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State unemployment rates, by race/ethnicity and overall, 2026 Q1

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States 4.3% 3.4% 7.2% 5.1% 3.9%
Alabama 2.8% 2.0% 4.7% 3.3%* 2.5%*
Alaska 4.7% 3.5% 7.8%* 5.3%* 4.0%*
Arizona 4.4% 3.2% 6.3%* 5.5% 4.7%*
Arkansas 4.2% 3.0% 8.4% 5.0%* 3.8%*
California 5.5% 4.7% 9.9% 6.0% 4.0%
Colorado 3.9% 3.2% 6.0%* 5.9% 3.6%*
Connecticut 4.2% 3.2% 7.4%* 5.6% 3.8%*
Delaware 5.0% 3.6% 7.9% 6.1%* 4.6%*
Florida 4.2% 3.7% 7.3% 3.3% 3.7%*
Georgia 3.4% 2.2% 5.2% 3.7%* 3.1%*
Hawaii 2.3% 2.3% 3.8%* 3.0%* 2.0%
Idaho 3.6% 3.5% 6.0%* 4.2% 3.3%*
Illinois 4.6% 3.6% 8.5% 5.0% 4.0%
Indiana 3.6% 3.0% 5.9% 4.4%* 3.2%*
Iowa 3.5% 2.9% 6.7%* 4.1%* 3.1%*
Kansas 3.8% 2.9% 6.6%* 4.9%* 3.5%*
Kentucky 4.5% 4.0% 8.0% 5.2%* 4.1%*
Louisiana 4.3% 2.8% 6.0% 6.0% 3.9%*
Maine 3.3% 3.0% 5.5%* 3.9%* 3.0%*
Maryland 4.2% 2.4% 7.4% 4.6%* 3.8%*
Massachusetts 4.6% 3.9% 6.2% 7.2% 4.8%
Michigan 5.0% 3.9% 10.5% 6.4% 4.6%*
Minnesota 4.1% 3.3% 7.2%* 4.8%* 3.7%*
Mississippi 3.8% 2.8% 5.3% 4.4%* 3.4%*
Missouri 3.9% 3.2% 7.2% 4.6%* 3.6%*
Montana 3.4% 3.3% 5.7%* 4.0%* 3.1%*
Nebraska 3.0% 2.5% 4.9%* 4.1%* 2.7%*
Nevada 5.2% 4.4% 8.3% 5.7% 4.0%
New Hampshire 3.2% 3.0% 5.3%* 3.7%* 2.9%*
New Jersey 5.3% 4.3% 7.8% 5.9% 5.4%
New Mexico 4.3% 3.3% 6.2%* 4.9% 3.9%*
New York 4.5% 3.1% 8.1% 6.0% 3.7%
North Carolina 3.8% 3.2% 6.0% 2.9% 3.5%*
North Dakota 2.6% 2.0% 4.3%* 3.0%* 2.4%*
Ohio 4.4% 3.9% 7.3% 5.1%* 4.0%*
Oklahoma 3.5% 2.9% 6.4%* 3.4% 3.2%*
Oregon 5.2% 4.4% 8.7%* 6.4% 5.2%*
Pennsylvania 4.3% 3.4% 7.2% 8.3% 3.9%*
Rhode Island 4.4% 3.2% 7.3%* 6.4% 4.0%*
South Carolina 4.6% 2.9% 8.3% 5.4%* 4.2%*
South Dakota 2.1% 1.4% 3.5%* 2.5%* 1.9%*
Tennessee 3.5% 3.0% 6.6% 4.1%* 3.2%*
Texas 4.2% 3.3% 6.6% 4.5% 3.4%
Utah 3.6% 3.3% 6.0%* 4.6% 3.3%*
Vermont 2.6% 2.4% 4.4%* 3.1%* 2.4%*
Virginia 3.5% 2.7% 5.7% 3.7% 3.2%*
Washington 4.8% 4.4% 7.5%* 5.8% 4.3%
Washington D.C. 6.4% 4.0% 10.1% 7.5% 5.9%*
West Virginia 4.4% 4.2% 7.2%* 5.1%* 4.0%*
Wisconsin 3.2% 2.3% 7.2%* 4.1%* 2.9%*
Wyoming 3.4% 3.3% 5.7%* 3.9% 3.1%*
Economic Policy Institute

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.

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