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 April 2026, by state, seasonally adjusted
State	Unemployment rate	12-month change	Number of unemployed
Alabama	2.8	-0.1	67,115
Alaska	4.7	0.1	17,203
Arizona	4.7	0.5	177,914
Arkansas	4.3	0.4	61,835
California	5.3	-0.1	1,045,879
Colorado	3.9	-0.3	126,402
Connecticut	5.0	1.2	96,549
Delaware	5.3	0.8	27,072
District of Columbia	6.2	0.1	25,058
Florida	4.8	1.1	531,739
Georgia	3.5	0.2	190,317
Hawaii	2.5	0.0	16,870
Idaho	3.6	0.0	36,517
Illinois	5.1	0.6	337,314
Indiana	3.2	-0.5	113,276
Iowa	3.3	-0.3	57,168
Kansas	3.9	0.1	60,568
Kentucky	4.3	-0.4	89,583
Louisiana	4.4	0.1	93,830
Maine	3.1	-0.2	22,217
Maryland	4.4	0.6	142,484
Massachusetts	4.7	0.3	181,243
Michigan	5.0	-0.2	249,821
Minnesota	4.5	0.9	140,910
Mississippi	3.8	-0.1	49,479
Missouri	3.8	-0.2	121,851
Montana	3.5	0.4	20,282
Nebraska	3.0	0.1	33,462
Nevada	5.3	0.0	89,347
New Hampshire	3.1	-0.1	24,153
New Jersey	4.8	-0.3	233,953
New Mexico	4.9	0.8	47,575
New York	4.6	0.5	463,893
North Carolina	3.7	-0.1	196,615
North Dakota	2.4	-0.2	10,644
Ohio	3.9	-0.9	231,987
Oklahoma	4.0	0.9	80,048
Oregon	5.2	0.1	114,642
Pennsylvania	4.2	0.0	275,779
Rhode Island	4.5	0.1	26,482
South Carolina	4.8	0.6	128,013
South Dakota	2.2	0.2	10,708
Tennessee	3.6	0.1	127,499
Texas	4.3	0.2	682,550
Utah	3.8	0.4	69,182
Vermont	2.6	0.0	8,927
Virginia	3.8	0.5	171,785
Washington	5.2	0.7	212,533
West Virginia	4.4	0.5	34,569
Wisconsin	3.5	0.3	110,085
Wyoming	3.5	0.3	10,061
Puerto Rico	5.6	0.1	68,999