Unemployment Rates for States

Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2001
Rank State Rate

 

 UNITED STATES 4.7
1 NORTH DAKOTA 2.8
2 CONNECTICUT 3.1
2 NEBRASKA 3.1
2 SOUTH DAKOTA 3.1
5 VIRGINIA 3.2
6 IOWA 3.3
6 VERMONT 3.3
8 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.4
9 DELAWARE 3.5
10 MAINE 3.7
10 MASSACHUSETTS 3.7
10 OKLAHOMA 3.7
13 COLORADO 3.8
13 MINNESOTA 3.8
15 WYOMING 3.9
16 GEORGIA 4.0
17 MARYLAND 4.1
18 HAWAII 4.2
18 INDIANA 4.2
20 KANSAS 4.3
20 NEW JERSEY 4.3
22 OHIO 4.4
22 UTAH 4.4
22 WISCONSIN 4.4
25 MISSOURI 4.5
25 MONTANA 4.5
25 RHODE ISLAND 4.5
28 ALABAMA 4.7
28 ARIZONA 4.7
28 ARKANSAS 4.7
28 FLORIDA 4.7
28 TENNESSEE 4.7
33 PENNSYLVANIA 4.8
34 IDAHO 4.9
34 NEW MEXICO 4.9
34 NEW YORK 4.9
37 TEXAS 5.0
38 KENTUCKY 5.2
38 MICHIGAN 5.2
38 SOUTH CAROLINA 5.2
38 WEST VIRGINIA 5.2
42 NEVADA 5.3
43 CALIFORNIA 5.4
43 ILLINOIS 5.4
43 LOUISIANA 5.4
46 MISSISSIPPI 5.6
46 NORTH CAROLINA 5.6
48 ALASKA 6.2
48 WASHINGTON 6.2
50 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 6.3
51 OREGON 6.4

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: February 27, 2009