STATES WITH RISING UNEMPLOYMENT: 5
STATES WITH DECLINING UNEMPLOYMENT: 15
STATES WITH UNCHANGED UNEMPLOYMENT: 4
LOWEST: MASSACHUSETTS – 3.4%
HIGHEST – ALABAMA – 6.2%
STATE – UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (PREVIOUS)*
ALABAMA – 6.2% (6.4%)
ARKANSAS – 3.7% (3.8%)
CALIFORNIA – 5.0% (5.1%)
DELAWARE – 4.5% (4.4%)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – 5.7% (5.7%)
FLORIDA – 5.0% (5.0%)
GEORGIA – 5.3% (5.5%)
ILLINOIS – 5.4% (5.7%)
KENTUCKY – 4.9% (5.0%)
LOUISIANA – 5.8% (5.9%)
MARYLAND – 4.2% (4.2%)
MASSACHUSETTS – 3.4% (3.2%)
MICHIGAN – 5.3% (5.2%)
MISSISSIPPI – 5.2% (5.5%)
MISSOURI – 4.1% (4.2%)
NEW YORK – 4.4% (4.6%)
NORTH CAROLINA – 5.1% (5.3%)
OHIO – 5.1% (5.0%)
OKLAHOMA – 4.6% (4.7%)
PENNSYLVANIA – 5.0% (5.2%)
SOUTH CAROLINA – 4.4% (4.4%)
TENNESSEE – 5.3% (5.4%)
TEXAS – 4.9% (4.8%)
VIRGINIA – 3.9% (4.0%)
*Previous month in parentheses.
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