State Unemployment Rates for August 2009 (Seasonally Adjusted)
| State Unemployment Rates | |
| August 2009 | |
| (Seasonally Adjusted) | |
| Unemp. | |
| State | Rate |
| Michigan | 15.2 |
| Puerto Rico | 15.1 |
| Nevada | 13.2 |
| Rhode Island | 12.8 |
| California | 12.2 |
| Oregon | 12.2 |
| South Carolina | 11.5 |
| District of Columbia | 11.1 |
| Kentucky | 11.1 |
| North Carolina | 10.8 |
| Ohio | 10.8 |
| Tennessee | 10.8 |
| Florida | 10.7 |
| Alabama | 10.4 |
| Georgia | 10.2 |
| Illinois | 10.0 |
| Indiana | 9.9 |
| New Jersey | 9.7 |
| United States | 9.7 |
| Mississippi | 9.5 |
| Missouri | 9.5 |
| Washington | 9.2 |
| Arizona | 9.1 |
| Massachusetts | 9.1 |
| New York | 9.0 |
| West Virginia | 9.0 |
| Idaho | 8.9 |
| Wisconsin | 8.8 |
| Maine | 8.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 8.6 |
| Alaska | 8.3 |
| Connecticut | 8.1 |
| Delaware | 8.1 |
| Minnesota | 8.0 |
| Texas | 8.0 |
| Louisiana | 7.8 |
| New Mexico | 7.5 |
| Colorado | 7.3 |
| Hawaii | 7.2 |
| Maryland | 7.2 |
| Arkansas | 7.1 |
| Kansas | 7.1 |
| New Hampshire | 6.9 |
| Iowa | 6.8 |
| Oklahoma | 6.8 |
| Vermont | 6.8 |
| Montana | 6.6 |
| Wyoming | 6.6 |
| Virginia | 6.5 |
| Utah | 6.0 |
| Nebraska | 5.0 |
| South Dakota | 4.9 |
| North Dakota | 4.3 |