LAUS Unemployment Rate for APRIL 1996
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

STATE	RATE (%)
Puerto Rico	13.6
District of Columbia	8.0
West Virginia	7.7
Alaska	7.5
California	7.3
New Mexico	6.6
New Jersey	6.4
New York	6.3
Washington	6.2
Mississippi	5.9
Hawaii	5.8
Louisiana	5.8
Maine	5.8
Texas	5.7
Pennsylvania	5.6
Montana	5.5
Oregon	5.4
United States	5.4
Alabama	5.2
Idaho	5.2
Illinois	5.2
Wyoming	5.2
Kentucky	5.1
Florida	4.9
Rhode Island	4.9
South Carolina	4.9
Massachusetts	4.8
Connecticut	4.7
Nevada	4.7
Tennessee	4.7
Arkansas	4.6
Maryland	4.6
Delaware	4.5
Michigan	4.5
Ohio	4.4
Vermont	4.4
Arizona	4.3
Indiana	4.3
Oklahoma	4.3
Georgia	4.2
North Carolina	4.2
Missouri	4.1
Kansas	3.9
Wisconsin	3.9
Virginia	3.8
Minnesota	3.7
New Hampshire	3.7
Colorado	3.6
Iowa	3.5
North Dakota	3.1
South Dakota	3.0
Utah	3.0
Nebraska	2.7