[Source: blogs.wsj.com, March 10, 2010]
Follow the change in unemployment from the beginning of the current recession. Below, the state-by-state unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, seasonally adjusted.
See the full interactive graphic.
Thirty states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate increases in January from a month earlier, while states registered rate decreases, the Labor Department said. But in a sign the job market is inching toward recovery 31 states added jobs in the first month of the year.
In January, the overall U.S. unemployment rate fell to 9.7% from 10% a month earlier, while the nation’s economy shed 26,000 jobs. The job losses continued in February amid strong weather effects, but the jobless rate remained at 9.7%.
Michigan continued to have the highest unemployment rate in the nation, though the state posted a month-over-month decline of 0.2 percentage point. Mississippi notched the biggest gain in its jobless rate, increasing 0.4 percentage point to 10.9%.
Unemployment Rate, by State
| Alabama |
10.9% |
11.1% |
0.2 |
| Alaska |
8.6% |
8.5% |
-0.1 |
| Arizona |
9.2% |
9.2% |
0 |
| Arkansas |
7.6% |
7.6% |
0 |
| California |
12.3% |
12.5% |
0.2 |
| Colorado |
7.3% |
7.4% |
0.1 |
| Connecticut |
8.8% |
9% |
0.2 |
| Delaware |
8.8% |
9% |
0.2 |
| District of Columbia |
11.9% |
12% |
0.1 |
| Florida |
11.7% |
11.9% |
0.2 |
| Georgia |
10.3% |
10.4% |
0.1 |
| Hawaii |
6.8% |
6.9% |
0.1 |
| Idaho |
9.1% |
9.3% |
0.2 |
| Illinois |
11% |
11.3% |
0.3 |
| Indiana |
9.7% |
9.7% |
0 |
| Iowa |
6.5% |
6.6% |
0.1 |
| Kansas |
6.5% |
6.4% |
-0.1 |
| Kentucky |
10.6% |
10.7% |
0.1 |
| Louisiana |
7.3% |
7.4% |
0.1 |
| Maine |
8.1% |
8.2% |
0.1 |
| Maryland |
7.4% |
7.5% |
0.1 |
| Massachusetts |
9.3% |
9.5% |
0.2 |
| Michigan |
14.5% |
14.3% |
-0.2 |
| Minnesota |
7.4% |
7.3% |
-0.1 |
| Mississippi |
10.5% |
10.9% |
0.4 |
| Missouri |
9.6% |
9.5% |
-0.1 |
| Montana |
6.7% |
6.8% |
0.1 |
| Nebraska |
4.6% |
4.6% |
0 |
| Nevada |
13% |
13% |
0 |
| New Hampshire |
6.9% |
7% |
0.1 |
| New Jersey |
10% |
9.9% |
-0.1 |
| New Mexico |
8.2% |
8.5% |
0.3 |
| New York |
8.9% |
8.8% |
-0.1 |
| North Carolina |
10.9% |
11.1% |
0.2 |
| North Dakota |
4.3% |
4.2% |
-0.1 |
| Ohio |
10.8% |
10.8% |
0 |
| Oklahoma |
6.8% |
6.7% |
-0.1 |
| Oregon |
10.6% |
10.7% |
0.1 |
| Pennsylvania |
8.8% |
8.8% |
0 |
| Rhode Island |
12.7% |
12.7% |
0 |
| South Carolina |
12.4% |
12.6% |
0.2 |
| South Dakota |
4.7% |
4.8% |
0.1 |
| Tennessee |
10.7% |
10.7% |
0 |
| Texas |
8.2% |
8.2% |
0 |
| Utah |
6.6% |
6.8% |
0.2 |
| Vermont |
6.7% |
6.7% |
0 |
| Virginia |
6.8% |
6.9% |
0.1 |
| Washington |
9.2% |
9.3% |
0.1 |
| West Virginia |
9% |
9.3% |
0.3 |
| Wisconsin |
8.5% |
8.7% |
0.2 |
| Wyoming |
7.5% |
7.6% |
0.1 |
Source: Labor Department |
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