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Unemployment rates lower in all 50 states and the District of Columbia from June 2021 to June 2022
July 29, 2022
Unemployment rates decreased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia from June 2021 to June 2022. The largest unemployment rate decreases from June 2021 occurred in California (−3.7 percentage points) and Rhode Island (−3.5 percentage points). The national unemployment rate of 3.6 percent was 2.3 percentage points lower than in June 2021.
Change in unemployment rates for states from June 2021 to June 2022
State
June 2021 unemployment rate
June 2022 unemployment rate
12-month change
Alabama
3.5%
2.6%
-0.9 percentage point(s)
Alaska
6.8
4.6
-2.2
Arizona
5.2
3.3
-1.9
Arkansas
4.2
3.2
-1.0
California
7.9
4.2
-3.7
Colorado
5.9
3.4
-2.5
Connecticut
6.7
4.0
-2.7
Delaware
5.7
4.5
-1.2
District of Columbia
7.2
5.5
-1.7
Florida
4.8
2.8
-2.0
Georgia
4.0
2.9
-1.1
Hawaii
5.9
4.3
-1.6
Idaho
3.7
2.5
-1.2
Illinois
6.5
4.5
-2.0
Indiana
3.9
2.4
-1.5
Iowa
4.5
2.6
-1.9
Kansas
3.5
2.4
-1.1
Kentucky
4.8
3.7
-1.1
Louisiana
5.8
3.8
-2.0
Maine
5.0
3.0
-2.0
Maryland
6.1
4.0
-2.1
Massachusetts
6.0
3.7
-2.3
Michigan
6.3
4.3
-2.0
Minnesota
3.4
1.8
-1.6
Mississippi
5.8
3.8
-2.0
Missouri
4.4
2.8
-1.6
Montana
3.6
2.6
-1.0
Nebraska
2.5
1.9
-0.6
Nevada
7.2
4.7
-2.5
New Hampshire
3.6
2.0
-1.6
New Jersey
7.1
3.9
-3.2
New Mexico
7.3
4.9
-2.4
New York
7.4
4.4
-3.0
North Carolina
5.0
3.4
-1.6
North Dakota
3.6
2.5
-1.1
Ohio
5.3
3.9
-1.4
Oklahoma
4.2
2.9
-1.3
Oregon
5.4
3.6
-1.8
Pennsylvania
6.6
4.5
-2.1
Rhode Island
6.2
2.7
-3.5
South Carolina
4.1
3.2
-0.9
South Dakota
3.2
2.3
-0.9
Tennessee
4.4
3.3
-1.1
Texas
5.9
4.1
-1.8
Utah
2.8
2.0
-0.8
Vermont
3.5
2.2
-1.3
Virginia
4.0
2.8
-1.2
Washington
5.4
3.9
-1.5
West Virginia
5.3
3.6
-1.7
Wisconsin
4.0
2.9
-1.1
Wyoming
4.6
3.1
-1.5
The smallest over-the-year unemployment rate decline occurred in Nebraska (−0.6 percentage point), followed by Utah (−0.8 percentage point). Minnesota had the lowest unemployment rate, at 1.8 percent, while the District of Columbia had the highest unemployment rate, at 5.5 percent.
In June 2022, eight states set all-time low unemployment rates: Alabama (2.6 percent), Georgia (2.9 percent), Kentucky (3.7 percent), Louisiana (3.8 percent), Minnesota (1.8 percent), Mississippi (3.8 percent), and Missouri (2.8 percent), and New Hampshire (2.0 percent).
United States Department of Labor
