List of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate


The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates 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 April 2020, data from the Virgin Islands is from December 2019, data for Guam is from September 2019, data for American Samoa is from 2018, and data for the Northern Mariana Islands is from April 2010. Because data for the Northern Mariana Islands is more than 5 years old, it is not ranked in the table below.
RankRank
State
federal district
or territory		Unemployment rate
Monthly change
1128.2% 21.9
2222.7% 18.6
3322.3% 19.7
4417% 12.4
5516.9% 13.7
6616.8% 11.3
7716.4% 11.8
8816.3% 13.7
9915.6% 12.4
101015.5% 10.2
111115.4% 9.6
111115.4% 10.1
111115.4% 10.3
141415.3% 11.5
151515.2% 9.1
161615.1% 12.2
161615.1% 9.1
181814.7% 11.2
191914.5% 7.6
191914.5% 10
212114.3% 9.2
222214.2% 10.9
232314.1% 10.7
242413.7% 10.6
252512.9% 9.4
252512.9% 7.3
252512.9% 8.6
282812.8% 8.1
292912.6% 7.1
303012.2% 7.8
313112.1% 9.5
323211.9% 7.7
333311.5% 8.9
34—11.4%—
353411.3% 6.8
353411.3% 7.8
353411.3% 5.4
383711.2% 8.1
——11.2%—
39—11.1% 5.1
403810.6% 7.4
403810.6% 7.3
424010.2% 5.4
424010.2% 6.5
424010.2% 6.9
45439.9% 6.6
46449.7% 5.2
46449.7% 6.1
48469.2% 5.5
49—8.8% 0.1
50478.5% 6.3
51488.3% 4.1
52498.1% 5
53507.9% 4.2
54—5.2% 0.1
55—3.6% 1.0