State unemployment rates, by race/ethnicity and overall, 2024 Q3

state All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States 4.2% 3.3% 6.5% 5.3% 3.7%
Alabama 2.8% 2.3% 4.3% 3.6%* 2.5%*
Alaska 4.6% 2.8% 7.1%* 5.3%* 3.8%
Arizona 3.4% 2.8% 4.6%* 4.1% 3.0%*
Arkansas 3.3% 3.0% 4.8% 4.0%* 2.9%*
California 5.3% 4.8% 7.5% 6.1% 3.8%
Colorado 4.0% 3.4% 6.8%* 5.0% 3.5%*
Connecticut 3.4% 3.2% 4.8%* 4.3% 3.0%*
Delaware 4.2% 3.4% 5.0% 5.4%* 3.7%*
Florida 3.3% 2.7% 5.2% 3.3% 2.9%*
Georgia 3.5% 2.4% 5.1% 4.0%* 3.1%*
Hawaii 2.9% 3.5% 4.5%* 3.6%* 2.6%
Idaho 3.5% 3.4% 5.5%* 4.0% 3.1%*
Illinois 5.3% 4.1% 8.3% 6.9% 4.8%
Indiana 4.2% 3.3% 7.4% 5.8%* 3.7%*
Iowa 2.9% 2.3% 5.0%* 4.0%* 2.5%*
Kansas 3.3% 2.8% 5.6%* 4.2%* 2.9%*
Kentucky 4.8% 3.4% 10.9% 6.1%* 4.2%*
Louisiana 3.9% 2.7% 5.8% 4.8% 3.4%*
Maine 2.8% 2.7% 4.3%* 3.5%* 2.5%*
Maryland 2.9% 2.1% 3.8% 3.6%* 2.6%*
Massachusetts 3.7% 3.4% 4.9% 4.4% 3.8%
Michigan 4.5% 3.8% 7.7% 5.6% 3.9%*
Minnesota 3.3% 2.8% 5.2%* 4.2%* 2.9%*
Mississippi 2.7% 2.2% 3.5% 3.4%* 2.4%*
Missouri 3.9% 3.0% 7.4% 4.9%* 3.4%*
Montana 3.2% 2.8% 5.0%* 4.0%* 2.8%*
Nebraska 2.7% 2.2% 4.1%* 3.8%* 2.4%*
Nevada 5.5% 5.0% 7.0% 5.5% 4.7%
New Hampshire 2.5% 2.6% 3.9%* 3.2%* 2.2%*
New Jersey 4.7% 3.9% 7.4% 4.5% 5.4%
New Mexico 4.1% 2.9% 6.0%* 3.9% 3.6%*
New York 4.4% 3.0% 8.1% 6.4% 3.0%
North Carolina 3.8% 3.0% 6.2% 3.9% 3.3%*
North Dakota 2.3% 1.7% 4.2%* 2.9%* 2.0%*
Ohio 4.5% 3.6% 9.3% 5.9%* 4.0%*
Oklahoma 3.4% 3.2% 5.3%* 4.2% 3.0%*
Oregon 4.0% 3.8% 6.3%* 5.1% 3.4%*
Pennsylvania 3.4% 2.9% 5.1% 6.8% 3.0%*
Rhode Island 4.6% 4.1% 7.1%* 6.2% 4.0%*
South Carolina 4.2% 3.1% 7.1% 5.3%* 3.7%*
South Dakota 2.0% 1.6% 3.1%* 2.5%* 1.8%*
Tennessee 3.1% 2.6% 5.0% 3.8%* 2.7%*
Texas 4.1% 2.8% 6.5% 4.6% 3.7%
Utah 3.3% 2.8% 5.2%* 4.6% 2.9%*
Vermont 2.2% 2.1% 3.4%* 2.7%* 1.9%*
Virginia 2.8% 2.0% 4.8% 3.5% 2.5%*
Washington 4.8% 4.5% 7.0%* 7.3% 3.8%
Washington D.C. 5.6% 2.4% 10.8% 6.3% 5.0%*
West Virginia 4.2% 4.2% 6.8%* 5.3%* 3.7%*
Wisconsin 2.9% 2.4% 5.9%* 4.0%* 2.6%*
Wyoming 3.0% 2.5% 4.7%* 4.9% 2.6%*

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. 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.