Unemployment Rates by State:
May 2011
(Seasonally adjusted, percent)
| May | March | April | May | ||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | RANK | |
| North Dakota | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 6.1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3 |
| South Dakota | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 7.1 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5 |
| Vermont | 6.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6 |
| Hawaii | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 7 |
| Iowa | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7 |
| Virginia | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 7 |
| Wyoming | 7.1 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7 |
| Kansas | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 11 |
| Minnesota | 7.4 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 11 |
| Maryland | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 13 |
| New Mexico | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 14 |
| Montana | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 15 |
| Utah | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 15 |
| Alaska | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 17 |
| Pennsylvania | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 17 |
| Wisconsin | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 17 |
| Massachusetts | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 20 |
| Maine | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 21 |
| Arkansas | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 22 |
| New York | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 23 |
| Delaware | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 24 |
| Texas | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 24 |
| Indiana | 10.4 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 26 |
| Louisiana | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 26 |
| Ohio | 10.2 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 28 |
| West Virginia | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 28 |
| Colorado | 8.9 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 30 |
| Illinois | 10.5 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 31 |
| Missouri | 9.5 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 31 |
| Arizona | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 33 |
| Connecticut | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 33 |
| Washington | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 33 |
| Oregon | 10.9 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 36 |
| Idaho | 9.2 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 37 |
| New Jersey | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 37 |
| Alabama | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 39 |
| North Carolina | 10.8 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 40 |
| Tennessee | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 40 |
| Georgia | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 42 |
| Kentucky | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 42 |
| South Carolina | 11.2 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 44 |
| Michigan | 12.8 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 45 |
| Mississippi | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 45 |
| Florida | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 47 |
| Rhode Island | 11.7 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 48 |
| California | 12.4 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 49 |
| Nevada | 14.9 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 50 |
(Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics)