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PopulationPeople in PovertyHousehold IncomeGeographyEmployment StatusUnemploymentFood Stamp ProgramState Fiscal DistressState BudgetsGross State ProductTaxesState or Federal Inmates
Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted), 2008-2009
| March 2008 | March 2009 | |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5.1% | 8.5% |
| Alabama | 4.3% | 9.0% |
| Alaska | 6.5% | 8.5% |
| Arizona | 4.7% | 7.8% |
| Arkansas | 4.8% | 6.5% |
| California | 6.4% | 11.2% |
| Colorado | 4.6% | 7.5% |
| Connecticut | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| Delaware | 4.1% | 7.7% |
| District of Columbia | 6.2% | 9.8% |
| Florida | 5.4% | 9.7% |
| Georgia | 5.6% | 9.2% |
| Hawaii | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Idaho | 4.1% | 7.0% |
| Illinois | 6.0% | 9.1% |
| Indiana | 5.3% | 10.0% |
| Iowa | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| Kansas | 4.1% | 6.1% |
| Kentucky | 5.9% | 9.8% |
| Louisiana | 4.2% | 5.8% |
| Maine | 5.0% | 8.1% |
| Maryland | 3.8% | 6.9% |
| Massachusetts | 4.7% | 7.8% |
| Michigan | 7.6% | 12.6% |
| Minnesota | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Mississippi | 6.1% | 9.4% |
| Missouri | 5.6% | 8.7% |
| Montana | 4.1% | 6.1% |
| Nebraska | 3.1% | 4.6% |
| Nevada | 5.6% | 10.4% |
| New Hampshire | 3.7% | 6.2% |
| New Jersey | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| New Mexico | 3.9% | 5.9% |
| New York | 4.8% | 7.8% |
| North Carolina | 5.4% | 10.8% |
| North Dakota | 3.0% | 4.2% |
| Ohio | 6.1% | 9.7% |
| Oklahoma | 3.3% | 5.9% |
| Oregon | 5.5% | 12.1% |
| Pennsylvania | 4.9% | 7.8% |
| Rhode Island | 6.8% | 10.5% |
| South Carolina | 5.9% | 11.4% |
| South Dakota | 2.8% | 4.9% |
| Tennessee | 5.7% | 9.6% |
| Texas | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Utah | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Vermont | 4.6% | 7.2% |
| Virginia | 3.6% | 6.8% |
| Washington | 4.8% | 9.2% |
| West Virginia | 4.2% | 6.9% |
| Wisconsin | 4.4% | 8.5% |
| Wyoming | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Guam | NA | NA |
| Puerto Rico | 9.8% | 15.0% |
| Virgin Islands | NA | NA |
| Notes: |
Figures in thousands. The unemployment rate measures unemployment within the civilian non-institutional population aged 16 years and older. March 2009 state figures are preliminary. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. |
| Sources: |
State and territory figures from the Table 3, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment: March 2008, and Unemployment rates by State, seasonally adjusted: March 2008 and 2009, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf. U.S. figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?bls. |
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