Unemployment Rates for States, Seasonally Adjusted
State August 2019(p)
rate		 Rank

Vermont

 2.1 1

North Dakota

 2.4 2

Iowa

 2.5 3

New Hampshire

 2.5 3

Hawaii

 2.7 5

Colorado

 2.8 6

Utah

 2.8 6

Virginia

 2.8 6

Idaho

 2.9 9

Maine

 2.9 9

Massachusetts

 2.9 9

South Dakota

 2.9 9

Alabama

 3.1 13

Nebraska

 3.1 13

Wisconsin

 3.1 13

Kansas

 3.2 16

Missouri

 3.2 16

New Jersey

 3.2 16

Oklahoma

 3.2 16

South Carolina

 3.2 16

Florida

 3.3 21

Indiana

 3.3 21

Minnesota

 3.3 21

Montana

 3.3 21

Arkansas

 3.4 25

Delaware

 3.4 25

Texas

 3.4 25

Tennessee

 3.5 28

Connecticut

 3.6 29

Georgia

 3.6 29

Rhode Island

 3.6 29

Wyoming

 3.7 32

Maryland

 3.8 33

Pennsylvania

 3.9 34

Illinois

 4.0 35

New York

 4.0 35

Oregon

 4.0 35

California

 4.1 38

Nevada

 4.1 38

Ohio

 4.1 38

Michigan

 4.2 41

North Carolina

 4.2 41

Louisiana

 4.3 43

Kentucky

 4.4 44

Washington

 4.6 45

West Virginia

 4.6 45

New Mexico

 4.9 47

Arizona

 5.0 48

Mississippi

 5.2 49

District of Columbia

 5.5 50

Alaska

 6.2 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 20, 2019