NASWA - American Recovery and Investment Act

State	Jan. 2008 UI Rate	Jan. 2009 UI Rate	Change
Unemployment Rate Changes from January 2008 to January 2009, seasonally adjusted, by State *
ALABAMA	3.9	7.8	3.9
ALASKA	6.4	7.9	1.5
ARIZONA	4.4	7	2.6
ARKANSAS	4.8	6.4	1.6
CALIFORNIA	6.1	10.1	4
COLORADO	4.3	6.6	2.3
CONNECTICUT	5	7.3	2.3
DELAWARE	3.9	6.7	2.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	5.9	9.3	3.4
FLORIDA	5	8.6	3.6
GEORGIA	5.2	8.6	3.4
HAWAII	3	6.1	3.1
IDAHO	3.7	6.6	2.9
ILLINOIS	5.8	7.9	2.1
INDIANA	4.8	9.2	4.4
IOWA	3.9	4.8	0.9
KANSAS	3.9	5.8	1.9
KENTUCKY	5.5	8.7	3.2
LOUISIANA	3.8	5.1	1.3
MAINE	4.8	7.8	3
MARYLAND	3.6	6.2	2.6
MASSACHUSETTS	4.6	7.4	2.8
MICHIGAN	7.3	11.6	4.3
MINNESOTA	4.8	7.6	2.8
MISSISSIPPI	6	8.7	2.7
MISSOURI	5.5	8	2.5
MONTANA	3.9	5.6	1.7
NEBRASKA	3	4.3	1.3
NEVADA	5.3	9.4	4.1
NEW HAMPSHIRE	3.5	5.1	1.6
NEW JERSEY	4.6	7.3	2.7
NEW MEXICO	3.7	5.1	1.4
NEW YORK	4.7	7	2.3
NORTH CAROLINA	5	9.7	4.7
NORTH DAKOTA	3	4.2	1.2
OHIO	5.7	8.8	3.1
OKLAHOMA	3.3	5	1.7
OREGON	5.3	9.9	4.6
PENNSYLVANIA	4.6	7	2.4
RHODE ISLAND	6.3	10.3	4
SOUTH CAROLINA	5.7	10.4	4.7
SOUTH DAKOTA	2.7	4.4	1.7
TENNESSEE	5.3	8.6	3.3
TEXAS	4.4	6.4	2
UTAH	3.2	4.6	1.4
VERMONT	4.3	6.8	2.5
VIRGINIA	3.4	6	2.6
WASHINGTON	4.6	7.8	3.2
WEST VIRGINIA	4.1	5.3	1.2
WISCONSIN	4.4	6.9	2.5
WYOMING	2.7	3.7	1
*Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics