"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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