March 13, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
State unemployment rates, 2011
In 2011, 28 states had annual average unemployment rates that were significantly lower than the U.S. rate of 8.9 percent, while 10 states and the District of Columbia recorded rates significantly above it. The remaining 12 states had unemployment rates that were not statistically different from the U.S. rate.
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In 2011, 30 states posted statistically significant unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which was in Michigan (−2.4 percentage points). Four additional states experienced decreases greater than 1.0 percentage point: Ohio (−1.4 points), Utah (−1.3 points), Oregon (−1.2 points), and Indiana (−1.1 points). The remaining 20 states and the District of Columbia reported annual average unemployment rates for 2011 that were not appreciably different from those of the previous year, even though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes.
Eight states and the District of Columbia reported unemployment rates of 10.0 percent or more in 2011. Nevada again posted the highest unemployment rate, 13.5 percent, followed by California, 11.7 percent. North Dakota registered the lowest jobless rate among states for the third year in a row, 3.5 percent, followed by Nebraska, 4.4 percent.
These unemployment data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program. For more information, see "Regional and State Unemployment — 2011 Annual Averages" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-12-0371.
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