Rank	State	December 2011	November 2011	Change
1	NORTH DAKOTA	3.3	3.4	-0.1
2	NEBRASKA	4.1	4.1	0.0
3	SOUTH DAKOTA	4.2	4.3	-0.1
4	NEW HAMPSHIRE	5.1	5.2	-0.1
4	VERMONT	5.1	5.3	-0.2
6	IOWA	5.6	5.7	-0.1
7	MINNESOTA	5.7	5.9	-0.2
8	WYOMING	5.8	5.8	0.0
9	UTAH	6.0	6.4	-0.4
10	OKLAHOMA	6.1	6.1	0.0
11	VIRGINIA	6.2	6.2	0.0
12	KANSAS	6.3	6.5	-0.2
13	HAWAII	6.6	6.5	0.1
13	NEW MEXICO	6.6	6.5	0.1
15	MARYLAND	6.7	6.9	-0.2
16	LOUISIANA	6.8	6.9	-0.1
16	MASSACHUSETTS	6.8	7.0	-0.2
16	MONTANA	6.8	7.1	-0.3
19	MAINE	7.0	7.0	0.0
20	WISCONSIN	7.1	7.3	-0.2
21	ALASKA	7.3	7.3	0.0
22	DELAWARE	7.4	7.6	-0.2
23	PENNSYLVANIA	7.6	7.9	-0.3
24	ARKANSAS	7.7	7.9	-0.2
25	TEXAS	7.8	8.1	-0.3
26	COLORADO	7.9	8.0	-0.1
26	WEST VIRGINIA	7.9	7.9	0.0
28	MISSOURI	8.0	8.2	-0.2
28	NEW YORK	8.0	8.0	0.0
30	ALABAMA	8.1	8.7	-0.6
30	OHIO	8.1	8.5	-0.4
32	CONNECTICUT	8.2	8.4	-0.2
33	IDAHO	8.4	8.5	-0.1
34	WASHINGTON	8.5	8.7	-0.2
35	ARIZONA	8.7	8.7	0.0
35	TENNESSEE	8.7	9.1	-0.4
37	OREGON	8.9	9.1	-0.2
38	INDIANA	9.0	9.0	0.0
38	NEW JERSEY	9.0	9.1	-0.1
40	KENTUCKY	9.1	9.4	-0.3
41	MICHIGAN	9.3	9.8	-0.5
42	SOUTH CAROLINA	9.5	9.9	-0.4
43	GEORGIA	9.7	9.8	-0.1
44	ILLINOIS	9.8	10.0	-0.2
45	FLORIDA	9.9	10.0	-0.1
45	NORTH CAROLINA	9.9	10.0	-0.1
47	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	10.4	10.6	-0.2
47	MISSISSIPPI	10.4	10.5	-0.1
49	RHODE ISLAND	10.8	10.5	0.3
50	CALIFORNIA	11.1	11.3	-0.2
51	NEVADA	12.6	13.0	-0.4

Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. All estimates are provisional and will be revised when new benchmark and population information becomes available.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics