Change in state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity from 2020 Q1 to 2022 Q4 (percentage points)

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1
Alabama -0.7 -0.7 -1.0 -0.9* -0.5*
Alaska -0.8 -0.5 -1.0* -0.9* 0.0
Arizona -1.0 -0.5 -1.9* -0.9 -1.2*
Arkansas -0.4 -0.2 -1.1 -0.3* -0.2*
California -0.5 -0.2 1.1 -1.0 -0.7
Colorado 0.0 0.2 0.9* -1.1 0.1*
Connecticut 0.8 0.5 1.4* 1.5 0.8*
Delaware 0.2 0.5 -0.7 0.5* 0.3*
District of Columbia -0.7 -0.5 -1.3 -0.9 -0.4*
Florida -0.7 -0.5 -2.4 -0.4 -0.1*
Georgia -0.6 -0.2 -0.8 -1.3* -0.4*
Hawaii 1.1 1.2 2.0* 1.0* 1.0
Idaho 0.0 0.0 0.2* -0.3 0.1*
Illinois 0.5 0.2 2.3 0.6 0.2
Indiana -0.4 -0.5 0.6 -0.6* -0.2*
Iowa 0.4 0.4 1.2* 0.8* 0.4*
Kansas -0.3 -0.2 -0.8* -0.3* -0.1*
Kentucky -0.1 -0.4 0.2 -0.2* 0.0*
Louisiana -2.4 -1.4 -4.1 -3.4 -1.8*
Maine 0.9 1.0 1.7* 1.0* 0.8*
Maryland 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2* 0.1*
Massachusetts 0.5 0.3 0.0 1.3 1.1
Michigan 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5*
Minnesota -1.6 -1.7 -2.3* -2.0* -1.2*
Mississippi -1.8 -0.6 -3.7 -2.2* -1.3*
Missouri -0.7 -0.5 -1.6 -0.9* -0.5*
Montana -0.8 -0.6 -1.1* -1.0* -0.5*
Nebraska -0.9 -0.9 -1.4* -1.0* -0.7*
Nevada -0.4 -0.9 1.3 -0.6 -0.5
New Hampshire -0.1 -0.1 -0.0* -0.2* -0.0*
New Jersey 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.6 -0.5
New Mexico -1.5 -1.3 -2.2* -2.1 -1.0*
New York 0.4 -0.4 2.1 0.8 1.8
North Carolina 0.1 -0.1 1.5 -2.2 0.2*
North Dakota 0.0 0.1 -0.0* -0.0* 0.1*
Ohio -0.4 -0.2 -0.5 -1.3* -0.2*
Oklahoma 0.2 0.1 0.4* 0.1 0.3*
Oregon 0.9 0.5 1.6* 2.9 0.3*
Pennsylvania -1.0 -0.9 -2.4 -0.5 -0.7*
Rhode Island -0.1 -0.4 -0.0* -0.2 -0.0*
South Carolina 0.4 0.2 1.2 0.4* 0.4*
South Dakota -0.2 0.1 -0.3* -0.3* -0.1*
Tennessee -0.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.1* 0.0*
Texas 0.0 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4
Utah -0.4 -0.6 -0.5* -0.1 -0.2*
Vermont -0.1 -0.2 -0.1* -0.2* -0.0*
Virginia 0.1 0.1 0.9 -0.1 -0.1*
Washington -0.4 -0.3 -0.0* -0.1 -0.3
West Virginia -1.1 -1.1 -1.3* -1.4* -0.7*
Wisconsin 0.3 0.4 0.4* 0.1* 0.3*
Wyoming -1.3 -1.1 -2.0* -0.6 -1.0*

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 Methodological note 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.