FREE RESUME FORMATS AND U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT RATESLooking 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 December 2009, with a relatively low 4.4-percent unemployment. However, employment rates are ever changing, and Hawaii still has the lowest unemployment rate on average. Washington DC has a 12.1-percent unemployment rate as of December, 2009. Below is a list of states, ranked by unemployment rate (percentage of unemployed adults) as of December 2009. 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 IN DECEMBER 20092. Nevada 13.0 3. Rhode Island 12.9 4. South Carolina 12.6 5. California 12.4 6. District Of Columbia 12.1 7. Florida 11.8 8. North Carolina 11.2 9. Illinois 11.1 10. Alabama 11.0 11. Oregon 11.0 12. Ohio 10.9 13. Tennessee 10.9 14. Kentucky 10.7 15. Mississippi 10.6 16. Georgia 10.3 17. New Jersey 10.1 18. Indiana 10.0 19. Missouri 9.6 20. Washington 9.5 21. Massachusetts 9.4 22. Arizona 9.1 23. Idaho 9.1 24. West Virginia 9.1 25. Delaware 9.0 26. New York 9.0 27. Connecticut 8.9 28. Pennsylvania 8.9
29. Alaska 8.8 30. Wisconsin 8.7 31. Maine 8.3 32. New Mexico 8.3 33. Texas 8.3 34. Arkansas 7.7 35. Colorado 7.5 36. Louisiana 7.5 37. Maryland 7.5 38. Wyoming 7.5 39. Minnesota 7.4 40. New Hampshire 7.0 41. Hawaii 6.9 42. Vermont 6.9 43. Virginia 6.9 44. Montana 6.7 45. Utah 6.7 46. Iowa 6.6 47. Kansas 6.6 48. Oklahoma 6.6 49. Nebraska 4.7 50. South Dakota 4.7 51. North Dakota 4.4 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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