Department of Numbers

Unemployment by State

The table below shows the BLS defined November 2023 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 November 2023
Unemployment Rate
1 Month
Unemployment Rate Change
November 2023
Unemployed
1 Month
Unemployed Change
Alabama 2.4% 0.1 55,475 3,293
Alaska 4.4% 0.1 15,750 377
Arizona 4.3% 0.1 159,336 4,455
Arkansas 3.3% 0.2 45,279 2,686
California 4.9% 0.1 953,802 22,302
Colorado 3.3% 0.0 107,860 1,914
Connecticut 3.6% 0.1 67,846 2,189
Delaware 4.2% 0.0 21,630 208
District of Columbia 5.0% 0.0 19,993 112
Florida 2.9% 0.1 324,130 6,167
Georgia 3.4% 0.0 184,458 1,508
Hawaii 2.9% 0.0 19,541 153
Idaho 3.3% 0.1 32,213 754
Illinois 4.7% 0.1 306,197 9,572
Indiana 3.7% 0.1 125,235 1,966
Iowa 3.3% 0.1 57,203 1,212
Kansas 2.9% 0.0 43,751 -314
Kentucky 4.3% 0.1 87,245 1,695
Louisiana 3.5% 0.2 72,978 3,129
Maine 3.0% 0.2 20,507 1,228
Maryland 1.8% 0.1 56,516 1,099
Massachusetts 2.9% 0.1 107,790 5,310
Michigan 4.3% 0.2 215,755 8,793
Minnesota 3.1% -0.1 96,128 -3,954
Mississippi 3.3% 0.0 40,258 36
Missouri 3.2% 0.1 100,927 3,105
Montana 3.0% 0.2 17,278 847
Nebraska 2.3% 0.1 24,097 804
Nevada 5.4% 0.0 87,164 -56
New Hampshire 2.3% 0.2 17,726 1,438
New Jersey 4.7% 0.1 227,954 4,801
New Mexico 3.9% 0.1 37,807 817
New York 4.3% 0.1 420,621 11,145
North Carolina 3.5% 0.1 182,214 2,816
North Dakota 1.9% 0.0 7,826 -43
Ohio 3.6% 0.0 211,562 4,722
Oklahoma 3.3% 0.1 65,274 3,174
Oregon 3.6% 0.0 78,070 1,472
Pennsylvania 3.4% 0.0 224,727 1,424
Rhode Island 2.9% 0.2 16,673 1,029
South Carolina 3.0% 0.1 73,346 1,473
South Dakota 2.0% 0.0 9,916 55
Tennessee 3.5% 0.2 118,503 5,010
Texas 4.1% 0.0 616,357 -8,950
Utah 2.8% 0.1 50,341 1,103
Vermont 2.1% 0.1 7,542 407
Virginia 2.9% 0.2 132,085 9,284
Washington 4.0% 0.2 161,716 8,401
West Virginia 4.2% 0.2 32,880 903
Wisconsin 3.3% 0.1 104,185 2,151
Wyoming 3.0% 0.1 9,021 270