Share of whites who are long-term unemployed, by state, 2013–2014
| 2013 | 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 44.3% | 41.9% |
| Rhode Island* | 45.8% | 39.0% |
| Illinois | 39.2% | 39.0% |
| Nevada | 43.4% | 38.6% |
| Connecticut | 42.7% | 38.0% |
| Florida* | 46.6% | 37.9% |
| North Carolina* | 45.6% | 36.0% |
| Massachusetts | 35.4% | 36.0% |
| Alabama* | 25.7% | 35.8% |
| California* | 43.0% | 35.6% |
| New York* | 38.9% | 34.3% |
| Georgia | 37.2% | 34.1% |
| Maryland | 39.7% | 33.6% |
| Virginia | 36.5% | 33.0% |
| Michigan | 34.7% | 32.8% |
| UNITED STATES* | 36.2% | 32.1% |
| New Hampshire | 31.1% | 31.6% |
| West Virginia | 34.3% | 31.4% |
| Colorado* | 38.8% | 31.0% |
| Ohio | 34.5% | 31.0% |
| Pennsylvania* | 38.7% | 30.7% |
| Kentucky | 31.0% | 30.5% |
| South Carolina | 34.8% | 30.4% |
| Mississippi | 35.7% | 30.2% |
| Missouri* | 38.6% | 29.9% |
| Oregon* | 39.0% | 29.7% |
| Delaware* | 36.1% | 29.4% |
| Washington | 30.2% | 29.3% |
| Tennessee | 31.3% | 29.0% |
| Louisiana | 29.6% | 28.7% |
| Indiana | 26.2% | 28.2% |
| Texas | 28.9% | 27.8% |
| Arizona* | 35.1% | 27.1% |
| Wisconsin* | 32.9% | 26.9% |
| Minnesota | 26.3% | 26.9% |
| Idaho | 26.8% | 26.5% |
| Kansas | 28.8% | 25.7% |
| Maine* | 29.3% | 24.5% |
| Vermont | 23.4% | 24.3% |
| Arkansas | 25.2% | 22.6% |
| Oklahoma | 24.6% | 22.1% |
| Montana | 22.9% | 20.4% |
| Wyoming | 20.4% | 19.6% |
| Utah | 22.5% | 19.2% |
| Alaska | 22.7% | 18.5% |
| Iowa | 21.8% | 18.3% |
| South Dakota | 15.9% | 17.3% |
Note: The * indicates states for which the 2013 and 2014 long-term unemployment shares are statistically different.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey data