Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2006 Year: 2007
RankStateRateRateChange
UNITED STATES 4.6 4.6 0.0
1 SOUTH CAROLINA 6.4 5.6 -0.8
2 NEW MEXICO 4.1 3.4 -0.7
3 COLORADO 4.3 3.7 -0.6
3 MISSISSIPPI 6.8 6.2 -0.6
5 TEXAS 4.9 4.4 -0.5
6 ALASKA 6.5 6.1 -0.4
6 INDIANA 5.0 4.6 -0.4
6 WYOMING 3.2 2.8 -0.4
9 ARIZONA 4.1 3.8 -0.3
9 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5.7 5.4 -0.3
9 KANSAS 4.4 4.1 -0.3
9 KENTUCKY 5.9 5.6 -0.3
9 MASSACHUSETTS 4.8 4.5 -0.3
9 NEW JERSEY 4.6 4.3 -0.3
9 TENNESSEE 5.2 4.9 -0.3
9 WASHINGTON 4.9 4.6 -0.3
9 WEST VIRGINIA 4.5 4.2 -0.3
18 MARYLAND 3.8 3.6 -0.2
18 PENNSYLVANIA 4.5 4.3 -0.2
18 SOUTH DAKOTA 3.1 2.9 -0.2
18 UTAH 2.9 2.7 -0.2
22 ALABAMA 3.5 3.4 -0.1
22 ARKANSAS 5.3 5.2 -0.1
22 IDAHO 3.0 2.9 -0.1
22 LOUISIANA 3.9 3.8 -0.1
22 NEBRASKA 3.0 2.9 -0.1
22 NEW YORK 4.6 4.5 -0.1
22 NORTH CAROLINA 4.8 4.7 -0.1
22 NORTH DAKOTA 3.2 3.1 -0.1
22 OREGON 5.3 5.2 -0.1
31 DELAWARE 3.5 3.5 0.0
31 GEORGIA 4.7 4.7 0.0
31 MAINE 4.7 4.7 0.0
31 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.5 3.5 0.0
31 OKLAHOMA 4.1 4.1 0.0
31 VIRGINIA 3.0 3.0 0.0
37 IOWA 3.7 3.8 0.1
37 MONTANA 3.2 3.3 0.1
37 WISCONSIN 4.7 4.8 0.1
40 CONNECTICUT 4.4 4.6 0.2
40 HAWAII 2.5 2.7 0.2
40 MICHIGAN 6.9 7.1 0.2
40 OHIO 5.4 5.6 0.2
40 RHODE ISLAND 5.1 5.3 0.2
40 VERMONT 3.7 3.9 0.2
46 MISSOURI 4.8 5.1 0.3
47 CALIFORNIA 4.9 5.3 0.4
47 NEVADA 4.2 4.6 0.4
49 ILLINOIS 4.6 5.1 0.5
49 MINNESOTA 4.1 4.6 0.5
51 FLORIDA 3.3 4.0 0.7

Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data have been revised to incorporate updated population controls and re-estimation. Annual average state estimates do not sum to the U.S. total.

 

Last Modified Date: March 4, 2011