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 |
September August 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 |