"Labor Market Information (LMI) is an applied science; it is the systematic collection and analysis of data which describes and predicts the relationship between labor demand and supply." The States' Labor Market Information Review, ICESA, 1995, p. 7.
by: Tiffany Horn, Survey Technician
| State | Unemployment Rate | 
| New York | 6.6 | 
| Puerto Rico | 5.7 | 
| District of Columbia | 5.4 | 
| Nevada | 5.1 | 
| Illinois | 4.8 | 
| New Mexico | 4.7 | 
| Pennsylvania | 4.7 | 
| Delaware | 4.6 | 
| Louisiana | 4.5 | 
| Mississippi | 4.4 | 
| Ohio | 4.4 | 
| Alaska | 4.3 | 
| Connecticut | 4.3 | 
| Michigan | 4.3 | 
| Texas | 4.3 | 
| Askansas | 4.2 | 
| Kentucky | 4.2 | 
| Maryland | 4.2 | 
| West Virginia | 4.2 | 
| Arizona | 4.0 | 
| Tennessee | 4.0 | 
| California | 3.9 | 
| Oregon | 3.9 | 
| Hawaii | 3.8 | 
| United States | 3.8 | 
| New Jersey | 3.7 | 
| North Carolina | 3.7 | 
| Washington | 3.6 | 
| Indiana | 3.5 | 
| Massachusetts | 3.5 | 
| Kansas | 3.4 | 
| Oklahoma | 3.4 | 
| Colorado | 3.3 | 
| Wisconsin | 3.3 | 
| Alabama | 3.2 | 
| South Carolina | 3.2 | 
| Rhode Island | 3.0 | 
| Wyoming | 3.0 | 
| Georgia | 2.9 | 
| Missouri | 2.9 | 
| Virginia | 2.9 | 
| Florida | 2.8 | 
| Idaho | 2.7 | 
| Iowa | 2.7 | 
| Maine | 2.7 | 
| Montana | 2.7 | 
| Nebraska | 2.5 | 
| North Dakota | 2.2 | 
| Minnesota | 2.1 | 
| South Dakota | 2.1 | 
| Utah | 2.1 | 
| Vermont | 2.1 | 
| New Hampshire | 1.9 | 
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