STATES WITH RISING UNEMPLOYMENT: 2
STATES WITH DECLINING UNEMPLOYMENT: 17
STATES WITH UNCHANGED UNEMPLOYMENT: 5
LOWEST: ARKANSAS & VIRGINIA – 3.8%
HIGHEST – ILLINOIS – 6.4%
STATE – UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (PREVIOUS)*
ALABAMA – 6.1% (6.1%)
ARKANSAS – 3.8% (3.9%)
CALIFORNIA – 5.2% (5.3%)
DELAWARE – 4.1% (4.2%)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – 6.1% (6.4%)
FLORIDA – 4.7% (4.8%)
GEORGIA – 5.3% (5.5%)
ILLINOIS – 6.4% (6.6%)
KENTUCKY – 5.1% (5.3%)
LOUISIANA – 6.3% (6.3%)
MARYLAND – 4.5% (4.6%)
MASSACHUSETTS – 4.2% (4.2%)
MICHIGAN – 4.7% (4.8%)
MISSISSIPPI – 5.8% (6.0%)
MISSOURI – 4.3% (4.3%)
NEW YORK – 4.7% (4.9%)
NORTH CAROLINA – 5.1% (5.4%)
OHIO – 5.1% (5.2%)
OKLAHOMA – 4.7% (4.5%)
PENNSYLVANIA – 5.5% (5.3%)
SOUTH CAROLINA – 5.6% (5.8%)
TENNESSEE – 4.1% (4.3%)
TEXAS – 4.4% (4.4%)
VIRGINIA – 3.8% (3.9%)
*Previous month in parentheses.
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