Unemployment rate, state by state

Not all states are feeling the jobs recovery equally.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

The unemployment rates on this map are for January 2013 and were released March 18, 2013.

Rank	State	Unemployment rate
1	NORTH DAKOTA	3.3
2	NEBRASKA	3.8
3	SOUTH DAKOTA	4.4
4	VERMONT	4.7
5	WYOMING	4.9
6	IOWA	5
7	OKLAHOMA	5.1
8	HAWAII	5.2
9	UTAH	5.4
10	KANSAS	5.5
11	MINNESOTA	5.6
11	VIRGINIA	5.6
13	MONTANA	5.7
14	NEW HAMPSHIRE	5.8
15	LOUISIANA	5.9
16	IDAHO	6.3
16	TEXAS	6.3
18	MISSOURI	6.5
19	NEW MEXICO	6.6
20	ALASKA	6.7
20	MARYLAND	6.7
20	MASSACHUSETTS	6.7
23	ALABAMA	6.9
24	OHIO	7
24	WISCONSIN	7
26	ARKANSAS	7.2
26	DELAWARE	7.2
28	COLORADO	7.3
28	MAINE	7.3
30	WEST VIRGINIA	7.4
31	WASHINGTON	7.5
32	TENNESSEE	7.7
33	FLORIDA	7.8
34	KENTUCKY	7.9
35	ARIZONA	8
36	CONNECTICUT	8.1
37	PENNSYLVANIA	8.2
38	NEW YORK	8.4
38	OREGON	8.4
40	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	8.6
40	INDIANA	8.6
42	GEORGIA	8.7
42	SOUTH CAROLINA	8.7
44	MICHIGAN	8.9
45	ILLINOIS	9
46	MISSISSIPPI	9.3
47	NEW JERSEY	9.5
47	NORTH CAROLINA	9.5
49	NEVADA	9.7
50	CALIFORNIA	9.8
50	RHODE ISLAND	9.8

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