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 December 2025, by state, seasonally adjusted
State	Unemployment rate	12-month change	Number of unemployed
Alabama	2.7	-0.6	64,150
Alaska	4.8	0.1	17,656
Arizona	4.3	0.5	167,230
Arkansas	4.2	0.6	60,987
California	5.5	0.0	1,096,058
Colorado	3.8	-0.8	123,798
Connecticut	4.2	1.0	80,351
Delaware	5.2	1.6	26,621
District of Columbia	6.7	1.4	27,866
Florida	4.3	0.9	486,118
Georgia	3.6	0.0	192,721
Hawaii	2.2	-0.8	15,188
Idaho	3.6	-0.2	36,883
Illinois	4.6	-0.3	301,823
Indiana	3.5	-0.9	123,873
Iowa	3.5	0.2	61,376
Kansas	3.8	0.0	59,742
Kentucky	4.5	-0.8	95,327
Louisiana	4.2	-0.4	88,396
Maine	3.2	-0.2	22,672
Maryland	4.2	1.1	136,376
Massachusetts	4.8	0.7	188,782
Michigan	5.0	-0.2	252,045
Minnesota	4.1	1.1	131,525
Mississippi	3.7	0.1	48,082
Missouri	3.9	0.3	126,420
Montana	3.4	0.5	19,486
Nebraska	3.0	0.1	33,085
Nevada	5.2	-0.6	88,569
New Hampshire	3.1	0.3	23,965
New Jersey	5.4	0.8	264,686
New Mexico	4.3	0.0	42,663
New York	4.6	0.2	457,838
North Carolina	3.9	0.2	204,751
North Dakota	2.6	0.1	11,382
Ohio	4.5	0.0	264,505
Oklahoma	3.6	0.3	73,425
Oregon	5.2	0.9	116,797
Pennsylvania	4.2	0.5	277,617
Rhode Island	4.3	-0.2	25,568
South Carolina	4.8	0.4	124,807
South Dakota	2.2	0.3	10,596
Tennessee	3.6	-0.1	125,705
Texas	4.3	0.1	680,422
Utah	3.6	0.3	67,256
Vermont	2.6	0.1	9,019
Virginia	3.6	0.7	163,222
Washington	4.7	0.3	192,851
West Virginia	4.6	0.5	35,777
Wisconsin	3.1	0.0	97,555
Wyoming	3.4	-0.1	9,914
Puerto Rico	5.7	0.3	70,754