Department of Numbers

Unemployment by State

The table below shows the BLS defined May 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 May 2023
Unemployment Rate
1 Month
Unemployment Rate Change
May 2023
Unemployed
1 Month
Unemployed Change
Alabama 2.2% 0.0 51,445 -3
Alaska 3.6% -0.1 12,959 -117
Arizona 3.4% 0.0 125,442 -263
Arkansas 2.7% -0.1 37,095 -1,926
California 4.5% 0.0 882,963 14,861
Colorado 2.8% 0.0 89,973 602
Connecticut 3.7% -0.1 71,091 -1,485
Delaware 4.2% -0.1 21,161 -310
District of Columbia 5.1% 0.1 19,845 411
Florida 2.6% 0.0 286,966 6,194
Georgia 3.2% 0.1 169,824 4,405
Hawaii 3.1% -0.2 21,379 -1,111
Idaho 2.6% 0.0 25,004 504
Illinois 4.1% -0.1 265,248 -9,762
Indiana 3.1% 0.1 106,590 2,316
Iowa 2.7% 0.0 46,268 -510
Kansas 2.9% 0.0 43,792 -582
Kentucky 3.8% 0.1 77,135 774
Louisiana 3.6% 0.0 76,667 867
Maine 2.4% 0.0 16,118 -400
Maryland 2.4% -0.1 75,503 -3,282
Massachusetts 2.8% -0.3 105,540 -9,235
Michigan 3.7% -0.1 179,274 -7,046
Minnesota 2.9% 0.1 89,176 1,482
Mississippi 3.2% -0.2 39,916 -2,007
Missouri 2.5% 0.0 78,891 965
Montana 2.3% 0.0 13,439 404
Nebraska 1.9% -0.1 20,570 -597
Nevada 5.4% 0.0 85,152 -573
New Hampshire 1.9% -0.2 14,588 -1,689
New Jersey 3.6% 0.1 174,760 4,205
New Mexico 3.5% 0.0 33,596 62
New York 3.9% -0.1 382,501 -2,382
North Carolina 3.4% 0.0 175,754 -3,076
North Dakota 2.1% 0.0 8,705 -8
Ohio 3.6% -0.1 206,663 -4,547
Oklahoma 2.8% -0.1 53,540 -923
Oregon 3.7% -0.3 80,764 -6,085
Pennsylvania 4.0% -0.1 259,001 -8,512
Rhode Island 3.0% 0.0 16,801 -163
South Carolina 3.1% 0.0 75,629 -13
South Dakota 1.9% 0.0 8,914 -66
Tennessee 3.3% 0.0 109,749 -422
Texas 4.1% 0.1 616,304 10,620
Utah 2.3% 0.0 41,970 657
Vermont 2.1% -0.3 7,384 -957
Virginia 2.9% -0.2 134,334 -5,926
Washington 4.1% -0.2 165,266 -9,190
West Virginia 3.3% 0.0 25,639 -326
Wisconsin 2.4% 0.0 73,335 385
Wyoming 3.3% -0.2 9,917 -637