Change in state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity from 2024 Q4 to 2026 Q2 (percentage points)

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States 0.1 0.0 0.9 -0.2 0.1
Alabama -0.1 -0.6 0.9 -0.4* -0.1*
Alaska -0.0 1.0 0.6* -0.2* 0.2*
Arizona 0.8 0.1 2.1* 1.3 1.1*
Arkansas 0.5 -0.3 3.3 0.6* 0.5*
California -0.1 -0.3 1.0 -0.4 0.3
Colorado -0.4 -0.2 -1.0* -0.2 -0.3*
Connecticut 1.6 0.7 4.5* 2.3 1.5*
Delaware 1.1 1.1 2.4 0.8* 1.0*
District of Columbia 0.6 1.3 -1.0 1.3 0.6*
Florida 1.3 1.2 3.1 0.5 1.0*
Georgia 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1* 0.0*
Hawaii -0.2 -1.0 0.1* -0.0* -0.3
Idaho 0.0 -0.1 0.6* 0.5 0.0*
Illinois 0.3 0.2 2.6 -1.4 -0.1
Indiana -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 -1.6* -0.7*
Iowa -0.2 -0.3 1.2* -0.6* -0.2*
Kansas 0.1 -0.1 0.7* -0.2* 0.1*
Kentucky -0.4 0.5 -1.2 -0.9* -0.3*
Louisiana 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.1 0.0*
Maine -0.1 -0.2 0.3* -0.4* -0.1*
Maryland 1.0 0.4 2.8 0.6* 0.9*
Massachusetts 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.7 1.0
Michigan -0.2 -0.7 2.6 -0.2 -0.1*
Minnesota 1.2 1.1 2.8* 1.1* 1.1*
Mississippi 0.1 -0.1 0.5 -0.2* 0.1*
Missouri 0.0 -0.1 0.8 -0.3* 0.0*
Montana 0.5 0.7 1.3* 0.3* 0.5*
Nebraska 0.1 0.5 0.7* -0.5* 0.1*
Nevada -0.2 -0.4 1.7 -0.2 -0.4
New Hampshire 0.1 0.1 0.6* -0.1* 0.1*
New Jersey -0.1 -0.2 -1.1 0.7 -0.3
New Mexico 0.7 0.9 0.8* 1.6 0.6*
New York 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.6
North Carolina -0.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.7 -0.0*
North Dakota -0.1 -0.1 0.2* -0.4* -0.1*
Ohio -1.0 -0.5 -4.1 -1.2* -0.9*
Oklahoma 1.0 0.6 3.0* 0.3 0.9*
Oregon 0.7 0.4 1.8* 1.0 0.8*
Pennsylvania 0.2 -0.0 1.1 -0.5 0.2*
Rhode Island -0.2 -1.3 0.3* 0.5 -0.2*
South Carolina 0.3 -0.1 1.4 -0.0* 0.3*
South Dakota 0.2 -0.2 0.6* 0.1* 0.2*
Tennessee 0.0 0.1 0.6 -0.2* 0.0*
Texas 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.0 -0.9
Utah 0.4 0.7 1.1* 0.1 0.3*
Vermont 0.1 0.0 0.6* -0.1* 0.1*
Virginia 0.7 0.4 1.7 0.5 0.7*
Washington 0.9 0.8 1.9* -0.9 1.3
West Virginia 0.4 0.2 2.0* 0.1* 0.4*
Wisconsin 0.3 0.2 0.8* -0.1* 0.3*
Wyoming 0.1 0.4 0.6* -0.3 0.1*
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.