List of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate

Unemployment in the US by State (FY 2021)

The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication. While the non-seasonally adjusted data reflects the actual unemployment rate, the seasonally adjusted data removes time from the equation.

Unemployment rate by jurisdiction

Data for all U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico is from September 2021. Data for the Virgin Islands is from December 2019, data for Guam is from September 2019, and data for American Samoa is from 2018. Since data for the Northern Mariana Islands is from April 2010 (more than ten years old) it is included but not ranked in the table below.

Rank Rank
(50 states)
State
federal district
or territory
Unemployment rate
(seasonally adjusted)
Monthly change (%)
(Positive decrease=drop in unemployment)
1  American Samoa 11.4%
 Northern Mariana Islands: 60, 66, 103, 109  11.2%
2  Puerto Rico 8.3% Positive decrease 0.1
3 1  Nevada 7.5% Positive decrease 0.2
3 1  California 7.5% Steady 0.0
5 3  New Jersey 7.1% Positive decrease 0.1
5 3  New York 7.1% Positive decrease 0.3
7 5  New Mexico 6.9% Positive decrease 0.3
8 6  Illinois 6.8% Positive decrease 0.2
8 6  Connecticut 6.8% Positive decrease 0.4
10 8  Hawaii 6.6% Positive decrease 0.4
11  District of Columbia 6.5% Positive decrease 0.2
12 9  Alaska 6.3% Positive decrease 0.1
13 10  Pennsylvania 6.2% Positive decrease 0.2
14 11  Maryland 5.9% Positive decrease 0.1
15 12  Mississippi 5.8% Positive decrease 0.2
15 12  Louisiana 5.8% Positive decrease 0.4
17 14  Arizona 5.7% Positive decrease 0.5
18 15  Texas 5.6% Positive decrease 0.3
18 15  Colorado 5.6% Positive decrease 0.3
20 17  Ohio 5.4% Steady 0.0
21 18  Delaware 5.3% Positive decrease 0.1
22 19  Rhode Island 5.2% Positive decrease 0.6
22 19  Massachusetts 5.2% Negative increase 0.2
22  Virgin Islands 5.2% Positive decrease 0.1
25 21  Washington 4.9% Positive decrease 0.2
25 21  Florida 4.9% Positive decrease 0.1
27 23  Maine 4.8% Positive decrease 0.1
28 24  Oregon 4.7% Positive decrease 0.3
29 25  Michigan 4.6% Positive decrease 0.1
29 25  Wyoming 4.% Positive decrease 0.2
31 27  Tennessee 4.4% Positive decrease 0.4
32 28  Kentucky 4.3% Positive decrease 0.2
33 29  North Carolina 4.2% Steady 0.0
34 30  South Carolina 4.1% Positive decrease 0.1
35 31  Indiana 4.0% Positive decrease 0.1
36 32  Arkansas 4.0% Positive decrease 0.1
36 32  Iowa 4.0% Positive decrease 0.2
36 32  West Virginia 4.0% Positive decrease 0.1
39 35  Wisconsin 3.9% Steady 0.0
39 35  Kansas 3.9% Negative increase 0.1
41 37  Virginia 3.8% Positive decrease 0.2
41 37  Missouri 3.8% Positive decrease 0.2
43 39  Minnesota 3.7% Positive decrease 0.1
44  Guam 3.6% Positive decrease 1.0
45 40  North Dakota 3.5% Positive decrease 0.1
46 41  Montana 3.3% Positive decrease 0.2
47 42  Georgia 3.2% Positive decrease 0.3
48 43  Alabama 3.1% Steady 0.0
49 44  Oklahoma 3.0% Positive decrease 0.3
50 45  New Hampshire 2.9% Positive decrease 0.1
50 45  Vermont 2.9% Positive decrease 0.1
50 45  Idaho 2.9% Steady 0.0
50 45  South Dakota 2.9% Steady 0.0
54 49  Utah 2.4% Positive decrease 0.1
55 50  Nebraska 2.0% Positive decrease 0.2

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