Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2007 Year: 2008
Rank State Rate Rate Change
UNITED STATES 4.6 5.8 1.2
1 OKLAHOMA 4.1 3.8 -0.3
2 ARKANSAS 5.1 5.1 0.0
2 WEST VIRGINIA 4.3 4.3 0.0
2 WISCONSIN 4.7 4.7 0.0
5 NORTH DAKOTA 3.1 3.2 0.1
5 SOUTH DAKOTA 2.9 3.0 0.1
7 WYOMING 2.9 3.1 0.2
8 KANSAS 4.1 4.4 0.3
8 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.5 3.8 0.3
10 IOWA 3.7 4.1 0.4
10 NEBRASKA 2.9 3.3 0.4
12 ALASKA 6.2 6.7 0.5
12 TEXAS 4.4 4.9 0.5
14 MISSISSIPPI 6.3 6.9 0.6
15 NEW MEXICO 3.5 4.2 0.7
15 UTAH 2.7 3.4 0.7
17 LOUISIANA 3.8 4.6 0.8
17 MAINE 4.6 5.4 0.8
17 MASSACHUSETTS 4.5 5.3 0.8
17 MINNESOTA 4.6 5.4 0.8
17 VERMONT 4.0 4.8 0.8
17 WASHINGTON 4.5 5.3 0.8
23 KENTUCKY 5.5 6.4 0.9
23 MARYLAND 3.5 4.4 0.9
23 NEW YORK 4.5 5.4 0.9
23 OHIO 5.6 6.5 0.9
27 COLORADO 3.9 4.9 1.0
27 MISSOURI 5.1 6.1 1.0
27 PENNSYLVANIA 4.4 5.4 1.0
27 VIRGINIA 3.0 4.0 1.0
31 CONNECTICUT 4.6 5.7 1.1
31 MONTANA 3.4 4.5 1.1
33 NEW JERSEY 4.3 5.5 1.2
34 HAWAII 2.6 3.9 1.3
34 INDIANA 4.6 5.9 1.3
34 MICHIGAN 7.1 8.4 1.3
34 OREGON 5.1 6.4 1.3
34 SOUTH CAROLINA 5.6 6.9 1.3
39 DELAWARE 3.4 4.8 1.4
39 ILLINOIS 5.1 6.5 1.4
41 ALABAMA 3.5 5.0 1.5
41 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5.5 7.0 1.5
43 GEORGIA 4.6 6.2 1.6
43 NORTH CAROLINA 4.7 6.3 1.6
43 TENNESSEE 4.8 6.4 1.6
46 ARIZONA 3.8 5.5 1.7
47 CALIFORNIA 5.4 7.2 1.8
48 IDAHO 3.0 4.9 1.9
49 NEVADA 4.7 6.7 2.0
50 FLORIDA 4.1 6.2 2.1
51 RHODE ISLAND 5.2 7.8 2.6

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 27, 2009