.3
38ILLINOIS 5.5
39TENNESSEE 5.6
40KENTUCKY 5.7
40MISSOURI 5.7
40OHIO 5.7
40OREGON 5.7
40SOUTH CAROLINA 5.7
45NEVADA 5.8
46MISSISSIPPI 6
47RHODE ISLAND 6.1
48CALIFORNIA 6.2
48DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 6.2
50ALASKA 6.7
51MICHIGAN 7.2
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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