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This list was taken from the statistical data of the 2000 U.S. Census. A list of the U.S. states by unemployment rate, organized alphabetically, can be found here.
See also: states by population, states by area, state capitals
United States unemployment rate: 4.2%
- West Virginia - 6.6%
- Alaska - 6.4%
District of Columbia - 6.3% - Oregon - 5.7%
- Hawaii - 5.6%
- New Mexico - 5.6%
- California - 5.2%
- Idaho - 5.2%
- Montana - 5.2%
- New York - 5.2%
- Louisiana - 5.1%
- Mississippi - 5.1%
- Wyoming - 4.9%
- Alabama - 4.8%
- Washington - 4.7%
- New Jersey - 4.6%
- Texas - 4.6%
- Arkansas - 4.5%
- Kentucky - 4.5%
- South Carolina - 4.5%
- Arizona - 4.4%
- Nevada - 4.4%
- Pennsylvania - 4.4%
- Illinois - 4.3%
- Ohio - 4.3%
- Maine - 4.1%
- Rhode Island - 4.1%
- Georgia - 4.0%
- Tennessee - 4.0%
- Florida - 3.9%
- Michigan - 3.8%
- Utah - 3.7%
- Delaware - 3.5%
- Maryland - 3.5%
- Oklahoma - 3.4%
- Missouri - 3.4%
- North Dakota - 3.4%
- Connecticut - 3.2%
- Massachusetts - 3.2%
- North Carolina - 3.2%
- Indiana - 3.0%
- Kansas - 3.0%
- Vermont - 3.0%
- Wisconsin - 3.0%
- Colorado - 2.9%
- Nebraska - 2.9%
- South Dakota - 2.9%
- Minnesota - 2.8%
- Virginia - 2.8%
- New Hampshire - 2.7%
- Iowa - 2.5%
