State Unemployment Rate
Previous Year Unemployment Rate
Current Year
Alabama 7.2 6.8
Alaska 7.0 6.9
Arizona 7.7 6.8
Arkansas 7.2 6.0
California 8.9 7.5
Colorado 6.9 5.0
Connecticut 7.8 6.6
Delaware 6.7 5.7
District of Columbia 8.5 7.8
Florida 7.2 6.3
Georgia 8.2 7.1
Hawaii 4.9 4.4
Idaho 6.1 4.8
Illinois 9.0 7.1
Indiana 7.7 6.0
Iowa 4.7 4.2
Kansas 5.3 4.5
Kentucky 8.0 6.5
Louisiana 6.7 6.4
Maine 6.6 5.6
Maryland 6.6 5.8
Massachusetts 6.7 5.7
Michigan 8.8 7.2
Minnesota 5.0 4.2
Mississippi 8.5 7.5
Missouri 6.7 6.1
Montana 5.4 4.7
Nebraska 3.8 3.3
Nevada 9.6 7.9
New Hampshire 5.1 4.3
New Jersey 8.2 6.8
New Mexico 6.9 6.7
New York 7.7 6.3
North Carolina 8.0 6.3
North Dakota 2.9 2.7
Ohio 7.5 5.8
Oklahoma 5.3 4.5
Oregon 7.9 6.8
Pennsylvania 7.4 5.9
Rhode Island 9.3 7.7
South Carolina 7.6 6.5
South Dakota 3.8 3.4
Tennessee 7.8 6.6
Texas 6.3 5.1
Utah 4.6 3.8
Vermont 4.4 3.9
Virginia 5.7 5.2
Washington 7.0 6.1
West Virginia 6.8 6.6
Wisconsin 6.7 5.4
Wyoming 4.7 4.1
To compare unemployment rates for the previous year with unemployment rates for the current year, compute the first quartile, the median, and the third quartile for the previous year unemployment data and the current year unemployment data. Please round the answers to decimal place.
Previous Year Current Year
First Quartile