Unemployment in December 2011

Rank	State	Fips Code	Unemployment
1	California	06000	1,987,139
2	Florida	12000	893,114
3	Texas	48000	892,612
4	New York	36000	759,591
5	Illinois	17000	613,408
6	Pennsylvania	42000	457,071
7	Georgia	13000	449,474
8	Ohio	39000	441,666
9	North Carolina	37000	440,022
10	Michigan	26000	416,578
11	New Jersey	34000	393,973
12	Washington	53000	296,226
13	Indiana	18000	275,038
14	Arizona	04000	273,264
15	Virginia	51000	257,033
16	Tennessee	47000	251,921
17	Missouri	29000	234,973
18	Massachusetts	25000	227,964
19	Colorado	08000	214,779
20	South Carolina	45000	203,319
21	Wisconsin	55000	200,113
22	Maryland	24000	192,893
23	Kentucky	21000	178,958
24	Oregon	41000	175,830
25	Minnesota	27000	168,484
26	Nevada	32000	162,564
27	Alabama	01000	159,669
28	Connecticut	09000	142,275
29	Mississippi	28000	133,251
30	Louisiana	22000	129,813
31	Oklahoma	40000	105,175
32	Arkansas	05000	100,695
33	Iowa	19000	97,011
34	Kansas	20000	88,034
35	Utah	49000	75,482
36	Idaho	16000	64,680
37	New Mexico	35000	60,897
38	Rhode Island	44000	60,295
39	West Virginia	54000	59,555
40	Maine	23000	48,562
41	Nebraska	31000	41,017
42	Hawaii	15000	39,035
43	New Hampshire	33000	36,447
44	District of Columbia	11000	33,873
45	Montana	30000	33,419
46	Delaware	10000	30,653
47	Alaska	02000	28,007
48	South Dakota	46000	19,796
49	Vermont	50000	17,427
50	Wyoming	56000	16,772
51	North Dakota	38000	12,156
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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States IN Profile provides current federal statistics on a variety of demographic and economic indicators. Read "About the Profile" for the best understanding of the data, ranks and computations. This profile is produced by STATS Indiana, a web service of the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Major support for this effort is provided by the State of Indiana through the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Updated: January 24, 2012 at 16:56