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30 states have unemployment rate increases over the year ending February 2025
April 04, 2025
From February 2024 to February 2025, unemployment rates increased in 30 states, decreased in 1 state, and were little changed in 19 states and the District of Columbia. The national unemployment rate changed little over the month at 4.1 percent but was 0.2 percentage point higher than in February 2024.
12-month change in unemployment rates, February 2025
National unemployment rate: 4.1%
12-month change in unemployment rates, unemployment rates, and number of unemployed in February 2025
State
12-month change (percentage points)
Unemployment rate
Number of unemployed
Alabama
0.4
3.3
77,813
Alaska
0.3
4.7
17,032
Arizona
0.6
4.0
149,346
Arkansas
0.2
3.6
51,548
California
0.3
5.4
1,061,002
Colorado
0.8
4.7
155,310
Connecticut
0.2
3.4
66,443
Delaware
-0.1
3.6
18,486
District of Columbia
0.3
5.4
22,706
Florida
0.4
3.6
397,895
Georgia
0.3
3.6
192,148
Hawaii
0.1
3.0
20,290
Idaho
0.2
3.7
37,963
Illinois
-0.1
4.8
320,988
Indiana
0.5
4.3
150,181
Iowa
0.6
3.3
57,257
Kansas
0.6
3.8
59,499
Kentucky
0.6
5.3
111,353
Louisiana
0.2
4.4
92,053
Maine
0.7
3.5
24,733
Maryland
0.2
3.0
97,630
Massachusetts
0.5
4.3
168,672
Michigan
1.4
5.4
273,821
Minnesota
0.2
3.0
93,984
Mississippi
1.0
3.8
48,792
Missouri
0.2
3.7
117,687
Montana
-0.2
2.8
16,083
Nebraska
0.4
3.0
31,875
Nevada
0.5
5.8
95,877
New Hampshire
0.7
3.0
23,054
New Jersey
0.2
4.6
225,809
New Mexico
0.6
4.4
43,260
New York
0.2
4.3
424,403
North Carolina
0.2
3.7
195,627
North Dakota
0.4
2.6
11,029
Ohio
0.7
4.7
277,095
Oklahoma
-0.1
3.3
65,251
Oregon
0.4
4.5
98,976
Pennsylvania
0.2
3.8
248,408
Rhode Island
0.7
4.7
27,998
South Carolina
0.7
4.2
107,139
South Dakota
0.2
1.9
9,155
Tennessee
0.6
3.7
127,389
Texas
0.2
4.1
643,393
Utah
0.2
3.2
58,250
Vermont
0.6
2.6
9,237
Virginia
0.3
3.1
140,211
Washington
-0.2
4.4
176,942
West Virginia
-0.2
3.9
30,731
Wisconsin
0.3
3.2
102,331
Wyoming
0.7
3.5
10,383
Puerto Rico
-0.5
5.4
67,116
The largest over-the-year unemployment rate increases were in Michigan (+1.4 percentage points) and Mississippi (+1.0 point). The only over-the-year rate decrease occurred in Montana (-0.2 percentage point).
South Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in February, 1.9 percent. Nevada had the highest rate, 5.8 percent. In total, 18 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 4.1 percent, 5 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 27 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.
United States Department of Labor
