Change in state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity from 2020 Q1 to 2023 Q3 (percentage points)

State All White Black Hispanic AAPI
United States -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 -0.0
Alabama -1.2 -1.1 -2.1 -1.3* -0.9*
Alaska -1.5 -1.5 -2.6* -1.3* -0.3
Arizona -1.0 -0.9 -1.4* -1.0 -1.2*
Arkansas -1.3 -1.1 -2.3 -0.9* -0.9*
California -0.1 0.3 0.6 -0.5 -0.2
Colorado -0.1 -0.3 0.2* 0.4 -0.0*
Connecticut -0.3 -0.7 -0.3* 0.3 -0.2*
Delaware -0.0 0.6 -2.1 0.5* 0.1*
District of Columbia -0.6 -0.0 -1.2 -0.3 -0.4*
Florida -0.6 -0.3 -2.1 -0.3 -0.7*
Georgia -0.3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.5* -0.2*
Hawaii 0.6 -0.3 0.9* 1.0* 0.7
Idaho 0.2 -0.0 0.3* 0.6 0.2*
Illinois -0.0 -0.1 0.5 0.2 -0.3
Indiana -0.0 -0.3 0.8 0.3* 0.1*
Iowa 0.3 0.3 0.0* 0.6* 0.3*
Kansas -0.5 -0.4 -1.5* -0.3* -0.4*
Kentucky -0.1 -0.7 2.1 0.1* 0.0*
Louisiana -2.1 -1.0 -4.3 -2.7 -1.6*
Maine -0.7 -0.4 -1.2* -0.7* -0.5*
Maryland -1.8 -1.7 -2.4 -1.9* -1.2*
Massachusetts -0.2 -0.4 0.8 0.0 0.2
Michigan -0.0 -0.0 -1.4 -0.3 0.0*
Minnesota -0.4 -0.4 -1.0* -0.4* -0.3*
Mississippi -2.6 -1.1 -5.3 -3.0* -2.0*
Missouri -0.6 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6* -0.4*
Montana -0.9 -1.1 -1.6* -1.0* -0.7*
Nebraska -1.5 -1.2 -2.5* -1.9* -1.1*
Nevada 0.1 -0.6 1.4 0.6 -0.4
New Hampshire -0.8 -0.7 -1.3* -0.8* -0.6*
New Jersey 0.1 0.1 1.7 -0.5 -0.8
New Mexico -1.7 -1.3 -3.3* -1.9 -1.3*
New York -0.2 -0.8 0.5 0.5 1.0
North Carolina -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 -2.4 -0.4*
North Dakota -0.3 -0.4 -0.4* -0.3* -0.2*
Ohio -1.2 -0.8 -2.0 -1.8* -0.9*
Oklahoma -0.3 -0.0 -0.8* -0.3 -0.2*
Oregon -0.2 -0.2 -0.4* 0.4 -0.6*
Pennsylvania -1.2 -0.8 -4.6 -1.2 -0.9*
Rhode Island -0.9 -1.1 -1.6* -0.6 -0.7*
South Carolina 0.1 -0.4 1.2 0.2* 0.1*
South Dakota -0.6 -0.0 -1.0* -0.6* -0.4*
Tennessee -0.4 -0.1 -2.1 0.1* -0.2*
Texas 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.0 -0.5
Utah -0.0 -0.2 -0.1* 0.5 0.1*
Vermont -0.4 -0.4 -0.8* -0.4* -0.3*
Virginia -0.5 -0.3 0.4 -1.1 -0.6*
Washington -0.7 -0.4 -1.0* -0.7 -0.6
West Virginia -1.7 -1.6 -2.5* -1.8* -1.2*
Wisconsin -0.1 -0.2 -0.7* 0.5* -0.0*
Wyoming -1.7 -1.6 -2.9* -0.3 -1.3*

Notes: Unemployment rates for each demographic group are produced from a weighted average of state and national unemployment trends. Those states and demographic groups with typically small sample sizes require a heavier weighting of national-level data to supplement their analysis, and are noted as such with an asterisk (*). See Methodological note for more detail. 

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.