Change in state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity from 2020 Q1 to 2023 Q1 (percentage points)

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.2 -0.2
Alabama -0.8 -0.8 -1.4 -0.9* -0.6*
Alaska -1.7 -1.1 -2.7* -1.7* -0.4
Arizona -1.2 -1.0 -1.9* -0.7 -1.3*
Arkansas -0.8 -0.6 -1.7 -0.6* -0.6*
California -0.4 -0.1 1.1 -0.8 -0.6
Colorado -0.3 -0.2 -0.0* -1.1 -0.2*
Connecticut 0.1 -0.4 0.4* 1.1 0.1*
Delaware 0.4 1.0 -1.1 0.8* 0.4*
District of Columbia -1.0 -0.4 -2.0 -0.7 -0.7*
Florida -0.7 -0.4 -2.9 -0.4 -0.4*
Georgia -0.5 -0.2 -0.5 -0.8* -0.4*
Hawaii 1.4 1.4 2.3* 1.7* 1.2
Idaho -0.1 -0.2 -0.1* -0.3 -0.1*
Illinois 0.3 -0.0 1.8 0.5 0.0
Indiana -0.3 -0.6 1.1 -0.2* -0.2*
Iowa 0.3 0.4 0.3* 0.9* 0.3*
Kansas -0.4 -0.3 -1.0* -0.3* -0.3*
Kentucky -0.2 -0.6 0.7 -0.2* -0.1*
Louisiana -1.8 -0.8 -3.9 -2.5 -1.4*
Maine -0.4 -0.3 -0.7* -0.4* -0.3*
Maryland -0.6 -0.7 -0.7 -0.5* -0.4*
Massachusetts 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.5 1.5
Michigan 0.5 0.4 -0.4 0.5 0.4*
Minnesota -0.6 -0.7 -1.1* -0.6* -0.4*
Mississippi -2.1 -0.7 -4.3 -2.3* -1.6*
Missouri -0.8 -0.8 -0.9 -0.9* -0.6*
Montana -1.1 -1.0 -1.8* -1.2* -0.8*
Nebraska -1.2 -1.1 -1.9* -1.4* -0.9*
Nevada 0.2 -0.5 2.6 0.3 -0.5
New Hampshire 0.0 0.0 0.1* 0.1* 0.1*
New Jersey -0.6 -0.4 0.4 -1.0 -1.7
New Mexico -1.9 -1.3 -3.1* -2.5 -1.4*
New York 0.1 -0.8 1.5 0.7 1.6
North Carolina -0.2 -0.3 0.5 -2.0 -0.1*
North Dakota -0.1 -0.1 -0.1* -0.1* -0.1*
Ohio -0.7 -0.2 -1.5 -1.3* -0.5*
Oklahoma -0.1 -0.2 -0.3* -0.0 -0.1*
Oregon 1.0 0.8 1.7* 2.5 0.4*
Pennsylvania -0.4 -0.2 -3.1 1.1 -0.3*
Rhode Island -0.5 -1.0 -0.9* 0.8 -0.4*
South Carolina 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.4* 0.2*
South Dakota -0.5 -0.1 -0.8* -0.5* -0.3*
Tennessee -0.0 0.1 -1.0 0.4* 0.0*
Texas -0.1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 -0.7
Utah -0.1 -0.4 -0.1* 0.4 -0.1*
Vermont 0.5 0.5 0.9* 0.7* 0.4*
Virginia 0.2 0.2 1.3 0.0 -0.0*
Washington 0.3 0.4 1.1* 0.5 -0.0
West Virginia -1.6 -1.4 -2.4* -1.8* -1.2*
Wisconsin -0.3 0.0 -1.1* -0.6* -0.2*
Wyoming -0.9 -0.9 -1.4* 0.1 -0.6*

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.