Change in state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity from 2007Q4 to 2019Q2 (percentage points)

White Black Hispanic Asian
United States -1.1 -2.2 -1.5 -0.8
Alabama -0.9 0.4 NA NA
Alaska -0.3 NA NA NA
Arizona 0.8 NA 0.2 NA
Arkansas -1.4 -3.0 NA NA
California -1.5 -4.1 -1.7 -1.7
Colorado -1.4 NA 0.2 NA
Connecticut -1.2 NA NA NA
Delaware -0.5 1.4 NA NA
District of Columbia 0.1 2.1 NA NA
Florida -1.0 -0.7 -2.4 NA
Georgia -0.8 -1.2 -4.8 NA
Hawaii -0.6 NA NA -0.5
Idaho -0.3 NA NA NA
Illinois -1.0 -1.3 -2.5 NA
Indiana -1.5 NA NA NA
Iowa -1.4 NA NA NA
Kansas -0.5 NA NA NA
Kentucky -1.3 NA NA NA
Louisiana 0.0 0.1 NA NA
Maine -1.8 NA NA NA
Maryland 0.1 0.7 NA NA
Massachusetts -1.8 NA NA NA
Michigan -2.6 -7.6 NA NA
Minnesota -1.4 NA NA NA
Mississippi -0.9 -1.6 NA NA
Missouri -2.0 NA NA NA
Montana -0.4 NA NA NA
Nebraska -0.3 NA NA NA
Nevada -0.5 NA -2.3 NA
New Hampshire -1.3 NA NA NA
New Jersey -0.6 -4.1 -1.0 1.5
New Mexico 1.1 NA 0.2 NA
New York -0.5 -0.5 -2.1 -1.1
North Carolina -0.8 -2.4 -1.1 NA
North Dakota -0.1 NA NA NA
Ohio -1.0 -5.9 NA NA
Oklahoma -0.7 NA NA NA
Oregon -1.9 NA NA NA
Pennsylvania -1.2 1.6 NA NA
Rhode Island -2.5 NA NA NA
South Carolina -1.3 -5.4 NA NA
South Dakota -0.1 NA NA NA
Tennessee -1.9 -3.4 NA NA
Texas -0.5 -2.8 -0.8 -0.2
Utah 0.2 NA -1.1 NA
Vermont -2.1 NA NA NA
Virginia -0.7 -0.2 NA NA
Washington -0.9 NA 2.0 0.4
West Virginia -0.2 NA NA NA
Wisconsin -1.7 NA NA NA
Wyoming 0.7 NA NA NA

Note: The table reports data 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.