State unemployment rates, seasonally adjusted

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

State unemployment rates, September 2024, seasonally adjusted
State	September 2024 unemployment rate	September 2023 unemployment rate	12-month change
Alabama	2.9	2.7	0.2
Alaska	4.6	4.5	0.1
Arizona	3.5	4.2	-0.7
Arkansas	3.3	3.6	-0.3
California	5.3	5.0	0.3
Colorado	4.0	3.3	0.7
Connecticut	3.2	4.0	-0.8
Delaware	4.2	4.1	0.1
District of Columbia	5.7	4.9	0.8
Florida	3.3	3.0	0.3
Georgia	3.6	3.2	0.4
Hawaii	2.9	3.0	-0.1
Idaho	3.6	3.3	0.3
Illinois	5.3	4.7	0.6
Indiana	4.3	3.5	0.8
Iowa	2.9	3.1	-0.2
Kansas	3.3	2.6	0.7
Kentucky	4.9	4.3	0.6
Louisiana	3.9	3.8	0.1
Maine	2.8	3.2	-0.4
Maryland	2.9	2.2	0.7
Massachusetts	3.8	3.3	0.5
Michigan	4.5	4.1	0.4
Minnesota	3.4	2.8	0.6
Mississippi	2.8	3.2	-0.4
Missouri	3.9	3.3	0.6
Montana	3.3	3.2	0.1
Nebraska	2.7	2.5	0.2
Nevada	5.6	5.2	0.4
New Hampshire	2.5	2.5	0.0
New Jersey	4.7	4.8	-0.1
New Mexico	4.2	3.9	0.3
New York	4.4	4.4	0.0
North Carolina	3.8	3.6	0.2
North Dakota	2.3	1.9	0.4
Ohio	4.5	3.6	0.9
Oklahoma	3.4	3.5	-0.1
Oregon	4.0	3.9	0.1
Pennsylvania	3.4	3.3	0.1
Rhode Island	4.6	3.2	1.4
South Carolina	4.5	3.0	1.5
South Dakota	2.0	2.1	-0.1
Tennessee	3.2	3.4	-0.2
Texas	4.1	3.9	0.2
Utah	3.5	2.8	0.7
Vermont	2.2	2.2	0.0
Virginia	2.9	2.9	0.0
Washington	4.8	4.3	0.5
West Virginia	4.2	4.3	-0.1
Wisconsin	2.9	3.4	-0.5
Wyoming	3.1	2.9	0.2
Puerto Rico	5.5	5.7	-0.2