Unemployment by State
The table below shows the BLS defined December 2011 unemployment rate and the total unemployed for the 50 states and the District of Columbia from the Current Population Survey (i.e. Household Survey). Unemployment rates by metropolitan area are also available. Visit the unemployment overview page to see all unemployment data. Click on a header to sort.
| State |
December 2011 Unemployment Rate |
1 Month Unemployment Rate Change |
December 2011 Unemployed |
1 Month Unemployed Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 8.1% | -0.6 | 174,119 | -13,377 |
| Alaska | 7.3% | 0.0 | 27,046 | 193 |
| Arizona | 8.7% | 0.0 | 274,073 | -945 |
| Arkansas | 7.7% | -0.2 | 105,294 | -3,208 |
| California | 11.1% | -0.2 | 2,021,195 | -36,575 |
| Colorado | 7.9% | -0.1 | 215,987 | -263 |
| Connecticut | 8.2% | -0.2 | 154,525 | -4,700 |
| Delaware | 7.4% | -0.2 | 31,893 | -681 |
| District of Columbia | 10.4% | -0.2 | 34,848 | -585 |
| Florida | 9.9% | -0.1 | 912,938 | -13,744 |
| Georgia | 9.7% | -0.1 | 459,276 | -7,832 |
| Hawaii | 6.6% | 0.1 | 41,893 | 406 |
| Idaho | 8.4% | -0.1 | 64,114 | -908 |
| Illinois | 9.8% | -0.2 | 647,290 | -13,138 |
| Indiana | 9.0% | 0.0 | 284,795 | -531 |
| Iowa | 5.6% | -0.1 | 93,485 | -1,250 |
| Kansas | 6.3% | -0.2 | 95,507 | -2,364 |
| Kentucky | 9.1% | -0.3 | 190,719 | -6,120 |
| Louisiana | 6.8% | -0.1 | 140,212 | -405 |
| Maine | 7.0% | 0.0 | 48,669 | -296 |
| Maryland | 6.7% | -0.2 | 201,308 | -4,881 |
| Massachusetts | 6.8% | -0.2 | 239,268 | -4,855 |
| Michigan | 9.3% | -0.5 | 431,490 | -25,001 |
| Minnesota | 5.7% | -0.2 | 167,874 | -8,713 |
| Mississippi | 10.4% | -0.1 | 139,790 | -2,665 |
| Missouri | 8.0% | -0.2 | 245,249 | -4,791 |
| Montana | 6.8% | -0.3 | 34,080 | -1,787 |
| Nebraska | 4.1% | 0.0 | 41,346 | 397 |
| Nevada | 12.6% | -0.4 | 166,293 | -5,527 |
| New Hampshire | 5.1% | -0.1 | 38,321 | -354 |
| New Jersey | 9.0% | -0.1 | 410,722 | -2,441 |
| New Mexico | 6.6% | 0.1 | 61,989 | 705 |
| New York | 8.0% | 0.0 | 768,231 | 8,748 |
| North Carolina | 9.9% | -0.1 | 446,402 | -5,193 |
| North Dakota | 3.3% | -0.1 | 12,543 | -303 |
| Ohio | 8.1% | -0.4 | 469,289 | -26,487 |
| Oklahoma | 6.1% | 0.0 | 107,471 | 774 |
| Oregon | 8.9% | -0.2 | 177,918 | -3,315 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.6% | -0.3 | 485,342 | -13,954 |
| Rhode Island | 10.8% | 0.3 | 60,836 | 1,628 |
| South Carolina | 9.5% | -0.4 | 206,468 | -7,534 |
| South Dakota | 4.2% | -0.1 | 19,108 | -277 |
| Tennessee | 8.7% | -0.4 | 269,311 | -13,272 |
| Texas | 7.8% | -0.3 | 959,443 | -37,653 |
| Utah | 6.0% | -0.4 | 80,289 | -5,525 |
| Vermont | 5.1% | -0.2 | 18,344 | -740 |
| Virginia | 6.2% | 0.0 | 262,487 | -1,726 |
| Washington | 8.5% | -0.2 | 297,430 | -6,801 |
| West Virginia | 7.9% | 0.0 | 61,668 | 224 |
| Wisconsin | 7.1% | -0.2 | 215,767 | -8,147 |
| Wyoming | 5.8% | 0.0 | 16,926 | -93 |
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