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Local Area Unemployment Statistics
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Unemployment Rates for States, Seasonally Adjusted
State July 2020(p)
rate
Rank

Utah

4.5 1

Nebraska

4.8 2

Idaho

5.0 3

Kentucky

5.7 4

South Dakota

6.3 5

Montana

6.4 6

Iowa

6.6 7

North Dakota

6.6 7

Missouri

6.9 9

Wisconsin

7.0 10

Arkansas

7.1 11

Oklahoma

7.1 11

Wyoming

7.1 11

Kansas

7.2 14

Colorado

7.4 15

Georgia

7.6 16

Maryland

7.6 16

Minnesota

7.7 18

Indiana

7.8 19

Alabama

7.9 20

Texas

8.0 21

Virginia

8.0 21

New Hampshire

8.1 23

Vermont

8.3 24

District of Columbia

8.4 25

North Carolina

8.5 26

South Carolina

8.6 27

Michigan

8.7 28

Ohio

8.9 29

Louisiana

9.4 30

Tennessee

9.5 31

Maine

9.9 32

West Virginia

9.9 32

Connecticut

10.2 34

Washington

10.3 35

Delaware

10.4 36

Oregon

10.4 36

Arizona

10.6 38

Mississippi

10.8 39

Rhode Island

11.2 40

Florida

11.3 41

Illinois

11.3 41

Alaska

11.6 43

New Mexico

12.7 44

Hawaii

13.1 45

California

13.3 46

Pennsylvania

13.7 47

New Jersey

13.8 48

Nevada

14.0 49

New York

15.9 50

Massachusetts

16.1 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: August 21, 2020