State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, 2002
[When States share the same rank, the next
lower rank is omitted.
Because of
rounded data, States may have identical values shown,
but different ranks]
State
Percent \1
Rank
United
States
5.8
(X)
Alabama
5.9
16
Alaska
7.7
1
Arizona
6.2
9
Arkansas
5.4
27
California
6.7
5
Colorado
5.7
19
Connecticut
4.3
41
Delaware
4.2
42
District
of Columbia
6.4
(X)
Florida
5.5
23
Georgia
5.1
30
Hawaii
4.2
42
Idaho
5.8
17
Illinois
6.5
7
Indiana
5.1
30
Iowa
4.0
46
Kansas
5.1
30
Kentucky
5.6
22
Louisiana
6.1
11
Maine
4.4
38
Maryland
4.4
38
Massachusetts
5.3
29
Michigan
6.2
10
Minnesota
4.4
38
Mississippi
6.8
4
Missouri
5.5
23
Montana
4.6
36
Nebraska
3.6
49
Nevada
5.5
23
New
Hampshire
4.7
35
New
Jersey
5.8
17
New
Mexico
5.4
27
New
York
6.1
11
North
Carolina
6.7
5
North
Dakota
4.0
46
Ohio
5.7
19
Oklahoma
4.5
37
Oregon
7.5
2
Pennsylvania
5.7
21
Rhode
Island
5.1
30
South
Carolina
6.0
15
South
Dakota
3.1
50
Tennessee
5.1
30
Texas
6.3
8
Utah
6.1
11
Vermont
3.7
48
Virginia
4.1
45
Washington
7.3
3
West
Virginia
6.1
11
Wisconsin
5.5
23
Wyoming
4.2
42
X Not applicable
\1 Percent unemployed of the civilian labor force.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
See Table 592, 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States.
