State unemployment, October 2007
   
Rank State Rate
1 IDAHO 2.5
2 HAWAII 2.7
3 UTAH 2.8
4 SOUTH DAKOTA 2.9
4 WYOMING 2.9
6 ALABAMA 3.1
6 MONTANA 3.1
6 NEW MEXICO 3.1
6 VIRGINIA 3.1
10 NEBRASKA 3.2
10 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.2
12 LOUISIANA 3.3
13 DELAWARE 3.4
13 NORTH DAKOTA 3.4
15 ARIZONA 3.5
16 COLORADO 3.7
17 KANSAS 3.8
18 IOWA 3.9
19 MARYLAND 4
20 NEW JERSEY 4.1
20 TEXAS 4.1
22 FLORIDA 4.2
23 MASSACHUSETTS 4.3
23 VERMONT 4.3
25 OKLAHOMA 4.4
26 PENNSYLVANIA 4.5
27 INDIANA 4.6
27 NEW YORK 4.6
27 TENNESSEE 4.6
30 CONNECTICUT 4.7
30 GEORGIA 4.7
30 MINNESOTA 4.7
33 MAINE 4.8
33 NORTH CAROLINA 4.8
33 WASHINGTON 4.8
36 RHODE ISLAND 4.9
37 WEST VIRGINIA 5
38 NEVADA 5.2
38 WISCONSIN 5.2
40 ILLINOIS 5.3
41 OREGON 5.5
42 CALIFORNIA 5.6
42 KENTUCKY 5.6
42 MISSOURI 5.6
45 ARKANSAS 5.7
46 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5.8
46 SOUTH CAROLINA 5.8
48 OHIO 5.9
49 ALASKA 6.1
49 MISSISSIPPI 6.1
51 MICHIGAN 7.7

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics