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 2023, by state, seasonally adjusted
State	Unemployment rate	12-month change	Number of unemployed
Alabama	2.1	-0.5	48,605
Alaska	3.9	0.3	14,101
Arizona	3.8	-0.2	141,623
Arkansas	2.7	-0.7	37,285
California	4.6	0.8	894,743
Colorado	3.1	0.5	99,818
Connecticut	3.6	-0.3	67,331
Delaware	4.1	-0.4	20,813
District of Columbia	5.0	1.1	19,517
Florida	2.7	0.0	303,016
Georgia	3.3	0.2	174,134
Hawaii	2.8	-0.8	19,054
Idaho	3.0	0.2	28,955
Illinois	4.1	-0.4	266,173
Indiana	3.4	0.3	117,388
Iowa	2.9	0.0	50,220
Kansas	2.7	-0.1	41,807
Kentucky	4.0	0.0	81,966
Louisiana	3.3	-0.2	68,814
Maine	2.5	-0.2	17,145
Maryland	1.7	-1.7	54,811
Massachusetts	2.6	-1.3	98,134
Michigan	3.7	-0.6	183,254
Minnesota	3.1	0.4	97,038
Mississippi	3.2	-0.7	39,167
Missouri	2.8	0.4	87,958
Montana	2.5	-0.2	14,688
Nebraska	2.0	-0.6	21,140
Nevada	5.4	0.0	85,631
New Hampshire	1.8	-0.9	13,783
New Jersey	4.2	1.2	203,211
New Mexico	3.7	0.3	35,846
New York	3.9	0.0	384,731
North Carolina	3.3	-0.6	173,576
North Dakota	1.9	-0.1	7,888
Ohio	3.4	-0.7	195,662
Oklahoma	2.8	-0.4	54,331
Oregon	3.4	-0.9	73,539
Pennsylvania	3.5	-0.8	226,264
Rhode Island	2.7	-0.7	15,209
South Carolina	3.0	-0.3	73,032
South Dakota	1.9	-0.3	9,072
Tennessee	3.1	-0.2	105,115
Texas	4.1	0.4	622,929
Utah	2.5	0.1	45,782
Vermont	1.8	-1.0	6,401
Virginia	2.5	-0.3	112,959
Washington	3.6	-0.7	146,118
West Virginia	3.6	-0.5	28,264
Wisconsin	2.9	-0.2	89,487
Wyoming	2.9	-0.8	8,740
Puerto Rico	6.2	0.4	72,840