Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2003 Year: 2004
Rank State Rate Rate Change
UNITED STATES 6.0 5.5 -0.5
1 WASHINGTON 7.4 6.2 -1.2
2 NEW JERSEY 5.9 4.9 -1.0
2 NORTH CAROLINA 6.5 5.5 -1.0
4 ARIZONA 5.7 4.9 -0.8
4 OREGON 8.1 7.3 -0.8
4 VERMONT 4.5 3.7 -0.8
7 HAWAII 3.9 3.2 -0.7
7 KENTUCKY 6.3 5.6 -0.7
7 LOUISIANA 6.2 5.5 -0.7
7 NEVADA 5.2 4.5 -0.7
7 TEXAS 6.7 6.0 -0.7
7 UTAH 5.7 5.0 -0.7
7 WEST VIRGINIA 6.0 5.3 -0.7
14 CALIFORNIA 6.8 6.2 -0.6
14 CONNECTICUT 5.5 4.9 -0.6
14 FLORIDA 5.3 4.7 -0.6
14 IDAHO 5.2 4.6 -0.6
14 MASSACHUSETTS 5.8 5.2 -0.6
14 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4.5 3.9 -0.6
14 NEW YORK 6.4 5.8 -0.6
14 OKLAHOMA 5.6 5.0 -0.6
14 WISCONSIN 5.6 5.0 -0.6
14 WYOMING 4.5 3.9 -0.6
24 COLORADO 6.1 5.6 -0.5
24 ILLINOIS 6.7 6.2 -0.5
26 MAINE 5.0 4.6 -0.4
26 VIRGINIA 4.1 3.7 -0.4
28 ALABAMA 5.4 5.1 -0.3
28 ALASKA 7.7 7.4 -0.3
28 DELAWARE 4.2 3.9 -0.3
28 MINNESOTA 4.9 4.6 -0.3
28 PENNSYLVANIA 5.7 5.4 -0.3
28 TENNESSEE 5.7 5.4 -0.3
34 ARKANSAS 5.8 5.6 -0.2
34 MARYLAND 4.5 4.3 -0.2
34 MONTANA 4.3 4.1 -0.2
34 NEW MEXICO 5.9 5.7 -0.2
34 RHODE ISLAND 5.4 5.2 -0.2
39 GEORGIA 4.8 4.7 -0.1
39 KANSAS 5.6 5.5 -0.1
39 NEBRASKA 4.0 3.9 -0.1
39 NORTH DAKOTA 3.6 3.5 -0.1
39 OHIO 6.2 6.1 -0.1
44 INDIANA 5.3 5.3 0.0
44 MICHIGAN 7.1 7.1 0.0
44 MISSISSIPPI 6.4 6.4 0.0
47 SOUTH CAROLINA 6.7 6.8 0.1
48 MISSOURI 5.6 5.8 0.2
48 SOUTH DAKOTA 3.5 3.7 0.2
50 IOWA 4.4 4.7 0.3
51 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 7.0 7.5 0.5

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