State unemployment rates, by race/ethnicity and overall, 2018Q4

State All White Black Hispanic Asian
Alabama 3.8% 2.3% 7.1% NA NA
Alaska 6.5% 3.8% NA NA NA
Arizona 4.9% 3.6% NA 6.3% NA
Arkansas 3.7% 2.8% 7.6% NA NA
California 4.1% 3.3% 6.0% 4.9% 3.3%
Colorado 3.6% 3.4% NA 3.6% NA
Connecticut 3.8% 2.7% NA 5.8% NA
Delaware 3.6% 2.6% 6.9% NA NA
Washington D.C. 5.3% 2.1% 11.8% 2.7% NA
Florida 3.3% 2.7% 5.1% 3.3% 3.3%
Georgia 3.7% 2.8% 5.7% 2.2% NA
Hawaii 2.6% 1.9% NA NA 2.1%
Idaho 2.8% 2.5% NA 3.7% NA
Illinois 4.3% 3.4% 8.8% 3.8% 3.8%
Indiana 3.5% 3.0% 7.5% NA NA
Iowa 2.4% 2.1% NA NA NA
Kansas 3.3% 2.6% NA NA NA
Kentucky 4.3% 3.9% NA NA NA
Louisiana 4.9% 3.1% 8.0% 4.7% NA
Maine 3.5% 3.1% NA NA NA
Maryland 3.7% 2.8% 5.5% NA NA
Massachusetts 3.1% 2.7% 5.2% 4.8% 2.6%
Michigan 4.0% 3.5% 6.6% NA NA
Minnesota 2.9% 2.6% NA NA NA
Mississippi 4.7% 2.8% 7.7% NA NA
Missouri 3.1% 2.4% NA NA NA
Montana 3.7% 3.4% NA NA NA
Nebraska 2.8% 2.0% NA 5.0% NA
Nevada 4.4% 4.2% NA 4.9% 2.4%
New Hampshire 2.4% 2.1% NA NA NA
New Jersey 3.9% 3.5% 5.7% 3.6% 4.5%
New Mexico 5.0% 3.9% NA 4.7% NA
New York 3.9% 3.4% 6.6% 4.6% 1.9%
North Carolina 3.7% 2.5% 6.9% 5.0% NA
North Dakota 2.6% 2.0% NA NA NA
Ohio 4.6% 4.3% 6.9% NA NA
Oklahoma 3.1% 2.6% NA 2.4% NA
Oregon 4.3% 3.9% NA 5.8% NA
Pennsylvania 4.2% 3.4% 8.9% 7.1% NA
Rhode Island 4.0% 3.2% NA NA NA
South Carolina 3.2% 2.4% 5.2% NA NA
South Dakota 2.9% 1.5% NA NA NA
Tennessee 3.3% 2.9% 5.4% NA NA
Texas 3.7% 2.9% 5.2% 4.2% 3.0%
Utah 3.2% 3.1% NA 4.4% NA
Vermont 2.6% 2.5% NA NA NA
Virginia 2.8% 2.0% 4.3% 4.5% 2.3%
Washington 4.5% 3.7% NA 7.5% 4.8%
West Virginia 5.1% 4.6% NA NA NA
Wisconsin 3.0% 2.8% NA NA NA
Wyoming 4.1% 3.8% NA NA NA

Note: 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.