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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 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