Key Points:
- Unemployment rates rose in eight states, fell in one, and remained stable in 41 states and the District of Columbia in June.
- The U.S. unemployment rate rose 0.1% to 4.1% in June but is 0.5% higher than last year.
- In total, 26 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 4.1%, 4 states and the District had higher rates, and 20 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.
- Thirty-one states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 2 states had decreases, and 17 states had little change.
- South Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in June, 2.0%, closely followed by North Dakota and Vermont, 2.1% each.
- The rate in Arizona, 3.3%, set a new series low.
- The District of Columbia had the highest unemployment rate, 5.4%, followed by California and Nevada, 5.2% each.
- In June, eight states had unemployment rate increases: Kansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, and South Carolina (+0.2% point each) and Georgia, Minnesota, and Utah (+0.1% each).
- Connecticut had the only rate decrease (-0.4%).