# US states by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/us-states

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Nevada | 7 |
| 2 | California | 6.6 |
| 3 | New York | 6.4 |
| 4 | District of Columbia | 6.4 |
| 5 | New Jersey | 6.3 |
| 6 | Louisiana | 6.3 |
| 7 | New Mexico | 6 |
| 8 | Alaska | 5.9 |
| 9 | Illinois | 5.8 |
| 10 | Rhode Island | 5.8 |
| 11 | Mississippi | 5.8 |
| 12 | Michigan | 5.7 |
| 13 | Connecticut | 5.6 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 5.4 |
| 15 | Oregon | 5.4 |
| 16 | Texas | 5.3 |
| 17 | Pennsylvania | 5.3 |
| 18 | Massachusetts | 5.2 |
| 19 | Georgia | 5.1 |
| 20 | Delaware | 5.1 |
| 21 | Arizona | 5.1 |
| 21 | Washington | 5.1 |
| 23 | Oklahoma | 5 |
| 24 | Arkansas | 4.9 |
| 25 | Hawaii | 4.9 |
| 26 | Maryland | 4.9 |
| 26 | South Carolina | 4.9 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 4.9 |
| 29 | Florida | 4.8 |
| 30 | Ohio | 4.8 |
| 31 | North Carolina | 4.7 |
| 32 | Alabama | 4.7 |
| 33 | Tennessee | 4.7 |
| 34 | Colorado | 4.6 |
| 35 | Indiana | 4.3 |
| 36 | Virginia | 4.3 |
| 37 | Minnesota | 4.1 |
| 38 | Missouri | 4 |
| 39 | Kansas | 3.9 |
| 40 | Maine | 3.8 |
| 41 | Idaho | 3.7 |
| 42 | Wyoming | 3.7 |
| 43 | Montana | 3.6 |
| 44 | Iowa | 3.6 |
| 45 | Utah | 3.6 |
| 45 | Vermont | 3.6 |
| 47 | New Hampshire | 3.4 |
| 48 | Wisconsin | 3.3 |
| 49 | Nebraska | 3 |
| 50 | South Dakota | 2.9 |
| 51 | North Dakota | 2.8 |