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.
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