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The unemployment rates below are for November and were released on December 19, 2008

State unemployment, November 2008 «click column headings to re-sort table»
Rank State Rate
6 ALABAMA 3.1
49 ALASKA 6.1
15 ARIZONA 3.5
45 ARKANSAS 5.7
42 CALIFORNIA 5.6
16 COLORADO 3.7
30 CONNECTICUT 4.7
13 DELAWARE 3.4
46 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5.8
22 FLORIDA 4.2
30 GEORGIA 4.7
2 HAWAII 2.7
1 IDAHO 2.5
40 ILLINOIS 5.3
27 INDIANA 4.6
18 IOWA 3.9
17 KANSAS 3.8
42 KENTUCKY 5.6
12 LOUISIANA 3.3
33 MAINE 4.8
19 MARYLAND 4.0
23 MASSACHUSETTS 4.3
51 MICHIGAN 7.7
30 MINNESOTA 4.7
49 MISSISSIPPI 6.1
42 MISSOURI 5.6
6 MONTANA 3.1
10 NEBRASKA 3.2
38 NEVADA 5.2
10 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.2
20 NEW JERSEY 4.1
6 NEW MEXICO 3.1
27 NEW YORK 4.6
33 NORTH CAROLINA 4.8
13 NORTH DAKOTA 3.4
48 OHIO 5.9
25 OKLAHOMA 4.4
41 OREGON 5.5
26 PENNSYLVANIA 4.5
36 RHODE ISLAND 4.9
46 SOUTH CAROLINA 5.8
4 SOUTH DAKOTA 2.9
27 TENNESSEE 4.6
20 TEXAS 4.1
3 UTAH 2.8
23 VERMONT 4.3
6 VIRGINIA 3.1
33 WASHINGTON 4.8
37 WEST VIRGINIA 5.0
38 WISCONSIN 5.2
4 WYOMING 2.9
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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