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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 January 2024, by state, seasonally adjusted
State Unemployment rate 12-month change Number of unemployed

Alabama

2.9 0.5 66,591

Alaska

4.6 0.7 16,420

Arizona

4.2 0.5 155,076

Arkansas

3.7 0.7 50,782

California

5.2 0.7 1,013,585

Colorado

3.4 0.4 110,169

Connecticut

4.4 0.8 82,921

Delaware

4.1 0.0 20,654

District of Columbia

5.0 0.1 20,309

Florida

3.1 0.3 340,215

Georgia

3.1 -0.1 166,774

Hawaii

3.1 0.0 20,884

Idaho

3.3 0.4 32,274

Illinois

4.7 0.3 305,472

Indiana

3.5 0.3 117,335

Iowa

3.0 0.1 50,886

Kansas

2.6 -0.2 39,093

Kentucky

4.3 0.2 87,062

Louisiana

4.1 0.4 85,129

Maine

3.4 0.9 23,745

Maryland

2.3 -0.1 72,845

Massachusetts

3.0 -0.5 114,148

Michigan

4.0 0.0 201,962

Minnesota

2.7 -0.1 82,926

Mississippi

3.2 -0.3 39,145

Missouri

3.3 0.5 101,652

Montana

3.3 0.8 19,290

Nebraska

2.5 0.4 26,352

Nevada

5.3 0.1 84,836

New Hampshire

2.6 0.6 19,673

New Jersey

4.8 0.9 232,370

New Mexico

4.0 0.4 38,569

New York

4.5 0.4 438,986

North Carolina

3.5 0.0 185,760

North Dakota

1.9 -0.1 8,033

Ohio

3.7 -0.1 211,826

Oklahoma

3.5 0.4 70,131

Oregon

4.1 0.3 88,455

Pennsylvania

3.4 -0.4 220,548

Rhode Island

3.6 0.7 20,908

South Carolina

3.0 -0.1 75,335

South Dakota

2.1 0.1 9,903

Tennessee

3.5 0.1 117,088

Texas

3.9 -0.2 584,616

Utah

2.8 0.3 50,274

Vermont

2.3 0.2 8,096

Virginia

3.0 -0.1 139,731

Washington

4.6 0.5 183,847

West Virginia

4.3 0.7 33,984

Wisconsin

3.2 0.5 100,380

Wyoming

2.8 -0.5 8,375

Puerto Rico

5.7 -0.3 69,052