State unemployment rates, seasonally adjusted

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

State unemployment rates, April 2026, seasonally adjusted
State	April 2026 unemployment rate	April 2025 unemployment rate	12-month change
Alabama	2.8	2.9	-0.1
Alaska	4.7	4.6	0.1
Arizona	4.7	4.2	0.5
Arkansas	4.3	3.9	0.4
California	5.3	5.4	-0.1
Colorado	3.9	4.2	-0.3
Connecticut	5.0	3.8	1.2
Delaware	5.3	4.5	0.8
District of Columbia	6.2	6.1	0.1
Florida	4.8	3.7	1.1
Georgia	3.5	3.3	0.2
Hawaii	2.5	2.5	0.0
Idaho	3.6	3.6	0.0
Illinois	5.1	4.5	0.6
Indiana	3.2	3.7	-0.5
Iowa	3.3	3.6	-0.3
Kansas	3.9	3.8	0.1
Kentucky	4.3	4.7	-0.4
Louisiana	4.4	4.3	0.1
Maine	3.1	3.3	-0.2
Maryland	4.4	3.8	0.6
Massachusetts	4.7	4.4	0.3
Michigan	5.0	5.2	-0.2
Minnesota	4.5	3.6	0.9
Mississippi	3.8	3.9	-0.1
Missouri	3.8	4.0	-0.2
Montana	3.5	3.1	0.4
Nebraska	3.0	2.9	0.1
Nevada	5.3	5.3	0.0
New Hampshire	3.1	3.2	-0.1
New Jersey	4.8	5.1	-0.3
New Mexico	4.9	4.1	0.8
New York	4.6	4.1	0.5
North Carolina	3.7	3.8	-0.1
North Dakota	2.4	2.6	-0.2
Ohio	3.9	4.8	-0.9
Oklahoma	4.0	3.1	0.9
Oregon	5.2	5.1	0.1
Pennsylvania	4.2	4.2	0.0
Rhode Island	4.5	4.4	0.1
South Carolina	4.8	4.2	0.6
South Dakota	2.2	2.0	0.2
Tennessee	3.6	3.5	0.1
Texas	4.3	4.1	0.2
Utah	3.8	3.4	0.4
Vermont	2.6	2.6	0.0
Virginia	3.8	3.3	0.5
Washington	5.2	4.5	0.7
West Virginia	4.4	3.9	0.5
Wisconsin	3.5	3.2	0.3
Wyoming	3.5	3.2	0.3
Puerto Rico	5.6	5.5	0.1