Change in state and local employment by state
State and local employment since February 2020: Choose a state to show the unemployment rate over time for that state and all other states in the same Census division. (The dashed line shows the national unemployment rate.)
| States | United States | Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming |
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| Mar-20 | -0.2% | 0.1% | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.5% | -1.0% | -1.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | -0.5% | 0.1% | -0.4% | 0.1% | -0.5% | 0.0% | 0.2% | -0.2% | 0.0% | -1.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | -0.2% | -1.2% | -0.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -3.1% | -3.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -0.4% | -0.4% | -1.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | -0.3% | -1.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.2% | -0.3% | 0.0% |
| Apr-20 | -5.0% | -2.0% | -10.3% | -3.3% | -3.5% | -3.8% | -2.5% | -11.4% | -5.4% | -0.5% | -2.3% | -2.8% | -12.7% | -5.0% | -5.5% | -5.8% | -9.3% | -3.4% | -5.9% | -3.3% | -6.9% | -4.2% | -6.9% | -6.6% | -6.8% | -3.7% | -4.1% | -4.5% | -3.9% | -6.3% | -11.1% | -4.8% | -3.9% | -4.5% | -4.0% | -7.7% | -6.0% | -3.7% | -5.2% | -3.6% | -3.1% | -4.0% | -8.9% | -3.6% | -2.2% | -4.1% | -8.0% | -5.0% | -5.6% | -7.7% | -14.6% | -2.8% |
| May-20 | -7.9% | -5.4% | -12.5% | -4.1% | -6.0% | -7.8% | -5.5% | -13.5% | -7.5% | -2.6% | -2.6% | -5.0% | -15.6% | -8.8% | -7.9% | -6.5% | -12.8% | -5.7% | -10.5% | -5.2% | -11.5% | -6.0% | -8.5% | -8.9% | -11.3% | -5.5% | -8.1% | -7.1% | -8.7% | -6.4% | -11.8% | -5.7% | -3.6% | -7.2% | -9.4% | -10.7% | -9.3% | -5.4% | -8.7% | -4.3% | -3.7% | -5.9% | -12.4% | -5.2% | -5.3% | -8.6% | -10.0% | -8.8% | -10.5% | -10.0% | -13.8% | -6.4% |
Notes: Shaded areas represent recessions.
Source: EPI/EARN analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment data
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