# US states by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 51 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by state, seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.3.AllStatesS)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by state, seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.3.AllStatesS. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/us-states
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/us-states.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 5.7 |
| 2 | California | 5.1 |
| 2 | Connecticut | 5.1 |
| 2 | Oregon | 5.1 |
| 5 | Michigan | 5 |
| 6 | Arizona | 4.9 |
| 6 | Washington | 4.9 |
| 8 | Nevada | 4.8 |
| 9 | Delaware | 4.7 |
| 9 | Illinois | 4.7 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 4.7 |
| 9 | New Mexico | 4.7 |
| 13 | Florida | 4.5 |
| 14 | Minnesota | 4.4 |
| 14 | Texas | 4.4 |
| 16 | Alaska | 4.3 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 4.3 |
| 16 | New Jersey | 4.3 |
| 16 | New York | 4.3 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 4.3 |
| 21 | Louisiana | 4.2 |
| 22 | Maryland | 4.1 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 4.1 |
| 24 | Colorado | 4 |
| 24 | West Virginia | 4 |
| 26 | Arkansas | 3.9 |
| 27 | Kansas | 3.8 |
| 28 | Pennsylvania | 3.7 |
| 28 | Rhode Island | 3.7 |
| 30 | Idaho | 3.6 |
| 30 | Virginia | 3.6 |
| 32 | Missouri | 3.5 |
| 32 | North Carolina | 3.5 |
| 32 | Utah | 3.5 |
| 35 | Alabama | 3.4 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 3.4 |
| 35 | Tennessee | 3.4 |
| 38 | Indiana | 3.3 |
| 38 | Ohio | 3.3 |
| 40 | Georgia | 3.2 |
| 40 | Iowa | 3.2 |
| 40 | Maine | 3.2 |
| 40 | Montana | 3.2 |
| 40 | Wisconsin | 3.2 |
| 45 | Wyoming | 3 |
| 46 | Nebraska | 2.9 |
| 47 | New Hampshire | 2.8 |
| 48 | Hawaii | 2.7 |
| 49 | Vermont | 2.6 |
| 50 | North Dakota | 2.2 |
| 51 | South Dakota | 2 |