Unemployment Rates for States under the Trump/Republican Administration
From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
| Unemployment Rates for States, Seasonally Adjusted | ||
| State | August 2018(p) | Rank |
| rate | ||
| Hawaii | 2.1 | 1 |
| Iowa | 2.5 | 2 |
| North Dakota | 2.6 | 3 |
| New Hampshire | 2.7 | 4 |
| Idaho | 2.8 | 5 |
| Nebraska | 2.8 | 5 |
| Vermont | 2.8 | 5 |
| Colorado | 2.9 | 8 |
| Minnesota | 2.9 | 8 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 10 |
| Virginia | 3 | 10 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 10 |
| Utah | 3.1 | 13 |
| Maine | 3.2 | 14 |
| Kansas | 3.3 | 15 |
| Missouri | 3.3 | 15 |
| South Carolina | 3.4 | 17 |
| Indiana | 3.5 | 18 |
| Arkansas | 3.6 | 19 |
| Massachusetts | 3.6 | 19 |
| Montana | 3.6 | 19 |
| Tennessee | 3.6 | 19 |
| Florida | 3.7 | 23 |
| Oklahoma | 3.7 | 23 |
| Georgia | 3.8 | 25 |
| Oregon | 3.8 | 25 |
| Delaware | 3.9 | 27 |
| North Carolina | 3.9 | 27 |
| Texas | 3.9 | 27 |
| Wyoming | 3.9 | 27 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 31 |
| Alabama | 4.1 | 32 |
| Illinois | 4.1 | 32 |
| Michigan | 4.1 | 32 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.1 | 32 |
| California | 4.2 | 36 |
| Maryland | 4.2 | 36 |
| New Jersey | 4.2 | 36 |
| New York | 4.2 | 36 |
| Connecticut | 4.3 | 40 |
| Kentucky | 4.4 | 41 |
| Nevada | 4.5 | 42 |
| Washington | 4.5 | 42 |
| Arizona | 4.6 | 44 |
| New Mexico | 4.6 | 44 |
| Ohio | 4.6 | 44 |
| Mississippi | 4.8 | 47 |
| Louisiana | 5 | 48 |
| West Virginia | 5.3 | 49 |
| District of Columbia | 5.6 | 50 |
| Alaska | 6.7 | 51 |