CNNMoney.com
Companies Economy International Corrections Pre-market Trading After-hours Trading Winners/Losers/Actives Bonds Currencies Commodities World Markets Money Magazine Real Estate Mutual Funds Taxes Ask the Expert Money 101 Autos Loan Center Best Places to Live Ask the Expert Millionaires in the Making Ultimate Guide to Retirement Retirement Calculators Best Funds Ask the Mole Best Places to Retire Personal Tech Big Tech Blog Techland Blog Sectors and Stocks Fortune 500 Techs Tech Talk 100 Best Places to Launch Ultimate Resource Guide Small Biz Makeovers FSB 100 Ask & Answer Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Main Create Portfolio Edit Portfolio Create Alerts Edit Alerts
Unemployment state by state
See where your state ranks.
The unemployment rates below are for September and were released on October 21, 2008.

State unemployment, September 2008 «click column headings to re-sort table»
Rank State Rate
1 SOUTH DAKOTA 3.3
1 WYOMING 3.3
3 NORTH DAKOTA 3.4
4 UTAH 3.5
5 NEBRASKA 3.6
6 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4.1
7 OKLAHOMA 4.3
8 IOWA 4.4
8 NEW MEXICO 4.4
8 VIRGINIA 4.4
11 HAWAII 4.5
12 WEST VIRGINIA 4.7
13 MONTANA 4.8
14 KANSAS 4.9
15 MARYLAND 5
16 WISCONSIN 5.1
17 VERMONT 5.2
18 IDAHO 5.3
19 ARKANSAS 5.4
19 DELAWARE 5.4
21 LOUISIANA 5.5
21 MASSACHUSETTS 5.5
23 ALABAMA 5.6
23 TEXAS 5.6
25 COLORADO 5.7
25 MAINE 5.7
25 NEW YORK 5.7
28 PENNSYLVANIA 5.8
29 MINNESOTA 6
29 NEW JERSEY 6
31 ARIZONA 6.1
32 WASHINGTON 6.3
33 INDIANA 6.4
34 CONNECTICUT 6.5
34 MISSOURI 6.5
36 KENTUCKY 6.8
37 FLORIDA 7
37 GEORGIA 7
37 NORTH CAROLINA 7
37 TENNESSEE 7
41 MISSISSIPPI 7.2
42 ILLINOIS 7.3
42 OHIO 7.3
42 OREGON 7.3
45 ALASKA 7.4
45 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 7.4
47 NEVADA 7.6
48 SOUTH CAROLINA 8
49 CALIFORNIA 8.2
50 MICHIGAN 9.3
50 RHODE ISLAND 9.3
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
NOTE: Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force. Data refer to place of residence. Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.

© 2008 Cable News Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you. Privacy Policy
Live Quotes automatically refresh, but individual equities are delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Market indexes are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET.
* : Time reflects local markets trading time. † - Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Disclaimer
Copyright © 2008 BigCharts.com Inc. All rights reserved. Please see our Terms of Use.
MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo, and BigCharts are registered trademarks of MarketWatch, Inc.
Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real-Time Services and subject to the Terms of Use.
Intraday data is at least 20-minutes delayed. All times are ET.
Historical, current end-of-day data, and splits data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data.
Fundamental data provided by Morningstar, Inc..
SEC Filings data provided by Edgar Online Inc..
Earnings data provided by FactSet CallStreet, LLC.
Home | Contact Us | Advertise with Us | Corrections | Career Opportunities | Press Center | Site Map
RSS | Email Delivery | Portfolio | Podcasts | Mobile | Widgets | User Preferences | Special Sections
| Magazine Customer Service | Download Fortune Lists | Reprints | Conferences | Business Leader Council
[an error occurred while processing this directive]