Unemployment Rates for States

Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2008
RankStateRate
  UNITED STATES 5.8
1 SOUTH DAKOTA 3.0
2 NORTH DAKOTA 3.1
2 WYOMING 3.1
4 NEBRASKA 3.3
4 UTAH 3.3
6 OKLAHOMA 3.7
7 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.9
8 IOWA 4.0
8 VIRGINIA 4.0
10 HAWAII 4.1
11 WEST VIRGINIA 4.2
12 MARYLAND 4.3
13 KANSAS 4.4
13 LOUISIANA 4.4
15 MONTANA 4.5
15 NEW MEXICO 4.5
15 VERMONT 4.5
18 COLORADO 4.8
18 IDAHO 4.8
18 WISCONSIN 4.8
21 DELAWARE 4.9
21 TEXAS 4.9
23 ALABAMA 5.0
24 MASSACHUSETTS 5.3
24 PENNSYLVANIA 5.3
26 ARKANSAS 5.4
26 MAINE 5.4
26 MINNESOTA 5.4
26 NEW YORK 5.4
26 WASHINGTON 5.4
31 NEW JERSEY 5.5
32 CONNECTICUT 5.6
33 INDIANA 5.8
34 MISSOURI 5.9
35 ARIZONA 6.0
36 FLORIDA 6.3
36 GEORGIA 6.3
36 NORTH CAROLINA 6.3
39 ALASKA 6.4
39 ILLINOIS 6.4
41 OREGON 6.5
42 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 6.6
42 KENTUCKY 6.6
42 OHIO 6.6
42 TENNESSEE 6.6
46 MISSISSIPPI 6.8
46 SOUTH CAROLINA 6.8
48 NEVADA 7.1
49 CALIFORNIA 7.2
50 RHODE ISLAND 7.7
51 MICHIGAN 8.3

NOTE: Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force. Data refer to place of residence.

 

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2013