Unemployment Rates: State by State
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From the Wall Street Journal | Mar 3, 2010 | By Sara Murray
Average unemployment rates
soared to 10% or higher in 14 states and Washington, D.C. last year -
above the 9.3% average for the nation - as the recession spurred
layoffs and froze hiring, the Labor Department said Wednesday. Nine
states tracked their highest annual unemployment rates ever and
Michigan and Nevada experienced both the biggest year over year
increases and the highest rates. No regions went unscathed: The
unemployment rate rose in all 50 states.
Unemployment Rates, by State
| State | Average 2008 Unemployment Rate | Average 2009 Unemployment Rate | Year-over-year Increase |
| U.S. | 5.8% | 9.3% | 3.5 |
| Alabama | 5.2% | 10.1% | 4.9 |
| Alaska | 6.5% | 8% | 1.5 |
| Arizona | 5.9% | 9.1% | 3.2 |
| Arkansas | 5.2% | 7.3% | 2.1 |
| California | 7.2% | 11.4% | 4.2 |
| Colorado | 4.9% | 7.7% | 2.8 |
| Connecticut | 5.6% | 8.2% | 2.6 |
| Delaware | 4.9% | 8.1% | 3.2 |
| District of Columbia | 6.6% | 10.2% | 3.6 |
| Florida | 6.3% | 10.5% | 4.2 |
| Georgia | 6.2% | 9.6% | 3.4 |
| Hawaii | 4% | 6.8% | 2.8 |
| Idaho | 4.9% | 8% | 3.1 |
| Illinois | 6.4% | 10.1% | 3.7 |
| Indiana | 5.8% | 10.1% | 4.3 |
| Iowa | 4.4% | 6% | 1.6 |
| Kansas | 4.4% | 6.7% | 2.3 |
| Kentucky | 6.6% | 10.5% | 3.9 |
| Louisiana | 4.5% | 6.8% | 2.3 |
| Maine | 5.3% | 8% | 2.7 |
| Maryland | 4.4% | 7% | 2.6 |
| Massachusetts | 5.3% | 8.4% | 3.1 |
| Michigan | 8.3% | 13.6% | 5.3 |
| Minnesota | 5.4% | 8% | 2.6 |
| Mississippi | 6.8% | 9.6% | 2.8 |
| Missouri | 6.1% | 9.3% | 3.2 |
| Montana | 4.6% | 6.2% | 1.6 |
| Nebraska | 3.3% | 4.6% | 1.3 |
| Nevada | 6.7% | 11.8% | 5.1 |
| New Hampshire | 3.9% | 6.3% | 2.4 |
| New Jersey | 5.5% | 9.2% | 3.7 |
| New Mexico | 4.5% | 7.2% | 2.7 |
| New York | 5.3% | 8.4% | 3.1 |
| North Carolina | 6.2% | 10.6% | 4.4 |
| North Dakota | 3.2% | 4.3% | 1.1 |
| Ohio | 6.6% | 10.2% | 3.6 |
| Oklahoma | 3.7% | 6.4% | 2.7 |
| Oregon | 6.5% | 11.1% | 4.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 5.3% | 8.1% | 2.8 |
| Rhode Island | 7.6% | 11.2% | 3.6 |
| South Carolina | 6.9% | 11.7% | 4.8 |
| South Dakota | 3.1% | 4.8% | 1.7 |
| Tennessee | 6.7% | 10.5% | 3.8 |
| Texas | 4.9% | 7.6% | 2.7 |
| Utah | 3.7% | 6.6% | 2.9 |
| Vermont | 4.5% | 6.9% | 2.4 |
| Virginia | 3.9% | 6.7% | 2.8 |
| Washington | 5.4% | 8.9% | 3.5 |
| West Virginia | 4.3% | 7.9% | 3.6 |
| Wisconsin | 4.8% | 8.5% | 3.7 |
| Wyoming | 3.2% | 6.4% | 3.2 |
Source: Labor Department
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