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Unemployment Rate by State: 2003, 2004, and 2005

 200320042005
United States 6.0% 5.5% 5.1%
Alabama5.85.64.0
Alaska7.77.56.8
Arizona5.75.04.7
Arkansas5.95.74.9
California6.86.25.4
Colorado6.25.55.0
Connecticut5.54.94.9
Delaware4.04.14.2
District of
 Columbia
7.28.26.5
Florida5.34.83.8
Georgia4.74.65.3
Hawaii3.93.32.8
Idaho5.34.73.8
Illinois6.76.25.7
Indiana5.35.25.4
Iowa4.44.84.6
Kansas5.6%5.5%5.1%
Kentucky6.25.36.1
Louisiana6.35.77.1
Maine5.04.64.8
Maryland4.54.24.1
Massachusetts5.85.14.8
Michigan7.17.16.7
Minnesota4.94.74.0
Mississippi6.46.27.9
Missouri5.65.75.4
Montana4.44.44.0
Nebraska4.03.83.8
Nevada5.14.34.1
New Hampshire4.53.83.6
New Jersey5.94.84.4
New Mexico5.95.75.3
New York6.45.85.0
North Carolina6.55.55.2
North Dakota3.6%3.4%3.4%
Ohio6.26.15.9
Oklahoma5.64.84.4
Oregon8.17.46.1
Pennsylvania5.75.55.0
Puerto Rico12.010.611.3
Rhode Island5.45.25.0
South Carolina6.76.86.8
South Dakota3.53.53.9
Tennessee5.55.45.6
Texas6.76.15.3
Utah5.75.24.3
Vermont4.53.73.5
Virginia4.13.73.5
Washington7.46.25.5
West Virginia6.05.35.0
Wisconsin5.64.94.7
Wyoming4.43.93.6
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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