The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the
seasonally adjusted unemployment rate
Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is the proportion of people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work d ...
s by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics in its ''Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment'' publication.
While the non-seasonally adjusted data reflects the actual unemployment rate, the seasonally adjusted data removes time from the equation.
Unemployment rate by jurisdiction
Data for all U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
is from June 2023 and September 2021, respectively. Data for Guam is from September 2019, and data for
American Samoa
American Samoa is an Territories of the United States, unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. Centered on , it is southeast of the island count ...
is from 2018. Data for the
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territory and Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States consistin ...
is from April 2010 (more than ten years old) it is included but not ranked in the table below.
Note that ''italics'' represent an
insular possession of the United States
See also
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List of U.S. States by employment rate
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Job creation index
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Unemployment in the United States
References
External links
Comparison of Unemployment Benefits by State
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Unemployment rate
Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is the proportion of people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work d ...
*States
unemployment rate
Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is the proportion of people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work d ...
United States, unemployment rate
Labor in the United States
Economy of the United States by state or territory