Texas has the lowest or close to the lowest unemployment rate in the nation. ‘Nuff said.
This is not intended as an insult. There is a lot of bad information out there right now. Here are the unemployment rates of all 50 states and DC.
Unemployment Rates for States Monthly Rankings Seasonally Adjusted June 2011p
Rank State Rate 1 NORTH DAKOTA 3.2 2 NEBRASKA 4.1 3 SOUTH DAKOTA 4.8 4 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4.9 5 OKLAHOMA 5.3 6 VERMONT 5.5 7 WYOMING 5.9 8 HAWAII 6.0 8 IOWA 6.0 8 VIRGINIA 6.0 11 KANSAS 6.6 12 MINNESOTA 6.7 13 NEW MEXICO 6.8 14 MARYLAND 7.0 15 UTAH 7.4 16 ALASKA 7.5 16 MONTANA 7.5 18 MASSACHUSETTS 7.6 18 PENNSYLVANIA 7.6 18 WISCONSIN 7.6 21 LOUISIANA 7.8 21 MAINE 7.8 23 DELAWARE 8.0 23 NEW YORK 8.0 25 ARKANSAS 8.1 26 TEXAS 8.2 27 INDIANA 8.3 28 COLORADO 8.5 28 WEST VIRGINIA 8.5 30 MISSOURI 8.8 30 OHIO 8.8 32 CONNECTICUT 9.1 33 ILLINOIS 9.2 33 WASHINGTON 9.2 35 ARIZONA 9.3 36 IDAHO 9.4 36 OREGON 9.4 38 NEW JERSEY 9.5 39 KENTUCKY 9.6 40 TENNESSEE 9.8 41 ALABAMA 9.9 41 GEORGIA 9.9 41 NORTH CAROLINA 9.9 44 MISSISSIPPI 10.3 45 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10.4 46 MICHIGAN 10.5 46 SOUTH CAROLINA 10.5 48 FLORIDA 10.6 49 RHODE ISLAND 10.8 50 CALIFORNIA 11.8 51 NEVADA 12.4
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