Unemployment Rates for States

Unemployment Rates for States
Annual AverageRankings
Year: 2000
Rank State Rate
UNITED STATES 4.0
1 CONNECTICUT 2.3
1 VIRGINIA 2.3
3 COLORADO 2.7
3 MASSACHUSETTS 2.7
3 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.7
3 SOUTH DAKOTA 2.7
3 VERMONT 2.7
8 IOWA 2.8
8 NEBRASKA 2.8
10 INDIANA 2.9
10 NORTH DAKOTA 2.9
12 MINNESOTA 3.1
12 OKLAHOMA 3.1
14 DELAWARE 3.3
14 MAINE 3.3
14 MISSOURI 3.3
17 UTAH 3.4
17 WISCONSIN 3.4
19 GEORGIA 3.5
20 MARYLAND 3.6
20 SOUTH CAROLINA 3.6
22 MICHIGAN 3.7
22 NEW JERSEY 3.7
22 NORTH CAROLINA 3.7
25 FLORIDA 3.8
25 KANSAS 3.8
25 WYOMING 3.8
28 ARIZONA 4.0
28 HAWAII 4.0
28 OHIO 4.0
28 TENNESSEE 4.0
32 ALABAMA 4.1
33 ARKANSAS 4.2
33 KENTUCKY 4.2
33 PENNSYLVANIA 4.2
33 RHODE ISLAND 4.2
37 TEXAS 4.4
38 ILLINOIS 4.5
38 NEVADA 4.5
38 NEW YORK 4.5
41 IDAHO 4.6
42 MONTANA 4.8
43 CALIFORNIA 4.9
44 LOUISIANA 5.0
44 NEW MEXICO 5.0
44 WASHINGTON 5.0
47 OREGON 5.1
48 WEST VIRGINIA 5.5
49 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5.7
49 MISSISSIPPI 5.7
51 ALASKA 6.2

Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data have been revised to incorporate updated population controls and re-estimation. Annual average state estimates do not sum to the U.S. total.

 

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2006