Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
2009 2010
RankStateRateRateChange
  UNITED STATES 9.3 9.6 0.3
1 MICHIGAN 13.4 12.7 -0.7
1 TENNESSEE 10.5 9.8 -0.7
3 MINNESOTA 8.0 7.4 -0.6
4 ALABAMA 9.8 9.3 -0.5
4 VERMONT 6.9 6.4 -0.5
6 OREGON 11.1 10.7 -0.4
7 INDIANA 10.4 10.1 -0.3
7 NORTH DAKOTA 4.1 3.8 -0.3
7 SOUTH CAROLINA 11.5 11.2 -0.3
10 OHIO 10.2 10.0 -0.2
10 WISCONSIN 8.7 8.5 -0.2
12 HAWAII 6.9 6.8 -0.1
12 KENTUCKY 10.3 10.2 -0.1
12 MISSOURI 9.4 9.3 -0.1
12 NEW HAMPSHIRE 6.2 6.1 -0.1
12 SOUTH DAKOTA 5.2 5.1 -0.1
17 KANSAS 7.1 7.1 0.0
17 NEBRASKA 4.7 4.7 0.0
19 DELAWARE 7.9 8.0 0.1
19 IOWA 6.2 6.3 0.1
19 MAINE 8.1 8.2 0.1
19 MASSACHUSETTS 8.2 8.3 0.1
23 NEW YORK 8.4 8.6 0.2
23 OKLAHOMA 6.7 6.9 0.2
23 VIRGINIA 6.9 7.1 0.2
26 ALASKA 7.7 8.0 0.3
26 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9.7 10.0 0.3
26 UTAH 7.8 8.1 0.3
29 ARKANSAS 7.5 7.9 0.4
29 GEORGIA 9.8 10.2 0.4
29 ILLINOIS 10.0 10.4 0.4
29 MARYLAND 7.4 7.8 0.4
29 NORTH CAROLINA 10.4 10.8 0.4
34 PENNSYLVANIA 7.9 8.4 0.5
34 WASHINGTON 9.4 9.9 0.5
36 ARIZONA 9.8 10.4 0.6
36 NEW JERSEY 9.0 9.6 0.6
38 TEXAS 7.5 8.2 0.7
38 WYOMING 6.3 7.0 0.7
40 LOUISIANA 6.6 7.4 0.8
40 MONTANA 6.0 6.8 0.8
40 RHODE ISLAND 10.9 11.7 0.8
40 WEST VIRGINIA 7.6 8.4 0.8
44 COLORADO 8.1 9.0 0.9
44 FLORIDA 10.4 11.3 0.9
46 CALIFORNIA 11.3 12.4 1.1
46 CONNECTICUT 8.2 9.3 1.1
46 MISSISSIPPI 9.4 10.5 1.1
46 NEW MEXICO 6.8 7.9 1.1
50 IDAHO 7.5 8.7 1.2
51 NEVADA 11.7 13.8 2.1

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

 

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2013