Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2002 Year: 2003
Rank State Rate Rate Change
UNITED STATES 5.8 6.0 0.2
1 NEVADA 5.7 5.2 -0.5
2 FLORIDA 5.7 5.3 -0.4
3 ARIZONA 6.0 5.7 -0.3
3 MISSISSIPPI 6.7 6.4 -0.3
5 IDAHO 5.4 5.2 -0.2
5 MONTANA 4.5 4.3 -0.2
7 HAWAII 4.0 3.9 -0.1
7 NORTH CAROLINA 6.6 6.5 -0.1
7 UTAH 5.8 5.7 -0.1
7 VIRGINIA 4.2 4.1 -0.1
11 ALABAMA 5.4 5.4 0.0
11 GEORGIA 4.8 4.8 0.0
11 MARYLAND 4.5 4.5 0.0
11 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4.5 4.5 0.0
15 CALIFORNIA 6.7 6.8 0.1
15 INDIANA 5.2 5.3 0.1
15 NEW JERSEY 5.8 5.9 0.1
15 NORTH DAKOTA 3.5 3.6 0.1
15 PENNSYLVANIA 5.6 5.7 0.1
15 WASHINGTON 7.3 7.4 0.1
15 WEST VIRGINIA 5.9 6.0 0.1
22 DELAWARE 4.0 4.2 0.2
22 ILLINOIS 6.5 6.7 0.2
22 NEW YORK 6.2 6.4 0.2
22 SOUTH DAKOTA 3.3 3.5 0.2
26 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 6.7 7.0 0.3
26 LOUISIANA 5.9 6.2 0.3
26 NEBRASKA 3.7 4.0 0.3
26 RHODE ISLAND 5.1 5.4 0.3
26 TEXAS 6.4 6.7 0.3
26 WISCONSIN 5.3 5.6 0.3
26 WYOMING 4.2 4.5 0.3
33 COLORADO 5.7 6.1 0.4
33 MINNESOTA 4.5 4.9 0.4
33 MISSOURI 5.2 5.6 0.4
33 NEW MEXICO 5.5 5.9 0.4
33 TENNESSEE 5.3 5.7 0.4
38 ARKANSAS 5.3 5.8 0.5
38 IOWA 3.9 4.4 0.5
38 KANSAS 5.1 5.6 0.5
38 MASSACHUSETTS 5.3 5.8 0.5
38 OHIO 5.7 6.2 0.5
38 OREGON 7.6 8.1 0.5
38 VERMONT 4.0 4.5 0.5
45 ALASKA 7.1 7.7 0.6
45 KENTUCKY 5.7 6.3 0.6
45 MAINE 4.4 5.0 0.6
48 OKLAHOMA 4.8 5.6 0.8
48 SOUTH CAROLINA 5.9 6.7 0.8
50 MICHIGAN 6.2 7.1 0.9
51 CONNECTICUT 4.4 5.5 1.1

Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data have been revised to incorporate updated population controls and re-estimation. Annual average state estimates do not sum to the U.S. total.

 

Last Modified Date: February 29, 2008