Monthly Unemployment Rates by State

Updated: March 21, 2013 | 12:20 p.m.
November 18, 2011 | 2:48 p.m.

The national unemployment rate was 7.9 percent in January, the most recent month for which state-level data is available.

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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Graphic by: PETER BELL

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