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Unemployment rates were lower in April in 5 states, higher in 2 states, and stable in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Thirty states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decrease, and 19 states and the District had little change. The national unemployment rate changed little at 3.9 percent but was 0.5 percentage point higher than in April 2023.
State unemployment rates, April 2024, seasonally adjusted
State
April 2024 unemployment rate (percent)
April 2023 unemployment rate (percent)
12-month change (percentage points)
Alabama
3.1
2.3
0.8
Alaska
4.6
3.9
0.7
Arizona
3.6
3.6
0.0
Arkansas
3.4
2.8
0.6
California
5.3
4.5
0.8
Colorado
3.7
3.0
0.7
Connecticut
4.4
3.3
1.1
Delaware
3.9
3.8
0.1
District of Columbia
5.2
4.9
0.3
Florida
3.3
2.7
0.6
Georgia
3.1
3.2
-0.1
Hawaii
3.1
2.9
0.2
Idaho
3.3
2.9
0.4
Illinois
4.8
4.2
0.6
Indiana
3.6
3.2
0.4
Iowa
2.8
2.8
0.0
Kansas
2.8
2.7
0.1
Kentucky
4.6
4.0
0.6
Louisiana
4.3
3.4
0.9
Maine
3.1
2.4
0.7
Maryland
2.6
1.9
0.7
Massachusetts
2.9
3.2
-0.3
Michigan
3.9
3.6
0.3
Minnesota
2.7
2.8
-0.1
Mississippi
2.8
3.1
-0.3
Missouri
3.4
2.9
0.5
Montana
3.1
2.6
0.5
Nebraska
2.5
2.0
0.5
Nevada
5.1
5.0
0.1
New Hampshire
2.6
1.8
0.8
New Jersey
4.7
4.1
0.6
New Mexico
3.8
3.6
0.2
New York
4.2
3.9
0.3
North Carolina
3.5
3.3
0.2
North Dakota
2.0
1.9
0.1
Ohio
4.0
3.4
0.6
Oklahoma
3.5
2.9
0.6
Oregon
4.2
3.4
0.8
Pennsylvania
3.4
3.4
0.0
Rhode Island
4.1
2.7
1.4
South Carolina
3.2
2.9
0.3
South Dakota
2.0
1.9
0.1
Tennessee
3.1
3.1
0.0
Texas
4.0
4.0
0.0
Utah
2.8
2.5
0.3
Vermont
2.1
1.7
0.4
Virginia
2.8
2.7
0.1
Washington
4.8
3.8
1.0
West Virginia
4.3
3.5
0.8
Wisconsin
2.9
2.7
0.2
Wyoming
2.8
2.8
0.0
Puerto Rico
5.8
6.1
-0.3
North Dakota and South Dakota had the lowest jobless rates in April, 2.0 percent each. The next lowest rate was in Vermont, 2.1 percent. The rate in Mississippi, 2.8 percent, set a new low. (All state data begin in 1976.) California had the highest unemployment rate, 5.3 percent, closely followed by the District of Columbia, 5.2 percent, and Nevada, 5.1 percent. In total, 24 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. rate of 3.9 percent, 5 states and the District had higher rates, and 21 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.
United States Department of Labor
