State unemployment rates, seasonally adjusted

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

State unemployment rates, May 2020, seasonally adjusted
State	May 2020 unemployment rate	May 2019 unemployment rate	12-month change
Alabama	9.9	3.0	6.9
Alaska	12.6	6.2	6.4
Arizona	8.9	4.8	4.1
Arkansas	9.5	3.5	6.0
California	16.3	4.1	12.2
Colorado	10.2	2.8	7.4
Connecticut	9.4	3.7	5.7
Delaware	15.8	3.7	12.1
District of Columbia	8.9	5.5	3.4
Florida	14.5	3.2	11.3
Georgia	9.7	3.6	6.1
Hawaii	22.6	2.7	19.9
Idaho	8.9	2.9	6.0
Illinois	15.2	4.1	11.1
Indiana	12.3	3.3	9.0
Iowa	10.0	2.7	7.3
Kansas	10.0	3.1	6.9
Kentucky	11.0	4.3	6.7
Louisiana	13.3	4.5	8.8
Maine	9.3	3.0	6.3
Maryland	9.9	3.7	6.2
Massachusetts	16.3	2.9	13.4
Michigan	21.2	4.2	17.0
Minnesota	9.9	3.2	6.7
Mississippi	10.6	5.4	5.2
Missouri	10.1	3.1	7.0
Montana	9.0	3.5	5.5
Nebraska	5.2	3.1	2.1
Nevada	25.3	4.0	21.3
New Hampshire	14.5	2.5	12.0
New Jersey	15.2	3.3	11.9
New Mexico	9.2	4.9	4.3
New York	14.5	4.0	10.5
North Carolina	12.9	4.0	8.9
North Dakota	9.1	2.4	6.7
Ohio	13.7	4.1	9.6
Oklahoma	12.6	3.2	9.4
Oregon	14.2	3.9	10.3
Pennsylvania	13.1	4.2	8.9
Rhode Island	16.3	3.6	12.7
South Carolina	12.5	3.1	9.4
South Dakota	9.4	3.3	6.1
Tennessee	11.3	3.5	7.8
Texas	13.0	3.4	9.6
Utah	8.5	2.7	5.8
Vermont	12.7	2.3	10.4
Virginia	9.4	2.8	6.6
Washington	15.1	4.4	10.7
West Virginia	12.9	4.7	8.2
Wisconsin	12.0	3.3	8.7
Wyoming	8.8	3.5	5.3
Puerto Rico	-	8.0	-