State unemployment rates, by race/ethnicity and overall, 2022Q3

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
Alaska 4.5% 2.9% 7.7%* 4.9%* 3.4%
Alabama 2.6% 2.1% 4.2% 3.1%* 2.2%*
Arkansas 3.4% 3.1% 4.9% 3.9%* 2.9%*
Arizona 3.5% 3.2% 5.4%* 4.0% 2.7%*
California 3.9% 3.4% 7.0% 4.2% 3.4%
Colorado 3.4% 3.0% 6.4%* 3.4% 2.9%*
Connecticut 3.9% 3.3% 6.1%* 5.7% 3.4%*
Washington D.C. 5.0% 1.5% 10.1% 4.0% 4.3%*
Delaware 4.4% 3.4% 7.4% 5.1%* 3.8%*
Florida 2.6% 2.1% 3.9% 2.7% 2.5%*
Georgia 2.8% 2.1% 4.5% 2.8%* 2.4%*
Hawaii 3.8% 4.9% 6.5%* 4.7%* 3.4%
Iowa 2.6% 2.3% 5.2%* 3.4%* 2.2%*
Idaho 2.7% 2.6% 4.6%* 3.0% 2.3%*
Illinois 4.5% 3.4% 10.9% 4.8% 3.1%
Indiana 2.7% 2.3% 5.4% 3.2%* 2.4%*
Kansas 2.5% 2.3% 4.1%* 3.1%* 2.2%*
Kentucky 3.8% 3.5% 5.9% 4.5%* 3.3%*
Louisiana 3.5% 2.5% 6.0% 3.7% 3.0%*
Massachusetts 3.5% 3.1% 3.9% 5.6% 3.2%
Maryland 4.1% 3.4% 5.1% 4.8%* 3.5%*
Maine 3.1% 2.9% 5.2%* 3.6%* 2.6%*
Michigan 4.1% 3.5% 7.7% 4.8% 3.6%*
Minnesota 1.9% 1.4% 3.6%* 2.2%* 1.6%*
Missouri 2.5% 2.1% 4.3% 2.9%* 2.1%*
Mississippi 3.6% 2.6% 5.5% 4.3%* 3.1%*
Montana 2.8% 2.7% 4.8%* 3.3%* 2.4%*
North Carolina 3.5% 2.6% 6.6% 2.7% 3.0%*
North Dakota 2.3% 1.9% 3.6%* 2.7%* 2.0%*
Nebraska 2.1% 1.6% 3.6%* 2.8%* 1.8%*
New Hampshire 2.1% 1.9% 3.5%* 2.4%* 1.8%*
New Jersey 3.7% 2.9% 6.2% 3.7% 3.4%
New Mexico 4.4% 2.9% 6.8%* 4.3% 3.8%*
Nevada 4.4% 3.8% 8.5% 3.8% 4.1%
New York 4.4% 3.2% 8.2% 5.9% 3.8%
Ohio 4.0% 3.4% 6.5% 4.7%* 3.4%*
Oklahoma 3.1% 2.5% 5.3%* 3.4% 2.6%*
Oregon 3.7% 3.1% 6.2%* 6.1% 3.1%*
Pennsylvania 4.2% 3.4% 8.0% 7.5% 3.6%*
Rhode Island 2.9% 2.3% 4.9%* 3.8% 2.5%*
South Carolina 3.2% 2.5% 5.2% 3.7%* 2.7%*
South Dakota 2.3% 1.6% 3.9%* 2.7%* 2.0%*
Tennessee 3.4% 2.7% 6.7% 3.9%* 2.9%*
Texas 4.0% 3.0% 6.1% 4.8% 2.6%
Utah 2.0% 1.8% 3.5%* 2.6% 1.8%*
Virginia 2.6% 1.9% 4.6% 3.3% 2.2%*
Vermont 2.1% 2.0% 3.6%* 2.5%* 1.8%*
Washington 3.7% 3.3% 6.3%* 4.8% 3.0%
Wisconsin 3.1% 2.6% 6.3%* 3.6%* 2.7%*
West Virginia 3.9% 3.6% 6.5%* 4.6%* 3.3%*
Wyoming 3.1% 2.8% 5.3%* 3.4% 2.7%*
United States 3.6%* 2.9%* 6.1%* 4.2%* 3.1%*

Notes: 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. AAPI stands for Asian American and Pacific Islander.

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.