State unemployment rates, seasonally adjusted

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

State unemployment rates, October 2023, seasonally adjusted
State	October 2023 unemployment rate	October 2022 unemployment rate	12-month change
Alabama	2.3	2.6	-0.3
Alaska	4.3	3.8	0.5
Arizona	4.2	4.1	0.1
Arkansas	3.1	3.5	-0.4
California	4.8	4.1	0.7
Colorado	3.3	2.8	0.5
Connecticut	3.5	4.0	-0.5
Delaware	4.2	4.7	-0.5
District of Columbia	5.0	4.2	0.8
Florida	2.8	2.7	0.1
Georgia	3.4	3.1	0.3
Hawaii	2.9	3.7	-0.8
Idaho	3.2	2.8	0.4
Illinois	4.6	4.6	0.0
Indiana	3.6	3.2	0.4
Iowa	3.2	3.1	0.1
Kansas	2.9	3.0	-0.1
Kentucky	4.2	4.0	0.2
Louisiana	3.3	3.6	-0.3
Maine	2.8	3.1	-0.3
Maryland	1.7	3.2	-1.5
Massachusetts	2.8	3.8	-1.0
Michigan	4.1	4.4	-0.3
Minnesota	3.2	3.0	0.2
Mississippi	3.3	4.1	-0.8
Missouri	3.1	2.7	0.4
Montana	2.8	2.7	0.1
Nebraska	2.2	2.7	-0.5
Nevada	5.4	5.5	-0.1
New Hampshire	2.1	2.9	-0.8
New Jersey	4.6	3.3	1.3
New Mexico	3.8	3.5	0.3
New York	4.2	4.2	0.0
North Carolina	3.4	3.9	-0.5
North Dakota	1.9	2.1	-0.2
Ohio	3.6	4.2	-0.6
Oklahoma	3.2	3.2	0.0
Oregon	3.6	4.8	-1.2
Pennsylvania	3.4	4.4	-1.0
Rhode Island	2.7	3.4	-0.7
South Carolina	2.9	3.3	-0.4
South Dakota	2.0	2.2	-0.2
Tennessee	3.3	3.5	-0.2
Texas	4.1	3.9	0.2
Utah	2.7	2.4	0.3
Vermont	2.0	3.1	-1.1
Virginia	2.7	3.1	-0.4
Washington	3.8	4.6	-0.8
West Virginia	4.0	4.1	-0.1
Wisconsin	3.2	3.0	0.2
Wyoming	2.9	3.9	-1.0
Puerto Rico	5.8	6.0	-0.2