Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2004 Year: 2005
Rank State Rate Rate Change
UNITED STATES 5.5 5.1 -0.4
1 ALABAMA 5.1 3.9 -1.2
2 OREGON 7.3 6.2 -1.1
3 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 7.5 6.6 -0.9
4 CALIFORNIA 6.2 5.4 -0.8
4 FLORIDA 4.7 3.9 -0.8
4 NEW YORK 5.8 5.0 -0.8
4 UTAH 5.0 4.2 -0.8
8 IDAHO 4.6 3.9 -0.7
8 WASHINGTON 6.2 5.5 -0.7
10 TEXAS 6.0 5.4 -0.6
11 ALASKA 7.4 6.9 -0.5
11 ARKANSAS 5.6 5.1 -0.5
11 COLORADO 5.6 5.1 -0.5
11 HAWAII 3.2 2.7 -0.5
11 NEW MEXICO 5.7 5.2 -0.5
11 OKLAHOMA 5.0 4.5 -0.5
17 ILLINOIS 6.2 5.8 -0.4
17 IOWA 4.7 4.3 -0.4
17 KANSAS 5.5 5.1 -0.4
17 MINNESOTA 4.6 4.2 -0.4
17 MISSOURI 5.8 5.4 -0.4
17 NEW JERSEY 4.9 4.5 -0.4
17 PENNSYLVANIA 5.4 5.0 -0.4
24 ARIZONA 4.9 4.6 -0.3
24 MASSACHUSETTS 5.2 4.9 -0.3
24 MONTANA 4.1 3.8 -0.3
24 NEVADA 4.5 4.2 -0.3
24 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.9 3.6 -0.3
24 WEST VIRGINIA 5.3 5.0 -0.3
30 MARYLAND 4.3 4.1 -0.2
30 MICHIGAN 7.1 6.9 -0.2
30 NORTH CAROLINA 5.5 5.3 -0.2
30 OHIO 6.1 5.9 -0.2
30 VERMONT 3.7 3.5 -0.2
30 VIRGINIA 3.7 3.5 -0.2
30 WISCONSIN 5.0 4.8 -0.2
30 WYOMING 3.9 3.7 -0.2
38 NORTH DAKOTA 3.5 3.4 -0.1
38 RHODE ISLAND 5.2 5.1 -0.1
38 SOUTH CAROLINA 6.8 6.7 -0.1
38 SOUTH DAKOTA 3.7 3.6 -0.1
42 CONNECTICUT 4.9 4.9 0.0
42 NEBRASKA 3.9 3.9 0.0
44 DELAWARE 3.9 4.0 0.1
44 INDIANA 5.3 5.4 0.1
46 MAINE 4.6 4.8 0.2
46 TENNESSEE 5.4 5.6 0.2
48 KENTUCKY 5.6 6.0 0.4
49 GEORGIA 4.7 5.2 0.5
50 LOUISIANA 5.5 6.7 1.2
51 MISSISSIPPI 6.4 7.8 1.4

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