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EmailUS state unemployment rates in April, at a glance
| Steady hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 40 U.S. states in April, the most in five months. The declines show the job market’s recent improvement has been widespread. |
| Unemployment rates increased in only three states, the Labor Department said Friday: Louisiana, Tennessee and North Dakota. Rates were unchanged in seven states. |
| Here are the unemployment rates for each state, compared with the previous month and a year earlier: |
| April 2012 March 2013 April 2013 |
| Alabama 7.4 7.2 6.9 |
| Alaska 7 6.2 6 |
| Arizona 8.4 7.9 7.9 |
| Arkansas 7.3 7.2 7.1 |
| California 10.7 9.4 9 |
| Colorado 8.2 7.1 6.9 |
| Connecticut 8.2 8 8 |
| Delaware 7 7.2 7.2 |
| Florida 8.9 7.5 7.2 |
| Georgia 9.1 8.4 8.2 |
| Hawaii 6.1 5.1 4.9 |
| Idaho 7.3 6.1 6.1 |
| Illinois 8.8 9.5 9.3 |
| Indiana 8.3 8.7 8.5 |
| Iowa 5.2 4.9 4.7 |
| Kansas 5.8 5.6 5.5 |
| Kentucky 8.2 8 7.9 |
| Louisiana 6.8 6.2 6.5 |
| Maine 7.3 7.1 6.9 |
| Maryland 6.8 6.6 6.5 |
| Massachusetts 6.6 6.4 6.4 |
| Michigan 9.1 8.5 8.4 |
| Minnesota 5.6 5.4 5.3 |
| Mississippi 9 9.4 9.1 |
| Missouri 7 6.7 6.6 |
| Montana 6.1 5.6 5.5 |
| Nebraska 4 3.8 3.7 |
| Nevada 11.5 9.7 9.6 |
| New Hampshire 5.4 5.7 5.5 |
| New Jersey 9.4 9 8.7 |
| New Mexico 7 6.9 6.7 |
| New York 8.6 8.2 7.8 |
| North Carolina 9.4 9.2 8.9 |
| North Dakota 3 3.2 3.3 |
| Ohio 7.3 7.1 7 |
| Oklahoma 5 5 4.9 |
| Oregon 8.8 8.2 8 |
| Pennsylvania 7.8 7.9 7.6 |
| Rhode Island 10.6 9.1 8.8 |
| South Carolina 9.3 8.4 8 |
| South Dakota 4.4 4.3 4.1 |
| Tennessee 8.1 7.8 8 |
| Texas 7 6.4 6.4 |
| Utah 5.7 4.9 4.7 |
| Vermont 4.9 4.1 4 |
| Virginia 5.9 5.3 5.2 |
| Washington 8.4 7.3 7 |
| Washington, D.C. 9.1 8.6 8.5 |
| West Virginia 7.1 7 6.6 |
| Wisconsin 6.9 7.1 7.1 |
| Wyoming 5.5 4.9 4.8 |
(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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