Change in state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity from 2020 Q1 to 2022 Q2 (percentage points)

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.2
Alaska -0.5 -0.2 -0.6* -0.3* -0.0
Alabama -0.7 -0.9 -0.4 -0.9* -0.3*
Arkansas -0.8 -0.7 -1.8 -0.6* -0.3*
Arizona -1.8 -1.1 -2.8* -1.8 -1.7*
California -0.2 -0.1 1.6 -0.5 -0.2
Colorado 0.1 -0.0 1.7* -0.6 0.4*
Connecticut 0.8 0.7 0.6* 2.0 1.1*
District of Columbia 0.3 0.2 -0.1 1.4 0.8*
Delaware 0.4 0.6 -0.3 0.6* 0.8*
Florida -0.4 -0.3 -2.1 -0.1 0.6*
Georgia -0.6 0.0 -1.4 -1.0* -0.1*
Hawaii 2.0 3.0 3.4* 2.2* 1.8
Iowa 0.2 0.2 0.7* 0.4* 0.4*
Idaho -0.4 -0.3 -0.5* -1.1 -0.0*
Illinois 0.4 0.2 2.3 0.4 0.4
Indiana -1.2 -1.2 -0.2 -1.5* -0.7*
Kansas -0.7 -0.6 -1.5* -0.7* -0.3*
Kentucky -0.3 -0.4 0.3 -0.3* 0.2*
Louisiana -1.8 -1.0 -2.7 -3.3 -0.9*
Massachusetts 1.0 0.5 0.9 2.5 2.3
Maryland -0.1 0.3 -1.1 -0.0* 0.6*
Maine 0.4 0.5 0.8* 0.4* 0.6*
Michigan 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.8 0.9*
Minnesota -1.9 -2.0 -2.4* -2.3* -1.3*
Missouri -0.3 -0.4 0.6 -0.3* 0.1*
Mississippi -1.7 -0.4 -4.2 -2.1* -0.9*
Montana -1.2 -1.1 -1.9* -1.5* -0.7*
North Carolina -0.4 -0.3 0.2 -2.2 0.1*
North Dakota 0.4 0.1 0.6* 0.4* 0.6*
Nebraska -1.5 -1.2 -2.4* -2.0* -1.0*
New Hampshire -0.5 -0.6 -0.8* -0.6* -0.2*
New Jersey 0.5 0.3 1.2 -0.1 1.2
New Mexico -0.5 -0.7 -1.4* -0.9 0.2*
Nevada -0.4 -0.8 0.9 -0.7 0.1
New York 0.5 -0.1 1.5 0.7 2.1
Ohio -0.7 -0.4 -1.6 -1.3* -0.1*
Oklahoma -0.4 -0.3 -0.9* -0.4 0.0*
Oregon 0.1 -0.3 0.4* 1.6 0.3*
Pennsylvania -0.4 -0.5 0.1 1.4 0.2*
Rhode Island -0.7 -0.8 -1.0* -1.6 -0.2*
South Carolina 0.4 -0.0 1.7 0.4* 0.7*
South Dakota -0.3 0.1 -0.4* -0.4* 0.0*
Tennessee -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3* 0.1*
Texas 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Utah -0.6 -0.7 -0.8* -0.4 -0.2*
Virginia 0.2 -0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.3*
Vermont -0.3 -0.4 -0.3* -0.3* 0.1*
Washington -0.4 -0.4 -0.1* -1.1 0.1
Wisconsin -0.1 -0.2 0.4* -0.4* 0.2*
West Virginia -1.6 -1.5 -2.9* -1.9* -0.8*
Wyoming -1.7 -1.3 -2.7* -1.3 -1.0*
Economic Policy Institute

Notes: AAPI stands for Asian American and Pacific Islander. Unemployment rates for each demographic group are produced from a weighted average of state and national unemployment trends. Those states and demographic groups with typically small sample sizes require a heavier weighting of national-level data to supplement their analysis, and are noted as such with an asterisk (*). See Methodology for more detail. 

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) data and Current Population Survey (CPS) data.

View the underlying data on epi.org.