State unemployment rates, by race/ethnicity and overall, 2022 Q4

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States 3.6% 2.9% 6.1% 4.2% 2.9%
Alabama 2.7% 2.2% 4.0% 3.2%* 2.2%*
Alaska 4.4% 2.7% 7.5%* 4.8%* 3.7%
Arizona 4.0% 3.6% 5.9%* 4.6% 3.1%*
Arkansas 3.6% 3.4% 5.3% 4.1%* 3.0%*
California 4.1% 3.5% 7.5% 4.3% 3.3%
Colorado 3.5% 3.2% 5.9%* 3.2% 2.8%*
Connecticut 4.2% 3.5% 6.9%* 5.6% 3.4%*
Delaware 4.4% 3.4% 7.0% 5.0%* 3.5%*
Florida 2.6% 2.1% 3.8% 2.8% 2.2%*
Georgia 3.0% 2.2% 5.1% 2.7%* 2.4%*
Hawaii 3.3% 3.5% 5.5%* 3.8%* 3.0%
Idaho 2.9% 2.7% 5.0%* 3.5% 2.4%*
Illinois 4.7% 3.5% 10.9% 5.2% 3.1%
Indiana 3.0% 2.6% 5.5% 3.6%* 2.5%*
Iowa 3.0% 2.5% 6.1%* 4.2%* 2.5%*
Kansas 2.8% 2.6% 4.5%* 3.4%* 2.3%*
Kentucky 4.0% 3.6% 6.5% 4.6%* 3.2%*
Louisiana 3.4% 2.3% 5.5% 4.0% 2.7%*
Maine 3.7% 3.5% 6.2%* 4.3%* 3.0%*
Maryland 4.3% 3.5% 5.9% 5.0%* 3.2%*
Massachusetts 3.4% 3.1% 3.9% 5.5% 2.7%
Michigan 4.3% 3.6% 7.5% 5.0% 3.5%*
Minnesota 2.3% 1.9% 4.0%* 2.7%* 1.9%*
Mississippi 3.9% 2.6% 6.2% 4.5%* 3.2%*
Missouri 2.7% 2.5% 4.0% 3.1%* 2.2%*
Montana 2.9% 2.8% 4.9%* 3.4%* 2.4%*
Nebraska 2.5% 1.8% 4.2%* 3.5%* 2.0%*
Nevada 4.9% 4.1% 9.7% 4.0% 4.5%
New Hampshire 2.6% 2.4% 4.3%* 3.0%* 2.1%*
New Jersey 3.4% 2.8% 6.2% 3.3% 2.6%
New Mexico 4.1% 2.9% 6.6%* 4.1% 3.3%*
New York 4.3% 3.0% 8.3% 5.8% 3.5%
North Carolina 3.9% 2.9% 7.2% 3.2% 3.1%*
North Dakota 2.3% 2.1% 3.6%* 2.7%* 1.9%*
Ohio 4.2% 3.6% 7.7% 4.9%* 3.4%*
Oklahoma 3.4% 2.7% 5.9%* 3.8% 2.8%*
Oregon 4.3% 3.8% 7.3%* 6.8% 3.3%*
Pennsylvania 4.0% 3.3% 7.1% 6.7% 3.2%*
Rhode Island 3.5% 2.7% 5.9%* 5.3% 2.8%*
South Carolina 3.3% 2.7% 5.1% 3.8%* 2.7%*
South Dakota 2.4% 1.6% 4.0%* 2.8%* 1.9%*
Tennessee 3.5% 3.0% 6.0% 4.0%* 2.8%*
Texas 4.0% 3.0% 6.0% 4.6% 2.3%
Utah 2.2% 1.9% 3.7%* 2.7% 1.8%*
Vermont 2.5% 2.3% 4.2%* 2.9%* 2.0%*
Virginia 2.8% 2.3% 4.6% 3.4% 2.2%*
Washington 4.0% 3.6% 6.7%* 5.4% 2.8%
Washington D.C. 4.7% 1.4% 9.8% 3.2% 3.8%*
West Virginia 4.1% 3.8% 7.2%* 4.7%* 3.3%*
Wisconsin 3.3% 2.8% 6.2%* 4.0%* 2.7%*
Wyoming 3.6% 3.1% 6.1%* 4.3% 2.9%*

Notes: AAPI stands for Asian American and Pacific Islander. 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.