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Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted), 2008-2009
| October 2008 | October 2009 | |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6.6% | 10.2% |
| Alabama | 5.7% | 10.9% |
| Alaska | 6.8% | 8.9% |
| Arizona | 6.2% | 9.3% |
| Arkansas | 5.4% | 7.6% |
| California | 8.0% | 12.5% |
| Colorado | 5.3% | 6.9% |
| Connecticut | 6.1% | 8.8% |
| Delaware | 5.5% | 8.7% |
| District of Columbia | 7.7% | 11.9% |
| Florida | 6.9% | 11.2% |
| Georgia | 6.9% | 10.2% |
| Hawaii | 4.6% | 7.2% |
| Idaho | 5.6% | 9.0% |
| Illinois | 6.8% | 11.0% |
| Indiana | 6.4% | 9.8% |
| Iowa | 4.3% | 6.7% |
| Kansas | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| Kentucky | 6.9% | 11.2% |
| Louisiana | 5.5% | 7.4% |
| Maine | 5.7% | 8.2% |
| Maryland | 4.8% | 7.3% |
| Massachusetts | 5.8% | 8.9% |
| Michigan | 9.1% | 15.1% |
| Minnesota | 5.6% | 7.6% |
| Mississippi | 7.2% | 9.8% |
| Missouri | 6.5% | 9.3% |
| Montana | 4.8% | 6.4% |
| Nebraska | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Nevada | 7.7% | 13.0% |
| New Hampshire | 4.0% | 6.8% |
| New Jersey | 6.0% | 9.7% |
| New Mexico | 4.5% | 7.9% |
| New York | 5.9% | 9.0% |
| North Carolina | 7.0% | 11.0% |
| North Dakota | 3.2% | 4.2% |
| Ohio | 6.9% | 10.5% |
| Oklahoma | 4.2% | 7.1% |
| Oregon | 7.2% | 11.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 5.8% | 8.8% |
| Rhode Island | 8.8% | 12.9% |
| South Carolina | 7.8% | 12.1% |
| South Dakota | 3.2% | 5.0% |
| Tennessee | 6.9% | 10.5% |
| Texas | 5.3% | 8.3% |
| Utah | 3.5% | 6.5% |
| Vermont | 4.9% | 6.5% |
| Virginia | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| Washington | 5.9% | 9.3% |
| West Virginia | 4.3% | 8.5% |
| Wisconsin | 4.9% | 8.4% |
| Wyoming | 3.2% | 7.4% |
| Guam | NA | NA |
| Puerto Rico | 12.3% | 15.6% |
| Virgin Islands | NA | NA |
| Notes: | Figures in thousands. The unemployment rate measures unemployment within the civilian non-institutional population aged 16 years and older. October 2009 state figures are preliminary. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. |
| Sources: | State and territory figures from the Table 3, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment: October 2008, and Unemployment rates by State, seasonally adjusted: October 2008 and 2009, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.t03.htm. U.S. figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?bls. |
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