LAUS Unemployment Rate for DECEMBER 1995
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)


Utah is only the second state to tie Nebraska for the lowest unemployment rate in the country since July 1995. Nebraska's unemployment rate has not been above 3.0 percent since June 1994.


STATE RATE (%)
Puerto Rico 12.5
District of Columbia 8.3
Alaska 8.2
West Virginia 7.8
California 7.0
New Jersey 6.8
Louisiana 6.2
Montana 6.2
Texas 6.1
Washington 6.1
Rhode Island 6.0
New York 5.9
Idaho 5.7
New Mexico 5.7
Pennsylvania 5.7
Florida 5.5
U.S. 5.2
Alabama 5.1
Illinois 5.1
Maine 5.1
South Carolina 5.0
Mississippi 4.9
Ohio 4.9
Hawaii 4.8
Massachusetts 4.8
Nevada 4.8
Connecticut 4.7
Michigan 4.7
Oregon 4.7
Arkansas 4.6
Kentucky 4.5
Maryland 4.5
North Carolina 4.5
Georgia 4.4
Oklahoma 4.4
Tennessee 4.3
Wyoming 4.3
Delaware 4.2
Indiana 4.2
Arizona 4.1
Virginia 4.1
Vermont 3.8
Colorado 3.5
Missouri 3.5
Kansas 3.4
Iowa 3.3
Minnesota 3.2
Wisconsin 3.2
New Hampshire 3.1
North Dakota 3.0
South Dakota 2.8
Nebraska 2.5
Utah 2.5



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