State unemployment rates, by race/ethnicity and overall, 2021Q4

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States 4.2% 3.3% 7.2% 5.2% 4.1%
Alabama 3.1% 2.3% 5.6% NA NA
Alaska 5.6% 3.8% NA NA NA
Arizona 3.9% 3.7% NA 4.6% NA
Arkansas 3.3% 3.0% NA NA NA
California 5.9% 4.8% 11.1% 6.4% 5.6%
Colorado 4.3% 3.6% NA 4.6% NA
Connecticut 5.2% 5.0% NA NA NA
Delaware 4.8% 4.3% 7.0% NA NA
Washington D.C. 6.2% 2.5% 11.4% NA NA
Florida 3.6% 2.9% 4.7% 3.9% NA
Georgia 3.3% 2.7% 4.9% 1.7% NA
Hawaii 4.5% 5.5% NA NA 4.0%
Idaho 3.2% 3.1% NA NA NA
Illinois 5.2% 3.9% 13.1% 5.6% NA
Indiana 2.7% 2.2% NA NA NA
Iowa 3.9% 3.4% NA NA NA
Kansas 2.8% 2.5% NA NA NA
Kentucky 4.6% 4.4% NA NA NA
Louisiana 4.5% 2.7% 8.3% NA NA
Maine 4.2% 4.1% NA NA NA
Maryland 5.5% 5.2% 5.9% NA NA
Massachusetts 4.8% 3.8% NA 7.9% NA
Michigan 5.2% 4.2% 10.7% NA NA
Minnesota 3.1% 2.4% NA NA NA
Mississippi 4.7% 3.5% 6.6% NA NA
Missouri 3.9% 3.1% NA NA NA
Montana 2.9% 2.9% NA NA NA
Nebraska 2.4% 1.9% NA NA NA
Nevada 5.3% 4.5% NA 4.5% NA
New Hampshire 3.0% 2.7% NA NA NA
New Jersey 5.2% 3.8% NA 5.3% 6.8%
New Mexico 6.0% 3.7% NA 6.8% NA
New York 5.5% 4.2% 8.9% 7.1% 4.6%
North Carolina 4.2% 3.5% 7.0% 3.6% NA
North Dakota 3.1% 2.3% NA NA NA
Ohio 4.5% 3.7% 8.4% NA NA
Oklahoma 2.8% 2.4% NA NA NA
Oregon 4.3% 3.7% NA NA NA
Pennsylvania 5.5% 4.3% NA NA NA
Rhode Island 4.7% 4.1% NA NA NA
South Carolina 3.6% 2.6% 6.6% NA NA
South Dakota 2.9% 2.0% NA NA NA
Tennessee 3.6% 2.8% NA NA NA
Texas 4.9% 3.4% 7.9% 6.0% 2.8%
Utah 2.3% 2.0% NA 2.9% NA
Vermont 3.1% 3.0% NA NA NA
Virginia 3.3% 2.5% 6.2% NA NA
Washington 4.5% 4.3% NA 3.7% NA
West Virginia 4.3% 4.1% NA NA NA
Wisconsin 3.1% 2.3% NA NA NA
Wyoming 4.0% 3.7% NA NA NA

Notes: AAPI stands for Asian American and Pacific Islander. The map reports unemployment rates only for state subgroups with sample sizes large enough to create accurate estimates.

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) data and Current Population Survey (CPS) data.

View the underlying data on epi.org.