Unemployment Rates for States

Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2008
Rank State Rate

 

 UNITED STATES 5.8
1 SOUTH DAKOTA 3.0
2 WYOMING 3.1
3 NORTH DAKOTA 3.2
4 NEBRASKA 3.3
5 UTAH 3.4
6 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.8
6 OKLAHOMA 3.8
8 HAWAII 3.9
9 VIRGINIA 4.0
10 IOWA 4.1
11 NEW MEXICO 4.2
12 WEST VIRGINIA 4.3
13 KANSAS 4.4
13 MARYLAND 4.4
15 MONTANA 4.5
16 LOUISIANA 4.6
17 WISCONSIN 4.7
18 DELAWARE 4.8
18 VERMONT 4.8
20 COLORADO 4.9
20 IDAHO 4.9
20 TEXAS 4.9
23 ALABAMA 5.0
24 ARKANSAS 5.1
25 MASSACHUSETTS 5.3
25 WASHINGTON 5.3
27 MAINE 5.4
27 MINNESOTA 5.4
27 NEW YORK 5.4
27 PENNSYLVANIA 5.4
31 ARIZONA 5.5
31 NEW JERSEY 5.5
33 CONNECTICUT 5.7
34 INDIANA 5.9
35 MISSOURI 6.1
36 FLORIDA 6.2
36 GEORGIA 6.2
38 NORTH CAROLINA 6.3
39 KENTUCKY 6.4
39 OREGON 6.4
39 TENNESSEE 6.4
42 ILLINOIS 6.5
42 OHIO 6.5
44 ALASKA 6.7
44 NEVADA 6.7
46 MISSISSIPPI 6.9
46 SOUTH CAROLINA 6.9
48 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 7.0
49 CALIFORNIA 7.2
50 RHODE ISLAND 7.8
51 MICHIGAN 8.4

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 27, 2009