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Unemployment rate, 12-month change in the unemployment rate, and number of unemployed by state, seasonally adjusted

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Unemployment rate, 12-month change in the unemployment rate, and number of unemployed in October 2024, by state, seasonally adjusted
State Unemployment rate 12-month change Number of unemployed

Alabama

2.9 0.1 69,271

Alaska

4.6 0.0 16,461

Arizona

3.6 -0.6 135,575

Arkansas

3.3 -0.4 45,934

California

5.4 0.3 1,045,289

Colorado

4.1 0.8 134,680

Connecticut

3.0 -1.2 57,704

Delaware

4.0 -0.1 20,222

District of Columbia

5.7 0.8 23,057

Florida

3.3 0.2 369,239

Georgia

3.6 0.4 196,202

Hawaii

2.9 -0.1 19,289

Idaho

3.7 0.4 36,468

Illinois

5.3 0.5 346,366

Indiana

4.4 0.9 150,505

Iowa

3.0 -0.1 51,007

Kansas

3.4 0.8 51,761

Kentucky

5.0 0.7 102,996

Louisiana

4.1 0.1 85,172

Maine

2.9 -0.5 20,677

Maryland

3.0 0.7 95,873

Massachusetts

3.9 0.5 149,657

Michigan

4.7 0.5 234,929

Minnesota

3.4 0.6 105,856

Mississippi

2.9 -0.3 36,659

Missouri

3.8 0.5 120,008

Montana

3.3 0.0 19,153

Nebraska

2.7 0.2 28,881

Nevada

5.7 0.4 91,828

New Hampshire

2.5 -0.1 19,088

New Jersey

4.7 -0.1 227,008

New Mexico

4.3 0.3 42,074

New York

4.4 -0.2 425,659

North Carolina

3.7 0.1 196,774

North Dakota

2.4 0.5 9,921

Ohio

4.3 0.7 255,540

Oklahoma

3.3 -0.2 66,771

Oregon

4.0 0.0 88,602

Pennsylvania

3.4 0.0 223,392

Rhode Island

4.6 1.2 27,161

South Carolina

4.7 1.7 118,125

South Dakota

1.9 -0.2 9,158

Tennessee

3.3 -0.2 114,088

Texas

4.1 0.2 638,407

Utah

3.5 0.7 63,834

Vermont

2.3 0.0 8,171

Virginia

2.9 -0.1 133,596

Washington

4.7 0.3 187,951

West Virginia

4.2 -0.1 33,389

Wisconsin

2.9 -0.5 90,142

Wyoming

3.2 0.3 9,519

Puerto Rico

5.4 -0.2 65,571