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 October 2020, by state, seasonally adjusted
State	Unemployment rate	12-month change	Number of unemployed
Alabama	5.8	3.1	130,329
Alaska	5.9	-0.2	20,744
Arizona	8.0	3.5	288,538
Arkansas	6.2	2.7	83,203
California	9.3	5.4	1,786,461
Colorado	6.4	3.9	201,577
Connecticut	6.1	2.3	113,847
Delaware	5.6	1.6	27,025
District of Columbia	8.2	2.9	32,759
Florida	6.5	3.6	659,265
Georgia	4.5	1.3	231,453
Hawaii	14.3	11.6	91,697
Idaho	5.5	2.6	50,278
Illinois	6.8	3.1	425,916
Indiana	5.0	1.8	167,701
Iowa	3.6	0.8	58,512
Kansas	5.3	2.2	80,037
Kentucky	7.4	3.1	144,397
Louisiana	9.4	4.2	198,710
Maine	5.4	2.4	36,820
Maryland	7.8	4.4	246,423
Massachusetts	7.4	4.6	268,514
Michigan	5.5	1.6	266,403
Minnesota	4.6	1.3	137,359
Mississippi	7.4	1.8	95,231
Missouri	4.6	1.2	137,729
Montana	4.9	1.4	26,253
Nebraska	3.0	0.0	30,876
Nevada	12.0	8.3	185,498
New Hampshire	4.2	1.6	30,309
New Jersey	8.2	4.5	362,942
New Mexico	8.1	3.3	74,792
New York	9.6	5.7	868,780
North Carolina	6.3	2.6	310,292
North Dakota	4.8	2.4	19,031
Ohio	5.6	1.5	323,632
Oklahoma	6.1	2.7	114,419
Oregon	6.9	3.5	147,382
Pennsylvania	7.3	2.7	464,549
Rhode Island	7.0	3.5	37,802
South Carolina	4.2	1.8	100,333
South Dakota	3.6	0.2	16,873
Tennessee	7.4	4.1	248,337
Texas	6.9	3.4	979,099
Utah	4.1	1.7	67,186
Vermont	3.2	0.8	10,180
Virginia	5.3	2.6	227,229
Washington	6.0	2.0	238,617
West Virginia	6.4	1.3	48,794
Wisconsin	5.7	2.2	179,425
Wyoming	5.5	1.8	16,284
Puerto Rico	8.3	0.0	85,905