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 May 2026, by state, seasonally adjusted
State	Unemployment rate	12-month change	Number of unemployed
Alabama	3.0	0.1	72,082
Alaska	4.6	0.0	16,829
Arizona	4.8	0.5	178,737
Arkansas	4.2	0.2	60,560
California	5.3	-0.2	1,037,533
Colorado	3.9	-0.2	125,899
Connecticut	5.1	1.3	97,350
Delaware	5.1	0.6	26,030
District of Columbia	6.1	0.0	24,808
Florida	4.8	1.1	531,412
Georgia	3.4	0.1	186,842
Hawaii	2.5	0.1	17,470
Idaho	3.7	0.1	36,658
Illinois	5.1	0.7	336,336
Indiana	3.3	-0.4	113,727
Iowa	3.2	-0.4	56,129
Kansas	3.8	0.0	60,151
Kentucky	4.5	-0.2	93,384
Louisiana	4.5	0.2	94,507
Maine	3.1	-0.2	22,007
Maryland	4.4	0.4	142,081
Massachusetts	4.5	0.1	176,507
Michigan	5.1	0.0	251,083
Minnesota	4.4	0.7	138,642
Mississippi	3.8	-0.1	49,333
Missouri	3.8	-0.2	119,325
Montana	3.4	0.2	19,585
Nebraska	3.0	0.1	32,905
Nevada	5.2	0.0	88,619
New Hampshire	3.0	-0.2	23,653
New Jersey	4.7	-0.5	228,543
New Mexico	4.9	0.9	47,726
New York	4.6	0.4	462,883
North Carolina	3.7	-0.1	194,590
North Dakota	2.4	-0.2	10,291
Ohio	3.7	-1.0	218,497
Oklahoma	4.1	1.0	82,121
Oregon	5.2	0.0	114,364
Pennsylvania	4.2	0.0	276,700
Rhode Island	4.3	-0.1	25,159
South Carolina	4.6	0.3	123,684
South Dakota	2.1	0.1	10,279
Tennessee	3.6	0.1	126,052
Texas	4.3	0.2	688,213
Utah	3.7	0.2	67,863
Vermont	2.6	0.0	8,906
Virginia	3.8	0.5	169,846
Washington	5.2	0.7	212,412
West Virginia	4.3	0.3	33,414
Wisconsin	3.4	0.3	107,388
Wyoming	3.4	0.2	9,645
Puerto Rico	5.6	0.1	68,981