State Unemployment Rates, December 2015
| Seasonally Adjusted | |
| State | Unemp.
Rate |
|---|---|
|
Puerto Rico
|
12.2 |
|
New Mexico
|
6.7 |
|
District of Columbia
|
6.6 |
|
Alaska
|
6.5 |
|
Mississippi
|
6.4 |
|
Nevada
|
6.4 |
|
West Virginia
|
6.3 |
|
Alabama
|
6.2 |
|
Louisiana
|
6.1 |
|
Illinois
|
5.9 |
|
Arizona
|
5.8 |
|
California
|
5.8 |
|
North Carolina
|
5.6 |
|
Tennessee
|
5.6 |
|
Georgia
|
5.5 |
|
South Carolina
|
5.5 |
|
Washington
|
5.5 |
|
Oregon
|
5.4 |
|
Kentucky
|
5.3 |
|
Connecticut
|
5.2 |
|
Maryland
|
5.1 |
|
Michigan
|
5.1 |
|
New Jersey
|
5.1 |
|
Rhode Island
|
5.1 |
|
Delaware
|
5.0 |
|
Florida
|
5.0 |
|
United States
|
5.0 |
|
Arkansas
|
4.8 |
|
New York
|
4.8 |
|
Pennsylvania
|
4.8 |
|
Massachusetts
|
4.7 |
|
Ohio
|
4.7 |
|
Texas
|
4.7 |
|
Indiana
|
4.4 |
|
Missouri
|
4.4 |
|
Wisconsin
|
4.3 |
|
Wyoming
|
4.3 |
|
Virginia
|
4.2 |
|
Oklahoma
|
4.1 |
|
Maine
|
4.0 |
|
Montana
|
4.0 |
|
Idaho
|
3.9 |
|
Kansas
|
3.9 |
|
Vermont
|
3.6 |
|
Colorado
|
3.5 |
|
Minnesota
|
3.5 |
|
Utah
|
3.5 |
|
Iowa
|
3.4 |
|
Hawaii
|
3.2 |
|
New Hampshire
|
3.1 |
|
Nebraska
|
2.9 |
|
South Dakota
|
2.9 |
|
North Dakota
|
2.7 |
State Unemployment Rates, December 2015
| Not Seasonally Adjusted | |
| State | Unemp.
Rate |
|---|---|
|
Puerto Rico
|
10.4 |
|
Mississippi
|
7.2 |
|
Alaska
|
6.6 |
|
District of Columbia
|
6.3 |
|
New Mexico
|
6.2 |
|
Nevada
|
6.1 |
|
Illinois
|
5.9 |
|
Washington
|
5.9 |
|
West Virginia
|
5.9 |
|
Alabama
|
5.8 |
|
California
|
5.8 |
|
Arizona
|
5.5 |
|
Kentucky
|
5.5 |
|
North Carolina
|
5.3 |
|
South Carolina
|
5.3 |
|
Tennessee
|
5.3 |
|
Georgia
|
5.2 |
|
Oregon
|
5.2 |
|
Connecticut
|
5.0 |
|
Louisiana
|
5.0 |
|
Rhode Island
|
4.8 |
|
United States
|
4.8 |
|
Florida
|
4.7 |
|
New York
|
4.7 |
|
Arkansas
|
4.6 |
|
Indiana
|
4.6 |
|
Maryland
|
4.6 |
|
Massachusetts
|
4.6 |
|
Ohio
|
4.6 |
|
Michigan
|
4.5 |
|
Wyoming
|
4.5 |
|
New Jersey
|
4.4 |
|
Delaware
|
4.3 |
|
Montana
|
4.3 |
|
Texas
|
4.2 |
|
Wisconsin
|
4.2 |
|
Pennsylvania
|
4.1 |
|
Idaho
|
4.0 |
|
Missouri
|
4.0 |
|
Oklahoma
|
3.9 |
|
Virginia
|
3.9 |
|
Maine
|
3.8 |
|
Iowa
|
3.6 |
|
Kansas
|
3.6 |
|
Minnesota
|
3.6 |
|
Colorado
|
3.3 |
|
South Dakota
|
3.1 |
|
Utah
|
3.1 |
|
Vermont
|
3.1 |
|
Hawaii
|
2.9 |
|
New Hampshire
|
2.9 |
|
Nebraska
|
2.8 |
|
North Dakota
|
2.8 |