STATES WITH RISING UNEMPLOYMENT: 12
STATES WITH DECLINING UNEMPLOYMENT: 8
STATES WITH UNCHANGED UNEMPLOYMENT: 3
LOWEST: MASSACHUSETTS – 2.9%
HIGHEST – LOUISIANA – 6.2%
STATE – UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (PREVIOUS)*
ALABAMA – 5.9% (5.7%)
ARKANSAS – 4.0% (3.9%)
CALIFORNIA – 5.3% (5.5%)
DELAWARE – 4.3% (4.3%)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – 6.0% (5.9%)
FLORIDA – 4.9% (4.7%)
GEORGIA – 5.3% (5.0%)
ILLINOIS – 5.6% (5.8%)
KENTUCKY – 4.8% (4.9%)
LOUISIANA – 6.2% (6.3%)
MARYLAND – 4.2% (4.3%)
MASSACHUSETTS – 2.9% (4.1%)
MICHIGAN – 4.9% (4.5%)
MISSISSIPPI – 5.7% (6.0%)
MISSOURI – 4.7% (4.7%)
NEW YORK – 5.1% (4.7%)
NORTH CAROLINA – 5.0% (4.7%)
OHIO – 4.9% (4.8%)
OKLAHOMA – 5.1% (5.0%)
PENNSYLVANIA – 5.7% (5.6%)
SOUTH CAROLINA – 4.4% (5.2%)
TENNESSEE – 4.8% (4.3%)
TEXAS – 4.6% (4.6%)
VIRGINIA – 4.2% (3.7%)
*Previous month in parentheses.
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