State unemployment rates, seasonally adjusted

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

State unemployment rates, October 2024, seasonally adjusted
State	October 2024 unemployment rate	October 2023 unemployment rate	12-month change
Alabama	2.9	2.8	0.1
Alaska	4.6	4.6	0.0
Arizona	3.6	4.2	-0.6
Arkansas	3.3	3.7	-0.4
California	5.4	5.1	0.3
Colorado	4.1	3.3	0.8
Connecticut	3.0	4.2	-1.2
Delaware	4.0	4.1	-0.1
District of Columbia	5.7	4.9	0.8
Florida	3.3	3.1	0.2
Georgia	3.6	3.2	0.4
Hawaii	2.9	3.0	-0.1
Idaho	3.7	3.3	0.4
Illinois	5.3	4.8	0.5
Indiana	4.4	3.5	0.9
Iowa	3.0	3.1	-0.1
Kansas	3.4	2.6	0.8
Kentucky	5.0	4.3	0.7
Louisiana	4.1	4.0	0.1
Maine	2.9	3.4	-0.5
Maryland	3.0	2.3	0.7
Massachusetts	3.9	3.4	0.5
Michigan	4.7	4.2	0.5
Minnesota	3.4	2.8	0.6
Mississippi	2.9	3.2	-0.3
Missouri	3.8	3.3	0.5
Montana	3.3	3.3	0.0
Nebraska	2.7	2.5	0.2
Nevada	5.7	5.3	0.4
New Hampshire	2.5	2.6	-0.1
New Jersey	4.7	4.8	-0.1
New Mexico	4.3	4.0	0.3
New York	4.4	4.6	-0.2
North Carolina	3.7	3.6	0.1
North Dakota	2.4	1.9	0.5
Ohio	4.3	3.6	0.7
Oklahoma	3.3	3.5	-0.2
Oregon	4.0	4.0	0.0
Pennsylvania	3.4	3.4	0.0
Rhode Island	4.6	3.4	1.2
South Carolina	4.7	3.0	1.7
South Dakota	1.9	2.1	-0.2
Tennessee	3.3	3.5	-0.2
Texas	4.1	3.9	0.2
Utah	3.5	2.8	0.7
Vermont	2.3	2.3	0.0
Virginia	2.9	3.0	-0.1
Washington	4.7	4.4	0.3
West Virginia	4.2	4.3	-0.1
Wisconsin	2.9	3.4	-0.5
Wyoming	3.2	2.9	0.3
Puerto Rico	5.4	5.6	-0.2