State unemployment rates, by race/ethnicity and overall, 2019Q2

State All White Black Hispanic Asian
Alabama 3.7% 2.7% 6.6% NA NA
Alaska 6.4% 4.3% NA NA NA
Arizona 4.9% 4.2% NA 6.1% NA
Arkansas 3.6% 3.3% 5.9% NA NA
California 4.2% 3.3% 6.0% 5.4% 3.1%
Colorado 3.2% 2.1% NA 5.5% NA
Connecticut 3.8% 2.3% NA NA NA
Delaware 3.2% 2.4% 6.3% NA NA
Washington D.C. 5.6% 1.8% 12.0% NA NA
Florida 3.4% 3.0% 5.7% 3.4% NA
Georgia 3.8% 2.5% 7.0% 2.3% NA
Hawaii 2.8% 3.4% NA NA 2.0%
Idaho 2.8% 2.8% NA 2.7% NA
Illinois 4.4% 3.4% 11.0% 3.2% NA
Indiana 3.6% 2.8% NA NA NA
Iowa 2.4% 1.9% NA NA NA
Kansas 3.5% 3.2% NA NA NA
Kentucky 4.0% 3.7% NA NA NA
Louisiana 4.4% 2.4% 8.7% NA NA
Maine 3.3% 3.0% NA NA NA
Maryland 3.8% 2.9% 6.3% NA NA
Massachusetts 3.0% 2.8% NA 3.7% NA
Michigan 4.2% 3.6% 8.0% NA NA
Minnesota 3.3% 2.7% NA NA NA
Mississippi 5.0% 2.8% 8.7% NA NA
Missouri 3.3% 2.5% NA NA NA
Montana 3.6% 3.3% NA NA NA
Nebraska 3.0% 2.3% NA NA NA
Nevada 4.0% 3.8% NA 4.2% NA
New Hampshire 2.4% 2.2% NA NA NA
New Jersey 3.7% 3.4% 4.4% 4.2% 3.8%
New Mexico 5.0% 4.3% NA 4.8% NA
New York 4.0% 3.2% 7.4% 5.0% 2.2%
North Carolina 4.1% 3.3% 5.8% 5.3% NA
North Dakota 2.3% 1.9% NA NA NA
Ohio 4.1% 3.6% 7.7% NA NA
Oklahoma 3.2% 2.3% NA NA NA
Oregon 4.2% 3.5% NA NA NA
Pennsylvania 3.8% 3.0% 8.8% NA NA
Rhode Island 3.6% 2.8% NA NA NA
South Carolina 3.5% 2.4% 5.7% NA NA
South Dakota 2.9% 1.9% NA NA NA
Tennessee 3.3% 2.6% 6.1% NA NA
Texas 3.5% 2.9% 5.1% 3.7% 2.7%
Utah 2.9% 2.8% NA 2.8% NA
Vermont 2.1% 2.1% NA NA NA
Virginia 2.9% 2.3% 5.2% NA NA
Washington 4.6% 4.0% NA 7.8% 4.3%
West Virginia 4.8% 4.5% NA NA NA
Wisconsin 2.8% 2.6% NA NA NA
Wyoming 3.5% 3.3% NA NA NA

Note: The map reports unemployment rates only for state subgroups with sample sizes large enough to create accurate estimates.

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.