State unemployment rates, by race/ethnicity and overall, 2019Q3

State All White Black Hispanic Asian
Alabama 3.2% 2.4% 5.5% NA NA
Alaska 6.3% 3.8% NA NA NA
Arizona 4.9% 4.0% NA 5.9% NA
Arkansas 3.5% 3.0% 6.6% NA NA
California 4.1% 3.5% 5.7% 4.3% 3.9%
Colorado 2.8% 2.5% NA 3.4% NA
Connecticut 3.6% 3.2% NA 4.7% NA
Delaware 3.4% 2.3% 6.0% NA NA
Washington D.C. 5.5% 1.9% 11.3% NA NA
Florida 3.3% 2.5% 6.1% 3.4% 2.2%
Georgia 3.6% 2.5% 6.1% 3.2% NA
Hawaii 2.7% 2.6% NA NA 2.5%
Idaho 2.9% 2.7% NA 4.1% NA
Illinois 4.1% 3.2% 9.6% 3.6% 3.2%
Indiana 3.3% 3.0% 4.6% 4.1% NA
Iowa 2.5% 2.2% NA NA NA
Kansas 3.3% 2.9% NA 3.8% NA
Kentucky 4.3% 4.1% NA NA NA
Louisiana 4.3% 2.9% 6.9% 5.8% NA
Maine 3.0% 2.8% NA NA NA
Maryland 3.8% 3.5% 3.9% NA NA
Massachusetts 2.9% 2.8% 3.7% 4.2% 1.2%
Michigan 4.2% 3.9% 8.1% NA NA
Minnesota 3.3% 3.1% NA NA NA
Mississippi 5.2% 2.7% 9.5% NA NA
Missouri 3.2% 2.7% NA NA NA
Montana 3.4% 3.1% NA NA NA
Nebraska 3.1% 2.4% NA 4.0% NA
Nevada 4.1% 4.0% NA 3.1% 4.5%
New Hampshire 2.5% 2.4% NA NA NA
New Jersey 3.3% 3.1% 4.3% 3.6% 2.1%
New Mexico 4.9% 3.6% NA 5.8% NA
New York 4.0% 3.5% 7.3% 4.6% 1.4%
North Carolina 4.2% 3.5% 5.9% 5.0% NA
North Dakota 2.4% 2.1% NA NA NA
Ohio 4.1% 3.6% 5.9% NA NA
Oklahoma 3.2% 2.7% NA 4.1% NA
Oregon 4.0% 3.5% NA 5.0% NA
Pennsylvania 3.9% 3.5% 7.0% 4.6% NA
Rhode Island 3.6% 3.2% NA NA NA
South Carolina 3.2% 3.1% 3.8% NA NA
South Dakota 2.9% 1.9% NA NA NA
Tennessee 3.4% 3.0% 5.6% NA NA
Texas 3.4% 2.3% 5.6% 4.1% 1.2%
Utah 2.8% 2.8% NA 2.7% NA
Vermont 2.1% 2.0% NA NA NA
Virginia 2.8% 2.4% 3.0% 4.2% 3.2%
Washington 4.6% 4.5% NA 4.3% 2.1%
West Virginia 4.7% 4.5% NA NA NA
Wisconsin 3.1% 2.6% NA NA NA
Wyoming 3.7% 3.4% 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.