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November unemployment rates down over the year in 28 states

December 30, 2014

Twenty-eight states had statistically significant unemployment rate changes over the year, all of which were decreases. The largest of these occurred in Illinois (-2.6 percentage points). The remaining 22 states and the District of Columbia had rates that were not appreciably different from those of a year earlier.

States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2013 to November 2014, seasonally adjusted

Decrease of 0.9 percentage point to 0.6 percentage point

Decrease of 1.1 percentage points to 1.0 percentage point

Decrease of 1.3 percentage points to 1.2 percentage points

Decrease of 1.9 percentage points to 1.4 percentage points

Decrease of 2.0 percentage points to 2.6 percentage points

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2013 to November 2014, seasonally adjusted
State	November 2013	November 2014 ^(p)	Over-the-year change ^(p)
Arkansas	7.5	5.8	-1.7
California	8.4	7.2	-1.2
Colorado	6.3	4.1	-2.2
Connecticut	7.5	6.5	-1.0
Florida	6.5	5.8	-0.7
Hawaii	4.7	4.0	-0.7
Idaho	5.7	3.9	-1.8
Illinois	9.0	6.4	-2.6
Indiana	6.9	5.7	-1.2
Kansas	5.0	4.3	-0.7
Kentucky	8.1	6.0	-2.1
Massachusetts	7.1	5.8	-1.3
Michigan	8.5	6.7	-1.8
Minnesota	4.8	3.7	-1.1
Montana	5.4	4.3	-1.1
Nebraska	3.7	3.1	-0.6
Nevada	9.1	6.9	-2.2
New Hampshire	5.2	4.1	-1.1
New Jersey	7.4	6.4	-1.0
New York	7.1	5.9	-1.2
North Carolina	7.2	5.8	-1.4
Ohio	7.2	5.0	-2.2
Oklahoma	5.5	4.4	-1.1
Pennsylvania	6.9	5.1	-1.8
Rhode Island	9.4	7.1	-2.3
Tennessee	7.9	6.8	-1.1
Texas	6.1	4.9	-1.2
Wisconsin	6.4	5.2	-1.2
Footnotes: ^(p) Preliminary

Mississippi had the highest unemployment rate among the states in November, 7.3 percent. The District of Columbia had a rate of 7.4 percent. North Dakota again had the lowest jobless rate, 2.7 percent. In total, 20 states had unemployment rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 5.8 percent, 8 states and the District of Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 22 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.

These data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — November 2014" (HTML) (PDF).

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