WEB EXTRA: Unemployment Rates in US States

Unemployment rates fell or held steady last month in nine key swing states at the center of this year's presidential election.
    
Rates dropped in Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada and North Carolina. They were unchanged in New Hampshire and Virginia.
    
Overall, rates fell in 41 states last month, the Labor Department said Friday. They rose in six and were unchanged in three.
    
Here are the unemployment rates for all 50 states, compared to the previous month and a year ago:
    
    State unemployment rates
    Figures in percentages

                  Sept.   Aug.  Sept. 2011
    Alabama    8.3    8.5    8.8
    Alaska       7.5    7.7    7.6
    Arizona     8.2    8.3    9.4
    Arkansas   7.1    7.3    8.1
    California  10.2  10.6   11.7
    Colorado    8      8.2    8.2
    Connecticut 8.9    9    8.6
    Delaware    6.8   6.9    7.4
    Florida      8.7   8.8    10.4
    Georgia    9      9.2    9.8
    Hawaii     5.7    6.1    6.8
    Idaho     7.1    7.4    8.7
    Illinois    8.8    9.1    10.1
    Indiana  8.2    8.3    9.2
    Iowa      5.2    5.5    5.9
    Kansas    5.9    6.2    6.7
    Kentucky  8.4   8.5    9.5
    Louisiana  7    7.4    7.2
    Maine     7.6    7.7    7.4
    Maryland  6.9    7.1    7.1
    Massachusetts 6.5    6.3    7.2
    Michigan   9.3    9.4    10.2
    Minnesota  5.8    5.9    6.3
    Mississippi 9.2    9.1    10.9
    Missouri    6.9    7.2    8.5
    Montana   6.1    6.3    6.9
    Nebraska  3.9    4    4.4
    Nevada    11.8    12.1    13.6
    New Hampshire    5.7    5.7    5.4
    New Jersey   9.8    9.9    9.4
    New Mexico  6.4    6.5    7.4
    New York     8.9    9.1    8.3
    North Carolina 9.6    9.7    10.7
    North Dakota   3    3    3.6
    Ohio    7    7.2    8.6
    Oklahoma    5.2    5.1    6.3
    Oregon    8.7    8.9    9.4
    Pennsylvania    8.2    8.1    8
    Rhode Island    10.5    10.7    11.3
    South Carolina   9.1    9.6    10.2
    South Dakota    4.4    4.5    4.5
    Tennessee       8.3    8.5    9.1
    Texas    6.8    7.1    7.9
    Utah    5.4    5.8    6.5
    Vermont    5.4    5.3    5.5
    Virginia    5.9    5.9    6.3
    Washington    8.5    8.6    9
    Washington, D.C.    8.7    8.8    10.4
    West Virginia    7.6    7.5    8
    Wisconsin    7.3    7.5    7.4
    Wyoming    5.4    5.7    5.9

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