Unemployment state by state
See where your state ranks.
Employers added 108,000 jobs to payrolls in December, the Labor Department reported, down from a revised 305,000 in November. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.9 percent from 5 percent rate in November.
The state unemployment rates below are for December and were released on January 24, 2006. Data for January will be released March 9.
December 2005
| 1 |
HAWAII |
2.7% |
| 2 |
WYOMING |
3.2% |
| 3 |
FLORIDA |
3.3% |
| 3 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
3.3% |
| 3 |
VIRGINIA |
3.3% |
| 6 |
IDAHO |
3.4% |
| 7 |
ALABAMA |
3.5% |
| 7 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
3.5% |
| 9 |
VERMONT |
3.6% |
| 10 |
MONTANA |
3.7% |
| 10 |
NEBRASKA |
3.7% |
| 12 |
NEVADA |
3.8% |
| 12 |
UTAH |
3.8% |
| 14 |
MARYLAND |
3.9% |
| 14 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
3.9% |
| 16 |
MINNESOTA |
4.1% |
| 16 |
OKLAHOMA |
4.1% |
| 18 |
DELAWARE |
4.4% |
| 19 |
ARKANSAS |
4.5% |
| 19 |
IOWA |
4.5% |
| 21 |
ARIZONA |
4.6% |
| 21 |
COLORADO |
4.6% |
| 23 |
NEW JERSEY |
4.7% |
| 23 |
WEST VIRGINIA |
4.7% |
| 25 |
CONNECTICUT |
4.8% |
| 25 |
MAINE |
4.8% |
| 25 |
NEW MEXICO |
4.8% |
| 25 |
WISCONSIN |
4.8% |
| 29 |
KANSAS |
4.9% |
| 29 |
MASSACHUSETTS |
4.9% |
| 29 |
NORTH CAROLINA |
4.9% |
| 29 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
4.9% |
| 33 |
CALIFORNIA |
5.1% |
| 33 |
MISSOURI |
5.1% |
| 33 |
NEW YORK |
5.1% |
| 33 |
TEXAS |
5.1% |
| 37 |
GEORGIA |
5.2% |
| 37 |
RHODE ISLAND |
5.2% |
| 39 |
WASHINGTON |
5.3% |
| 40 |
TENNESSEE |
5.4% |
| 41 |
ILLINOIS |
5.5% |
| 41 |
INDIANA |
5.5% |
| 43 |
OREGON |
5.7% |
| 44 |
OHIO |
5.9% |
| 45 |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
6.0% |
| 46 |
KENTUCKY |
6.3% |
| 47 |
LOUISIANA |
6.4% |
| 48 |
MICHIGAN |
6.7% |
| 49 |
ALASKA |
6.9% |
| 50 |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
7.0% |
| 51 |
MISSISSIPPI |
9.9% |
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