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State Unemployment Rates
October 2001
(Seasonally Adjusted)
| State | Unemployment Rate | Change in Percentage from October 2000 to October 2001 |
| Puerto Rico | 12.1 | 2.7 |
| Washington | 6.6 | 1.4 |
| Oregon | 6.5 | 1.8 |
| District of Columbia | 6.3 | 0.3 |
| Nevada | 6.3 | 2 |
| Alaska | 6 | -0.3 |
| New Mexico | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| California | 5.7 | 0.8 |
| Louisiana | 5.6 | -0.1 |
| Illinois | 5.5 | 1.2 |
| North Carolina | 5.5 | 1.6 |
| South Carolina | 5.5 | 2.3 |
| Mississippi | 5.4 | 0 |
| United States | 5.4 | 1.5 |
| Alabama | 5.3 | 0.7 |
| Hawaii | 5.3 | 1.2 |
| Michigan | 5.3 | 1.6 |
| Arizona | 5.2 | 1.4 |
| Texas | 5.2 | 1.2 |
| Kentucky | 5.1 | 1 |
| New York | 5 | 0.5 |
| Florida | 4.9 | 1.3 |
| Idaho | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.9 | 0.6 |
| Indiana | 4.8 | 2 |
| New Jersey | 4.8 | 1 |
| Missouri | 4.5 | 0.8 |
| Montana | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| Tennessee | 4.5 | 0.4 |
| Wisconsin | 4.5 | 1.2 |
| Maryland | 4.4 | 0.5 |
| Ohio | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| West Virginia | 4.4 | -1.1 |
| Arkansas | 4.3 | 0.8 |
| Maine | 4.3 | 1.2 |
| Colorado | 4.2 | 1.5 |
| Massachusetts | 4.2 | 1.8 |
| Utah | 4.2 | 1 |
| Georgia | 4.1 | 0.6 |
| Rhode Island | 4.1 | 0.4 |
| Kansas | 4 | 0.2 |
| New Hampshire | 3.8 | 1.4 |
| Wyoming | 3.8 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 3.7 | 0.5 |
| Oklahoma | 3.7 | 0.8 |
| Virginia | 3.6 | 1.4 |
| Iowa | 3.4 | 0.9 |
| Connecticut | 3.2 | 1.2 |
| Vermont | 3.2 | 0.4 |
| South Dakota | 3.1 | 0.8 |
| Delaware | 3 | -0.9 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 0.1 |
| North Dakota | 2 | -0.6 |
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