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Unemployment Rates for States in Rank Order
September 2009

Unemployment Rates by State - Ranked
plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
Adjusted
Unadjusted
State Rate (%) Rank State Rate (%) Rank
North Dakota 4.2% 1 North Dakota 3.4% 1
South Dakota 4.8% 2 South Dakota 4.4% 2
Nebraska 4.9% 3 Nebraska 4.6% 3
Utah 6.2% 4 Montana 5.9% 4
Iowa 6.7% 5 Utah 6.0% 5
Montana 6.7% 6 Wyoming 6.2% 6
Oklahoma 6.7% 7 Iowa 6.3% 7
Vermont 6.7% 8 Vermont 6.4% 8
Virginia 6.7% 9 Oklahoma 6.5% 9
Wyoming 6.8% 10 Virginia 6.6% 10
Kansas 6.9% 11 Arkansas 6.7% 11
Colorado 7.0% 12 Colorado 6.7% 12
Arkansas 7.1% 13 Kansas 6.9% 13
New Hampshire 7.2% 14 New Hampshire 7.0% 14
Hawaii 7.2% 15 Maryland 7.1% 15
Maryland 7.2% 16 Minnesota 7.1% 16
Minnesota 7.3% 17 Louisiana 7.4% 17
Louisiana 7.4% 18 New Mexico 7.4% 18
New Mexico 7.7% 19 Hawaii 7.5% 19
Texas 8.2% 20 Alaska 7.7% 20
Delaware 8.3% 21 Wisconsin 7.7% 21
Wisconsin 8.3% 22 Maine 7.8% 22
Alaska 8.4% 23 Idaho 8.1% 23
Connecticut 8.4% 24 West Virginia 8.1% 24
Maine 8.5% 25 Connecticut 8.2% 25
Idaho 8.8% 26 Delaware 8.2% 26
Pennsylvania 8.8% 27 Pennsylvania 8.3% 27
New York 8.9% 28 Texas 8.3% 28
West Virginia 8.9% 29 Mississippi 8.8% 29
Arizona 9.1% 30 New York 8.8% 30
Mississippi 9.2% 31 Washington 8.8% 31
Massachusetts 9.3% 32 Indiana 9.2% 32
Washington 9.3% 33 Arizona 9.3% 33
Missouri 9.5% 34 Massachusetts 9.3% 34
Indiana 9.6% 35 Missouri 9.3% 35
New Jersey 9.8% 36 New Jersey 9.6% 36
Georgia 10.1% 37 Ohio 9.7% 37
Ohio 10.1% 38 Georgia 10.2% 38
Illinois 10.5% 39 Illinois 10.2% 39
Tennessee 10.5% 40 Tennessee 10.3% 40
Alabama 10.7% 41 Kentucky 10.4% 41
North Carolina 10.8% 42 North Carolina 10.4% 42
Kentucky 10.9% 43 Alabama 10.6% 43
Florida 11.0% 44 Oregon 10.8% 44
Oregon 11.5% 45 Florida 11.2% 45
South Carolina 11.6% 46 South Carolina 11.7% 46
California 12.2% 47 California 12.0% 47
Rhode Island 13.0% 48 Rhode Island 12.3% 48
Nevada 13.3% 49 Nevada 13.5% 49
Michigan 15.3% 50 Michigan 14.8% 50
           
District of Columbia 11.4% District of Columbia 11.7%
           
Puerto Rico 16.2% Puerto Rico 16.4%

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