Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2000 Year: 2001
Rank State Rate Rate Change
UNITED STATES 4.0 4.7 0.7
1 MONTANA 4.8 4.5 -0.3
1 WEST VIRGINIA 5.5 5.2 -0.3
3 MISSISSIPPI 5.7 5.6 -0.1
3 NEW MEXICO 5.0 4.9 -0.1
3 NORTH DAKOTA 2.9 2.8 -0.1
6 ALASKA 6.2 6.2 0.0
7 WYOMING 3.8 3.9 0.1
8 DELAWARE 3.3 3.5 0.2
8 HAWAII 4.0 4.2 0.2
10 IDAHO 4.6 4.9 0.3
10 NEBRASKA 2.8 3.1 0.3
10 RHODE ISLAND 4.2 4.5 0.3
13 LOUISIANA 5.0 5.4 0.4
13 MAINE 3.3 3.7 0.4
13 NEW YORK 4.5 4.9 0.4
13 OHIO 4.0 4.4 0.4
13 SOUTH DAKOTA 2.7 3.1 0.4
18 ARKANSAS 4.2 4.7 0.5
18 CALIFORNIA 4.9 5.4 0.5
18 GEORGIA 3.5 4.0 0.5
18 IOWA 2.8 3.3 0.5
18 KANSAS 3.8 4.3 0.5
18 MARYLAND 3.6 4.1 0.5
24 ALABAMA 4.1 4.7 0.6
24 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5.7 6.3 0.6
24 NEW JERSEY 3.7 4.3 0.6
24 OKLAHOMA 3.1 3.7 0.6
24 PENNSYLVANIA 4.2 4.8 0.6
24 TEXAS 4.4 5.0 0.6
24 VERMONT 2.7 3.3 0.6
31 ARIZONA 4.0 4.7 0.7
31 MINNESOTA 3.1 3.8 0.7
31 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.7 3.4 0.7
31 TENNESSEE 4.0 4.7 0.7
35 CONNECTICUT 2.3 3.1 0.8
35 NEVADA 4.5 5.3 0.8
37 FLORIDA 3.8 4.7 0.9
37 ILLINOIS 4.5 5.4 0.9
37 VIRGINIA 2.3 3.2 0.9
40 KENTUCKY 4.2 5.2 1.0
40 MASSACHUSETTS 2.7 3.7 1.0
40 UTAH 3.4 4.4 1.0
40 WISCONSIN 3.4 4.4 1.0
44 COLORADO 2.7 3.8 1.1
45 MISSOURI 3.3 4.5 1.2
45 WASHINGTON 5.0 6.2 1.2
47 INDIANA 2.9 4.2 1.3
47 OREGON 5.1 6.4 1.3
49 MICHIGAN 3.7 5.2 1.5
50 SOUTH CAROLINA 3.6 5.2 1.6
51 NORTH CAROLINA 3.7 5.6 1.9

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: March 1, 2006