Current state unemployment rate and percent change in total number of jobs over last 12 months
| State | Current unemployment rate | Change in unemployment rate in last 3 months | Change in unemployment rate in last 12 months | Change in unemployment rate since February 2020 | State unemployment rate raking from lowest to highest | Percent change in number of jobs in last 12 months | Change in number of jobs in last 12 months | Percent change in numbers of jobs in last 3 months | Change in number of jobs in last 3 months | Percent change in number of jobs since February 2020 | Change in number of jobs since February 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 2.5% | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.9% | 6 | 2.0% | 41500 | 0.4% | 8800 | 2.5% | 51600 |
| Alaska | 3.8% | 0.1% | -0.9% | -1.4% | 37 | 3.1% | 9700 | 0.6% | 1900 | -1.0% | -3200 |
| Arizona | 3.7% | -0.3% | 0.1% | -1.3% | 35 | 2.6% | 78800 | 0.8% | 23900 | 5.1% | 151600 |
| Arkansas | 3.2% | -0.3% | 0.0% | -0.4% | 25 | 2.5% | 32500 | 0.4% | 6000 | 4.5% | 58400 |
| California | 4.3% | 0.2% | -0.4% | 0.2% | 44 | 2.8% | 486500 | 0.4% | 79700 | 1.6% | 277700 |
| Colorado | 2.9% | 0.1% | -0.7% | 0.1% | 17 | 1.6% | 46700 | 0.4% | 11000 | 2.4% | 68100 |
| Connecticut | 4.0% | 0.0% | -0.6% | 0.6% | 41 | 1.7% | 28700 | 0.8% | 12900 | -0.7% | -11500 |
| Delaware | 4.6% | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 48 | 2.3% | 10800 | 0.6% | 2900 | 2.3% | 10800 |
| Washington D.C. | 4.7% | 0.5% | -0.9% | -0.7% | 50 | 1.7% | 13000 | 0.1% | 900 | -4.3% | -34600 |
| Florida | 2.6% | -0.1% | -0.7% | -0.1% | 9 | 4.6% | 427400 | 1.0% | 100200 | 6.7% | 606400 |
| Georgia | 3.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | -0.5% | 22 | 2.8% | 135100 | 0.6% | 27100 | 4.5% | 209400 |
| Hawaii | 3.6% | -0.1% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 31 | 4.0% | 24400 | 0.7% | 4300 | -4.6% | -30400 |
| Idaho | 2.6% | -0.2% | 0.0% | -0.4% | 8 | 3.0% | 24900 | 1.1% | 9200 | 9.2% | 70900 |
| Illinois | 4.5% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 0.7% | 46 | 2.4% | 144900 | 0.3% | 18200 | -0.5% | -30000 |
| Indiana | 3.1% | -0.1% | 0.3% | -0.3% | 21 | 2.3% | 73600 | 0.3% | 8200 | 2.2% | 69500 |
| Iowa | 2.9% | -0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 16 | 1.5% | 22800 | 0.6% | 9100 | 0.0% | -200 |
| Kansas | 2.9% | 0.0% | 0.5% | -0.2% | 15 | 2.9% | 41300 | 0.5% | 7200 | 1.3% | 18500 |
| Kentucky | 3.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.2% | 39 | 2.2% | 43000 | 0.8% | 15700 | 1.7% | 32500 |
| Louisiana | 3.6% | 0.0% | -0.3% | -1.6% | 30 | 1.9% | 35500 | 0.6% | 11600 | -2.4% | -47300 |
| Maine | 2.8% | -0.3% | -0.4% | 0.0% | 13 | 2.0% | 12500 | 0.2% | 1400 | 1.0% | 6700 |
| Maryland | 2.9% | -0.2% | -0.5% | -1.3% | 14 | 0.7% | 18200 | 0.3% | 7200 | -2.0% | -56700 |
| Massachusetts | 3.7% | 0.0% | -0.2% | 0.8% | 34 | 2.5% | 91700 | 0.4% | 15700 | -0.1% | -4300 |
| Michigan | 4.3% | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 43 | 2.1% | 91700 | 0.6% | 27000 | -0.8% | -36300 |
| Minnesota | 3.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | -0.9% | 19 | 2.5% | 73600 | 0.6% | 16800 | -0.4% | -12500 |
| Mississippi | 3.7% | -0.4% | -0.3% | -2.0% | 33 | 1.5% | 17600 | 0.5% | 6400 | 1.5% | 17300 |
| Missouri | 2.6% | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.7% | 7 | 2.0% | 58000 | 0.2% | 4900 | 1.3% | 36600 |
| Montana | 2.4% | -0.3% | -0.1% | -1.3% | 5 | 2.5% | 12600 | 0.9% | 4800 | 5.9% | 28800 |
| Nebraska | 2.3% | -0.4% | 0.3% | -0.7% | 3 | 2.1% | 21700 | 0.6% | 6200 | 1.0% | 10500 |
| Nevada | 5.5% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.5% | 51 | 5.1% | 74700 | 0.9% | 13200 | 6.1% | 88100 |
| New Hampshire | 2.7% | -0.2% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 11 | 2.7% | 18400 | 0.8% | 5600 | 1.5% | 10100 |
| New Jersey | 3.5% | 0.2% | -1.1% | 0.0% | 27 | 2.5% | 105400 | 0.7% | 29700 | 2.2% | 93000 |
| New Mexico | 3.6% | 0.1% | -1.4% | -1.8% | 29 | 2.6% | 22100 | 0.9% | 7300 | 0.1% | 1100 |
| New York | 4.2% | 0.1% | -0.5% | 0.3% | 42 | 2.9% | 269400 | 0.6% | 54500 | -1.6% | -161500 |
| North Carolina | 3.6% | -0.3% | 0.2% | -0.1% | 28 | 3.0% | 144100 | 0.8% | 39100 | 5.7% | 264200 |
| North Dakota | 2.1% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 2 | 2.5% | 10500 | 0.9% | 3900 | -1.5% | -6400 |
| Ohio | 3.9% | -0.2% | -0.1% | -0.7% | 38 | 1.4% | 77800 | 0.4% | 21800 | -0.7% | -38300 |
| Oklahoma | 3.0% | -0.2% | 0.2% | -0.2% | 18 | 2.7% | 45400 | 0.5% | 8300 | 1.5% | 25300 |
| Oregon | 4.7% | -0.1% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 49 | 3.0% | 58800 | 0.8% | 15100 | 0.9% | 17400 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.6% | 45 | 2.8% | 164800 | 0.7% | 41500 | 0.0% | -1300 |
| Rhode Island | 3.1% | -0.2% | -0.1% | -0.6% | 20 | 1.9% | 9400 | 0.6% | 3100 | -1.3% | -6800 |
| South Carolina | 3.2% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 0.3% | 24 | 2.4% | 53900 | 0.7% | 15800 | 3.7% | 80300 |
| South Dakota | 2.1% | -0.1% | 0.2% | -0.5% | 1 | 2.3% | 10500 | 0.5% | 2500 | 3.8% | 16700 |
| Tennessee | 3.5% | 0.0% | 0.1% | -0.1% | 26 | 3.2% | 103300 | 0.7% | 23300 | 5.0% | 156700 |
| Texas | 4.0% | 0.2% | -0.1% | 0.5% | 40 | 4.6% | 611400 | 1.1% | 144100 | 6.7% | 865700 |
| Utah | 2.4% | 0.0% | 0.2% | -0.2% | 4 | 3.2% | 52600 | 1.0% | 16600 | 8.8% | 137800 |
| Vermont | 2.8% | -0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 12 | 2.2% | 6500 | 1.2% | 3600 | -2.6% | -8200 |
| Virginia | 3.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 23 | 2.4% | 96100 | 0.6% | 22900 | 0.9% | 38500 |
| Washington | 4.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 47 | 3.5% | 122500 | 1.0% | 35700 | 2.7% | 96300 |
| West Virginia | 3.7% | -0.4% | 0.0% | -1.4% | 32 | 0.4% | 2500 | -0.4% | -3000 | -3.0% | -21300 |
| Wisconsin | 2.7% | -0.3% | -0.1% | -0.3% | 10 | 1.7% | 50300 | 0.3% | 9400 | 0.1% | 1500 |
| Wyoming | 3.8% | -0.1% | 0.4% | -1.1% | 36 | 2.1% | 6000 | 0.4% | 1200 | -0.4% | -1200 |
Jobs refers to the total number of jobs, part-time or full-time, in nonfarm establishments.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics' Local Area Unemployment Statistics data.