Unemployment Rates for States - Annual Average Rankings

Unemployment Rates for States
Annual Average Rankings
2004 - Present
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	2010		2009		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004
State	Rate	Rank	Rate	Rank	Rate	Rank	Rate	Rank	Rate	Rank	Rate	Rank	Rate	Rank
United States	9.6	---	9.3	---	5.8	---	4.6	---	4.6	---	5.1	---	5.5	---
Alabama	9.5	31	9.7	36	5.0	23	3.4	10	3.5	11	3.8	10	5.0	21
Alaska	8.0	19	7.8	21	6.4	39	6.1	49	6.5	49	6.9	50	7.4	50
Arizona	10.0	37	9.7	36	5.9	33	3.8	16	4.1	18	4.7	21	5.0	21
Arkansas	7.9	17	7.4	17	5.3	24	5.2	41	5.3	43	5.1	29	5.6	35
California	12.4	49	11.3	48	7.2	49	5.3	43	4.9	37	5.4	36	6.2	43
Colorado	8.9	27	8.3	27	4.8	19	3.7	15	4.3	23	5.1	29	5.6	35
Connecticut	9.1	28	8.3	27	5.6	32	4.6	29	4.4	24	4.9	24	4.9	19
Delaware	8.5	23	8.0	22	4.9	20	3.5	12	3.5	11	4.0	13	3.9	6
District of Columbia	9.9	36	9.6	34	6.5	41	5.4	45	5.7	46	6.5	46	7.5	51
Florida	11.5	47	10.2	41	6.2	36	4.0	20	3.3	10	3.8	10	4.7	17
Georgia	10.2	39	9.7	36	6.3	38	4.7	34	4.7	31	5.2	33	4.7	17
Hawaii	6.6	7	6.8	10	4.0	8	2.7	1	2.5	1	2.8	1	3.2	1
Idaho	9.3	30	7.7	19	4.7	18	2.9	4	3.0	3	3.7	7	4.6	13
Illinois	10.3	41	10.0	39	6.4	39	5.1	39	4.6	28	5.8	42	6.2	43
Indiana	10.2	39	10.4	42	5.9	33	4.6	29	5.0	40	5.4	36	5.3	28
Iowa	6.1	4	5.6	4	4.3	11	3.8	16	3.7	14	4.3	17	4.6	13
Kansas	7.0	9	7.1	14	4.5	14	4.1	21	4.4	24	5.1	29	5.5	32
Kentucky	10.5	43	10.7	44	6.6	43	5.6	46	5.9	47	6.0	44	5.6	35
Louisiana	7.5	14	6.6	8	4.4	12	3.8	16	3.9	17	6.7	47	5.5	32
Maine	7.9	17	8.2	25	5.4	28	4.7	34	4.7	31	4.9	24	4.6	13
Maryland	7.5	14	7.1	14	4.4	12	3.6	14	3.8	16	4.1	14	4.3	11
Massachusetts	8.5	23	8.2	25	5.3	24	4.5	27	4.8	34	4.8	22	5.2	26
Michigan	12.5	50	13.3	51	8.3	51	7.1	51	6.9	51	6.8	48	7.1	48
Minnesota	7.3	13	8.1	24	5.4	28	4.6	29	4.1	18	4.2	16	4.6	13
Mississippi	10.4	42	9.6	34	6.8	47	6.2	50	6.8	50	7.8	51	6.3	46
Missouri	9.6	33	9.3	32	6.1	35	5.1	39	4.8	34	5.4	36	5.8	38
Montana	7.2	12	6.3	5	4.5	14	3.3	9	3.2	7	3.6	5	4.0	10
Nebraska	4.7	2	4.8	2	3.2	4	2.9	4	3.0	3	3.9	12	3.9	6
Nevada	14.9	51	12.5	50	6.7	46	4.6	29	4.2	22	4.5	18	4.4	12
New Hampshire	6.1	4	6.3	5	3.9	7	3.5	12	3.5	11	3.6	5	3.9	6
New Jersey	9.5	31	9.1	31	5.5	30	4.3	24	4.6	28	4.5	18	4.9	19
New Mexico	8.4	22	7.0	13	4.5	14	3.4	10	4.1	18	5.2	33	5.8	38
New York	8.6	25	8.4	29	5.3	24	4.5	27	4.6	28	5.0	27	5.8	38
North Carolina	10.6	44	10.8	45	6.2	36	4.7	34	4.8	34	5.3	35	5.5	32
North Dakota	3.9	1	4.3	1	3.1	1	3.1	8	3.2	7	3.4	2	3.5	2
Ohio	10.1	38	10.1	40	6.6	43	5.6	46	5.4	45	5.9	43	6.1	42
Oklahoma	7.1	11	6.6	8	3.7	5	4.1	21	4.1	18	4.5	18	5.0	21
Oregon	10.8	45	11.1	47	6.5	41	5.2	41	5.3	43	6.2	45	7.3	49
Pennsylvania	8.7	26	8.0	22	5.3	24	4.3	24	4.5	26	5.0	27	5.4	30
Rhode Island	11.6	48	10.8	45	7.7	50	5.3	43	5.1	41	5.1	29	5.2	26
South Carolina	11.2	46	11.3	48	6.8	47	5.6	46	6.4	48	6.8	48	6.8	47
South Dakota	4.8	3	5.0	3	3.1	1	2.9	4	3.1	6	3.7	7	3.7	3
Tennessee	9.7	35	10.4	42	6.6	43	4.9	38	5.2	42	5.6	41	5.4	30
Texas	8.2	20	7.6	18	4.9	20	4.4	26	4.9	37	5.4	36	6.0	41
Utah	7.7	16	7.1	14	3.7	5	2.7	1	2.9	2	4.1	14	5.1	25
Vermont	6.2	6	6.9	12	4.5	14	3.9	19	3.7	14	3.5	3	3.7	3
Virginia	6.9	8	6.8	10	4.0	8	3.0	7	3.0	3	3.5	3	3.7	3
Washington	9.6	33	9.3	32	5.5	30	4.6	29	4.9	37	5.5	40	6.2	43
West Virginia	9.1	28	7.7	19	4.2	10	4.2	23	4.5	26	4.9	24	5.3	28
Wisconsin	8.3	21	8.7	30	4.9	20	4.8	37	4.7	31	4.8	22	5.0	21
Wyoming	7.0	9	6.5	7	3.1	1	2.8	3	3.2	7	3.7	7	3.9	6

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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