STATES WITH RISING UNEMPLOYMENT: 5
STATES WITH DECLINING UNEMPLOYMENT: 17
STATES WITH UNCHANGED UNEMPLOYMENT: 2
LOWEST: VIRGINIA – 4.1%
HIGHEST – DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA & MISSISSIPPI – 6.5%
STATE – UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (PREVIOUS)*
ALABAMA – 6.2% (5.9%)
ARKANSAS – 4.2% (5.1%)
CALIFORNIA – 5.5% (5.8%)
DELAWARE – 4.6% (5.1%)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – 6.5% (6.6%)
FLORIDA – 4.9% (5.1%)
GEORGIA – 5.4% (5.7%)
ILLINOIS – 6.4% (5.4%)
KENTUCKY – 5.8% (4.9%)
LOUISIANA – 5.9% (6.2%)
MARYLAND – 4.7% (5.1%)
MASSACHUSETTS – 4.5% (4.6%)
MICHIGAN – 4.8% (5.0%)
MISSISSIPPI – 6.5% (5.9%)
MISSOURI – 4.2% (5.0%)
NEW YORK – 4.8% (4.8%)
NORTH CAROLINA – 5.5% (5.7%)
OHIO – 4.9% (4.4%)
OKLAHOMA – 4.2% (4.3%)
PENNSYLVANIA – 4.6% (5.1%)
SOUTH CAROLINA – 5.5% (5.6%)
TENNESSEE – 4.9% (5.6%)
TEXAS – 4.4% (4.4%)
VIRGINIA – 4.1% (4.2%)
*Previous month in parentheses.
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