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Unemployment Rates for States in Rank Order
July 2008

Unemployment Rates by State - Ranked
plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
Adjusted   Unadjusted
State
 Rate (%) Rank
State
 Rate (%) Rank
South Dakota 3.0% 1 South Dakota 2.8% 1
Nebraska 3.4% 2 Wyoming 3.0% 2
North Dakota 3.5% 3 North Dakota 3.2% 3
Utah 3.5% 4 Montana 3.5% 4
Wyoming 3.6% 5 Nebraska 3.6% 5
New Hampshire 3.9% 6 Idaho 3.6% 6
Hawaii 3.9% 7 Utah 3.6% 7
Louisiana 3.9% 8 New Hampshire 3.7% 8
Montana 4.0% 9 Iowa 3.9% 9
New Mexico 4.1% 10 Oklahoma 4.0% 10
Oklahoma 4.1% 11 Hawaii 4.2% 11
Idaho 4.1% 12 West Virginia 4.2% 12
Iowa 4.3% 13 Louisiana 4.4% 13
Virginia 4.4% 14 Virginia 4.4% 14
Delaware 4.4% 15 Vermont 4.5% 15
Maryland 4.4% 16 New Mexico 4.6% 16
Arkansas 4.5% 17 Maryland 4.6% 17
West Virginia 4.5% 18 Delaware 4.6% 18
Kansas 4.6% 19 Wisconsin 4.8% 19
Texas 4.7% 20 Kansas 4.9% 20
Vermont 4.8% 21 Arkansas 4.9% 21
Wisconsin 4.9% 22 Texas 5.0% 22
Alabama 5.1% 23 Maine 5.1% 23
Massachusetts 5.1% 24 Colorado 5.2% 24
Arizona 5.1% 25 Massachusetts 5.2% 25
Colorado 5.2% 26 Washington 5.4% 26
New York 5.2% 27 Pennsylvania 5.4% 27
Maine 5.4% 28 Arizona 5.4% 28
New Jersey 5.4% 29 New York 5.4% 29
Pennsylvania 5.4% 30 Alabama 5.5% 30
Washington 5.7% 31 Minnesota 5.6% 31
Connecticut 5.8% 32 New Jersey 5.8% 32
Minnesota 5.8% 33 Oregon 5.8% 33
Oregon 6.0% 34 Indiana 6.1% 34
Florida 6.1% 35 Connecticut 6.1% 35
Georgia 6.2% 36 Alaska 6.1% 36
Indiana 6.3% 37 Florida 6.4% 37
Missouri 6.4% 38 Georgia 6.5% 38
North Carolina 6.6% 39 Missouri 6.5% 39
Nevada 6.6% 40 Nevada 6.7% 40
Kentucky 6.7% 41 Kentucky 6.8% 41
Tennessee 6.9% 42 North Carolina 6.8% 42
Alaska 6.9% 43 South Carolina 7.0% 43
South Carolina 7.0% 44 Tennessee 7.0% 44
Ohio 7.2% 45 Ohio 7.2% 45
California 7.3% 46 Illinois 7.4% 46
Illinois 7.3% 47 California 7.6% 47
Rhode Island 7.7% 48 Rhode Island 8.1% 48
Mississippi 7.9% 49 Mississippi 8.5% 49
Michigan 8.5% 50 Michigan 9.1% 50
   
District of Columbia 6.7% District of Columbia 7.2%
   
Puerto Rico 11.3% Puerto Rico 12.3%

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