Labor Force Data by State
Seasonally Adjusted
 
  May 2010 April 2010
Unemployment Rate Rank Unemployment Rate Rank
         
Alabama 10.8 9 11.0 9
Alaska 8.3 29 8.4 30
Arizona 9.6 19 9.5 19
Arkansas 7.7 35 7.8 35
California 12.4 3 12.5 3
Colorado 8.0 34 8.0 34
Connecticut 8.9 26 9.0 25
Delaware 8.8 27 9.0 25
District of Columbia 10.4 12 11.0 9
Florida 11.7 5 12.0 5
Georgia 10.2 16 10.3 16
Hawaii 6.6 45 6.7 43
Idaho 9.0 24 9.1 23
Illinois 10.8 9 11.2 8
Indiana 10.0 17 10.0 17
Iowa 6.8 43 6.9 42
Kansas 6.5 46 6.5 47
Kentucky 10.4 12 10.6 13
Louisiana 6.9 42 6.7 43
Maine 8.0 34 8.1 33
Maryland 7.2 37 7.5 36
Massachusetts 9.2 21 9.2 22
Michigan 13.6 2 14.0 1
Minnesota 7.0 40 7.1 39
Mississippi 11.4 6 11.5 6
Missouri 9.3 20 9.5 19
Montana 7.2 37 7.1 39
Nebraska 4.9 49 5.0 49
Nevada 14.0 1 13.7 2
New Hampshire 6.4 47 6.7 43
New Jersey 9.7 18 9.8 18
New Mexico 8.4 28 8.7 28
New York 8.3 29 8.4 30
North Carolina 10.3 15 10.8 12
North Dakota 3.6 51 3.8 51
Ohio 10.7 10 10.9 11
Oklahoma 6.7 44 6.6 46
Oregon 10.6 11 10.6 13
Pennsylvania 9.1 23 9.0 25
Rhode Island 12.3 4 12.5 3
South Carolina 11.0 7 11.5 6
South Dakota 4.6 50 4.7 50
Tennessee 10.4 12 10.5 15
Texas 8.3 29 8.3 32
Utah 7.3 36 7.3 37
Vermont 6.2 48 6.4 48
Virginia 7.1 39 7.2 38
Washington 9.1 23 9.3 21
West Virginia 8.9 26 9.1 23
Wisconsin 8.2 32 8.5 29
Wyoming 7.0 40 7.1 39
United States 9.7 xx 9.9 xx