STATE RANKINGS [When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. States may share the same value but have different ranks due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Civilian labor force--Unemployment rate, 1996 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- STATE Total Male Female ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Rate \1 Rank Rate \1 Rank Rate \1 Rank ------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- United States 5.4 X 5.4 X 5.4 X Alabama 5.1 25 4.9 27 5.4 18 Alaska 7.8 2 9.1 1 6.3 8 Arizona 5.5 16 5.3 19 5.8 14 Arkansas 5.4 17 5.4 16 5.4 18 California 7.2 4 7.2 4 7.2 3 Colorado 4.2 40 4.4 37 4.0 43 Connecticut 5.7 13 5.7 14 5.7 17 Delaware 5.2 22 5.8 12 4.5 37 District of Columbia 8.5 X 8.7 X 8.4 X Florida 5.1 25 4.8 33 5.4 18 Georgia 4.6 33 4.0 41 5.3 24 Hawaii 6.4 7 6.9 5 5.8 14 Idaho 5.2 22 5.1 23 5.4 18 Illinois 5.3 19 5.3 19 5.2 25 Indiana 4.1 42 3.9 42 4.4 40 Iowa 3.8 45 3.5 46 4.1 42 Kansas 4.5 36 4.1 40 5.0 26 Kentucky 5.6 14 5.4 16 5.9 12 Louisiana 6.7 5 5.6 15 8.0 1 Maine 5.1 25 5.4 16 4.8 29 Maryland 4.9 30 4.9 27 4.9 28 Massachusetts 4.3 38 4.9 27 3.7 44 Michigan 4.9 30 5.1 23 4.6 31 Minnesota 4.0 44 4.8 33 3.1 49 Mississippi 6.1 10 5.2 22 7.2 3 Missouri 4.6 33 4.9 27 4.3 41 Montana 5.3 19 5.9 9 4.6 31 Nebraska 2.9 50 2.7 50 3.2 46 Nevada 5.4 17 4.8 33 6.2 9 New Hampshire 4.2 40 3.9 42 4.5 37 New Jersey 6.2 8 6.0 7 6.4 7 New Mexico 8.1 1 8.4 2 7.6 2 New York 6.2 8 6.5 6 5.9 12 North Carolina 4.3 38 4.3 38 4.5 37 North Dakota 3.1 49 3.1 49 3.0 50 Ohio 4.9 30 5.0 26 4.8 29 Oklahoma 4.1 42 3.6 45 4.6 31 Oregon 5.9 12 6.0 7 5.8 14 Pennsylvania 5.3 19 5.9 9 4.6 31 Rhode Island 5.1 25 4.9 27 5.4 18 South Carolina 6.0 11 5.8 12 6.2 9 South Dakota 3.2 48 3.2 48 3.2 46 Tennessee 5.2 22 4.9 27 5.4 18 Texas 5.6 14 5.3 19 6.1 11 Utah 3.5 46 3.3 47 3.7 44 Vermont 4.6 33 4.5 36 4.6 31 Virginia 4.4 37 4.2 39 4.6 31 Washington 6.5 6 5.9 9 7.2 3 West Virginia 7.5 3 8.3 3 6.6 6 Wisconsin 3.5 46 3.8 44 3.2 46 Wyoming 5.0 29 5.1 23 5.0 26 ------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- X Not applicable. \1 Percent unemployed of the civilian labor force. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-20.