Employment - Unemployment rate
(2020 - 2024)
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| Name | Average Annual Unemployment Rate (previous year)
Rank | Average Annual Unemployment Rate (previous year) | Monthly Unemployment Rate May 2024 |
| Nevada | 1 | 13.5 | 5.4 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 12.0 | 2.3 |
| California | 3 | 10.2 | 4.6 |
| Michigan | 4 | 10.0 | 4.1 |
| New York | 5 | 9.9 | 4.2 |
| New Jersey | 6 | 9.5 | 4.5 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 9.4 | 3.8 |
| Illinois | 8 | 9.2 | 4.8 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | 9.2 | 4.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | 9.1 | 3.2 |
| Louisiana | 11 | 8.7 | 3.6 |
| Washington | 12 | 8.5 | 4.6 |
| Florida | 13 | 8.2 | 2.9 |
| Alaska | 14 | 8.2 | 4.2 |
| West Virginia | 15 | 8.2 | 3.8 |
| Ohio | 16 | 8.2 | 4.6 |
| New Mexico | 17 | 8.1 | 4.0 |
| Mississippi | 18 | 7.9 | 2.9 |
| Connecticut | 19 | 7.8 | 4.1 |
| Arizona | 20 | 7.7 | 3.2 |
| Texas | 21 | 7.7 | 3.8 |
| Delaware | 22 | 7.6 | 3.9 |
| Oregon | 23 | 7.6 | 3.7 |
| Tennessee | 24 | 7.4 | 2.8 |
| Indiana | 25 | 7.2 | 3.9 |
| North Carolina | 26 | 7.1 | 3.5 |
| Colorado | 27 | 6.9 | 3.9 |
| New Hampshire | 28 | 6.7 | 2.0 |
| Maryland | 29 | 6.7 | 2.3 |
| Georgia | 30 | 6.5 | 3.4 |
| Alabama | 31 | 6.5 | 2.4 |
| Kentucky | 32 | 6.4 | 4.5 |
| Minnesota | 33 | 6.3 | 2.7 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | 6.3 | 3.0 |
| Oklahoma | 35 | 6.2 | 3.6 |
| Virginia | 36 | 6.2 | 2.7 |
| Missouri | 37 | 6.1 | 3.9 |
| Arkansas | 38 | 6.1 | 3.3 |
| South Carolina | 39 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| Montana | 40 | 5.8 | 2.9 |
| Wyoming | 41 | 5.8 | 2.9 |
| Kansas | 42 | 5.7 | 3.1 |
| Vermont | 43 | 5.6 | 2.0 |
| Idaho | 44 | 5.5 | 3.2 |
| Iowa | 45 | 5.1 | 2.7 |
| North Dakota | 46 | 5.1 | 2.0 |
| Maine | 47 | 5.0 | 2.7 |
| Utah | 48 | 4.7 | 3.2 |
| South Dakota | 49 | 4.3 | 1.9 |
| Nebraska | 50 | 4.1 | 2.6 |
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