Unemployment Rates for States
Annual AverageRankings Year: 2003
Rank
State
Rate
1
SOUTH DAKOTA
3.6
2
NEBRASKA
4.0
2
NORTH DAKOTA
4.0
4
VIRGINIA
4.1
5
HAWAII
4.3
5
NEW HAMPSHIRE
4.3
7
DELAWARE
4.4
7
WYOMING
4.4
9
IOWA
4.5
9
MARYLAND
4.5
11
VERMONT
4.6
12
GEORGIA
4.7
12
MONTANA
4.7
14
MINNESOTA
5.0
15
FLORIDA
5.1
15
INDIANA
5.1
15
MAINE
5.1
18
NEVADA
5.2
19
RHODE ISLAND
5.3
20
IDAHO
5.4
20
KANSAS
5.4
22
CONNECTICUT
5.5
23
ARIZONA
5.6
23
MISSOURI
5.6
23
PENNSYLVANIA
5.6
23
UTAH
5.6
23
WISCONSIN
5.6
28
OKLAHOMA
5.7
29
ALABAMA
5.8
29
MASSACHUSETTS
5.8
29
TENNESSEE
5.8
32
NEW JERSEY
5.9
33
COLORADO
6.0
34
OHIO
6.1
34
WEST VIRGINIA
6.1
36
ARKANSAS
6.2
36
KENTUCKY
6.2
38
MISSISSIPPI
6.3
38
NEW YORK
6.3
40
NEW MEXICO
6.4
41
NORTH CAROLINA
6.5
42
LOUISIANA
6.6
43
CALIFORNIA
6.7
43
ILLINOIS
6.7
45
SOUTH CAROLINA
6.8
45
TEXAS
6.8
47
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
7.0
48
MICHIGAN
7.3
49
WASHINGTON
7.5
50
ALASKA
8.0
51
OREGON
8.2
Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. All estimates are provisional and will be revised when new benchmark and population information becomes available.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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