Change in state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity from 2020 Q1 to 2024 Q1 (percentage points)

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States -0.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0.2
Alabama -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.2* -0.1*
Alaska -0.9 -1.0 -1.7* -0.7* -0.3
Arizona -0.8 -0.5 -1.3* -1.0 -0.9*
Arkansas -0.4 -0.6 -0.6 0.2* -0.1*
California 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.3 -0.1
Colorado 0.4 0.2 1.2* 0.5 0.5*
Connecticut 0.6 0.6 0.5* 1.0 0.8*
Delaware -0.1 0.5 -2.4 0.5* 0.2*
District of Columbia -0.6 0.3 -1.8 0.6 -0.2*
Florida -0.2 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 -0.0*
Georgia -0.5 -0.4 -0.7 -0.7* -0.2*
Hawaii 0.9 0.8 1.3* 1.1* 1.0
Idaho 0.5 0.3 0.7* 0.9 0.6*
Illinois 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.6
Indiana 0.1 -0.4 1.0 0.8* 0.3*
Iowa 0.3 0.2 0.5* 0.4* 0.4*
Kansas -0.4 -0.5 -1.0* -0.2* -0.2*
Kentucky 0.3 -0.8 4.1 0.5* 0.5*
Louisiana -1.2 -0.2 -3.2 -1.8 -0.7*
Maine 0.2 0.3 0.0* 0.4* 0.3*
Maryland -1.0 -1.1 -1.4 -0.9* -0.3*
Massachusetts -0.1 -0.3 0.6 -0.1 1.0
Michigan 0.2 0.2 -0.6 0.3 0.4*
Minnesota -0.8 -0.9 -1.5* -0.8* -0.5*
Mississippi -2.7 -0.8 -6.0 -3.0* -1.9*
Missouri -0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.0* 0.1*
Montana -0.2 -0.5 -0.5* -0.1* 0.0*
Nebraska -1.0 -0.7 -1.7* -1.3* -0.6*
Nevada -0.1 -0.7 -1.3 0.5 0.4
New Hampshire 0.0 0.2 -0.2* 0.1* 0.1*
New Jersey 0.7 0.8 1.5 -0.0 0.7
New Mexico -1.5 -0.9 -3.0* -2.2 -1.0*
New York 0.3 -0.4 1.1 1.3 1.1
North Carolina -0.4 -0.4 0.3 -2.0 -0.1*
North Dakota -0.2 -0.3 -0.3* -0.2* -0.1*
Ohio -0.9 -0.7 -0.4 -1.2* -0.5*
Oklahoma 0.4 0.5 0.5* 0.4 0.5*
Oregon 0.6 0.6 0.7* 1.1 0.2*
Pennsylvania -1.3 -1.1 -3.2 -0.9 -0.8*
Rhode Island 0.2 0.4 0.0* -0.7 0.4*
South Carolina 0.1 -0.3 0.8 0.3* 0.3*
South Dakota -0.4 0.3 -0.8* -0.4* -0.2*
Tennessee -0.2 0.0 -1.6 0.3* 0.1*
Texas -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.2
Utah 0.3 -0.2 0.3* 1.1 0.4*
Vermont 0.1 0.1 0.0* 0.2* 0.2*
Virginia 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.0 -0.1*
Washington 0.5 0.8 0.4* 1.5 0.2
West Virginia -1.0 -0.9 -1.4* -1.0* -0.6*
Wisconsin 0.0 -0.1 0.1* 0.4* 0.2*
Wyoming -1.8 -1.7 -3.1* 0.6 -1.3*

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.