Key Points:
- Unemployment rates fell in seven states, rose in three states, and remained stable in 40 states and the District of Columbia in July.
- The U.S. unemployment rate was little changed at 3.5% in July and the same as in July 2022.
- Three states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rates above the U.S. average in July.
- Twenty-three states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, five states and the District had increases, and twenty-two states had little change.
- New Hampshire had the lowest jobless rates in July at 1.7%, followed by Maryland and Vermont at 1.8%, and South Dakota at 1.9%.
- The rates in Alabama (2.1%), Louisiana (3.4%), Maryland (1.8%), Massachusetts (2.5%), Mississippi (3.0%), New Hampshire (1.7%), Ohio (3.3%), Pennsylvania (3.5%), Tennessee (3.1%), Vermont (1.8%), and Washington (3.6%) set new series lows.
- Nevada has the highest unemployment rate again at 5.3%, followed by the District at 5.0%, and California at 4.6%.
- In July, seven states had over-the-month unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which was in Pennsylvania, falling 0.3% from June.