Unemployment Rate By HBCU State – August 2015

STATES WITH RISING UNEMPLOYMENT: 2

STATES WITH DECLINING UNEMPLOYMENT: 15

STATES WITH UNCHANGED UNEMPLOYMENT: 7

LOWEST: TEXAS – 4.1%

HIGHEST – DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – 6.8%

STATE – UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (PREVIOUS)*

ALABAMA –  6.2% (6.2%)

ARKANSAS – 5.4% (5.6%)

CALIFORNIA – 6.1% (6.2%)

DELAWARE – 4.9% (4.7%)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – 6.8% (6.8%)

FLORIDA – 5.3% (5.4%)

GEORGIA – 5.9% (6.0%)

ILLINOIS – 5.6% (5.8%)

KENTUCKY – 5.2% (5.2%)

LOUISIANA – 6.0% (6.2%)

MARYLAND – 5.1% (5.2%)

MASSACHUSETTS – 4.7% (4.7%)

MICHIGAN – 5.1% (5.3%)

MISSISSIPPI – 6.3% (6.5%)

MISSOURI –  5.6% (5.8%)

NEW YORK – 5.2% (5.4%)

NORTH CAROLINA – 5.9% (5.9%)

OHIO – 4.7% (5.0%)

OKLAHOMA – 4.6% (4.5%)

PENNSYLVANIA – 5.4% (5.4%)

SOUTH CAROLINA – 6.0% (6.4%)

TENNESSEE – 5.7% (5.7%)

TEXAS – 4.1% (4.2%)

VIRGINIA – 4.5% (4.8%)

*Previous month in parentheses.