Unemployment state by state
See where your state ranks.
Employers added 215,000 jobs to payrolls in November, the Labor Department reported, up from a revised 44,000 in October. The unemployment rate held steady at 5%.
The state unemployment rates below are for November and were released on Dec. 16, 2005. Data for December will be released Jan. 24.
November 2005
| 1 |
HAWAII |
2.8 |
| 2 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
3.4 |
| 3 |
VERMONT |
3.5 |
| 3 |
VIRGINIA |
3.5 |
| 5 |
ALABAMA |
3.6 |
| 5 |
FLORIDA |
3.6 |
| 7 |
IDAHO |
3.7 |
| 8 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
3.8 |
| 9 |
MINNESOTA |
3.9 |
| 9 |
NEBRASKA |
3.9 |
| 9 |
WYOMING |
3.9 |
| 12 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
4.0 |
| 12 |
UTAH |
4.0 |
| 14 |
NEVADA |
4.1 |
| 14 |
OKLAHOMA |
4.1 |
| 16 |
MARYLAND |
4.2 |
| 17 |
MONTANA |
4.3 |
| 18 |
DELAWARE |
4.4 |
| 19 |
NEW JERSEY |
4.6 |
| 20 |
WISCONSIN |
4.7 |
| 21 |
ARIZONA |
4.8 |
| 21 |
ARKANSAS |
4.8 |
| 21 |
IOWA |
4.8 |
| 24 |
MAINE |
4.9 |
| 24 |
MASSACHUSETTS |
4.9 |
| 24 |
WEST VIRGINIA |
4.9 |
| 27 |
COLORADO |
5.0 |
| 28 |
CONNECTICUT |
5.1 |
| 28 |
NEW MEXICO |
5.1 |
| 28 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
5.1 |
| 31 |
CALIFORNIA |
5.2 |
| 31 |
KANSAS |
5.2 |
| 31 |
NORTH CAROLINA |
5.2 |
| 31 |
RHODE ISLAND |
5.2 |
| 35 |
ILLINOIS |
5.3 |
| 35 |
INDIANA |
5.3 |
| 35 |
TEXAS |
5.3 |
| 38 |
GEORGIA |
5.4 |
| 38 |
NEW YORK |
5.4 |
| 40 |
MISSOURI |
5.6 |
| 40 |
WASHINGTON |
5.6 |
| 42 |
OHIO |
5.7 |
| 43 |
OREGON |
5.8 |
| 43 |
TENNESSEE |
5.8 |
| 45 |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
6.1 |
| 46 |
KENTUCKY |
6.2 |
| 47 |
MICHIGAN |
6.6 |
| 48 |
ALASKA |
7.0 |
| 49 |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
7.1 |
| 50 |
MISSISSIPPI |
9.5 |
| 51 |
LOUISIANA |
12.4 |
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