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State Unemployment Rates, August 2012
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

State Unemployment
Rate
Puerto Rico 14.1
Nevada 12.0
Rhode Island 10.6
California 10.4
New Jersey 9.7
North Carolina 9.7
South Carolina 9.4
Connecticut 9.2
Georgia 9.2
Michigan 9.2
Florida 9.0
Illinois 8.9
District of Columbia 8.8
New York 8.8
Oregon 8.7
Alabama 8.5
Arizona 8.5
Mississippi 8.5
Washington 8.5
Kentucky 8.4
Tennessee 8.3
Pennsylvania 8.2
United States 8.2
Indiana 8.0
Colorado 7.8
Louisiana 7.3
West Virginia 7.2
Missouri 7.1
Wisconsin 7.1
Delaware 7.0
Maryland 7.0
Texas 7.0
Arkansas 6.9
Idaho 6.9
Ohio 6.8
Maine 6.7
Alaska 6.6
Massachusetts 6.4
New Mexico 6.4
Kansas 6.2
Virginia 5.8
Hawaii 5.7
Montana 5.7
New Hampshire 5.7
Minnesota 5.6
Utah 5.6
Iowa 5.3
Wyoming 5.1
Oklahoma 5.0
Vermont 5.0
South Dakota 4.4
Nebraska 3.8
North Dakota 2.8