Change in state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity from 2024 to 2025 (percentage points)

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.1
Alabama 0.0 -0.5 1.1 -0.1* 0.0*
Alaska 0.1 0.3 0.5* 0.0* -0.1*
Arizona 0.5 0.1 1.0* 1.0 0.5*
Arkansas 0.3 -0.3 2.4 0.4* 0.2*
California 0.1 0.2 1.3 0.0 -0.2
Colorado 0.3 -0.1 0.3* 0.9 0.0*
Connecticut 0.5 0.2 1.7* 0.7 0.4*
Delaware 0.5 0.3 1.5 0.3* 0.3*
Florida 0.4 1.0 0.6 -0.4 -0.2*
Georgia 0.0 -0.2 0.5 -0.3* -0.1*
Hawaii -0.2 -0.9 -0.2* -0.5* -0.3
Idaho 0.0 -0.1 0.3* 0.3 -0.1*
Illinois -0.4 -0.2 0.9 -2.0 -0.5
Indiana -0.4 -0.2 -0.7 -0.9* -0.5*
Iowa 0.5 0.8 1.2* 0.4* 0.4*
Kansas 0.2 0.0 0.8* -0.1* 0.1*
Kentucky -0.2 1.0 -0.9 -0.5* -0.2*
Louisiana 0.1 0.2 -0.4 0.4 -0.1*
Maine 0.2 0.1 0.6* 0.1* 0.1*
Maryland 0.4 -0.2 1.6 0.0* 0.3*
Massachusetts 0.6 0.2 0.7 2.5 1.1
Michigan 0.6 -0.1 2.8 1.9 0.4*
Minnesota 0.4 0.2 1.1* 0.3* 0.3*
Mississippi 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.7* 0.5*
Missouri 0.3 0.1 1.5 0.1* 0.1*
Montana -0.1 0.0 0.1* -0.2* -0.2*
Nebraska 0.2 0.3 0.5* -0.1* 0.1*
Nevada -0.1 -1.0 3.6 0.2 -0.4
New Hampshire 0.4 0.4 1.0* 0.4* 0.3*
New Jersey 0.4 0.3 -0.7 1.7 -0.4
New Mexico 0.0 0.3 -0.2* 0.9 0.0*
New York -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
North Carolina 0.1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0*
North Dakota 0.2 0.2 0.4* 0.1* 0.0*
Ohio 0.5 0.7 -1.0 0.3* 0.3*
Oklahoma 0.0 -0.3 0.8* -0.5 -0.2*
Oregon 0.7 0.6 1.4* 1.0 0.6*
Pennsylvania 0.4 0.0 1.6 0.3 0.1*
Rhode Island 0.4 -0.3 0.8* 1.3 0.1*
South Carolina 0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.1* 0.0*
South Dakota 0.1 0.0 0.3* 0.0* 0.1*
Tennessee 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3* 0.0*
Texas 0.0 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.6
Utah 0.1 0.2 0.4* 0.0 -0.1*
Vermont 0.3 0.1 0.6* 0.2* 0.1*
Virginia 0.6 0.8 -0.6 0.5 0.6*
Washington 0.0 0.1 0.0* -1.1 -0.1
Washington D.C. 0.7 1.5 -0.6 0.6 0.4*
West Virginia -0.2 -0.3 0.3* -0.4* -0.3*
Wisconsin 0.2 0.0 0.9* -0.1* 0.0*
Wyoming 0.2 0.4 0.4* -0.6 0.0*
Economic Policy Institute

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.