Over-the-Month Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Month Change in Unemployment Rates for States
Monthly Rankings
Seasonally Adjusted
Feb. 2009 Mar. 2009p
Rank State Rate Rate Change
1 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9.9 9.8 -0.1
1 NORTH DAKOTA 4.3 4.2 -0.1
3 GEORGIA 9.2 9.2 0.0
3 NEW YORK 7.8 7.8 0.0
3 RHODE ISLAND 10.5 10.5 0.0
6 ARKANSAS 6.4 6.5 0.1
6 CONNECTICUT 7.4 7.5 0.1
6 FLORIDA 9.6 9.7 0.1
6 LOUISIANA 5.7 5.8 0.1
6 MARYLAND 6.8 6.9 0.1
6 MASSACHUSETTS 7.7 7.8 0.1
6 MONTANA 6.0 6.1 0.1
6 NEW JERSEY 8.2 8.3 0.1
6 NORTH CAROLINA 10.7 10.8 0.1
6 UTAH 5.1 5.2 0.1
6 VERMONT 7.1 7.2 0.1
17 KANSAS 5.9 6.1 0.2
17 MINNESOTA 8.0 8.2 0.2
17 OHIO 9.5 9.7 0.2
17 TEXAS 6.5 6.7 0.2
17 VIRGINIA 6.6 6.8 0.2
22 COLORADO 7.2 7.5 0.3
22 IDAHO 6.7 7.0 0.3
22 IOWA 4.9 5.2 0.3
22 MAINE 7.8 8.1 0.3
22 MISSISSIPPI 9.1 9.4 0.3
22 NEBRASKA 4.3 4.6 0.3
22 PENNSYLVANIA 7.5 7.8 0.3
22 SOUTH DAKOTA 4.6 4.9 0.3
30 ARIZONA 7.4 7.8 0.4
30 DELAWARE 7.3 7.7 0.4
30 MISSOURI 8.3 8.7 0.4
30 NEVADA 10.0 10.4 0.4
30 OKLAHOMA 5.5 5.9 0.4
35 ILLINOIS 8.6 9.1 0.5
35 KENTUCKY 9.3 9.8 0.5
35 NEW HAMPSHIRE 5.7 6.2 0.5
35 NEW MEXICO 5.4 5.9 0.5
35 SOUTH CAROLINA 10.9 11.4 0.5
40 ALABAMA 8.4 9.0 0.6
40 ALASKA 7.9 8.5 0.6
40 CALIFORNIA 10.6 11.2 0.6
40 HAWAII 6.5 7.1 0.6
40 INDIANA 9.4 10.0 0.6
40 MICHIGAN 12.0 12.6 0.6
40 TENNESSEE 9.0 9.6 0.6
40 WYOMING 3.9 4.5 0.6
48 WISCONSIN 7.8 8.5 0.7
49 WASHINGTON 8.3 9.2 0.9
49 WEST VIRGINIA 6.0 6.9 0.9
51 OREGON 10.7 12.1 1.4

p = preliminary.
NOTE: Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force. Data refer to place of residence. Estimates for the current month are subject to revision the following month.

 

Last Modified Date: April 17, 2009