Key Points:
- Unemployment rates rose in three states, fell in one, and remained stable in 46 states and the District of Columbia in October.
- The U.S. unemployment rate changed little at 4.1% in October and is 0.3% higher than October 2023.
- In total, 24 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 4.1%, 3 states and the District had higher rates, and 23 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.
- Twenty-four states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, six states had decreases, and twenty states had little change.
- South Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in October at 1.9%.
- Nevada and the District of Columbia had the highest unemployment rate at 5.7% each.
- In October, three states had unemployment rate decreases: Connecticut and Delaware (-0.2& each) and South Dakota (-0.1%).
- Iowa had the only rate increase (+0.1%).
- The Right Facts will continue to monitor state level unemployment.