Unemployment in 2008

Rank	States	2008 Unemployment
1	California	1,332,270
2	Texas	575,149
3	Florida	571,606
4	New York	526,683
5	Illinois	433,684
6	Michigan	416,108
7	Ohio	389,747
8	Pennsylvania	344,261
9	Georgia	301,975
10	North Carolina	286,939
11	New Jersey	245,532
12	Tennessee	195,180
13	Indiana	190,572
14	Washington	185,773
15	Missouri	182,837
16	Massachusetts	180,239
17	Arizona	172,468
18	Virginia	164,755
19	Minnesota	159,825
20	South Carolina	148,724
21	Wisconsin	146,259
22	Colorado	134,138
23	Kentucky	131,675
24	Maryland	130,531
25	Oregon	124,579
26	Alabama	108,977
27	Connecticut	106,902
28	Louisiana	95,715
29	Nevada	91,450
30	Mississippi	90,586
31	Arkansas	69,717
32	Iowa	69,005
33	Oklahoma	66,562
34	Kansas	65,603
35	Utah	47,587
36	Rhode Island	44,371
37	New Mexico	39,992
38	Maine	38,105
39	Idaho	36,782
40	West Virginia	34,347
41	Nebraska	33,217
42	New Hampshire	28,235
43	Hawaii	25,832
44	Alaska	23,760
45	District of Columbia	23,175
46	Montana	22,704
47	Delaware	21,064
48	Vermont	16,915
49	South Dakota	13,511
50	North Dakota	11,670
51	Wyoming	9,008
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

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USA Counties 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 Economic Development Corporation. Updated: May 01, 2009 at 12:24