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 March 2026, by state, seasonally adjusted
State	Unemployment rate	12-month change	Number of unemployed
Alabama	2.7	-0.3	65,474
Alaska	4.7	0.1	17,238
Arizona	4.7	0.5	176,469
Arkansas	4.3	0.4	63,045
California	5.3	-0.1	1,053,299
Colorado	3.9	-0.3	127,130
Connecticut	4.8	1.1	92,624
Delaware	5.4	1.0	27,549
District of Columbia	6.3	0.3	25,605
Florida	4.7	1.1	522,693
Georgia	3.5	0.1	192,991
Hawaii	2.4	-0.1	16,189
Idaho	3.6	0.0	36,583
Illinois	5.1	0.5	334,691
Indiana	3.3	-0.4	114,288
Iowa	3.3	-0.3	58,134
Kansas	3.9	0.1	61,649
Kentucky	4.2	-0.5	88,003
Louisiana	4.4	0.1	93,426
Maine	3.2	-0.1	22,307
Maryland	4.3	0.6	139,336
Massachusetts	4.7	0.4	183,417
Michigan	5.0	-0.3	250,799
Minnesota	4.5	0.9	142,943
Mississippi	3.8	-0.1	48,938
Missouri	3.9	-0.1	122,285
Montana	3.6	0.5	20,974
Nebraska	3.1	0.2	33,915
Nevada	5.3	0.0	90,223
New Hampshire	3.1	-0.1	24,345
New Jersey	4.9	-0.2	240,939
New Mexico	4.8	0.7	46,694
New York	4.6	0.5	466,099
North Carolina	3.7	-0.1	197,113
North Dakota	2.5	-0.1	10,990
Ohio	4.1	-0.7	243,458
Oklahoma	3.9	0.8	78,806
Oregon	5.2	0.2	114,660
Pennsylvania	4.2	0.0	275,968
Rhode Island	4.7	0.2	27,403
South Carolina	4.9	0.7	131,319
South Dakota	2.3	0.3	11,179
Tennessee	3.6	0.1	126,425
Texas	4.3	0.2	680,003
Utah	3.8	0.4	69,668
Vermont	2.6	0.0	8,943
Virginia	3.8	0.5	171,665
Washington	5.1	0.6	209,044
West Virginia	4.5	0.6	35,167
Wisconsin	3.5	0.3	109,528
Wyoming	3.6	0.4	10,295
Puerto Rico	5.6	0.2	69,121