State unemployment rates, seasonally adjusted

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

State unemployment rates, December 2023, seasonally adjusted
State	December 2023 unemployment rate	December 2022 unemployment rate	12-month change
Alabama	2.6	2.6	0.0
Alaska	4.5	3.7	0.8
Arizona	4.3	4.0	0.3
Arkansas	3.4	3.4	0.0
California	5.1	4.1	1.0
Colorado	3.4	2.8	0.6
Connecticut	3.8	4.0	-0.2
Delaware	4.2	4.6	-0.4
District of Columbia	5.1	4.2	0.9
Florida	3.0	2.7	0.3
Georgia	3.4	3.1	0.3
Hawaii	2.9	3.7	-0.8
Idaho	3.3	2.8	0.5
Illinois	4.8	4.6	0.2
Indiana	3.6	3.1	0.5
Iowa	3.2	3.0	0.2
Kansas	2.8	2.9	-0.1
Kentucky	4.3	3.9	0.4
Louisiana	3.7	3.5	0.2
Maine	3.2	3.1	0.1
Maryland	1.9	3.0	-1.1
Massachusetts	3.2	3.7	-0.5
Michigan	4.3	4.3	0.0
Minnesota	2.9	2.9	0.0
Mississippi	3.3	4.0	-0.7
Missouri	3.3	2.7	0.6
Montana	3.2	2.6	0.6
Nebraska	2.3	2.7	-0.4
Nevada	5.4	5.5	-0.1
New Hampshire	2.5	2.9	-0.4
New Jersey	4.8	3.3	1.5
New Mexico	4.0	3.5	0.5
New York	4.5	4.1	0.4
North Carolina	3.5	3.8	-0.3
North Dakota	1.9	2.1	-0.2
Ohio	3.7	4.1	-0.4
Oklahoma	3.4	3.2	0.2
Oregon	3.7	4.8	-1.1
Pennsylvania	3.5	4.3	-0.8
Rhode Island	3.2	3.2	0.0
South Carolina	3.0	3.3	-0.3
South Dakota	2.0	2.2	-0.2
Tennessee	3.5	3.5	0.0
Texas	4.0	3.8	0.2
Utah	2.8	2.4	0.4
Vermont	2.2	3.0	-0.8
Virginia	3.0	3.1	-0.1
Washington	4.2	4.5	-0.3
West Virginia	4.3	4.1	0.2
Wisconsin	3.3	3.0	0.3
Wyoming	3.0	3.9	-0.9
Puerto Rico	5.7	6.0	-0.3