Unemployment Rates for States

Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2010
RankStateRate
  UNITED STATES 9.6
1 NORTH DAKOTA 3.8
2 NEBRASKA 4.7
3 SOUTH DAKOTA 5.1
4 NEW HAMPSHIRE 6.1
5 IOWA 6.3
6 VERMONT 6.4
7 HAWAII 6.8
7 MONTANA 6.8
9 OKLAHOMA 6.9
10 WYOMING 7.0
11 KANSAS 7.1
11 VIRGINIA 7.1
13 LOUISIANA 7.4
13 MINNESOTA 7.4
15 MARYLAND 7.8
16 ARKANSAS 7.9
16 NEW MEXICO 7.9
18 ALASKA 8.0
18 DELAWARE 8.0
20 UTAH 8.1
21 MAINE 8.2
21 TEXAS 8.2
23 MASSACHUSETTS 8.3
24 PENNSYLVANIA 8.4
24 WEST VIRGINIA 8.4
26 WISCONSIN 8.5
27 NEW YORK 8.6
28 IDAHO 8.7
29 COLORADO 9.0
30 ALABAMA 9.3
30 CONNECTICUT 9.3
30 MISSOURI 9.3
33 NEW JERSEY 9.6
34 TENNESSEE 9.8
35 WASHINGTON 9.9
36 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10.0
36 OHIO 10.0
38 INDIANA 10.1
39 GEORGIA 10.2
39 KENTUCKY 10.2
41 ARIZONA 10.4
41 ILLINOIS 10.4
43 MISSISSIPPI 10.5
44 OREGON 10.7
45 NORTH CAROLINA 10.8
46 SOUTH CAROLINA 11.2
47 FLORIDA 11.3
48 RHODE ISLAND 11.7
49 CALIFORNIA 12.4
50 MICHIGAN 12.7
51 NEVADA 13.8

NOTE: Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force. Data refer to place of residence.

 

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2013