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 2021, by state, seasonally adjusted
State	Unemployment rate	12-month change	Number of unemployed
Alabama	3.1	-4.0	69,005
Alaska	6.4	-0.8	22,510
Arizona	6.2	-0.8	225,302
Arkansas	4.2	-2.3	57,210
California	7.5	-4.8	1,431,645
Colorado	5.9	-1.2	188,997
Connecticut	7.2	-1.2	129,963
Delaware	5.4	-2.5	26,367
District of Columbia	6.5	-2.3	26,629
Florida	5.0	-2.9	529,465
Georgia	3.5	-3.5	181,656
Hawaii	7.0	-7.1	45,559
Idaho	2.9	-2.0	26,442
Illinois	7.0	-4.1	435,938
Indiana	4.1	-3.2	137,260
Iowa	4.1	-1.2	67,868
Kansas	3.8	-2.4	58,029
Kentucky	4.3	-1.2	84,995
Louisiana	6.2	-2.0	128,354
Maine	4.9	-0.3	33,222
Maryland	5.9	-2.7	185,002
Massachusetts	5.0	-4.3	185,417
Michigan	4.7	-3.8	223,824
Minnesota	3.8	-2.8	114,964
Mississippi	6.0	-1.8	77,219
Missouri	4.0	-2.0	123,158
Montana	3.5	-2.3	19,145
Nebraska	2.2	-1.8	22,364
Nevada	7.7	-6.8	120,398
New Hampshire	3.0	-3.6	22,214
New Jersey	7.2	-3.8	319,937
New Mexico	7.2	-2.1	68,723
New York	7.4	-4.3	691,749
North Carolina	4.3	-2.5	216,607
North Dakota	3.6	-2.5	14,575
Ohio	5.4	-3.6	305,227
Oklahoma	3.2	-3.1	60,409
Oregon	4.9	-3.5	107,417
Pennsylvania	6.4	-3.8	405,951
Rhode Island	5.8	-6.8	30,936
South Carolina	4.2	-1.2	101,527
South Dakota	2.9	-1.8	13,643
Tennessee	4.6	-3.5	154,153
Texas	5.9	-1.0	835,862
Utah	2.6	-2.2	42,569
Vermont	3.0	-2.4	9,664
Virginia	4.0	-3.0	168,515
Washington	5.1	-4.0	198,825
West Virginia	4.8	-3.7	38,159
Wisconsin	3.9	-2.2	122,633
Wyoming	4.9	-1.3	14,521
Puerto Rico	8.4	0.1	89,554