List of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate

The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication.[1][2] While the non-seasonally adjusted data reflects the actual unemployment rate, the seasonally adjusted data removes time from the equation.[3]

Unemployment rate by jurisdiction

Data for all U.S. states and the District of Columbia.[4], and Puerto Rico is from April 2020, data from the Virgin Islands is from December 2019, data for Guam is from September 2019, data for American Samoa is from 2012, and data for the Northern Mariana Islands is from April 2010. Because data for American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands is more than 5 years old, they are not ranked in the table below.

Rank Rank
(50 states)		 State
federal district
or territory		 Unemployment rate
(seasonally adjusted)		 Monthly change (%)
(=drop in unemployment)
1 1  Nevada 28.2% 21.9
2 2  Michigan 22.7% 18.6
3 3  Hawaii 22.3% 19.7
— —  American Samoa[5] 18.0% —
4 4  Rhode Island 17% 12.4
5 5  Indiana 16.9% 13.7
6 6  Ohio 16.8% 11.3
7 7  Illinois 16.4% 11.8
8 8  New Hampshire 16.3% 13.7
9 9  Vermont 15.6% 12.4
10 10  California 15.5% 10.2
11 11  Kentucky 15.4% 9.6
11 11  Mississippi 15.4% 10.1
11 11  Washington 15.4% 10.3
14 14  New Jersey 15.3% 11.5
15 15  West Virginia 15.2% 9.1
16 16  Massachusetts 15.1% 12.2
16 16  Pennsylvania 15.1% 9.1
18 18  Tennessee 14.7% 11.2
19 19  Louisiana 14.5% 7.6
19 19  New York 14.5% 10
21 21  Delaware 14.3% 9.2
22 22  Oregon 14.2% 10.9
23 23  Wisconsin 14.1% 10.7
24 24  Oklahoma 13.7% 10.6
25 25  Alabama 12.9% 9.4
25 25  Alaska 12.9% 7.3
25 25  Florida 12.9% 8.6
28 28  Texas 12.8% 8.1
29 29  Arizona 12.6% 7.1
30 30  North Carolina 12.2% 7.8
31 31  South Carolina 12.1% 9.5
32 32  Georgia 11.9% 7.7
33 33  Idaho 11.5% 8.9
34 34  Colorado 11.3% 6.8
34 34  Montana 11.3% 7.8
34 34  New Mexico 11.3% 5.4
37 37  Kansas 11.2% 8.1
— —  Northern Mariana Islands[5] 11.2% —
38 —  District of Columbia 11.1% 5.1
39 38  Maine 10.6% 7.4
39 38  Virginia 10.6% 7.3
41 40  Arkansas 10.2% 5.4
41 40  Iowa 10.2% 6.5
41 40  South Dakota 10.2% 6.9
44 43  Maryland 9.9% 6.6
45 44  Missouri 9.7% 5.2
45 44  Utah 9.7% 6.1
47 46  Wyoming 9.2% 5.5
48 —  Puerto Rico[6] 8.8% 0.1
49 47  North Dakota 8.5% 6.3
50 48  Nebraska 8.3% 4.1
51 49  Minnesota 8.1% 5
52 50  Connecticut 7.9% 4.2
53 —  Virgin Islands[7] 5.2% 0.1
54 —  Guam[8] 3.6% 1.0

See also

References
  1. "Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment Home Page". BLS. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  2. "Unemployment rates - Unemployment rates by State". CNNMoney. 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  3. Kimberly Hughes (2007-10-31). "What is the difference between seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted data?" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Labor. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  4. "Current Unemployment Rates for States and Historical Highs/Lows". Bureau of Labor Statistics. May 2020. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  5. https://www.gao.gov/assets/670/662127.pdf
    GAO - American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Economic Indicators Since Minimum Wage Increases Began. March 2014. [American Samoa data: page 103 (page 109 of PDF); Northern Mariana Islands data: page 60 (page 66 of PDF)]. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  6. "Economy at a Glance — Puerto Rico". Bureau of Labor Statistics. January 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  7. "Virgin Islands Local Area Unemployment Rates". Virgin Islands Department of Labor. December 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  8. http://bls.guam.gov/unemployment-situation-on-guam/
    http://bls.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2020/03/Unemp_Guam_September-2019.pdf
    Unemployment Situation on Guam. Bureau of Labor Statistics. September 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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