5 states set all-time low unemployment rates in November 2021
December 29, 2021
In November 2021, Georgia (2.8 percent), Nebraska (1.8 percent), Oklahoma (2.5 percent), Utah (2.1 percent), and West Virginia (4.0 percent) set all-time low unemployment rates. (All state data begin in January 1976.) In addition to those states, Arkansas (3.4 percent), Montana (2.8 percent), and Wisconsin (3.0 percent) tied their all-time lowest unemployment rates.
In November 2021, all 8 states setting or reaching all-time low unemployment rates had unemployment rates below the U.S. rate of 4.2 percent. The rates for those states ranged from 1.8 percent for Nebraska to 4.0 percent for West Virginia. The rate for Nebraska was the lowest among all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
These data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program and are seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "State Employment and Unemployment — November 2021." Also see more charts and maps on state employment and unemployment. Estimates for the most recent month are preliminary.
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