State Profile: 2017 Unemployment Rates
The following table shows national and state Unemployment Rates ranked from lowest to highest.
| # |
State |
Unemployment Rate |
| 1 |
Hawaii |
2.4 |
| 2 |
North Dakota |
2.6 |
| 3 |
New Hampshire |
2.7 |
| 4 |
Colorado |
2.8 |
| 5 |
Nebraska |
2.9 |
| 6 |
Vermont |
3.0 |
| 7 |
Iowa |
3.1 |
| 8 |
Idaho |
3.2 |
| 8 |
Utah |
3.2 |
| 9 |
Maine |
3.3 |
| 9 |
South Dakota |
3.3 |
| 9 |
Wisconsin |
3.3 |
| 10 |
Indiana |
3.5 |
| 10 |
Minnesota |
3.5 |
| 11 |
Kansas |
3.6 |
| 12 |
Arkansas |
3.7 |
| 12 |
Massachusetts |
3.7 |
| 12 |
Tennessee |
3.7 |
| 13 |
Missouri |
3.8 |
| 13 |
Virginia |
3.8 |
| 14 |
Montana |
4.0 |
| 15 |
Maryland |
4.1 |
| 15 |
Oregon |
4.1 |
| 16 |
Florida |
4.2 |
| 16 |
Wyoming |
4.2 |
| 17 |
Oklahoma |
4.3 |
| 17 |
South Carolina |
4.3 |
| 17 |
TEXAS |
4.3 |
| 18 |
Alabama |
4.4 |
| 19 |
Rhode Island |
4.5 |
| 20 |
Delaware |
4.6 |
| 20 |
Michigan |
4.6 |
| 20 |
New Jersey |
4.6 |
| 20 |
North Carolina |
4.6 |
| 21 |
Connecticut |
4.7 |
| 21 |
Georgia |
4.7 |
| 21 |
New York |
4.7 |
| 22 |
California |
4.8 |
| 22 |
Washington |
4.8 |
| 23 |
Arizona |
4.9 |
| 23 |
Kentucky |
4.9 |
| 23 |
Pennsylvania |
4.9 |
| 24 |
Illinois |
5.0 |
| 24 |
Nevada |
5.0 |
| 24 |
Ohio |
5.0 |
| 25 |
Louisiana |
5.1 |
| 25 |
Mississippi |
5.1 |
| 26 |
West Virginia |
5.2 |
| 27 |
District of Columbia |
6.1 |
| 28 |
New Mexico |
6.2 |
| 29 |
Alaska |
7.2 |
| 30 |
Puerto Rico |
10.8 |
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics Information and Analysis
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