List of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate

The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication.^[1][2] While the non-seasonally adjusted data reflects the actual unemployment rate, the seasonally adjusted data removes time from the equation.^[3]

Unemployment rate by jurisdiction[]

Data for all U.S. states, the District of Columbia^[4] and Puerto Rico is from September 2021, data from the Virgin Islands is from December 2019, data for Guam is from September 2019, data for American Samoa is from 2018, and data for the Northern Mariana Islands is from April 2010. Because data for the Northern Mariana Islands is more than 5 years old, it is not ranked in the table below.

Rank	Rank (50 states)	State federal district or territory	Unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)	Monthly change (%) (=drop in unemployment)
1	—	American Samoa	11.4%[5]	—
—	—	Northern Mariana Islands[6]: 60, 66, 103, 109	11.2%	—
2	—	Puerto Rico[7]	8.3%	0.1
3	1	Nevada	7.5%	0.2
3	1	California	7.5%	0.0
5	3	New Jersey	7.1%	0.1
5	3	New York	7.1%	0.3
7	5	New Mexico	6.9%	0.3
8	6	Illinois	6.8%	0.2
8	6	Connecticut	6.8%	0.4
10	8	Hawaii	6.6%	0.4
11	—	District of Columbia	6.5%	0.2
12	9	Alaska	6.3%	0.1
13	10	Pennsylvania	6.2%	0.2
14	11	Maryland	5.9%	0.1
15	12	Mississippi	5.8%	0.2
15	12	Louisiana	5.8%	0.4
17	14	Arizona	5.7%	0.5
18	15	Texas	5.6%	0.3
18	15	Colorado	5.6%	0.3
20	17	Ohio	5.4%	0.0
21	18	Delaware	5.3%	0.1
22	19	Rhode Island	5.2%	0.6
22	19	Massachusetts	5.2%	0.2
22	—	Virgin Islands[8]	5.2%	0.1
25	21	Washington	4.9%	0.2
25	21	Florida	4.9%	0.1
27	23	Maine	4.8%	0.1
28	24	Oregon	4.7%	0.3
29	25	Michigan	4.6%	0.1
29	25	West Virginia	4.6%	0.2
31	27	Wyoming	4.5%	0.4
32	28	Tennessee	4.4%	0.2
33	29	Kentucky	4.3%	0.0
34	30	North Carolina	4.2%	0.1
35	31	South Carolina	4.1%	0.1
36	32	Indiana	4.0%	0.1
36	32	Arkansas	4.0%	0.2
36	32	Iowa	4.0%	0.1
39	35	Wisconsin	3.9%	0.0
39	35	Kansas	3.9%	0.1
41	37	Virginia	3.8%	0.2
41	37	Missouri	3.8%	0.2
43	39	Minnesota	3.7%	0.1
44	—	Guam[9][10]	3.6%	1.0
45	40	North Dakota	3.5%	0.1
46	41	Montana	3.3%	0.2
47	42	Georgia	3.2%	0.3
48	43	Alabama	3.1%	0.0
49	44	Oklahoma	3.0%	0.3
50	45	New Hampshire	2.9%	0.1
50	45	Vermont	2.9%	0.1
50	45	Idaho	2.9%	0.0
50	45	South Dakota	2.9%	0.0
54	49	Utah	2.4%	0.1
55	50	Nebraska	2.0%	0.2

See also[]

• List of U.S. States by employment rate
• Job creation index
• Unemployment in the United States

References[]

External links[]

• Comparison of Unemployment Benefits by State