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New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau

Unemployment Rates for States by Rank Order
September 2005

LAUS Highlights | LAUS Over-The-Year | Seasonally Adjusted Estimates | Not Seasonally Adjusted Estimates | State Ranks | City/Town Unemployment Rates

Adjusted   Unadjusted
State Rate (%) Rank State Rate (%) Rank
Hawaii 2.7% 1 North Dakota 2.8% 1
Idaho 3.5% 2 Idaho 2.9% 2
Virginia 3.5% 3 Hawaii 3.0% 3
Florida 3.5% 4 Wyoming 3.3% 4
North Dakota 3.6% 5 Vermont 3.3% 5
Vermont 3.7% 6 Virginia 3.5% 6
Minnesota 3.8% 7 South Dakota 3.5% 7
New Hampshire 3.8% 8 Montana 3.6% 8
Nebraska 3.9% 9 New Hampshire 3.6% 9
South Dakota 3.9% 10 Nebraska 3.6% 10
Alabama 4.0% 11 Minnesota 3.6% 11
Maryland 4.1% 12 Florida 3.7% 12
Wyoming 4.1% 13 Maryland 3.9% 13
Delaware 4.1% 14 Alabama 3.9% 14
Nevada 4.2% 15 Wisconsin 4.0% 15
New Jersey 4.3% 16 Delaware 4.1% 16
Iowa 4.5% 17 New Jersey 4.1% 17
Montana 4.5% 18 Nevada 4.1% 18
Wisconsin 4.6% 19 Iowa 4.2% 19
Utah 4.6% 20 Utah 4.4% 20
Massachusetts 4.7% 21 Pennsylvania 4.4% 21
Pennsylvania 4.8% 22 Missouri 4.6% 22
Missouri 4.8% 23 Oklahoma 4.7% 23
Oklahoma 5.0% 24 Maine 4.7% 24
Arizona 5.0% 25 Massachusetts 4.7% 25
Kansas 5.0% 26 West Virginia 4.8% 26
California 5.1% 27 California 4.8% 27
Colorado 5.1% 28 Tennessee 4.9% 28
Tennessee 5.1% 29 Connecticut 4.9% 29
New York 5.2% 30 Indiana 4.9% 30
Connecticut 5.2% 31 Kansas 4.9% 31
Indiana 5.3% 32 Colorado 4.9% 32
Georgia 5.3% 33 North Carolina 5.0% 33
Maine 5.3% 34 Washington 5.1% 34
New Mexico 5.5% 35 New York 5.1% 35
North Carolina 5.5% 36 Arkansas 5.2% 36
West Virginia 5.6% 37 Arizona 5.2% 37
Washington 5.6% 38 Kentucky 5.3% 38
Rhode Island 5.6% 39 Illinois 5.4% 39
Arkansas 5.7% 40 Rhode Island 5.4% 40
Texas 5.7% 41 New Mexico 5.4% 41
Illinois 5.7% 42 Georgia 5.4% 42
Kentucky 5.7% 43 Oregon 5.5% 43
Ohio 5.8% 44 Ohio 5.6% 44
Oregon 6.1% 45 Texas 5.7% 45
Michigan 6.4% 46 Michigan 5.9% 46
South Carolina 6.6% 47 Alaska 6.0% 47
Alaska 6.8% 48 South Carolina 6.6% 48
Mississippi 9.6% 49 Mississippi 9.1% 49
Louisiana 11.5% 50 Louisiana 11.4% 50
   
District of Columbia 6.1%   Dist. of Columbia 5.7%  
   
Puerto Rico 10.7%   Puerto Rico 11.2%  

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