
State Unemployment Rates, December 2011
      (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 
     
    
      
      
      
        | State | 
        Unemployment Rate | 
      
      
        | Puerto    Rico | 
        13.2 | 
      
      
        | Nevada | 
        12.4 | 
      
      
        | California | 
        10.9 | 
      
      
        | Rhode Island | 
        10.7 | 
      
      
        | District of Columbia | 
        10.2 | 
      
      
        | Mississippi | 
        9.9 | 
      
      
        | North Carolina | 
        9.8 | 
      
      
        | Florida | 
        9.7 | 
      
      
        | South Carolina | 
        9.5 | 
      
      
        | Georgia | 
        9.4 | 
      
      
        | Illinois | 
        9.3 | 
      
      
        | Michigan | 
        9 | 
      
      
        | Oregon | 
        8.9 | 
      
      
        | Arizona | 
        8.7 | 
      
      
        | Indiana | 
        8.7 | 
      
      
        | New Jersey | 
        8.7 | 
      
      
        | Kentucky | 
        8.6 | 
      
      
        | Washington | 
        8.6 | 
      
      
        | Idaho | 
        8.5 | 
      
      
        | United States | 
        8.3 | 
      
      
        | Tennessee | 
        8.1 | 
      
      
        | New York | 
        8 | 
      
      
        | Colorado | 
        7.9 | 
      
      
        | Alaska | 
        7.7 | 
      
      
        | Missouri | 
        7.7 | 
      
      
        | West Virginia | 
        7.7 | 
      
      
        | Connecticut | 
        7.6 | 
      
      
        | Ohio | 
        7.6 | 
      
      
        | Alabama | 
        7.5 | 
      
      
        | Arkansas | 
        7.4 | 
      
      
        | Pennsylvania | 
        7.2 | 
      
      
        | Texas | 
        7.2 | 
      
      
        | Delaware | 
        7.1 | 
      
      
        | Maine | 
        7 | 
      
      
        | Montana | 
        6.7 | 
      
      
        | Wisconsin | 
        6.6 | 
      
      
        | Maryland | 
        6.5 | 
      
      
        | Massachusetts | 
        6.5 | 
      
      
        | Louisiana | 
        6.4 | 
      
      
        | New Mexico | 
        6.4 | 
      
      
        | Hawaii | 
        6.2 | 
      
      
        | Virginia | 
        6.1 | 
      
      
        | Oklahoma | 
        6 | 
      
      
        | Kansas | 
        5.9 | 
      
      
        | Iowa | 
        5.8 | 
      
      
        | Minnesota | 
        5.7 | 
      
      
        | Wyoming | 
        5.7 | 
      
      
        | Utah | 
        5.6 | 
      
      
        | New Hampshire | 
        4.9 | 
      
      
        | Vermont | 
        4.9 | 
      
      
        | South Dakota | 
        4.4 | 
      
      
        | Nebraska | 
        4.1 | 
      
      
        | North    Dakota | 
        3.2 | 
      
    
     
  
  
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