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 August 2025, by state, seasonally adjusted
State	Unemployment rate	12-month change	Number of unemployed
Alabama	2.9	-0.2	68,191
Alaska	4.7	0.0	17,290
Arizona	4.1	0.4	157,143
Arkansas	3.8	0.3	53,852
California	5.5	0.1	1,094,674
Colorado	4.2	-0.2	139,145
Connecticut	3.8	0.6	73,253
Delaware	4.3	0.6	21,935
District of Columbia	6.0	0.7	25,206
Florida	3.8	0.4	423,960
Georgia	3.4	-0.2	181,183
Hawaii	2.7	-0.3	18,263
Idaho	3.7	0.0	37,042
Illinois	4.4	-0.6	292,495
Indiana	3.6	-0.8	124,881
Iowa	3.8	0.6	65,794
Kansas	3.8	0.1	59,613
Kentucky	4.7	-0.5	100,123
Louisiana	4.4	-0.1	91,396
Maine	3.2	0.0	22,339
Maryland	3.6	0.4	115,749
Massachusetts	4.8	0.6	189,379
Michigan	5.2	0.2	264,043
Minnesota	3.6	0.4	113,563
Mississippi	3.9	0.6	50,291
Missouri	4.1	0.4	131,536
Montana	2.9	-0.1	16,579
Nebraska	3.0	0.1	32,152
Nevada	5.3	-0.4	88,547
New Hampshire	3.0	0.4	23,471
New Jersey	5.0	0.4	245,667
New Mexico	4.1	-0.2	40,857
New York	4.0	-0.4	397,912
North Carolina	3.7	0.0	194,915
North Dakota	2.5	0.0	10,793
Ohio	5.0	0.6	295,129
Oklahoma	3.1	-0.2	62,246
Oregon	5.0	0.8	111,930
Pennsylvania	4.0	0.4	262,644
Rhode Island	4.6	0.1	27,073
South Carolina	4.3	-0.3	110,750
South Dakota	1.9	0.1	9,393
Tennessee	3.6	0.0	124,122
Texas	4.1	-0.1	643,799
Utah	3.3	0.0	61,738
Vermont	2.5	0.0	8,956
Virginia	3.6	0.7	162,662
Washington	4.5	0.0	180,450
West Virginia	3.8	-0.3	29,422
Wisconsin	3.1	0.1	97,504
Wyoming	3.2	-0.2	9,384
Puerto Rico	5.6	0.1	69,943