State Unemployment Rates, March 2012 
      (Seasonally Adjusted)
    
    
  
  
  
    | State | 
    Rate | 
  
  
  
    | Puerto Rico | 
    15.0 | 
  
  
    | Nevada | 
    12.0 | 
  
  
    | Rhode Island | 
    11.1 | 
  
  
    | California | 
    11.0 | 
  
  
    | District of Columbia | 
    9.8 | 
  
  
    | North Carolina | 
    9.7 | 
  
  
    | New Jersey | 
    9.0 | 
  
  
    | Mississippi | 
    9.0 | 
  
  
    | Georgia | 
    9.0 | 
  
  
    | Florida | 
    9.0 | 
  
  
    | South Carolina | 
    8.9 | 
  
  
    | Illinois | 
    8.8 | 
  
  
    | Oregon | 
    8.6 | 
  
  
    | Kentucky | 
    8.6 | 
  
  
    | Arizona | 
    8.6 | 
  
  
    | New York | 
    8.5 | 
  
  
    | Michigan | 
    8.5 | 
  
  
    | Washington | 
    8.3 | 
  
  
    | United States | 
    8.2 | 
  
  
    | Indiana | 
    8.2 | 
  
  
    | Tennessee | 
    7.9 | 
  
  
    | Idaho | 
    7.9 | 
  
  
    | Colorado | 
    7.8 | 
  
  
    | Connecticut | 
    7.7 | 
  
  
    | Pennsylvania | 
    7.5 | 
  
  
    | Ohio | 
    7.5 | 
  
  
    | Missouri | 
    7.4 | 
  
  
    | Arkansas | 
    7.4 | 
  
  
    | Alabama | 
    7.3 | 
  
  
    | New Mexico | 
    7.2 | 
  
  
    | Maine | 
    7.2 | 
  
  
    | Louisiana | 
    7.1 | 
  
  
    | Texas | 
    7.0 | 
  
  
    | Alaska | 
    7.0 | 
  
  
    | West Virginia | 
    6.9 | 
  
  
    | Delaware | 
    6.9 | 
  
  
    | Wisconsin | 
    6.8 | 
  
  
    | Maryland | 
    6.6 | 
  
  
    | Massachusetts | 
    6.5 | 
  
  
    | Hawaii | 
    6.4 | 
  
  
    | Montana | 
    6.2 | 
  
  
    | Kansas | 
    6.2 | 
  
  
    | Utah | 
    5.8 | 
  
  
    | Minnesota | 
    5.8 | 
  
  
    | Virginia | 
    5.6 | 
  
  
    | Oklahoma | 
    5.4 | 
  
  
    | Wyoming | 
    5.3 | 
  
  
    | New Hampshire | 
    5.2 | 
  
  
    | Iowa | 
    5.2 | 
  
  
    | Vermont | 
    4.8 | 
  
  
    | South Dakota | 
    4.3 | 
  
  
    | Nebraska | 
    4.0 | 
  
  
    | North Dakota | 
    3.0 | 
  
 
  
  
    Last modified 
      
by Phil Ellsworth.