Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2006 Year: 2007
Rank State Rate Rate Change
UNITED STATES 4.6 4.6 0.0
1 NEW MEXICO 4.3 3.5 -0.8
2 TEXAS 4.9 4.3 -0.6
3 COLORADO 4.3 3.8 -0.5
3 IDAHO 3.2 2.7 -0.5
3 NEW JERSEY 4.7 4.2 -0.5
3 SOUTH CAROLINA 6.4 5.9 -0.5
7 INDIANA 4.9 4.5 -0.4
7 MISSISSIPPI 6.7 6.3 -0.4
7 TENNESSEE 5.1 4.7 -0.4
7 WASHINGTON 4.9 4.5 -0.4
11 ALASKA 6.5 6.2 -0.3
11 ARIZONA 4.1 3.8 -0.3
11 KENTUCKY 5.8 5.5 -0.3
11 MASSACHUSETTS 4.8 4.5 -0.3
11 UTAH 3.0 2.7 -0.3
11 WYOMING 3.3 3.0 -0.3
17 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5.9 5.7 -0.2
17 GEORGIA 4.6 4.4 -0.2
17 KANSAS 4.3 4.1 -0.2
17 MARYLAND 3.8 3.6 -0.2
17 MONTANA 3.3 3.1 -0.2
17 OREGON 5.4 5.2 -0.2
17 PENNSYLVANIA 4.6 4.4 -0.2
24 DELAWARE 3.5 3.4 -0.1
24 LOUISIANA 3.9 3.8 -0.1
24 NEW YORK 4.6 4.5 -0.1
24 RHODE ISLAND 5.1 5.0 -0.1
24 SOUTH DAKOTA 3.1 3.0 -0.1
24 WEST VIRGINIA 4.7 4.6 -0.1
30 ALABAMA 3.5 3.5 0.0
30 IOWA 3.8 3.8 0.0
30 NEBRASKA 3.0 3.0 0.0
30 NORTH CAROLINA 4.7 4.7 0.0
30 NORTH DAKOTA 3.2 3.2 0.0
30 VIRGINIA 3.0 3.0 0.0
36 ARKANSAS 5.3 5.4 0.1
36 HAWAII 2.5 2.6 0.1
36 MAINE 4.6 4.7 0.1
36 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.5 3.6 0.1
40 CONNECTICUT 4.4 4.6 0.2
40 MISSOURI 4.8 5.0 0.2
40 OHIO 5.4 5.6 0.2
40 OKLAHOMA 4.1 4.3 0.2
40 VERMONT 3.7 3.9 0.2
40 WISCONSIN 4.7 4.9 0.2
46 MICHIGAN 6.9 7.2 0.3
47 ILLINOIS 4.6 5.0 0.4
48 CALIFORNIA 4.9 5.4 0.5
49 FLORIDA 3.4 4.0 0.6
49 MINNESOTA 4.0 4.6 0.6
49 NEVADA 4.2 4.8 0.6

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