Unemployment rate, state by state

Check the unemployment rate in your state.

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Alabama

7.0%Unemployment Rate

Alaska

6.5%Unemployment Rate

Arizona

7%Unemployment Rate

Arkansas

6.2%Unemployment Rate

California

7.4%Unemployment Rate

Colorado

5.3%Unemployment Rate

Connecticut

6.6%Unemployment Rate

District of Columbia

7.4%Unemployment Rate

Delaware

6.2%Unemployment Rate

Florida

6.2%Unemployment Rate

Georgia

7.8%Unemployment Rate

Hawaii

4.4%Unemployment Rate

Idaho

4.8%Unemployment Rate

Illinois

6.8%Unemployment Rate

Indiana

5.9%Unemployment Rate

Iowa

4.5%Unemployment Rate

Kansas

4.9%Unemployment Rate

Kentucky

7.4%Unemployment Rate

Louisiana

5.4%Unemployment Rate

Maine

5.5%Unemployment Rate

Maryland

6.1%Unemployment Rate

Massachusetts

5.6%Unemployment Rate

Michigan

7.7%Unemployment Rate

Minnesota

4.5%Unemployment Rate

Mississippi

8%Unemployment Rate

Missouri

6.5%Unemployment Rate

Montana

4.6%Unemployment Rate

Nebraska

3.6%Unemployment Rate

Nevada

7.7%Unemployment Rate

New Hampshire

4.4%Unemployment Rate

New Jersey

6.5%Unemployment Rate

New Mexico

6.6%Unemployment Rate

New York

6.6%Unemployment Rate

North Carolina

6.5%Unemployment Rate

North Dakota

2.8%Unemployment Rate

Ohio

5.7%Unemployment Rate

Oklahoma

4.6%Unemployment Rate

Oregon

6.9%Unemployment Rate

Pennsylvania

5.7%Unemployment Rate

Rhode Island

7.7%Unemployment Rate

South Carolina

5.7%Unemployment Rate

South Dakota

3.7%Unemployment Rate

Tennessee

7.1%Unemployment Rate

Texas

5.1%Unemployment Rate

Utah

3.6%Unemployment Rate

Vermont

3.7%Unemployment Rate

Virginia

5.4%Unemployment Rate

Washington

5.6%Unemployment Rate

West Virginia

6.3%Unemployment Rate

Wisconsin

5.8%Unemployment Rate

Wyoming

4.4%Unemployment Rate

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source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
The unemployment rates on this map are for July 2014 and were released on August 18, 2014. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rank State Unemployment rate
1NORTH DAKOTA2.8
2NEBRASKA3.6
2UTAH3.6
4SOUTH DAKOTA3.7
4VERMONT3.7
6HAWAII4.4
6NEW HAMPSHIRE4.4
6WYOMING4.4
9IOWA4.5
9MINNESOTA4.5
11MONTANA4.6
11OKLAHOMA4.6
13IDAHO4.8
14KANSAS4.9
15TEXAS5.1
16COLORADO5.3
17LOUISIANA5.4
17VIRGINIA5.4
19MAINE5.5
20MASSACHUSETTS5.6
20WASHINGTON5.6
22OHIO5.7
22PENNSYLVANIA5.7
22SOUTH CAROLINA5.7
25WISCONSIN5.8
26INDIANA5.9
27MARYLAND6.1
28ARKANSAS6.2
28DELAWARE6.2
28FLORIDA6.2
31WEST VIRGINIA6.3
32ALASKA6.5
32MISSOURI6.5
32NEW JERSEY6.5
32NORTH CAROLINA6.5
36CONNECTICUT6.6
36NEW MEXICO6.6
36NEW YORK6.6
39ILLINOIS6.8
40OREGON6.9
41ALABAMA7.0
41ARIZONA7.0
43TENNESSEE7.1
44CALIFORNIA7.4
44DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA7.4
44KENTUCKY7.4
47MICHIGAN7.7
47NEVADA7.7
47RHODE ISLAND7.7
50GEORGIA7.8/td>
51MISSISSIPPI8.0

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