Change in state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity from 2020 Q1 to 2022 Q3 (percentage points)

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 0.1
Alaska -0.7 -0.4 -0.8* -0.8* -0.3
Alabama -0.8 -0.9 -0.7 -1.0* -0.5*
Arkansas -0.6 -0.5 -1.5 -0.5* -0.2*
Arizona -1.5 -0.9 -2.4* -1.5 -1.6*
California -0.6 -0.3 0.6 -1.0 -0.7
Colorado -0.1 -0.1 1.3* -0.9 0.2*
Connecticut 0.5 0.3 0.6* 1.7 0.7*
District of Columbia -0.4 -0.4 -0.9 -0.2 0.1*
Delaware 0.3 0.4 -0.4 0.6* 0.5*
Florida -0.7 -0.5 -2.3 -0.5 0.2*
Georgia -0.8 -0.3 -1.4 -1.2* -0.4*
Hawaii 1.7 2.5 3.0* 1.8* 1.4
Iowa 0.0 0.1 0.3* 0.1* 0.2*
Idaho -0.2 -0.2 -0.2* -0.8 0.0*
Illinois 0.3 0.1 2.3 0.2 0.2
Indiana -0.7 -0.8 0.5 -1.0* -0.3*
Kansas -0.6 -0.6 -1.2* -0.6* -0.3*
Kentucky -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.4* 0.1*
Louisiana -2.2 -1.2 -3.6 -3.7 -1.5*
Massachusetts 0.6 0.4 0.0 1.4 1.6
Maryland -0.1 0.0 -0.6 0.1* 0.4*
Maine 0.3 0.4 0.6* 0.3* 0.4*
Michigan 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.6*
Minnesota -2.0 -2.2 -2.7* -2.4* -1.4*
Missouri -0.9 -0.9 -1.2 -1.1* -0.5*
Mississippi -2.1 -0.6 -4.4 -2.5* -1.3*
Montana -0.9 -0.7 -1.2* -1.1* -0.5*
North Carolina -0.3 -0.4 1.0 -2.7 0.1*
North Dakota 0.0 -0.1 -0.1* -0.0* 0.2*
Nebraska -1.3 -1.1 -2.0* -1.7* -0.9*
New Hampshire -0.6 -0.6 -0.8* -0.7* -0.3*
New Jersey 0.2 0.2 0.8 -0.3 0.2
New Mexico -1.2 -1.2 -2.1* -1.9 -0.6*
Nevada -0.9 -1.2 0.1 -0.8 -0.9
New York 0.5 -0.2 2.0 0.9 2.1
Ohio -0.7 -0.3 -1.7 -1.4* -0.2*
Oklahoma -0.1 -0.1 -0.2* -0.4 0.2*
Oregon 0.2 -0.1 0.6* 2.2 0.1*
Pennsylvania -0.8 -0.8 -1.4 0.3 -0.3*
Rhode Island -0.8 -0.8 -1.1* -1.7 -0.4*
South Carolina 0.3 -0.0 1.3 0.3* 0.5*
South Dakota -0.3 0.1 -0.3* -0.4* -0.1*
Tennessee -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2* 0.1*
Texas 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
Utah -0.5 -0.7 -0.7* -0.2 -0.2*
Virginia -0.1 -0.3 0.9 -0.2 -0.0*
Vermont -0.5 -0.6 -0.7* -0.6* -0.2*
Washington -0.7 -0.6 -0.4* -0.7 -0.2
Wisconsin 0.1 0.2 0.5* -0.2* 0.3*
West Virginia -1.3 -1.2 -2.0* -1.6* -0.7*
Wyoming -1.8 -1.4 -2.7* -1.5 -1.2*
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.