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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 September 2025, by state, seasonally adjusted
State Unemployment rate 12-month change Number of unemployed

Alabama

2.8 -0.5 66,711

Alaska

4.7 -0.1 17,359

Arizona

4.2 0.4 160,490

Arkansas

3.9 0.4 55,750

California

5.6 0.1 1,106,417

Colorado

4.1 -0.4 134,343

Connecticut

3.8 0.6 74,029

Delaware

4.5 0.9 23,066

District of Columbia

6.2 0.9 25,809

Florida

3.9 0.4 433,169

Georgia

3.4 -0.2 181,584

Hawaii

2.5 -0.5 17,178

Idaho

3.7 -0.1 37,283

Illinois

4.4 -0.6 287,037

Indiana

3.7 -0.7 127,716

Iowa

3.7 0.4 64,865

Kansas

3.8 0.0 59,893

Kentucky

4.7 -0.6 99,594

Louisiana

4.4 -0.2 90,771

Maine

3.2 -0.2 22,451

Maryland

3.8 0.6 122,282

Massachusetts

4.7 0.5 188,073

Michigan

5.1 0.0 258,830

Minnesota

3.7 0.6 117,394

Mississippi

3.8 0.4 49,275

Missouri

4.1 0.4 131,808

Montana

3.0 0.0 17,398

Nebraska

3.0 0.1 32,207

Nevada

5.3 -0.4 88,738

New Hampshire

3.0 0.3 23,531

New Jersey

5.2 0.6 256,243

New Mexico

4.1 -0.2 40,800

New York

4.2 -0.2 418,719

North Carolina

3.7 0.0 197,807

North Dakota

2.6 0.1 10,991

Ohio

4.8 0.4 286,973

Oklahoma

3.2 -0.1 64,314

Oregon

5.2 1.0 114,597

Pennsylvania

4.1 0.4 269,876

Rhode Island

4.5 0.0 26,277

South Carolina

4.4 -0.1 113,929

South Dakota

2.0 0.2 9,731

Tennessee

3.6 -0.1 125,180

Texas

4.1 -0.1 656,142

Utah

3.4 0.1 63,476

Vermont

2.5 0.0 8,934

Virginia

3.5 0.6 160,199

Washington

4.5 0.1 181,929

West Virginia

4.0 -0.1 31,072

Wisconsin

3.1 0.1 96,235

Wyoming

3.3 -0.2 9,472

Puerto Rico

5.7 0.3 70,731