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Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted

LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted
State Civilian labor force Unemployed
November December Number Percent of labor force
2024 2025 2024 2025(p) November December November December
2024 2025 2024 2025(p) 2024 2025 2024 2025(p)

Alabama

 2,363,650 2,389,181 2,362,075 2,382,044 77,511 64,823 75,438 54,586 3.3 2.7 3.2 2.3

Alaska

 359,200 369,958 356,856 367,593 17,435 18,562 16,673 18,510 4.9 5.0 4.7 5.0

Arizona

 3,766,510 3,867,730 3,752,662 3,839,553 141,016 165,334 131,467 152,861 3.7 4.3 3.5 4.0

Arkansas

 1,410,161 1,443,765 1,408,291 1,442,628 45,918 59,944 47,541 60,037 3.3 4.2 3.4 4.2

California

 19,696,791 20,040,195 19,630,344 19,867,332 1,060,023 1,082,715 1,018,925 1,020,843 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.1

Colorado

 3,280,138 3,242,535 3,272,519 3,242,279 155,096 116,716 148,046 116,696 4.7 3.6 4.5 3.6

Connecticut

 1,958,972 1,944,416 1,953,748 1,920,121 57,482 81,841 52,810 77,852 2.9 4.2 2.7 4.1

Delaware

 504,019 514,737 504,473 516,062 15,977 27,603 15,867 26,264 3.2 5.4 3.1 5.1

District of Columbia

 417,042 415,965 417,094 418,854 21,032 28,417 20,602 26,696 5.0 6.8 4.9 6.4

Florida

 11,121,049 11,215,092 11,125,365 11,213,061 388,867 552,540 350,910 495,594 3.5 4.9 3.2 4.4

Georgia

 5,394,997 5,414,289 5,388,670 5,428,413 186,320 214,644 181,635 179,951 3.5 4.0 3.4 3.3

Hawaii

 683,636 689,024 681,992 690,031 21,726 16,207 19,118 15,311 3.2 2.4 2.8 2.2

Idaho

 1,007,365 1,008,497 1,007,074 1,011,825 37,267 34,478 37,018 35,318 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.5

Illinois

 6,654,778 6,532,292 6,619,206 6,506,578 300,597 297,658 284,112 313,698 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.8

Indiana

 3,473,713 3,477,702 3,457,873 3,455,706 149,363 113,916 138,919 92,329 4.3 3.3 4.0 2.7

Iowa

 1,713,886 1,754,736 1,708,004 1,746,992 53,823 55,035 51,174 58,369 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.3

Kansas

 1,552,609 1,568,976 1,551,622 1,574,611 54,089 51,067 51,311 53,777 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.4

Kentucky

 2,102,551 2,108,603 2,101,954 2,112,216 106,140 93,614 105,652 74,572 5.0 4.4 5.0 3.5

Louisiana

 2,081,906 2,107,856 2,066,912 2,099,507 92,000 88,691 85,838 82,885 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.9

Maine

 705,485 701,668 704,189 703,502 25,642 23,582 24,754 22,367 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.2

Maryland

 3,237,645 3,217,174 3,230,032 3,193,113 99,612 153,138 88,503 118,108 3.1 4.8 2.7 3.7

Massachusetts

 3,907,544 3,928,608 3,920,225 3,901,628 152,999 185,553 161,483 183,916 3.9 4.7 4.1 4.7

Michigan

 5,088,407 5,021,701 5,056,004 4,972,312 244,936 243,316 254,093 237,526 4.8 4.8 5.0 4.8

Minnesota

 3,124,607 3,155,173 3,123,443 3,144,470 74,629 122,717 82,341 136,307 2.4 3.9 2.6 4.3

Mississippi

 1,286,116 1,280,770 1,291,369 1,284,106 43,587 49,554 45,410 39,825 3.4 3.9 3.5 3.1

Missouri

 3,116,664 3,199,905 3,119,005 3,190,413 102,110 111,102 100,430 104,179 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.3

Montana

 572,189 576,770 570,790 575,889 15,347 19,493 17,037 21,582 2.7 3.4 3.0 3.7

Nebraska

 1,071,210 1,100,760 1,067,521 1,095,527 28,471 32,229 27,581 32,359 2.7 2.9 2.6 3.0

Nevada

 1,657,241 1,721,803 1,654,397 1,713,961 93,995 88,134 92,927 84,543 5.7 5.1 5.6 4.9

New Hampshire

 773,013 770,772 774,049 773,629 22,077 23,629 21,335 23,246 2.9 3.1 2.8 3.0

New Jersey

 4,884,427 4,933,729 4,886,545 4,889,435 211,438 237,646 206,308 221,966 4.3 4.8 4.2 4.5

New Mexico

 991,076 998,614 990,213 993,675 41,913 46,300 38,259 41,450 4.2 4.6 3.9 4.2

New York

 9,805,030 10,011,022 9,761,174 9,978,800 414,057 446,179 407,667 435,413 4.2 4.5 4.2 4.4

North Carolina

 5,269,091 5,292,485 5,245,410 5,289,892 196,223 220,464 178,200 181,301 3.7 4.2 3.4 3.4

North Dakota

 422,688 428,577 422,339 427,513 9,279 9,997 10,477 10,850 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.5

Ohio

 5,905,949 5,929,425 5,871,938 5,884,971 246,774 229,902 247,538 234,308 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.0

Oklahoma

 1,991,265 2,012,840 1,983,063 2,002,986 63,107 79,262 59,303 76,112 3.2 3.9 3.0 3.8

Oregon

 2,204,794 2,236,740 2,193,324 2,214,373 88,925 108,793 93,666 112,319 4.0 4.9 4.3 5.1

Pennsylvania

 6,507,168 6,586,904 6,483,002 6,558,064 216,174 248,030 213,178 239,852 3.3 3.8 3.3 3.7

Rhode Island

 590,894 590,692 589,713 583,833 26,308 25,464 24,710 25,470 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.4

South Carolina

 2,528,893 2,623,478 2,526,963 2,620,824 107,471 131,114 100,703 128,558 4.2 5.0 4.0 4.9

South Dakota

 489,352 489,385 486,980 488,703 8,454 10,351 9,499 11,787 1.7 2.1 2.0 2.4

Tennessee

 3,431,049 3,523,175 3,435,489 3,527,850 125,524 128,234 121,771 118,314 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4

Texas

 15,758,856 16,040,844 15,737,596 15,931,415 643,552 677,576 583,802 624,263 4.1 4.2 3.7 3.9

Utah

 1,845,143 1,868,709 1,841,353 1,853,545 55,812 67,234 53,965 64,224 3.0 3.6 2.9 3.5

Vermont

 355,870 347,555 355,364 343,630 8,891 9,395 8,978 8,786 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.6

Virginia

 4,570,346 4,488,922 4,558,220 4,490,034 131,957 176,093 115,370 153,029 2.9 3.9 2.5 3.4

Washington

 4,058,105 4,096,635 4,050,286 4,069,074 176,130 202,472 172,776 214,714 4.3 4.9 4.3 5.3

West Virginia

 776,768 783,057 773,768 777,874 27,656 36,389 27,658 34,545 3.6 4.6 3.6 4.4

Wisconsin

 3,179,345 3,113,875 3,167,789 3,123,274 85,939 82,672 90,468 94,611 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.0

Wyoming

 297,272 289,870 295,505 288,864 10,628 10,969 10,861 10,522 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.6

Puerto Rico

 1,253,113 1,249,767 1,237,509 1,255,561 68,387 70,280 67,298 70,234 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.6

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.
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