Unemployment rates in each US state
Tuesday - 11/20/2012, 3:33pm EST
| An increase in hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 37 U.S. states last month, the latest indication that the job market is slowly healing. |
| Unemployment rates are now below 7 percent in 23 of the 50 states. The Labor Department says rates rose in seven states in October and were unchanged in six. |
| Here are the unemployment rates for each state: |
| State unemployment rates |
| Figures in percentages |
| October September Oct. 2011 |
| Alabama 8.1 8.2 8.5 |
| Alaska 7.1 7.5 7.5 |
| Arizona 8.1 8.2 9.2 |
| Arkansas 7.2 7.1 8 |
| California 10.1 10.2 11.5 |
| Colorado 7.9 8 8.1 |
| Connecticut 9 8.9 8.5 |
| Delaware 6.8 6.8 7.3 |
| Florida 8.5 8.7 10.2 |
| Georgia 8.7 9 9.7 |
| Hawaii 5.5 5.7 6.8 |
| Idaho 7 7.1 8.6 |
| Illinois 8.8 8.8 10 |
| Indiana 8 8.2 9.1 |
| Iowa 5.1 5.2 5.8 |
| Kansas 5.7 5.9 6.6 |
| Kentucky 8.4 8.4 9.3 |
| Louisiana 6.6 7 7.1 |
| Maine 7.4 7.6 7.3 |
| Maryland 6.7 6.9 6.9 |
| Massachusetts 6.6 6.5 7.1 |
| Michigan 9.1 9.3 9.9 |
| Minnesota 5.8 5.8 6.1 |
| Mississippi 8.9 9.2 10.7 |
| Missouri 6.9 6.9 8.3 |
| Montana 6 6.1 6.8 |
| Nebraska 3.8 3.9 4.4 |
| Nevada 11.5 11.8 13.4 |
| New Hampshire 5.7 5.7 5.4 |
| New Jersey 9.7 9.8 9.3 |
| New Mexico 6.3 6.4 7.2 |
| New York 8.7 8.9 8.2 |
| North Carolina 9.3 9.6 10.6 |
| North Dakota 3.1 3 3.5 |
| Ohio 6.9 7.1 8.3 |
| Oklahoma 5.3 5.2 6.3 |
| Oregon 8.6 8.7 9.3 |
| Pennsylvania 8.1 8.2 7.9 |
| Rhode Island 10.4 10.5 11.2 |
| South Carolina 8.6 9.1 10 |
| South Dakota 4.5 4.4 4.4 |
| Tennessee 8.2 8.3 8.9 |
| Texas 6.6 6.8 7.8 |
| Utah 5.2 5.4 6.2 |
| Vermont 5.5 5.4 5.4 |
| Virginia 5.7 5.9 6.2 |
| Washington 8.2 8.5 8.9 |
| Washington, D.C. 8.5 8.7 10.3 |
| West Virginia 7.5 7.6 7.9 |
| Wisconsin 6.9 7.3 7.3 |
| Wyoming 5.2 5.4 5.8 |
