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 |