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State and area | Civilian labor force | Unemployed | ||||||||||
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August | September | Number | Percent of labor force | |||||||||
2023 | 2024 | 2023 | 2024(p) | August | September | August | September | |||||
2023 | 2024 | 2023 | 2024(p) | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | 2024(p) | |||||
Alabama |
2,322,348 | 2,357,432 | 2,319,862 | 2,346,656 | 65,017 | 79,123 | 61,282 | 71,345 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
Alaska |
363,027 | 363,885 | 360,229 | 360,484 | 13,643 | 14,433 | 14,428 | 14,154 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
Arizona |
3,706,414 | 3,754,238 | 3,732,870 | 3,757,804 | 166,493 | 149,915 | 157,659 | 145,657 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
Arkansas |
1,385,687 | 1,412,241 | 1,387,814 | 1,414,103 | 50,173 | 48,819 | 47,931 | 40,289 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
California |
19,346,331 | 19,491,169 | 19,413,126 | 19,501,405 | 1,001,351 | 1,142,573 | 943,226 | 1,030,005 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1) |
5,004,835 | 5,089,259 | 5,027,546 | 5,123,778 | 282,707 | 338,972 | 267,246 | 308,302 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
Colorado |
3,255,582 | 3,269,346 | 3,254,529 | 3,263,735 | 110,447 | 141,569 | 100,970 | 133,398 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
Connecticut |
1,902,662 | 1,894,333 | 1,900,669 | 1,904,142 | 73,332 | 65,123 | 69,429 | 48,346 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
Delaware |
511,912 | 505,968 | 505,933 | 499,020 | 22,302 | 23,849 | 19,772 | 17,190 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
District of Columbia |
399,178 | 405,839 | 401,095 | 403,338 | 21,414 | 27,960 | 20,196 | 22,470 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 5.6 |
Florida |
11,065,286 | 11,051,413 | 11,092,857 | 11,082,424 | 363,956 | 409,387 | 347,925 | 380,138 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1) |
1,376,107 | 1,402,258 | 1,380,174 | 1,402,226 | 27,595 | 43,915 | 24,901 | 28,779 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
Georgia |
5,310,423 | 5,384,808 | 5,328,602 | 5,411,426 | 192,190 | 223,239 | 166,529 | 184,462 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
Hawaii |
676,373 | 666,063 | 674,623 | 669,224 | 20,805 | 21,132 | 22,310 | 21,641 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
Idaho |
968,461 | 998,953 | 967,183 | 998,723 | 29,539 | 35,936 | 27,556 | 33,298 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
Illinois |
6,499,124 | 6,524,027 | 6,469,887 | 6,533,877 | 333,342 | 357,354 | 303,307 | 326,867 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights(1) |
3,823,020 | 3,888,565 | 3,797,642 | 3,885,581 | 190,589 | 222,204 | 174,004 | 202,271 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
Indiana |
3,413,812 | 3,435,045 | 3,396,714 | 3,464,742 | 118,830 | 152,998 | 102,899 | 147,576 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 4.3 |
Iowa |
1,704,812 | 1,676,242 | 1,711,517 | 1,687,904 | 53,931 | 53,458 | 48,033 | 46,063 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
Kansas |
1,505,688 | 1,509,912 | 1,511,789 | 1,518,250 | 44,813 | 56,396 | 37,837 | 47,778 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
Kentucky |
2,028,336 | 2,078,013 | 2,024,793 | 2,079,812 | 83,984 | 107,290 | 80,299 | 101,133 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
Louisiana |
2,074,983 | 2,078,323 | 2,082,174 | 2,070,459 | 80,428 | 88,512 | 80,719 | 89,288 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
Maine |
703,803 | 717,491 | 690,822 | 710,194 | 17,583 | 18,645 | 18,391 | 18,444 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
Maryland |
3,208,294 | 3,249,809 | 3,190,509 | 3,231,992 | 73,091 | 112,008 | 67,087 | 89,915 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
Massachusetts |
3,789,596 | 3,904,567 | 3,731,596 | 3,815,863 | 127,503 | 177,400 | 116,316 | 138,090 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
Michigan |
5,082,437 | 5,055,581 | 5,053,307 | 5,065,395 | 211,545 | 228,318 | 194,448 | 214,290 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn(2) |
2,227,691 | 2,192,067 | 2,225,063 | 2,182,084 | 92,565 | 90,776 | 86,327 | 93,384 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
Minnesota |
3,122,201 | 3,114,014 | 3,101,298 | 3,098,758 | 97,460 | 120,370 | 71,274 | 88,044 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
Mississippi |
1,232,477 | 1,257,286 | 1,229,766 | 1,255,736 | 44,893 | 39,798 | 37,003 | 37,823 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Missouri |
3,094,149 | 3,155,410 | 3,095,777 | 3,140,327 | 102,607 | 122,141 | 85,016 | 95,007 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
Montana |
580,103 | 587,374 | 574,743 | 582,142 | 15,363 | 18,645 | 14,211 | 17,546 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
Nebraska |
1,053,679 | 1,054,638 | 1,053,576 | 1,052,754 | 22,808 | 27,874 | 23,640 | 26,868 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
Nevada |
1,608,772 | 1,618,153 | 1,614,534 | 1,624,826 | 86,126 | 93,609 | 83,506 | 89,972 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
New Hampshire |
765,998 | 781,262 | 759,862 | 774,503 | 18,617 | 23,233 | 18,157 | 15,796 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
New Jersey |
4,854,917 | 4,887,769 | 4,803,602 | 4,776,505 | 237,054 | 263,158 | 217,077 | 196,216 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
New Mexico |
967,302 | 976,225 | 966,582 | 977,712 | 39,208 | 43,492 | 35,752 | 40,349 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
New York |
9,813,176 | 9,736,601 | 9,740,944 | 9,690,378 | 443,851 | 477,297 | 406,100 | 390,485 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
New York City |
4,165,918 | 4,233,488 | 4,128,126 | 4,172,712 | 231,656 | 259,224 | 211,214 | 221,905 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
North Carolina |
5,246,595 | 5,251,868 | 5,260,391 | 5,264,782 | 195,563 | 223,894 | 170,028 | 167,762 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
North Dakota |
421,586 | 423,872 | 419,313 | 421,044 | 6,785 | 9,343 | 6,020 | 7,529 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
Ohio |
5,853,322 | 5,878,275 | 5,788,667 | 5,904,592 | 211,151 | 246,239 | 196,703 | 246,808 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
Cleveland-Elyria(2) |
1,048,432 | 1,054,122 | 1,033,434 | 1,055,819 | 38,214 | 41,010 | 36,097 | 36,679 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Oklahoma |
1,973,481 | 1,998,950 | 1,981,271 | 2,006,690 | 68,646 | 69,232 | 67,325 | 66,050 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
Oregon |
2,179,300 | 2,207,697 | 2,171,738 | 2,196,122 | 85,762 | 89,597 | 76,802 | 85,712 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
Pennsylvania |
6,589,348 | 6,554,140 | 6,536,467 | 6,488,082 | 274,400 | 277,327 | 197,948 | 195,185 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Rhode Island |
575,625 | 588,807 | 578,126 | 591,343 | 19,423 | 31,565 | 15,476 | 23,094 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
South Carolina |
2,462,494 | 2,538,483 | 2,456,990 | 2,512,806 | 67,130 | 135,552 | 66,546 | 113,136 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 4.5 |
South Dakota |
485,676 | 488,423 | 482,124 | 486,199 | 10,309 | 10,239 | 8,597 | 7,284 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
Tennessee |
3,370,531 | 3,417,798 | 3,375,989 | 3,407,556 | 115,112 | 119,908 | 112,447 | 122,715 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
Texas |
15,125,794 | 15,487,654 | 15,127,091 | 15,553,143 | 640,763 | 676,811 | 597,200 | 633,085 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
Utah |
1,800,474 | 1,794,781 | 1,802,665 | 1,807,482 | 52,631 | 69,169 | 45,714 | 63,795 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
Vermont |
355,017 | 360,292 | 350,576 | 355,154 | 7,274 | 8,471 | 6,960 | 7,872 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
Virginia |
4,572,149 | 4,574,529 | 4,563,911 | 4,567,802 | 144,825 | 160,415 | 138,512 | 139,995 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
Washington |
4,039,283 | 3,999,231 | 4,037,073 | 3,979,535 | 173,288 | 193,765 | 161,665 | 166,476 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett(1) |
1,815,257 | 1,794,711 | 1,815,216 | 1,799,160 | 66,417 | 82,528 | 68,394 | 75,873 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
West Virginia |
794,437 | 788,853 | 793,407 | 791,680 | 35,276 | 34,580 | 29,512 | 31,298 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
Wisconsin |
3,169,346 | 3,159,816 | 3,145,100 | 3,174,538 | 109,028 | 84,678 | 91,790 | 78,090 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
Wyoming |
296,805 | 296,469 | 296,603 | 296,215 | 7,300 | 9,166 | 6,705 | 7,751 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
Puerto Rico |
1,195,628 | 1,197,989 | 1,204,028 | 1,208,156 | 72,280 | 67,388 | 67,247 | 66,489 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month. |