January 31, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, 2011

Alternative measures of labor underutilization, U6 and U3, selected States, 2011 annual averages
	Measure of labor underutilization (in percent)
State	U6	U3
Nevada	22.7	13.1
California	21.1	11.6
Michigan	18.8	10.2
Rhode Island	18.6	11.1
South Carolina	18.2	10.5
Washington	17.8	9.4
Florida	17.6	10.0
Illinois	17.0	9.7
Alabama	16.2	9.8
United States	15.9	8.9
Colorado	15.1	8.4
New York	14.3	8.1
Texas	14.0	7.8
Kansas	12.1	6.7
Virginia	11.8	6.5
North Dakota	6.6	3.6

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