Unemployment!by!State:!May!‘09!compared!to!April!’09!and!to!start!of!recession! (Boldface!indicates!state!unemployment!rates!higher!than!the!national!rate)!
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UNITED STATES! Alabama! Alaska! Arizona! Arkansas! California! Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
Dec!07!
4.9%! 3.8%! 6.3%! 4.3%! 4.9%! 5.9%! 4.1% 4.9% 3.8% 5.8% 4.8% 5.1% 3.1% 3.6% 5.6% 4.5% 3.8% 4.1% 5.5% 3.9% 4.7% 3.6% 4.5% 7.3% 4.8% 6.1%
Apr!09!**!
8.9% 9.0%
May!09!
9.4%! 9.8%! 8.4%! 8.2%! 7.0%! 11.5%! 7.6%! 8.0%! 8.1%! 10.7%! 10.2%! 9.7%! 7.4%! 7.8%! 10.1%! 10.6%! 5.8%! 7.0%! 10.6%! 6.6%! 8.3%! 7.2%! 8.2%! 14.1%! 8.2%! 9.6%!
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Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire! New Jersey! New Mexico! New York North Carolina! North Dakota! Ohio Oklahoma! Oregon Pennsylvania! Rhode Island! South Carolina! South Dakota! Tennessee! Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington! West Virginia! Wisconsin! Wyoming
Dec!07!
5.3% 3.8% 2.7% 5.2% 3.5% 4.5% 3.6% 4.6% 5.0% 3.1% 5.8% 3.6% 5.3% 4.6% 6.0% 5.8% 2.7% 5.3% 4.4% 3.0% 4.0% 3.3% 4.6% 4.3% 4.5% 2.9%
Apr!09!
8.1% 6.0% 4.5% 10.6% 6.3% 8.4% 5.8% 7.7% 10.7% 4.1% 10.2% 6.2% 11.8% 7.8% 11.1% 11.4% 4.8% 9.9% 6.6% 5.2% 7.3% 6.8% 9.0% 7.7% 8.6% 4.5%
May!09!
9.0%! 6.3%! 4.4%! 11.3%! 6.5%! 8.8%! 6.5%! 8.2%! 11.1%! 4.4%! 10.8%! 6.3%! 12.4%! 8.2%! 12.1%! 12.1%! 5.0%! 10.7%! 7.1%! 5.4%! 7.3%! 7.1%! 9.4%! 8.6%! 8.9%! 5.0%!
7.9%!
7.7% 6.5% 11.1% 7.4% 7.9% 7.4% 9.9% 9.7% 9.2% 6.9% 7.0% 9.4% 9.9% 5.1% 6.5% 9.9% 6.2% 7.9% 6.8% 8.0% 12.9% 8.0% 9.1%
Source:!Bureau!of!Labor!Statistics! **!April!data!as!revised!on!June!19,!2009! For!further!information,!contact!the!Economic!Policy!Institute!Media!Relations!Department:202"775"8810!or!news@epi.org!! !