Unemployment Rates for May, 2009

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Unemployment Rate Changes from May 2008 to May 2009, seasonally adjusted, by State *
State	May 2008 UI Rate	May 2009 UI Rate	Change
ALABAMA	4.7	9.8	5.1
ALASKA	6.6	8.4	1.8
ARIZONA	5.2	8.2	3
ARKANSAS	4.9	7	2.1
CALIFORNIA	6.8	11.5	4.7
COLORADO	4.7	7.6	2.9
CONNECTICUT	5.4	8	2.6
DELAWARE	4.4	8.1	3.7
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	6.6	10.7	4.1
FLORIDA	5.8	10.2	4.4
GEORGIA	5.9	9.7	3.8
HAWAII	3.6	7.4	3.8
IDAHO	4.5	7.8	3.3
ILLINOIS	6.4	10.1	3.7
INDIANA	5.3	10.6	5.3
IOWA	4	5.8	1.8
KANSAS	4.3	7	2.7
KENTUCKY	6.2	10.6	4.4
LOUISIANA	4.1	6.6	2.5
MAINE	5.1	8.3	3.2
MARYLAND	4.1	7.2	3.1
MASSACHUSETTS	4.9	8.2	3.3
MICHIGAN	8.2	14.1	5.9
MINNESOTA	5.3	8.2	2.9
MISSISSIPPI	6.8	9.6	2.8
MISSOURI	5.8	9	3.2
MONTANA	4.3	6.3	2
NEBRASKA	3.2	4.4	1.2
NEVADA	6.1	11.3	5.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE	3.7	6.5	2.8
NEW JERSEY	5.1	8.8	3.7
NEW MEXICO	4	6.5	2.5
NEW YORK	5.2	8.2	3
NORTH CAROLINA	5.9	11.1	5.2
NORTH DAKOTA	3.1	4.4	1.3
OHIO	6.3	10.8	4.5
OKLAHOMA	3.6	6.3	2.7
OREGON	5.7	12.4	6.7
PENNSYLVANIA	5.1	8.2	3.1
RHODE ISLAND	7.4	12.1	4.7
SOUTH CAROLINA	6.3	12.1	5.8
SOUTH DAKOTA	2.9	5	2.1
TENNESSEE	6.2	10.7	4.5
TEXAS	4.7	7.1	2.4
UTAH	3.3	5.4	2.1
VERMONT	4.5	7.3	2.8
VIRGINIA	3.8	7.1	3.3
WASHINGTON	5.1	9.4	4.3
WEST VIRGINIA	4.3	8.6	4.3
WISCONSIN	4.4	8.9	4.5
WYOMING	3	5	2
*Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics