List of U.S. states by unemployment rate

This is a list of the 2003 annual average unemployment rate per state. Data provided from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment [1].

Rank	State or District	Unemployment Rate
1	Oregon	8.2
2	Alaska	8.0
3	Washington	7.5
4	Michigan	7.3
5	District of Columbia	7.0
6	Texas	6.8
7	South Carolina	6.8
8	Illinois	6.7
9	California	6.7
10	Louisiana	6.6
11	North Carolina	6.5
12	New Mexico	6.4
13	New York	6.3
14	Mississippi	6.3
15	Kentucky	6.2
16	Arkansas	6.2
17	West Virginia	6.1
18	Ohio	6.1
19	Colorado	6.0
20	New Jersey	5.9
21	Tennessee	5.8
22	Massachusetts	5.8
23	Alabama	5.8
24	Oklahoma	5.7
25	Wisconsin	5.6
26	Utah	5.6
27	Pennsylvania	5.6
28	Missouri	5.6
29	Arizona	5.6
30	Connecticut	5.5
31	Kansas	5.4
32	Idaho	5.4
33	Rhode Island	5.3
34	Nevada	5.2
35	Maine	5.1
36	Indiana	5.1
37	Florida	5.1
38	Minnesota	5.0
39	Montana	4.7
40	Georgia	4.7
41	Vermont	4.6
42	Maryland	4.5
43	Iowa	4.5
44	Wyoming	4.4
45	Delaware	4.4
46	New Hampshire	4.3
47	Hawaii	4.3
48	Virginia	4.1
49	North Dakota	4.0
50	Nebraska	4.0
51	South Dakota	3.6

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