Employment - Unemployment rate
(2019 - 2020)
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| Name | Average Annual Unemployment Rate (previous year)
Rank | Average Annual Unemployment Rate (previous year) | Monthly Unemployment Rate August 2020 |
| Alaska | 1 | 6.1 | 6.4 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 5.4 | 7.9 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 4.9 | 11.5 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 4.9 | 8.8 |
| Louisiana | 5 | 4.8 | 8.0 |
| Arizona | 6 | 4.7 | 6.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | 4.4 | 10.6 |
| Washington | 8 | 4.3 | 8.3 |
| Kentucky | 9 | 4.3 | 7.3 |
| Ohio | 10 | 4.1 | 8.8 |
| Michigan | 11 | 4.1 | 8.9 |
| Illinois | 12 | 4.0 | 11.1 |
| New York | 13 | 4.0 | 12.5 |
| California | 14 | 4.0 | 11.3 |
| North Carolina | 15 | 3.9 | 6.8 |
| Nevada | 16 | 3.9 | 13.3 |
| Delaware | 17 | 3.8 | 9.1 |
| Oregon | 18 | 3.7 | 8.5 |
| Connecticut | 19 | 3.7 | 8.2 |
| Wyoming | 20 | 3.6 | 6.1 |
| Rhode Island | 21 | 3.6 | 13.0 |
| New Jersey | 22 | 3.6 | 11.1 |
| Maryland | 23 | 3.6 | 7.2 |
| Montana | 24 | 3.5 | 5.3 |
| Texas | 25 | 3.5 | 7.0 |
| Arkansas | 26 | 3.5 | 7.4 |
| Tennessee | 27 | 3.4 | 8.6 |
| Georgia | 28 | 3.4 | 6.0 |
| Indiana | 29 | 3.3 | 6.5 |
| Missouri | 30 | 3.3 | 7.1 |
| Oklahoma | 31 | 3.3 | 5.7 |
| South Dakota | 32 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| Wisconsin | 33 | 3.3 | 6.1 |
| Minnesota | 34 | 3.2 | 7.1 |
| Kansas | 35 | 3.2 | 7.1 |
| Florida | 36 | 3.1 | 7.6 |
| Alabama | 37 | 3.0 | 5.7 |
| Maine | 38 | 3.0 | 6.2 |
| Nebraska | 39 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
| Massachusetts | 40 | 2.9 | 11.2 |
| Idaho | 41 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| Virginia | 42 | 2.8 | 6.3 |
| Colorado | 43 | 2.8 | 6.6 |
| South Carolina | 44 | 2.8 | 6.7 |
| Iowa | 45 | 2.7 | 6.2 |
| Hawaii | 46 | 2.7 | 12.9 |
| Utah | 47 | 2.6 | 4.2 |
| New Hampshire | 48 | 2.5 | 6.4 |
| North Dakota | 49 | 2.4 | 4.8 |
| Vermont | 50 | 2.4 | 4.6 |
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