Jobless rates, state by state
Unemployment rates fell in half of U.S. states last month, led by drops in California, West Virginia, New York and Hawaii. The Labor Department said Friday that unemployment rates rose in 17 states and were unchanged in eight.
Here are unemployment rates in May for each state, compared with April and a year earlier:
May 2013
April 2013
May 2012
Alabama
6.8
6.9
7.5
Alaska
5.9
5.9
7.1
Arizona
7.8
7.9
8.4
Arkansas
7.3
7.2
7.3
California
8.6
9.0
10.7
Colorado
6.9
6.9
8.2
Connecticut
8.0
8.0
8.4
Delaware
7.2
7.1
7.1
Florida
7.1
7.2
8.8
Georgia
8.3
8.2
9.1
Hawaii
4.7
4.9
6.1
Idaho
6.2
6.1
7.3
Illinois
9.1
9.3
8.9
Indiana
8.3
8.5
8.3
Iowa
4.6
4.7
5.3
Kansas
5.7
5.6
5.8
Kentucky
8.1
7.9
8.3
Louisiana
6.8
6.4
6.8
Maine
6.8
6.9
7.3
Maryland
6.7
6.5
6.8
Massachusetts
6.6
6.4
6.7
Michigan
8.4
8.4
9.2
Minnesota
5.3
5.3
5.7
Mississippi
9.1
9.2
9.1
Missouri
6.8
6.7
7.0
Montana
5.4
5.5
6.1
Nebraska
3.8
3.7
4.0
Nevada
9.5
9.6
11.5
New Hampshire
5.3
5.5
5.5
New Jersey
8.6
8.7
9.5
New Mexico
6.7
6.7
7.0
New York
7.6
7.8
8.6
North Carolina
8.8
8.9
9.5
North Dakota
3.2
3.3
3.0
Ohio
Ohio
7.0
7.0
7.3
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
5.0
4.9
5.1
Oregon
Oregon
7.8
7.9
8.8
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
7.5
7.6
7.9
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
8.9
8.8
10.6
South Carolina
South Carolina
8.0
8.0
9.3
South Dakota
South Dakota
4.0
4.1
4.4
Tennessee
Tennessee
8.3
8.0
8.1
Texas
Texas
6.5
6.4
7.0
Utah
4.6
4.7
5.8
Vermont
4.1
4.0
5.0
Virginia
5.3
5.2
5.9
Washington
6.8
7.0
8.4
Washington, D.C.
8.5
8.5
9.1
West Virginia
6.2
6.6
7.3
Wisconsin
7.0
7.1
7.0
Wyoming
4.6
4.8
5.5
The Associated Press
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