Official unemployment rate
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"","Official unemployment rate[1]"
"National","5%"
"Alabama","3.5%"
"Alaska","6.2%"
"Arizona","3.8%"
"Arkansas","5.4%"
"California","5.4%"
"Colorado","3.8%"
"Connecticut","4.6%"
"Delaware","3.4%"
"District of Columbia","5.7%"
"Florida","4.0%"
"Georgia","4.4%"
"Hawaii","2.6%"
"Idaho","2.7%"
"Illinois","5.0%"
"Indiana","4.5%"
"Iowa","3.8%"
"Kansas","4.1%"
"Kentucky","5.5%"
"Louisiana","3.8%"
"Maine","4.7%"
"Maryland","3.6%"
"Massachusetts","4.5%"
"Michigan","7.2%"
"Minnesota","4.6%"
"Mississippi","6.3%"
"Missouri","5.0%"
"Montana","3.1%"
"Nebraska","3.0%"
"Nevada","4.8%"
"New Hampshire","3.6%"
"New Jersey","4.2%"
"New Mexico","3.5%"
"New York","4.5%"
"North Carolina","4.7%"
"North Dakota","3.2%"
"Ohio","5.6%"
"Oklahoma","4.3%"
"Oregon","5.2%"
"Pennsylvania","4.4%"
"Rhode Island","5.0%"
"South Carolina","5.9%"
"South Dakota","3.0%"
"Tennessee","4.7%"
"Texas","4.3%"
"Utah","2.7%"
"Vermont","3.9%"
"Virginia","3.0%"
"Washington","4.5%"
"West Virginia","4.6%"
"Wisconsin","4.9%"
"Wyoming","3.0%"
NOTES AND SOURCES
"1. Figure reflects the percent of people age 16 and above who do not have a job but are available for and actively seeking work.U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, ""Unemployment Rates for States, Annual Average Rankings, 2007,"" http://www.bls.gov/lau/lastrk07.htm (accessed March 14, 2008)."