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AUGUST, 2009
State-by-State Unemployment Rates

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Unemployment Rate Changes from August 2008 to August 2009, seasonally adjusted, by State *
State	August 2008 UI Rate	August 2009 UI Rate	Change
ALABAMA	5.2	10.4	5.2
ALASKA	6.7	8.3	1.6
ARIZONA	5.9	9.1	3.2
ARKANSAS	5.1	7.1	2
CALIFORNIA	7.6	12.2	4.6
COLORADO	4.9	7.3	2.4
CONNECTICUT	6.1	8.1	2
DELAWARE	5.1	8.1	3
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	7.2	11.1	3.9
FLORIDA	6.5	10.7	4.2
GEORGIA	6.4	10.2	3.8
HAWAII	4.2	7.2	3
IDAHO	5.2	8.9	3.7
ILLINOIS	6.7	10	3.3
INDIANA	6	9.9	3.9
IOWA	4.2	6.8	2.6
KANSAS	4.4	7.1	2.7
KENTUCKY	6.7	11.1	4.4
LOUISIANA	4.8	7.8	3
MAINE	5.4	8.6	3.2
MARYLAND	4.5	7.2	2.7
MASSACHUSETTS	5.4	9.1	3.7
MICHIGAN	8.6	15.2	6.6
MINNESOTA	5.4	8	2.6
MISSISSIPPI	7.3	9.5	2.2
MISSOURI	6.2	9.5	3.3
MONTANA	4.6	6.6	2
NEBRASKA	3.3	5	1.7
NEVADA	7	13.2	6.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE	3.9	6.9	3
NEW JERSEY	5.7	9.7	4
NEW MEXICO	4.3	7.5	3.2
NEW YORK	5.7	9	3.3
NORTH CAROLINA	6.6	10.8	4.2
NORTH DAKOTA	3.3	4.3	1
OHIO	6.7	10.8	4.1
OKLAHOMA	3.9	6.8	2.9
OREGON	6.5	12.2	5.7
PENNSYLVANIA	5.5	8.6	3.1
RHODE ISLAND	8.3	12.8	4.5
SOUTH CAROLINA	7.3	11.5	4.2
SOUTH DAKOTA	3.1	4.9	1.8
TENNESSEE	6.6	10.8	4.2
TEXAS	5	8	3
UTAH	3.4	6	2.6
VERMONT	4.7	6.8	2.1
VIRGINIA	4.1	6.5	2.4
WASHINGTON	5.4	9.2	3.8
WEST VIRGINIA	4.2	9	4.8
WISCONSIN	4.7	8.8	4.1
WYOMING	3.4	6.6	3.2
*Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics