Black–white and Hispanic–white state unemployment rate ratios, 2022 Q4

State Black–white ratio Hispanic–white ratio
United States 2.1 1.4
Alabama 1.8 1.4*
Alaska 2.7* 1.8*
Arizona 1.6* 1.3
Arkansas 1.6 1.2*
California 2.1 1.2
Colorado 1.8* 1.0
Connecticut 2.0* 1.6
Delaware 2.1 1.5*
District of Columbia 6.8 2.2
Florida 1.8 1.3
Georgia 2.3 1.2*
Hawaii 1.6* 1.1*
Idaho 1.8* 1.3
Illinois 3.1 1.5
Indiana 2.1 1.4*
Iowa 2.4* 1.6*
Kansas 1.8* 1.3*
Kentucky 1.8 1.3*
Louisiana 2.4 1.7
Maine 1.8* 1.2*
Maryland 1.7 1.4*
Massachusetts 1.3 1.8
Michigan 2.0 1.4
Minnesota 2.1* 1.4*
Mississippi 2.4 1.7*
Missouri 1.6 1.3*
Montana 1.8* 1.2*
Nebraska 2.3* 1.9*
Nevada 2.4 1.0
New Hampshire 1.8* 1.3*
New Jersey 2.2 1.2
New Mexico 2.3* 1.4
New York 2.8 1.9
North Carolina 2.4 1.1
North Dakota 1.7* 1.3*
Ohio 2.2 1.4*
Oklahoma 2.2* 1.4
Oregon 1.9* 1.8
Pennsylvania 2.1 2.0
Rhode Island 2.2* 2.0
South Carolina 1.9 1.4*
South Dakota 2.5* 1.7*
Tennessee 2.0 1.4*
Texas 2.0 1.5
Utah 1.9* 1.4
Vermont 1.8* 1.2*
Virginia 2.0 1.5
Washington 1.8* 1.5
West Virginia 1.9* 1.2*
Wisconsin 2.2* 1.4*
Wyoming 1.9* 1.4

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 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.