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Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for States, Seasonally Adjusted
State July 2022
rate		 July 2023(p)
rate		 Over-the-year
Change Rank

Maryland

 3.2 1.8 -1.4 1

Massachusetts

 3.7 2.5 -1.2 2

Mississippi

 3.8 3.0 -0.8 3

New Hampshire

 2.5 1.7 -0.8 3

Pennsylvania

 4.3 3.5 -0.8 3

Arkansas

 3.3 2.6 -0.7 6

Hawaii

 3.5 2.8 -0.7 6

Ohio

 4.0 3.3 -0.7 6

Oregon

 4.1 3.4 -0.7 6

Vermont

 2.5 1.8 -0.7 6

West Virginia

 4.0 3.4 -0.6 11

Alabama

 2.6 2.1 -0.5 12

Michigan

 4.1 3.6 -0.5 12

Washington

 4.1 3.6 -0.5 12

Wyoming

 3.5 3.0 -0.5 12

Connecticut

 4.0 3.6 -0.4 16

Illinois

 4.4 4.0 -0.4 16

Nebraska

 2.4 2.0 -0.4 16

North Carolina

 3.7 3.3 -0.4 16

Oklahoma

 3.1 2.7 -0.4 16

Rhode Island

 3.2 2.8 -0.4 16

Wisconsin

 3.0 2.6 -0.4 16

Arizona

 3.9 3.6 -0.3 23

Delaware

 4.4 4.1 -0.3 23

Maine

 2.7 2.4 -0.3 23

Montana

 2.7 2.5 -0.2 26

South Dakota

 2.1 1.9 -0.2 26

Tennessee

 3.3 3.1 -0.2 26

Iowa

 2.8 2.7 -0.1 29

Kentucky

 3.9 3.8 -0.1 29

Louisiana

 3.5 3.4 -0.1 29

New York

 4.0 3.9 -0.1 29

South Carolina

 3.2 3.1 -0.1 29

Virginia

 2.6 2.5 -0.1 29

Alaska

 3.8 3.8 0.0 35

Florida

 2.7 2.7 0.0 35

Kansas

 2.7 2.7 0.0 35

Nevada

 5.3 5.3 0.0 35

New Mexico

 3.6 3.6 0.0 35

North Dakota

 2.0 2.0 0.0 35

Idaho

 2.7 2.8 0.1 41

Utah

 2.3 2.4 0.1 41

Colorado

 2.7 2.9 0.2 43

Georgia

 3.0 3.2 0.2 43

Indiana

 3.0 3.3 0.3 45

Texas

 3.8 4.1 0.3 45

Minnesota

 2.6 3.0 0.4 47

Missouri

 2.2 2.7 0.5 48

New Jersey

 3.2 3.9 0.7 49

California

 3.8 4.6 0.8 50

District of Columbia

 4.1 5.0 0.9 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 18, 2023