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State unemployment and employment, January 2014

March 19, 2014

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in January. Forty-three states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from December, one state had an increase, and six states had no change.

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Unemployment rate by state, seasonally adjusted, January 2014
State	Rate
North Dakota	2.6
Nebraska	3.5
South Dakota	3.6
Utah	3.9
Vermont	4.0
Iowa	4.3
Wyoming	4.3
Hawaii	4.6
Minnesota	4.7
Kansas	4.8
Louisiana	4.9
New Hampshire	4.9
Virginia	5.0
Oklahoma	5.2
Montana	5.3
Idaho	5.4
Texas	5.7
Maryland	5.8
West Virginia	5.9
Missouri	6.0
Alabama	6.1
Colorado	6.1
Delaware	6.1
Florida	6.1
Wisconsin	6.1
Maine	6.2
Alaska	6.4
Indiana	6.4
Pennsylvania	6.4
South Carolina	6.4
Washington	6.4
New Mexico	6.6
North Carolina	6.7
Massachusetts	6.8
New York	6.8
Ohio	6.9
Oregon	7.0
New Jersey	7.1
Connecticut	7.2
Tennessee	7.2
Arkansas	7.3
Georgia	7.3
District of Columbia	7.4
Arizona	7.5
Mississippi	7.5
Kentucky	7.7
Michigan	7.8
California	8.1
Illinois	8.7
Nevada	8.7
Rhode Island	9.2

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Rhode Island had the highest unemployment rate among the states in January, 9.2 percent. North Dakota again had the lowest jobless rate, 2.6 percent. In total, 18 states had jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 6.6 percent, 6 states had measurably higher rates, and 26 states and the District of Columbia had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.

Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 46 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 4 states. The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in Nevada (+3.4 percent), followed by North Dakota (+3.3 percent) and Texas (+2.9 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Kentucky and New Mexico (-0.3 percent each), followed by West Virginia (-0.2 percent).

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States with statistically significant employment changes from January 2013 to January 2014, seasonally adjusted
State	January 2013	January 2014 ^(p)	Over the year change ^(p)	Over the year percent change ^(p)
Nevada	1,161,700	1,201,100	39,400	3.4
North Dakota	436,900	451,300	14,400	3.3
Texas	11,036,900	11,359,300	322,400	2.9
Colorado	2,349,000	2,412,200	63,200	2.7
Oregon	1,654,200	1,698,000	43,800	2.6
Florida	7,485,200	7,678,000	192,800	2.6
Utah	1,274,800	1,305,200	30,400	2.4
Arizona	2,495,100	2,551,200	56,100	2.2
California	14,972,500	15,292,100	319,600	2.1
Hawaii	608,800	621,300	12,500	2.1
Wisconsin	2,799,100	2,855,200	56,100	2.0
South Carolina	1,879,300	1,916,700	37,400	2.0
Minnesota	2,758,400	2,812,300	53,900	2.0
Georgia	3,997,500	4,071,900	74,400	1.9
Washington	2,961,700	3,015,200	53,500	1.8
Oklahoma	1,623,300	1,652,000	28,700	1.8
North Carolina	4,026,900	4,097,000	70,100	1.7
Delaware	423,100	430,300	7,200	1.7
Indiana	2,911,300	2,955,200	43,900	1.5
Massachusetts	3,332,200	3,382,200	50,000	1.5
Missouri	2,711,100	2,751,400	40,300	1.5
Montana	445,500	452,100	6,600	1.5
Kansas	1,364,100	1,383,300	19,200	1.4
Tennessee	2,734,500	2,772,300	37,800	1.4
New York	8,848,100	8,965,500	117,400	1.3
Ohio	5,218,500	5,285,600	67,100	1.3
Iowa	1,517,400	1,536,900	19,500	1.3
Michigan	4,081,300	4,118,500	37,200	0.9
Footnotes: ^(p) Preliminary

Employment data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. Unemployment data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program. To learn more, see "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment – January 2014" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑14‑0430.

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