Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted), 2009-2010
| July 2009 | July 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Alabama | 10.5% | 9.7% |
| Alaska | 8.1% | 7.7% |
| Arizona | 9.4% | 9.6% |
| Arkansas | 7.4% | 7.4% |
| California | 11.8% | 12.3% |
| Colorado | 8.1% | 8.0% |
| Connecticut | 8.5% | 8.9% |
| Delaware | 8.2% | 8.4% |
| District of Columbia | 10.4% | 9.8% |
| Florida | 10.8% | 11.5% |
| Georgia | 9.9% | 9.9% |
| Hawaii | 7.0% | 6.3% |
| Idaho | 8.2% | 8.8% |
| Illinois | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| Indiana | 10.4% | 10.2% |
| Iowa | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| Kansas | 7.2% | 6.5% |
| Kentucky | 10.8% | 9.9% |
| Louisiana | 7.2% | 7.2% |
| Maine | 8.2% | 8.1% |
| Maryland | 7.2% | 7.1% |
| Massachusetts | 8.7% | 9.0% |
| Michigan | 14.2% | 13.1% |
| Minnesota | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| Mississippi | 9.7% | 10.8% |
| Missouri | 9.7% | 9.2% |
| Montana | 6.3% | 7.3% |
| Nebraska | 4.8% | 4.7% |
| Nevada | 12.3% | 14.3% |
| New Hampshire | 6.6% | 5.8% |
| New Jersey | 9.6% | 9.7% |
| New Mexico | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| New York | 8.7% | 8.2% |
| North Carolina | 11.0% | 9.8% |
| North Dakota | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| Ohio | 10.6% | 10.3% |
| Oklahoma | 6.8% | 6.9% |
| Oregon | 11.4% | 10.6% |
| Pennsylvania | 8.3% | 9.3% |
| Rhode Island | 11.4% | 11.9% |
| South Carolina | 12.0% | 10.8% |
| South Dakota | 4.9% | 4.4% |
| Tennessee | 10.9% | 9.8% |
| Texas | 7.9% | 8.2% |
| Utah | 6.8% | 7.2% |
| Vermont | 7.1% | 6.0% |
| Virginia | 6.9% | 7.0% |
| Washington | 9.2% | 8.9% |
| West Virginia | 8.5% | 8.6% |
| Wisconsin | 8.9% | 7.8% |
| Wyoming | 6.8% | 6.7% |
| Guam | NA | NA |
| Puerto Rico | 15.6% | 16.1% |
| Virgin Islands | NA | NA |
| Notes: | Figures in thousands. The unemployment rate measures unemployment within the civilian non-institutional population aged 16 years and older. July 2010 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: July 2009, and Unemployment rates by State, seasonally adjusted: July 2009 and 2010, 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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