State Unemployment Rates
    September 2009
    (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
     
    
      
      
      
        |  | Unemp. | 
      
        | State | Rate | 
      
        | Puerto Rico | 16.4 | 
      
        | Michigan | 14.8 | 
      
        | Nevada | 13.5 | 
      
        | Rhode Island | 12.3 | 
      
        | California | 12.0 | 
      
        | District of Columbia | 11.7 | 
      
        | South Carolina | 11.7 | 
      
        | Florida | 11.2 | 
      
        | Oregon | 10.8 | 
      
        | Alabama | 10.6 | 
      
        | Kentucky | 10.4 | 
      
        | North Carolina | 10.4 | 
      
        | Tennessee | 10.3 | 
      
        | Georgia | 10.2 | 
      
        | Illinois | 10.2 | 
      
        | Ohio | 9.7 | 
      
        | New Jersey | 9.6 | 
      
        | United States | 9.5 | 
      
        | Arizona | 9.3 | 
      
        | Massachusetts | 9.3 | 
      
        | Missouri | 9.3 | 
      
        | Indiana | 9.2 | 
      
        | Mississippi | 8.8 | 
      
        | New York | 8.8 | 
      
        | Washington | 8.8 | 
      
        | Pennsylvania | 8.3 | 
      
        | Texas | 8.3 | 
      
        | Connecticut | 8.2 | 
      
        | Delaware | 8.2 | 
      
        | Idaho | 8.1 | 
      
        | West Virginia | 8.1 | 
      
        | Maine | 7.8 | 
      
        | Alaska | 7.7 | 
      
        | Wisconsin | 7.7 | 
      
        | Hawaii | 7.5 | 
      
        | Louisiana | 7.4 | 
      
        | New Mexico | 7.4 | 
      
        | Maryland | 7.1 | 
      
        | Minnesota | 7.1 | 
      
        | New Hampshire | 7.0 | 
      
        | Kansas | 6.9 | 
      
        | Arkansas | 6.7 | 
      
        | Colorado | 6.7 | 
      
        | Virginia | 6.6 | 
      
        | Oklahoma | 6.5 | 
      
        | Vermont | 6.4 | 
      
        | Iowa | 6.3 | 
      
        | Wyoming | 6.2 | 
      
        | Utah | 6.0 | 
      
        | Montana | 5.9 | 
      
        | Nebraska | 4.6 | 
      
        | South Dakota | 4.4 | 
      
        | North Dakota | 3.4 |