Unemployed Persons

States, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted


The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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    Jan 1976    
 
 
    Dec 2025
Persons
Name Dec 2025 Nov 2025 Dec 2024
Alabama
64,150 65,264 78,478
Alaska
17,656 17,423 17,003
Arizona
167,230 165,401 144,483
Arkansas
60,987 59,366 50,450
California
1,096,058 1,104,858 1,075,477
Colorado
123,798 125,769 150,190
Connecticut
80,351 77,196 62,473
Delaware
26,621 25,429 18,278
District of Columbia
27,866 27,194 22,051
Florida
486,118 465,512 385,000
Georgia
192,721 189,555 196,503
Hawaii
15,188 15,316 20,686
Idaho
36,883 37,010 38,336
Illinois
301,823 288,515 328,379
Indiana
123,873 128,209 154,563
Iowa
61,376 61,774 56,339
Kansas
59,742 59,278 59,082
Kentucky
95,327 98,523 112,600
Louisiana
88,396 88,663 95,589
Maine
22,672 22,629 24,335
Maryland
136,376 135,323 100,559
Massachusetts
188,782 187,362 161,981
Michigan
252,045 252,047 262,149
Minnesota
131,525 126,005 93,498
Mississippi
48,082 48,909 46,130
Missouri
126,420 128,876 113,995
Montana
19,486 18,839 16,954
Nebraska
33,085 32,424 30,800
Nevada
88,569 88,656 95,750
New Hampshire
23,965 23,616 21,665
New Jersey
264,686 267,174 225,301
New Mexico
42,663 41,625 42,885
New York
457,838 450,342 434,925
North Carolina
204,751 204,068 196,208
North Dakota
11,382 11,294 10,864
Ohio
264,505 269,550 264,756
Oklahoma
73,425 69,954 65,297
Oregon
116,797 116,820 93,893
Pennsylvania
277,617 277,114 241,859
Rhode Island
25,568 25,186 26,772
South Carolina
124,807 120,585 112,637
South Dakota
10,596 10,242 9,124
Tennessee
125,705 125,679 128,127
Texas
680,422 674,052 654,467
Utah
67,256 66,049 60,110
Vermont
9,019 8,983 9,058
Virginia
163,222 160,064 134,830
Washington
192,851 186,157 178,069
West Virginia
35,777 34,377 31,898
Wisconsin
97,555 95,133 98,667
Wyoming
9,914 9,724 10,559
   

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