State unemployment rates, seasonally adjusted

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

State unemployment rates, August 2026, seasonally adjusted
State	August 2026 unemployment rate	August 2025 unemployment rate	12-month change
Alabama	3.4	2.8	0.6
Alaska	4.3	4.6	-0.3
Arizona	4.9	4.4	0.5
Arkansas	3.9	4.2	-0.3
California	5.1	5.5	-0.4
Colorado	4.0	3.9	0.1
Connecticut	5.1	4.1	1.0
Delaware	4.7	5.0	-0.3
District of Columbia	5.7	6.5	-0.8
Florida	4.5	4.0	0.5
Georgia	3.2	3.4	-0.2
Hawaii	2.7	2.1	0.6
Idaho	3.6	3.6	0.0
Illinois	4.7	4.3	0.4
Indiana	3.3	3.7	-0.4
Iowa	3.2	3.5	-0.3
Kansas	3.8	3.7	0.1
Kentucky	4.7	4.5	0.2
Louisiana	4.2	4.2	0.0
Maine	3.2	3.3	-0.1
Maryland	4.1	4.3	-0.2
Massachusetts	4.3	4.5	-0.2
Michigan	5.0	4.9	0.1
Minnesota	4.4	3.9	0.5
Mississippi	3.4	3.7	-0.3
Missouri	3.5	4.0	-0.5
Montana	3.2	3.4	-0.2
Nebraska	2.9	2.9	0.0
Nevada	4.8	5.2	-0.4
New Hampshire	2.8	3.1	-0.3
New Jersey	4.3	5.5	-1.2
New Mexico	4.7	4.1	0.6
New York	4.3	4.5	-0.2
North Carolina	3.5	3.9	-0.4
North Dakota	2.2	2.6	-0.4
Ohio	3.3	4.4	-1.1
Oklahoma	4.3	3.4	0.9
Oregon	5.1	5.3	-0.2
Pennsylvania	3.7	4.4	-0.7
Rhode Island	3.7	4.3	-0.6
South Carolina	4.1	4.6	-0.5
South Dakota	2.0	2.1	-0.1
Tennessee	3.4	3.5	-0.1
Texas	4.4	4.2	0.2
Utah	3.5	3.6	-0.1
Vermont	2.6	2.6	0.0
Virginia	3.6	3.3	0.3
Washington	4.9	4.6	0.3
West Virginia	4.0	4.3	-0.3
Wisconsin	3.2	3.1	0.1
Wyoming	3.0	3.3	-0.3
Puerto Rico	6.1	5.7	0.4