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Local Area Unemployment Statistics
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Over-the-Month Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Month Change in Unemployment Rates for States, Seasonally Adjusted
State July 2020
rate		 August 2020(p)
rate		 Over-the-month
Change Rank

Massachusetts

 16.2 11.3 -4.9 1

Arizona

 10.7 5.9 -4.8 2

Alaska

 11.6 7.4 -4.2 3

Florida

 11.4 7.4 -4.0 4

Vermont

 8.3 4.8 -3.5 5

New York

 15.9 12.5 -3.4 6

New Jersey

 14.2 10.9 -3.3 7

Maine

 9.9 6.9 -3.0 8

Oregon

 10.4 7.7 -2.7 9

South Carolina

 8.7 6.3 -2.4 10

Alabama

 7.9 5.6 -2.3 11

Pennsylvania

 12.5 10.3 -2.2 12

California

 13.5 11.4 -2.1 13

Connecticut

 10.2 8.1 -2.1 13

Georgia

 7.6 5.6 -2.0 15

North Carolina

 8.5 6.5 -2.0 15

Louisiana

 9.4 7.6 -1.8 17

Virginia

 7.9 6.1 -1.8 17

Washington

 10.2 8.5 -1.7 19

Delaware

 10.5 8.9 -1.6 20

North Dakota

 6.6 5.0 -1.6 20

South Dakota

 6.4 4.8 -1.6 20

Indiana

 7.9 6.4 -1.5 23

Mississippi

 9.4 7.9 -1.5 23

New Hampshire

 8.0 6.5 -1.5 23

New Mexico

 12.7 11.3 -1.4 26

Oklahoma

 7.1 5.7 -1.4 26

Tennessee

 9.7 8.5 -1.2 28

Texas

 8.0 6.8 -1.2 28

West Virginia

 10.0 8.9 -1.1 30

Hawaii

 13.5 12.5 -1.0 31

Nevada

 14.2 13.2 -1.0 31

Idaho

 5.1 4.2 -0.9 33

Maryland

 7.8 6.9 -0.9 33

Montana

 6.5 5.6 -0.9 33

Nebraska

 4.9 4.0 -0.9 33

Wisconsin

 7.1 6.2 -0.9 33

Iowa

 6.8 6.0 -0.8 38

Colorado

 7.4 6.7 -0.7 39

Illinois

 11.5 11.0 -0.5 40

Wyoming

 7.1 6.6 -0.5 40

Utah

 4.5 4.1 -0.4 42

Kansas

 7.2 6.9 -0.3 43

Minnesota

 7.6 7.4 -0.2 44

Ohio

 9.0 8.9 -0.1 45

District of Columbia

 8.5 8.5 0.0 46

Michigan

 8.7 8.7 0.0 46

Missouri

 6.9 7.0 0.1 48

Arkansas

 7.1 7.4 0.3 49

Rhode Island

 11.3 12.8 1.5 50

Kentucky

 4.5 7.6 3.1 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 18, 2020