Unemployment Rates: State by State

Remember kiddies to double these numbers as they do not include those who have fallen off the unemployment benefits roster nor do they include those who have had to settle for a part-time minimum wage job (as I tell clueless family members:  you simply cannot grow an economy or save your ass from poverty on walmart jobs) nor do they include those who have simply given up.  These stats are for March of 2010.  You can bet those numbers will continue to climb - although I believe one of the reasons why congress has failed to extend the EUC program through years end and has instead allowed the program to lapse for a time before adding a month or so to the program is to help keep the numbers looking "hopeful" (thus allowing hundreds of thousands and/or millions to suddenly drop from the euc program and thus no longer are they included in the UE stats) .  It is, afterall, an election year. 
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Michigan 14.1 ▬ 0.0%

Nevada 13.4 ▲ 0.2%

California 12.6 ▲ 0.1%

Rhode Island 12.6 ▼ 0.1%

Florida 12.3 ▲ 0.1%

South Carolina 12.2 ▼ 0.3%

District Of Columbia 11.6 ▼ 0.3%

Illinois 11.5 ▲ 0.1%

Mississippi 11.5 ▲ 0.1%

North Carolina 11.1 ▼ 0.1%

Alabama 11.0 ▼ 0.0%

Ohio 11.0 ▲ 0.1%

Kentucky 10.7 ▼ 0.2%

Georgia 10.6 ▲ 0.1%

Tennessee 10.6 ▼ 0.1%

Oregon 10.6 ▲ 0.1%

Indiana 10.0 ▬ 0.0%

New Jersey 10.0 ▬ 0.0%

United States (national)[4] 9.7 ▬ 0.0%

Arizona 9.6 ▲ 0.1%

Missouri 9.5 ▲ 0.1%

Washington 9.5 ▬ 0.0%

West Virginia 9.5 ▬ 0.0%

Idaho 9.4 ▼ 0.1%

Massachusetts 9.3 ▼ 0.2%

Connecticut 9.2 ▲ 0.1%

Delaware 9.2 ▬ 0.0%

Pennsylvania 9.0 ▬ 0.0%

New Mexico 8.8 ▲ 0.1%

Wisconsin 8.8 ▲ 0.1%

Alaska 8.6 ▲ 0.1%

New York 8.6 ▼ 0.2%

Maine 8.2 ▼ 0.1%

Texas 8.2 ▬ 0.0%

Colorado 7.9 ▲ 0.1%

Maryland 7.7 ▼ 0.1%

Virginia 7.6 ▲ 0.2%

Minnesota 7.6 ▲ 0.1%

Arkansas 7.5 ▼ 0.1%

Wyoming 7.3 ▼ 0.2%

Montana 7.1 ▲ 0.2%

Utah 7.2 ▲ 0.1%

New Hampshire 7.0 ▼ 0.1%

Hawaii 6.9 ▬ 0.0%

Louisiana 6.9 ▼ 0.5%

Iowa 6.8 ▲ 0.1%

Oklahoma 6.6 ▼ 0.1%

Kansas 6.5 ▬ 0.0%

Vermont 6.5 ▼ 0.1%

Nebraska 5.0 ▲ 0.2%

South Dakota 4.8 ▬ 0.0%

North Dakota 4.0 ▼ 0.1%