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South Dakota had lowest unemployment rate in April 2025 at 1.8 percent
June 03, 2025
From April 2024 to April 2025, 26 states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decrease, and 23 states had little change. The national unemployment rate was 4.2 percent, 0.3 percentage point higher than a year prior.
State unemployment rates, April 2025, seasonally adjusted
U.S. unemployment rate: 4.2%
State unemployment rates, April 2025, seasonally adjusted
State
April 2025 unemployment rate (percent)
April 2024 unemployment rate (percent)
12-month change (percentage points)
Alabama
3.3
2.9
0.4
Alaska
4.7
4.5
0.2
Arizona
4.1
3.4
0.7
Arkansas
3.7
3.4
0.3
California
5.3
5.2
0.1
Colorado
4.8
4.0
0.8
Connecticut
3.7
3.1
0.6
Delaware
3.9
3.7
0.2
District of Columbia
5.8
5.2
0.6
Florida
3.7
3.3
0.4
Georgia
3.6
3.4
0.2
Hawaii
2.9
2.9
0.0
Idaho
3.7
3.6
0.1
Illinois
4.8
5.1
-0.3
Indiana
3.9
4.0
-0.1
Iowa
3.5
2.8
0.7
Kansas
3.8
3.4
0.4
Kentucky
5.2
4.9
0.3
Louisiana
4.4
4.1
0.3
Maine
3.5
2.8
0.7
Maryland
3.1
2.9
0.2
Massachusetts
4.6
3.9
0.7
Michigan
5.5
4.4
1.1
Minnesota
3.2
3.0
0.2
Mississippi
4.0
2.8
1.2
Missouri
3.9
3.7
0.2
Montana
2.7
3.0
-0.3
Nebraska
3.0
2.7
0.3
Nevada
5.6
5.4
0.2
New Hampshire
3.1
2.4
0.7
New Jersey
4.8
4.5
0.3
New Mexico
4.3
4.0
0.3
New York
4.2
4.2
0.0
North Carolina
3.7
3.6
0.1
North Dakota
2.6
2.3
0.3
Ohio
4.9
4.2
0.7
Oklahoma
3.2
3.3
-0.1
Oregon
4.7
4.1
0.6
Pennsylvania
3.9
3.6
0.3
Rhode Island
4.9
4.2
0.7
South Carolina
4.2
3.9
0.3
South Dakota
1.8
1.8
0.0
Tennessee
3.5
3.2
0.3
Texas
4.1
4.0
0.1
Utah
3.1
3.1
0.0
Vermont
2.7
2.1
0.6
Virginia
3.3
2.8
0.5
Washington
4.4
4.6
-0.2
West Virginia
3.8
4.0
-0.2
Wisconsin
3.3
2.9
0.4
Wyoming
3.3
3.0
0.3
South Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in April, 1.8 percent. The District of Columbia had the highest unemployment rate, 5.8 percent, followed by Nevada, 5.6 percent. In total, 19 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 4.2 percent, 6 states and the District had higher rates, and 25 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.
The largest over-the-year increases in state jobless rates were in Mississippi (+1.2 percentage points) and Michigan (+1.1 points). The only over-the-year rate decrease occurred in Montana (-0.3 percentage point). Twenty-three states had jobless rates that were not notably different from those of a year earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes.
United States Department of Labor
