So are we better off?
State unemployment, November 2008
Rank State Rate
6 ALABAMA 3.1
49 ALASKA 6.1
15 ARIZONA 3.5
45 ARKANSAS 5.7
42 CALIFORNIA 5.6
16 COLORADO 3.7
30 CONNECTICUT 4.7
13 DELAWARE 3.4
46 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5.8
22 FLORIDA 4.2
30 GEORGIA 4.7
2 HAWAII 2.7
1 IDAHO 2.5
40 ILLINOIS 5.3
27 INDIANA 4.6
18 IOWA 3.9
17 KANSAS 3.8
42 KENTUCKY 5.6
12 LOUISIANA 3.3
33 MAINE 4.8
19 MARYLAND 4.0
23 MASSACHUSETTS 4.3
51 MICHIGAN 7.7
30 MINNESOTA 4.7
49 MISSISSIPPI 6.1
42 MISSOURI 5.6
6 MONTANA 3.1
10 NEBRASKA 3.2
38 NEVADA 5.2
10 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.2
20 NEW JERSEY 4.1
6 NEW MEXICO 3.1
27 NEW YORK 4.6
33 NORTH CAROLINA 4.8
13 NORTH DAKOTA 3.4
48 OHIO 5.9
25 OKLAHOMA 4.4
41 OREGON 5.5
26 PENNSYLVANIA 4.5
36 RHODE ISLAND 4.9
46 SOUTH CAROLINA 5.8
4 SOUTH DAKOTA 2.9
27 TENNESSEE 4.6
20 TEXAS 4.1
3 UTAH 2.8
23 VERMONT 4.3
6 VIRGINIA 3.1
33 WASHINGTON 4.8
37 WEST VIRGINIA 5.0
38 WISCONSIN 5.2
4 WYOMING 2.9
Unemployment through May 09
1 NEBRASKA 4.4
1 NORTH DAKOTA 4.4
3 SOUTH DAKOTA 5.0
3 WYOMING 5.0
5 UTAH 5.4
6 IOWA 5.8
7 MONTANA 6.3
7 OKLAHOMA 6.3
9 NEW HAMPSHIRE 6.5
9 NEW MEXICO 6.5
11 LOUISIANA 6.6
12 ARKANSAS 7.0
12 KANSAS 7.0
14 TEXAS 7.1
14 VIRGINIA 7.1
16 MARYLAND 7.2
17 VERMONT 7.3
18 HAWAII 7.4
19 COLORADO 7.6
20 IDAHO 7.8
21 CONNECTICUT 8.0
22 DELAWARE 8.1
23 ARIZONA 8.2
23 MASSACHUSETTS 8.2
23 MINNESOTA 8.2
23 NEW YORK 8.2
23 PENNSYLVANIA 8.2
28 MAINE 8.3
29 ALASKA 8.4
30 WEST VIRGINIA 8.6
31 NEW JERSEY 8.8
32 WISCONSIN 8.9
33 MISSOURI 9.0
34 WASHINGTON 9.4
35 MISSISSIPPI 9.6
36 GEORGIA 9.7
37 ALABAMA 9.8
38 ILLINOIS 10.1
39 FLORIDA 10.2
40 INDIANA 10.6
40 KENTUCKY 10.6
42 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10.7
42 TENNESSEE 10.7
44 OHIO 10.8
45 NORTH CAROLINA 11.1
46 NEVADA 11.3
47 CALIFORNIA 11.5
48 RHODE ISLAND 12.1
48 SOUTH CAROLINA 12.1
50 OREGON 12.4
51 MICHIGAN 14.1
