Change in state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity from 2020 Q1 to 2024 Q3 (percentage points)
State | All | White | Black | Hispanic | AAPI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Alabama | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.4* | -0.1* |
Alaska | -0.9 | -0.7 | -1.8* | -0.7* | -0.1 |
Arizona | -1.4 | -1.1 | -2.9* | -1.1 | -1.2* |
Arkansas | -0.7 | -0.7 | -1.6 | -0.4* | -0.2* |
California | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | -0.4 |
Colorado | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.1* | 1.0 | 1.0* |
Connecticut | -0.4 | -0.3 | -1.4* | -0.2 | -0.0* |
Delaware | 0.1 | 0.5 | -2.6 | 1.0* | 0.5* |
District of Columbia | -0.0 | 0.4 | -0.8 | 1.9 | 0.5* |
Florida | -0.1 | 0.1 | -1.1 | 0.0 | 0.6* |
Georgia | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 0.0* | 0.3* |
Hawaii | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.0* | 0.8* | 0.7 |
Idaho | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0* | 0.4 | 0.9* |
Illinois | 1.0 | 0.7 | -0.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
Indiana | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 1.7* | 1.0* |
Iowa | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.0* | 0.6* | 0.4* |
Kansas | 0.2 | -0.0 | 0.3* | 0.5* | 0.4* |
Kentucky | 0.7 | -0.6 | 4.6 | 1.1* | 1.0* |
Louisiana | -1.5 | -0.7 | -3.2 | -2.1 | -0.8* |
Maine | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.9* | -0.3* | -0.0* |
Maryland | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.9 | -0.3* | 0.1* |
Massachusetts | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
Michigan | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0* |
Minnesota | -0.2 | -0.5 | -0.4* | -0.0* | 0.2* |
Mississippi | -3.0 | -1.1 | -6.5 | -3.4* | -2.1* |
Missouri | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.8* | 0.7* |
Montana | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.8* | -0.2* | 0.0* |
Nebraska | -0.8 | -0.6 | -1.5* | -0.8* | -0.4* |
Nevada | 0.2 | -0.0 | -1.4 | 0.8 | -0.2 |
New Hampshire | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.3* | 0.1* | 0.2* |
New Jersey | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | -0.2 | 1.7 |
New Mexico | -1.3 | -1.2 | -2.6* | -2.1 | -0.7* |
New York | 0.2 | -0.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
North Carolina | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -1.7 | 0.3* |
North Dakota | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.6* | 0.2* | 0.3* |
Ohio | -0.1 | -0.1 | 1.1 | -0.2* | 0.4* |
Oklahoma | 0.3 | 0.5 | -0.2* | 0.4 | 0.5* |
Oregon | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4* | 1.1 | 0.2* |
Pennsylvania | -1.3 | -1.1 | -3.7 | 0.0 | -0.7* |
Rhode Island | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1* | 0.7 | 1.1* |
South Carolina | 1.3 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 1.8* | 1.4* |
South Dakota | -0.5 | 0.2 | -1.0* | -0.5* | -0.2* |
Tennessee | -0.4 | -0.2 | -1.7 | -0.3* | -0.0* |
Texas | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.4 | 0.9 |
Utah | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.1* | 1.9 | 1.0* |
Vermont | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.2* | 0.1* | 0.2* |
Virginia | -0.2 | -0.5 | 0.8 | -0.2 | 0.0* |
Washington | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5* | 1.9 | 0.8 |
West Virginia | -1.1 | -0.9 | -2.0* | -1.1* | -0.5* |
Wisconsin | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.0* | 0.1* | 0.2* |
Wyoming | -1.6 | -1.5 | -2.9* | 0.3 | -1.0* |
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.