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Looking for work? Click the link at the bottom of this page to access free resume formats. Or just scroll down for current and archival U.S. unemployment statistics.California, Nevada, and Florida unemployment rates have increased more than other states over the past 2 years. North Dakota ranks best as of June 2011, with a relatively low 3.3 percent unemployment. However, employment rates are ever changing, and Hawaii still has the lowest unemployment rate on average. Washington DC has a 9.6 percent unemployment rate as of June 2011. The national average is currently 9.1 percent unemployment as of June 2011. Below is a list of states, ranked by unemployment rate (percentage of unemployed adults) as of June 2011. Scroll further down for archival info from December 2006, March 2008, September 2008, and July 2009. This data was obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATE AS OF JUNE 20112. Nevada 12.5 3. Rhode Island 10.9 4. South Carolina 9.8 5. California 11.9 6. District Of Columbia 12.1 7. Florida 10.8 8. North Carolina 9.7 9. Illinois 8.7 10. Alabama 9.3 11. Oregon 9.6 12. Ohio 8.6 13. Tennessee 9.6 14. Kentucky 10.0 15. Mississippi 10.4 16. Georgia 9.9 17. New Jersey 9.3 18. Indiana 8.2 19. Missouri 8.9 20. Washington 9.1 21. Massachusetts 7.8 22. Arizona 9.3 23. Idaho 9.6 24. West Virginia 8.8 25. Delaware 8.2 26. New York 7.9 27. Connecticut 9.1 28. Pennsylvania 7.5
29. Alaska 7.3 30. Wisconsin 7.3 31. Maine 7.6 32. New Mexico 7.6 33. Texas 8.0 34. Arkansas 7.7 35. Colorado 8.8 36. Louisiana 8.1 37. Maryland 6.8 38. Wyoming 6.0 39. Minnesota 6.5 40. New Hampshire 4.9 41. Hawaii 6.1 42. Vermont 5.3 43. Virginia 6.1 44. Montana 7.3 45. Utah 7.4 46. Iowa 6.0 47. Kansas 6.7 48. Oklahoma 5.6 49. Nebraska 4.2 50. South Dakota 4.9 51. North Dakota 3.3 STATE.............% 12/06 .....% 3/08 ........% 9/08......%7/09ALABAMA....................3.2................4.1....................5.6.............10.2ALASKA......................6.4................6.7....................7.4...............8.3 ARIZONA....................4.1................4.0....................6.1...............9.2 ARKANSAS.................5.2................4.9....................5.4...............7.4 CALIFORNIA................4.6................6.2....................8.2..............11.9 COLORADO.................4.1................4.4....................5.7................7.8 CONNECTICUT.............4.4................5.3....................6.5................7.8 DELAWARE.................3.6................3.8....................5.4................8.2 FLORIDA.....................3.3................4.9....................7.0..............10.7 GEORGIA....................4.6................5.3....................7.0..............10.3 HAWAII.......................2.3................3.1....................4.5................7.0 IDAHO........................3.3................3.0....................5.3...............8.8 ILLINOIS.....................4.1................5.5....................7.3................10.4 INDIANA.....................4.8................5.1....................6.4................10.6 IOWA.........................3.4................3.5....................4.4.................6.5 KANSAS.....................4.3................4.1....................4.9................7.4 KENTUCKY..................5.5................5.7....................6.8...............11.0 LOUISIANA..................4.5................4.5....................5.5................7.4 MAINE.........................4.7................5.0....................5.7.............8.4 MARYLAND..................3.9................3.6.................... 5.0.............7.3 MASSACHUSETTS........5.0................4.4....................5.5.............8.8 MICHIGAN...................6.9................7.2....................9.3.............15.0 MINNESOTA.................3.9................4.7....................6.0.............8.1
MISSISSIPPI.................7.5................5.9....................7.2.............9.7
MISSOURI....................5.1................5.7....................6.5.............9.3 MONTANA....................2.9................3.6....................4.8.............6.7 NEBRASKA..................3.1................2.9....................3.6.............4.9 NEVADA.......................4.2................5.8....................7.6.............12.5 NEW HAMPSHIRE..........3.5................3.9....................4.1.............6.8 NEW JERSEY................4.5................4.8....................6.0.............9.3 NEW MEXICO...............4.3................3.7....................4.4.............7.0 NEW YORK...................4.2................4.8....................5.7.............8.6 NORTH CAROLINA.........4.9................5.2....................7.0.............11.0 NORTH DAKOTA...........3.3................3.1....................3.4.............4.2 OHIO...........................5.4................5.7....................7.3.............11.2 OKLAHOMA..................3.9................3.1....................4.3.............6.5 OREGON......................5.3................5.7....................7.3.............11.9 PENNSYLVANIA.............4.5................4.9....................5.8.............8.5 RHODE ISLAND.............5.2................6.1....................9.3.............12.7 SOUTH CAROLINA.........6.6................6.0....................8.0.............11.8 SOUTH DAKOTA...........3.2................2.5....................3.3.............4.9 TENNESSEE.................5.0................5.6....................7.0.............10.7 TEXAS.........................4.7................4.3....................5.6.............7.9 UTAH..........................2.6................3.3....................3.5.............6.0 VERMONT....................3.7................4.6....................5.2.............6.8 VIRGINIA.....................3.0................3.7....................4.4.............6.9 WASHINGTON..............5.0................4.9....................6.3.............9.1 WEST VIRGINIA...........5.1................4.7....................4.7.............9.0 WISCONSIN.................4.7................4.8....................5.1.............9.0 WYOMING...................3.0................3.1....................3.3.............6.5
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