Employment - Unemployment rate
(2021 - 2022)
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| Name | Average Annual Unemployment Rate (previous year)
Rank | Average Annual Unemployment Rate (previous year) | Monthly Unemployment Rate March 2022 |
| California | 1 | 7.3 | 4.2 |
| Nevada | 2 | 7.2 | 4.4 |
| New York | 3 | 6.9 | 4.7 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 6.8 | 4.6 |
| Alaska | 5 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | 6.3 | 4.6 |
| New Jersey | 7 | 6.3 | 4.1 |
| Connecticut | 8 | 6.3 | 4.3 |
| Illinois | 9 | 6.1 | 4.7 |
| Michigan | 10 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
| Maryland | 11 | 5.8 | 4.3 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | 5.7 | 3.8 |
| Hawaii | 13 | 5.7 | 3.5 |
| Texas | 14 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| Mississippi | 15 | 5.6 | 3.5 |
| Rhode Island | 16 | 5.6 | 3.0 |
| Louisiana | 17 | 5.5 | 3.8 |
| Colorado | 18 | 5.4 | 3.5 |
| Delaware | 19 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| Washington | 20 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| Oregon | 21 | 5.2 | 4.0 |
| Ohio | 22 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| West Virginia | 23 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Arizona | 24 | 4.9 | 2.8 |
| North Carolina | 25 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| Kentucky | 26 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| Florida | 27 | 4.6 | 2.7 |
| Maine | 28 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| Wyoming | 29 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| Missouri | 30 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Tennessee | 31 | 4.3 | 3.0 |
| Iowa | 32 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| South Carolina | 33 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
| Arkansas | 34 | 4.0 | 3.2 |
| Virginia | 35 | 3.9 | 2.7 |
| Georgia | 36 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| Oklahoma | 37 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| Wisconsin | 38 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| North Dakota | 39 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| Idaho | 40 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| Indiana | 41 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
| New Hampshire | 42 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| Montana | 43 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| Alabama | 44 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| Minnesota | 45 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| Vermont | 46 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
| Kansas | 47 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| South Dakota | 48 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| Utah | 49 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Nebraska | 50 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
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