"Labor Market Information (LMI) is an applied science; it is the systematic collection and analysis of data which describes and predicts the relationship between labor demand and supply." The States' Labor Market Information Review, ICESA, 1995, p. 7.
by: Tiffany Horn, Survey Technician
| State | Unemployment Rate |
| Puerto Rico | 6.2 |
| District of Columbia | 5.7 |
| New Mexico | 5.1 |
| Nevada | 4.9 |
| Alaska | 4.7 |
| Illinois | 4.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.6 |
| Delaware | 4.5 |
| New York | 4.4 |
| California | 4.3 |
| Michigan | 4.3 |
| Connecticut | 4.2 |
| Hawaii | 4.2 |
| Texas | 4.2 |
| Louisiana | 4.0 |
| Maryland | 4.0 |
| Mississippi | 4.0 |
| Massachusetts | 3.9 |
| New Jersey | 3.9 |
| Ohio | 3.9 |
| Washington | 3.9 |
| Kentucky | 3.8 |
| Oregon | 3.6 |
| United States | 3.6 |
| Colorado | 3.5 |
| West Virginia | 3.5 |
| North Carolina | 3.4 |
| South Carolina | 3.3 |
| Tennessee | 3.3 |
| Arizona | 3.2 |
| Arkansas | 3.2 |
| Maine | 3.2 |
| Wyoming | 3.2 |
| Missouri | 3.1 |
| Florida | 3.0 |
| Georgia | 3.0 |
| Virginia | 3.0 |
| Rhode Island | 2.9 |
| Wisconsin | 2.9 |
| Oklahoma | 2.8 |
| Alabama | 2.7 |
| Iowa | 2.7 |
| North Dakota | 2.6 |
| Idaho | 2.5 |
| Montana | 2.4 |
| Kansas | 2.3 |
| South Dakota | 2.3 |
| Vermont | 2.3 |
| Indiana | 2.2 |
| New Hampshire | 2.1 |
| Minnesota | 2.0 |
| Utah | 2.0 |
| Nebraska | 1.9 |
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