List of U.S. states by unemployment rate

U.S. unemployment in October 2015

Historical seasonal unemployment rates, showing the variance between the fifty states.

The list of U.S. states 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. While non-seasonally adjusted data reflects the actual current unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted removes the seasonal component from the data.

Unemployment rate by State or Territory

Statistic below: December 18, 2015 for November 2015. The Mariana Islands and Samoa lack employment data.

State or Territory	Unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)	Monthly percent change (=drop in unemployment)
Puerto Rico	12.5	0.1%
Virgin Islands	11.9	0.2%
Guam	6.9	0.2%
New Mexico	6.8	0.0%
District of Columbia	6.6	0.0%
Nevada	6.5	0.1%
West Virginia	6.5	0.4%
Alaska	6.4	0.0%
Louisiana	6.3	0.1%
Mississippi	6.0	0.1%
Alabama	6.0	0.1%
Arizona	6.0	0.1%
Illinois	5.7	0.3%
North Carolina	5.7	0.0%
California	5.7	0.1%
Oregon	5.7	0.3%
Tennessee	5.6	0.1%
Georgia	5.6	0.1%
South Carolina	5.5	0.0%
Washington	5.3	0.1%
New Jersey	5.3	0.1%
Maryland	5.2	0.1%
Rhode Island	5.2	0.1%
Michigan	5.1	0.1%
Delaware	5.1	0.0%
Connecticut	5.1	0.0%
United States	5.0	0.0%
Pennsylvania	5.0	0.1%
Florida	5.0	0.1%
Arkansas	5.0	0.1%
Kentucky	4.9	0.0%
New York	4.8	0.0%
Massachusetts	4.7	0.1%
Missouri	4.7	0.3%
Texas	4.6	0.2%
Ohio	4.5	0.1%
Indiana	4.4	0.0%
Virginia	4.2	0.0%
Wisconsin	4.2	0.1%
Oklahoma	4.2	0.1%
Wyoming	4.1	0.1%
Maine	4.1	0.2%
Montana	4.0	0.1%
Kansas	4.0	0.1%
Idaho	3.9	0.1%
Vermont	3.7	0.0%
Colorado	3.6	0.2%
Utah	3.5	0.1%
Minnesota	3.5	0.2%
Iowa	3.4	0.1%
New Hampshire	3.2	0.1%
Hawaii	3.2	0.1%
South Dakota	3.0	0.2%
Nebraska	2.9	0.0%
North Dakota	2.7	0.1%

See also

• Job creation index
• Unemployment in the United States

External links

• Comparison of Unemployment Benefits by State