Employment - Unemployment rate
(2019 - 2020)
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Name | Average Annual Unemployment Rate (previous year) Rank | Average Annual Unemployment Rate (previous year) | Monthly Unemployment Rate December 2020 |
Alaska | 1 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
Mississippi | 2 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
New Mexico | 3 | 4.9 | 7.7 |
West Virginia | 4 | 4.9 | 6.1 |
Louisiana | 5 | 4.8 | 6.9 |
Arizona | 6 | 4.7 | 7.3 |
Pennsylvania | 7 | 4.4 | 6.4 |
Washington | 8 | 4.3 | 7.2 |
Kentucky | 9 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
Ohio | 10 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
Michigan | 11 | 4.1 | 7.3 |
Illinois | 12 | 4.0 | 7.5 |
New York | 13 | 4.0 | 8.1 |
California | 14 | 4.0 | 8.8 |
North Carolina | 15 | 3.9 | 6.0 |
Nevada | 16 | 3.9 | 9.0 |
Delaware | 17 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
Oregon | 18 | 3.7 | 6.0 |
Connecticut | 19 | 3.7 | 7.5 |
Wyoming | 20 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
Rhode Island | 21 | 3.6 | 7.7 |
New Jersey | 22 | 3.6 | 7.4 |
Maryland | 23 | 3.6 | 6.0 |
Montana | 24 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
Texas | 25 | 3.5 | 7.1 |
Arkansas | 26 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
Tennessee | 27 | 3.4 | 6.2 |
Georgia | 28 | 3.4 | 5.4 |
Indiana | 29 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
Missouri | 30 | 3.3 | 5.8 |
Oklahoma | 31 | 3.3 | 5.2 |
South Dakota | 32 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
Wisconsin | 33 | 3.3 | 5.3 |
Minnesota | 34 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
Kansas | 35 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
Florida | 36 | 3.1 | 5.8 |
Alabama | 37 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
Maine | 38 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
Nebraska | 39 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
Massachusetts | 40 | 2.9 | 7.1 |
Idaho | 41 | 2.9 | 4.5 |
Virginia | 42 | 2.8 | 4.7 |
Colorado | 43 | 2.8 | 8.2 |
South Carolina | 44 | 2.8 | 4.6 |
Iowa | 45 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Hawaii | 46 | 2.7 | 9.0 |
Utah | 47 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
New Hampshire | 48 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
North Dakota | 49 | 2.4 | 4.1 |
Vermont | 50 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
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