State Unemployment Rates, February 2015
(Seasonally Adjusted)
|
State
|
Unemp. Rate
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
11.6
|
|
District of Columbia
|
7.8
|
|
Nevada
|
7.1
|
|
Mississippi
|
7.0
|
|
California
|
6.7
|
|
Louisiana
|
6.7
|
|
South Carolina
|
6.6
|
|
Tennessee
|
6.6
|
|
Arizona
|
6.5
|
|
Connecticut
|
6.4
|
|
New Jersey
|
6.4
|
|
Alaska
|
6.3
|
|
Georgia
|
6.3
|
|
Rhode Island
|
6.3
|
|
Washington
|
6.3
|
|
West Virginia
|
6.1
|
|
Illinois
|
6.0
|
|
New Mexico
|
6.0
|
|
Indiana
|
5.9
|
|
Michigan
|
5.9
|
|
Alabama
|
5.8
|
|
New York
|
5.8
|
|
Oregon
|
5.8
|
|
Florida
|
5.6
|
|
Arkansas
|
5.5
|
|
Maryland
|
5.5
|
|
Missouri
|
5.5
|
|
United States
|
5.5
|
|
North Carolina
|
5.3
|
|
Kentucky
|
5.2
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
5.2
|
|
Ohio
|
5.1
|
|
Maine
|
5.0
|
|
Massachusetts
|
4.9
|
|
Delaware
|
4.8
|
|
Wisconsin
|
4.8
|
|
Virginia
|
4.7
|
|
Montana
|
4.3
|
|
Texas
|
4.3
|
|
Colorado
|
4.2
|
|
Kansas
|
4.2
|
|
Hawaii
|
4.1
|
|
Iowa
|
4.1
|
|
Wyoming
|
4.0
|
|
Idaho
|
3.9
|
|
New Hampshire
|
3.9
|
|
Oklahoma
|
3.9
|
|
Vermont
|
3.9
|
|
Minnesota
|
3.7
|
|
South Dakota
|
3.4
|
|
Utah
|
3.4
|
|
North Dakota
|
2.9
|
|
Nebraska
|
2.7
|
