Unemployment Rates for States

Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2012
RankStateRate
  UNITED STATES 8.1
1 NORTH DAKOTA 3.1
2 NEBRASKA 3.9
3 SOUTH DAKOTA 4.4
4 VERMONT 5.0
5 IOWA 5.2
5 OKLAHOMA 5.2
7 WYOMING 5.4
8 NEW HAMPSHIRE 5.5
9 MINNESOTA 5.6
10 KANSAS 5.7
10 UTAH 5.7
12 HAWAII 5.8
13 VIRGINIA 5.9
14 MONTANA 6.0
15 LOUISIANA 6.4
16 MASSACHUSETTS 6.7
17 MARYLAND 6.8
17 TEXAS 6.8
19 MISSOURI 6.9
19 NEW MEXICO 6.9
19 WISCONSIN 6.9
22 ALASKA 7.0
23 DELAWARE 7.1
23 IDAHO 7.1
25 OHIO 7.2
26 ALABAMA 7.3
26 ARKANSAS 7.3
26 MAINE 7.3
26 WEST VIRGINIA 7.3
30 PENNSYLVANIA 7.9
31 COLORADO 8.0
31 TENNESSEE 8.0
33 KENTUCKY 8.2
33 WASHINGTON 8.2
35 ARIZONA 8.3
36 CONNECTICUT 8.4
36 INDIANA 8.4
38 NEW YORK 8.5
39 FLORIDA 8.6
40 OREGON 8.7
41 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 8.9
41 ILLINOIS 8.9
43 GEORGIA 9.0
44 MICHIGAN 9.1
44 SOUTH CAROLINA 9.1
46 MISSISSIPPI 9.2
47 NEW JERSEY 9.5
47 NORTH CAROLINA 9.5
49 RHODE ISLAND 10.4
50 CALIFORNIA 10.5
51 NEVADA 11.1

NOTE: Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force. Data refer to place of residence.

 

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2013