Department of Numbers

Unemployment by State

The table below shows the BLS defined April 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 April 2023
Unemployment Rate
1 Month
Unemployment Rate Change
April 2023
Unemployed
1 Month
Unemployed Change
Alabama 2.2% -0.1 51,462 -1,555
Alaska 3.7% 0.0 13,097 -147
Arizona 3.4% -0.1 125,716 -3,723
Arkansas 2.8% -0.2 38,982 -1,886
California 4.5% 0.1 867,640 7,438
Colorado 2.8% 0.0 89,306 -1,771
Connecticut 3.8% -0.1 72,311 -2,953
Delaware 4.3% -0.1 21,457 -591
District of Columbia 5.0% 0.2 19,426 554
Florida 2.6% 0.0 280,790 -2,439
Georgia 3.1% 0.0 165,425 469
Hawaii 3.3% -0.2 22,519 -1,020
Idaho 2.6% 0.0 24,505 -173
Illinois 4.2% -0.2 274,994 -8,812
Indiana 3.0% -0.1 104,245 -1,327
Iowa 2.7% -0.1 46,762 -1,546
Kansas 2.9% 0.0 44,380 523
Kentucky 3.7% -0.1 76,299 -809
Louisiana 3.6% 0.0 75,796 -168
Maine 2.4% -0.2 16,383 -1,250
Maryland 2.5% -0.2 78,803 -7,485
Massachusetts 3.3% -0.2 121,926 -10,427
Michigan 3.8% -0.3 186,318 -13,374
Minnesota 2.8% 0.0 87,682 111
Mississippi 3.4% -0.1 41,925 -2,086
Missouri 2.5% 0.0 77,913 503
Montana 2.3% 0.0 13,029 -211
Nebraska 2.0% -0.1 21,163 -1,399
Nevada 5.4% -0.1 85,722 -931
New Hampshire 2.1% -0.3 16,237 -2,547
New Jersey 3.5% 0.0 170,117 -597
New Mexico 3.5% 0.0 33,536 -264
New York 4.0% -0.1 385,005 -6,590
North Carolina 3.4% -0.1 178,853 -4,221
North Dakota 2.1% 0.0 8,712 8
Ohio 3.7% -0.1 211,200 -7,147
Oklahoma 2.9% -0.1 54,431 -2,422
Oregon 4.0% -0.4 86,919 -8,663
Pennsylvania 4.1% -0.1 267,735 -8,282
Rhode Island 3.0% -0.1 16,859 -497
South Carolina 3.1% -0.1 75,653 -761
South Dakota 1.9% 0.0 8,980 -206
Tennessee 3.3% -0.1 110,187 -3,679
Texas 4.0% 0.0 605,663 5,831
Utah 2.3% -0.1 41,317 -379
Vermont 2.4% -0.3 8,311 -906
Virginia 3.1% -0.1 140,129 -3,440
Washington 4.3% -0.2 174,661 -5,721
West Virginia 3.3% -0.1 25,966 -900
Wisconsin 2.4% -0.1 72,910 -3,671
Wyoming 3.5% -0.2 10,555 -335