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State unemployment rates, May 2019, seasonally adjusted
State
May 2019 unemployment rate
May 2018 unemployment rate
12-month change
Vermont
2.1%
2.7%
-0.6 percentage point(s)
North Dakota
2.3
2.6
-0.3
Iowa
2.4
2.6
-0.2
New Hampshire
2.4
2.6
-0.2
Hawaii
2.8
2.3
0.5
Idaho
2.8
2.9
-0.1
Wisconsin
2.8
3.1
-0.3
South Dakota
2.9
3.1
-0.2
Utah
2.9
3.1
-0.2
Massachusetts
3.0
3.5
-0.5
Nebraska
3.0
2.8
0.2
Virginia
3.0
3.0
0.0
Colorado
3.2
3.1
0.1
Delaware
3.2
3.8
-0.6
Oklahoma
3.2
3.5
-0.3
Maine
3.3
3.3
0.0
Minnesota
3.3
2.9
0.4
Missouri
3.3
3.2
0.1
Tennessee
3.3
3.6
-0.3
Florida
3.4
3.7
-0.3
Kansas
3.5
3.3
0.2
South Carolina
3.5
3.4
0.1
Texas
3.5
3.9
-0.4
Wyoming
3.5
4.0
-0.5
Arkansas
3.6
3.7
-0.1
Indiana
3.6
3.5
0.1
Montana
3.6
3.7
-0.1
Rhode Island
3.6
4.0
-0.4
Alabama
3.7
4.1
-0.4
Connecticut
3.8
4.2
-0.4
Georgia
3.8
4.0
-0.2
Maryland
3.8
4.0
-0.2
New Jersey
3.8
4.2
-0.4
Pennsylvania
3.8
4.3
-0.5
Kentucky
4.0
4.4
-0.4
Nevada
4.0
4.6
-0.6
New York
4.0
4.2
-0.2
North Carolina
4.1
4.0
0.1
Ohio
4.1
4.6
-0.5
California
4.2
4.2
0.0
Michigan
4.2
4.2
0.0
Oregon
4.2
4.0
0.2
Illinois
4.4
4.3
0.1
Louisiana
4.4
5.0
-0.6
Washington
4.7
4.5
0.2
West Virginia
4.8
5.3
-0.5
Arizona
4.9
4.7
0.2
Mississippi
5.0
4.8
0.2
New Mexico
5.0
4.8
0.2
District of Columbia
5.7
5.7
0.0
Alaska
6.4
6.6
-0.2
Alaska had the highest jobless rate, at 6.4 percent. In total, 12 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 3.6 percent, 9 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 29 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.
Five states had unemployment rate decreases from May 2018. The largest declines were in Delaware and Vermont (−0.6 percentage point each), closely followed by Wyoming (−0.5 point). The only unemployment rate increase over the year occurred in Hawaii (+0.5 percentage point).
United States Department of Labor
