Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States, Seasonally Adjusted
State	August 2016 rate	August 2017(p) rate	Over-the-year
State	August 2016 rate	August 2017(p) rate	Change	Rank
Alabama	5.9	4.2	-1.7	1
Tennessee	4.8	3.3	-1.5	2
Wyoming	5.2	4.0	-1.2	3
Michigan	4.9	3.9	-1.0	4
Rhode Island	5.3	4.3	-1.0	4
West Virginia	6.0	5.0	-1.0	4
Colorado	3.3	2.4	-0.9	7
Florida	4.9	4.0	-0.9	7
Idaho	3.8	2.9	-0.9	7
Indiana	4.4	3.5	-0.9	7
Louisiana	6.1	5.2	-0.9	7
North Carolina	5.0	4.1	-0.9	7
Oregon	5.0	4.1	-0.9	7
Illinois	5.8	5.0	-0.8	14
Missouri	4.8	4.0	-0.8	14
North Dakota	3.1	2.3	-0.8	14
Washington	5.4	4.6	-0.8	14
Wisconsin	4.2	3.4	-0.8	14
Georgia	5.3	4.7	-0.6	19
Nevada	5.5	4.9	-0.6	19
Pennsylvania	5.5	4.9	-0.6	19
South Carolina	4.6	4.0	-0.6	19
Arkansas	4.0	3.5	-0.5	23
Mississippi	5.8	5.3	-0.5	23
New Jersey	5.0	4.5	-0.5	23
New Mexico	6.8	6.3	-0.5	23
Oklahoma	5.0	4.5	-0.5	23
Texas	4.7	4.2	-0.5	23
Hawaii	3.0	2.6	-0.4	29
Iowa	3.7	3.3	-0.4	29
Kansas	4.3	3.9	-0.4	29
Nebraska	3.2	2.8	-0.4	29
California	5.4	5.1	-0.3	33
Maryland	4.2	3.9	-0.3	33
Virginia	4.1	3.8	-0.3	33
Maine	4.0	3.8	-0.2	36
Minnesota	4.0	3.8	-0.2	36
Montana	4.1	3.9	-0.2	36
New Hampshire	2.9	2.7	-0.2	36
Vermont	3.2	3.0	-0.2	36
Arizona	5.1	5.0	-0.1	41
Connecticut	4.9	4.8	-0.1	41
New York	4.9	4.8	-0.1	41
Utah	3.3	3.5	0.2	44
District of Columbia	6.0	6.4	0.4	45
Kentucky	5.0	5.4	0.4	45
South Dakota	2.9	3.3	0.4	45
Alaska	6.7	7.2	0.5	48
Ohio	4.9	5.4	0.5	48
Delaware	4.3	4.9	0.6	50
Massachusetts	3.4	4.2	0.8	51
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
Note: Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force. Data refer to place of residence. Estimates for the current month are subject to revision the following month.

Last Modified Date: September 15, 2017

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics