Unemployment Rates by State; Nevada, Michigan, California and Florida Have Highest Rates

Unemployment rates, from lowest to highest:

NORTH DAKOTA 3.8

SOUTH DAKOTA 4.5

NEBRASKA 4.7

NEW HAMPSHIRE 5.4

VERMONT 5.7

HAWAII 6.4

IOWA 6.7

KANSAS 6.7

WYOMING 6.7

VIRGINIA 6.8

OKLAHOMA 6.9

MINNESOTA 7.1

MONTANA 7.3

MAINE 7.4

MARYLAND 7.4

UTAH 7.6

ARKANSAS 7.8

WISCONSIN 7.8

ALASKA 7.9

LOUISIANA 8.1

MASSACHUSETTS 8.1

TEXAS 8.1

DELAWARE 8.3

NEW YORK 8.3

COLORADO 8.4

NEW MEXICO 8.4

PENNSYLVANIA 8.8

ALABAMA 8.9

CONNECTICUT 9.1

IDAHO 9.1

WASHINGTON 9.1

NEW JERSEY 9.2

WEST VIRGINIA 9.3

MISSOURI 9.4

TENNESSEE 9.4

ARIZONA 9.5

NORTH CAROLINA 9.6

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9.7

MISSISSIPPI 9.7

ILLINOIS 9.8

GEORGIA 9.9

INDIANA 9.9

OHIO 9.9

KENTUCKY 10

OREGON 10.5

SOUTH CAROLINA 10.7

RHODE ISLAND 11.4

FLORIDA 11.9

CALIFORNIA 12.4

MICHIGAN 12.8

NEVADA 14.2