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PopulationPeople in PovertyHousehold IncomeGeographyEmployment StatusUnemploymentFood Stamp ProgramState Fiscal DistressState BudgetsGross State ProductTaxesState or Federal InmatesImmigrantsUnemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted), 2008-2009
| December 2008 | December 2009 | |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7.4% | 10.0% |
| Alabama | 6.5% | 11.0% |
| Alaska | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Arizona | 6.6% | 9.1% |
| Arkansas | 5.7% | 7.7% |
| California | 8.7% | 12.4% |
| Colorado | 5.8% | 7.5% |
| Connecticut | 6.6% | 8.9% |
| Delaware | 5.7% | 9.0% |
| District of Columbia | 8.2% | 12.1% |
| Florida | 7.6% | 11.8% |
| Georgia | 7.5% | 10.3% |
| Hawaii | 5.1% | 6.9% |
| Idaho | 6.1% | 9.1% |
| Illinois | 7.2% | 11.1% |
| Indiana | 7.8% | 9.9% |
| Iowa | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| Kansas | 5.0% | 6.6% |
| Kentucky | 7.6% | 10.7% |
| Louisiana | 5.5% | 7.5% |
| Maine | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Maryland | 5.4% | 7.5% |
| Massachusetts | 6.4% | 9.4% |
| Michigan | 10.2% | 14.6% |
| Minnesota | 6.6% | 7.4% |
| Mississippi | 7.8% | 10.6% |
| Missouri | 7.1% | 9.6% |
| Montana | 5.0% | 6.7% |
| Nebraska | 3.9% | 4.7% |
| Nevada | 8.4% | 13.0% |
| New Hampshire | 4.3% | 7.0% |
| New Jersey | 6.8% | 10.1% |
| New Mexico | 4.7% | 8.3% |
| New York | 6.6% | 9.0% |
| North Carolina | 8.1% | 11.2% |
| North Dakota | 3.3% | 4.4% |
| Ohio | 7.4% | 10.9% |
| Oklahoma | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| Oregon | 8.3% | 11.0% |
| Pennsylvania | 6.4% | 8.9% |
| Rhode Island | 9.4% | 12.9% |
| South Carolina | 8.8% | 12.6% |
| South Dakota | 3.7% | 4.7% |
| Tennessee | 7.6% | 10.9% |
| Texas | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Utah | 4.1% | 6.7% |
| Vermont | 5.9% | 6.9% |
| Virginia | 5.0% | 6.9% |
| Washington | 6.5% | 9.5% |
| West Virginia | 4.5% | 9.1% |
| Wisconsin | 5.9% | 8.7% |
| Wyoming | 3.2% | 7.5% |
| Guam | NA | NA |
| Puerto Rico | 13.5% | 15.0% |
| Virgin Islands | NA | NA |
| Notes: | Figures in thousands. The unemployment rate measures unemployment within the civilian non-institutional population aged 16 years and older. November 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: December 2008, and Unemployment rates by State, seasonally adjusted: December 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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