STATES WITH RISING UNEMPLOYMENT: 12
STATES WITH DECLINING UNEMPLOYMENT: 10
STATES WITH UNCHANGED UNEMPLOYMENT: 2
LOWEST: MASSACHUSETTS – 3.2%
HIGHEST – ALABAMA – 6.4%
STATE – UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (PREVIOUS)*
ALABAMA – 6.4% (6.2%)
ARKANSAS – 3.8% (3.9%)
CALIFORNIA – 5.1% (5.2%)
DELAWARE – 4.4% (4.3%)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – 5.7% (5.8%)
FLORIDA – 5.0% (4.9%)
GEORGIA – 5.5% (5.4%)
ILLINOIS – 5.7% (5.7%)
KENTUCKY – 5.0% (4.8%)
LOUISIANA – 5.9% (6.1%)
MARYLAND – 4.2% (4.2%)
MASSACHUSETTS – 3.2% (2.8%)
MICHIGAN – 5.2% (5.0%)
MISSISSIPPI – 5.5% (5.6%)
MISSOURI – 4.2% (4.4%)
NEW YORK – 4.6% (4.9%)
NORTH CAROLINA – 5.3% (5.1%)
OHIO – 5.0% (4.9%)
OKLAHOMA – 4.7% (5.0%)
PENNSYLVANIA – 5.2% (5.6%)
SOUTH CAROLINA – 4.4% (4.3%)
TENNESSEE – 5.4% (4.9%)
TEXAS – 4.8% (4.6%)
VIRGINIA – 4.0% (4.1%)
*Previous month in parentheses.
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