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Unemployment rate
% · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via economicdata.dev · by where people live; 2025 averages 11 months, as BLS does, since October was not collected
- Middle county, 2025
- 4.0%
- States with a figure
- 52 2025
- Counties with a figure
- 3,221 2025
Show the numbers (36 rows)
| Year | Middle county |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 |
| 2024 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 3.5 |
| 2021 | 4.5 |
| 2020 | 6.7 |
| 2019 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 4.0 |
| 2017 | 4.4 |
| 2016 | 5.1 |
| 2015 | 5.3 |
| 2014 | 6.1 |
| 2013 | 7.2 |
| 2012 | 7.8 |
| 2011 | 8.6 |
| 2010 | 9.2 |
| 2009 | 8.9 |
| 2008 | 5.7 |
| 2007 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | 4.7 |
| 2005 | 5.2 |
| 2004 | 5.5 |
| 2003 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | 5.5 |
| 2001 | 4.8 |
| 2000 | 4.1 |
| 1999 | 4.3 |
| 1998 | 4.5 |
| 1997 | 4.9 |
| 1996 | 5.2 |
| 1995 | 5.3 |
| 1994 | 5.6 |
| 1993 | 6.4 |
| 1992 | 7.1 |
| 1991 | 6.8 |
| 1990 | 5.8 |
Every state, 2025
| Rank | State | Unemployment rate | 1 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 6.3% | +1.0 pts | −1.7 pts | −0.6 pts |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 5.6% | −0.1 pts | – | −6.4 pts |
| 3 | California | 5.5% | +0.2 pts | −4.6 pts | −0.8 pts |
| 4 | Nevada | 5.3% | −0.1 pts | −8.2 pts | −1.6 pts |
| 5 | New Jersey | 5.2% | +0.6 pts | −4.2 pts | −0.5 pts |
| 6 | Oregon | 5.2% | +0.9 pts | −2.4 pts | −0.3 pts |
| 7 | Michigan | 5.2% | +0.5 pts | −4.9 pts | −0.3 pts |
| 8 | Delaware | 4.8% | +0.9 pts | −2.7 pts | 0.0 pts |
| 9 | Alaska | 4.7% | +0.2 pts | −3.6 pts | −1.6 pts |
| 10 | Washington | 4.7% | +0.2 pts | −4.0 pts | −0.8 pts |
| 11 | Ohio | 4.6% | +0.3 pts | −3.5 pts | −0.3 pts |
| 12 | Illinois | 4.6% | −0.4 pts | −4.7 pts | −1.4 pts |
| 13 | Kentucky | 4.6% | −0.2 pts | −1.9 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 4.5% | +0.5 pts | −4.8 pts | −0.3 pts |
| 15 | Rhode Island | 4.5% | +0.2 pts | −4.7 pts | −1.5 pts |
| 16 | South Carolina | 4.5% | +0.3 pts | −1.5 pts | −1.4 pts |
| 17 | New York | 4.3% | +0.2 pts | −5.5 pts | −0.9 pts |
| 18 | Arizona | 4.3% | +0.6 pts | −3.5 pts | −1.8 pts |
| 19 | Louisiana | 4.3% | 0.0 pts | −4.3 pts | −2.0 pts |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | 4.3% | +0.5 pts | −4.6 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 21 | West Virginia | 4.2% | +0.2 pts | −4.1 pts | −2.3 pts |
| 22 | New Mexico | 4.2% | +0.1 pts | −3.7 pts | −2.4 pts |
| 23 | Texas | 4.2% | +0.1 pts | −3.5 pts | −0.3 pts |
| 24 | Arkansas | 4.1% | +0.6 pts | −2.0 pts | −0.8 pts |
| 25 | Colorado | 4.0% | −0.1 pts | −2.8 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 26 | Connecticut | 4.0% | +0.7 pts | −4.0 pts | −1.6 pts |
| 27 | Missouri | 4.0% | +0.3 pts | −2.1 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 28 | Maryland | 4.0% | +0.8 pts | −2.5 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 29 | Florida | 3.9% | +0.6 pts | −4.1 pts | −1.6 pts |
| 30 | Minnesota | 3.9% | +0.8 pts | −2.3 pts | +0.1 pts |
| 31 | North Carolina | 3.8% | +0.2 pts | −3.4 pts | −1.8 pts |
| 32 | Mississippi | 3.8% | +0.6 pts | −4.1 pts | −2.7 pts |
| 33 | Kansas | 3.8% | +0.3 pts | −2.0 pts | −0.4 pts |
| 34 | Idaho | 3.7% | +0.1 pts | −1.9 pts | −0.3 pts |
| 35 | Indiana | 3.7% | −0.4 pts | −3.7 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 36 | Utah | 3.6% | +0.3 pts | −1.3 pts | 0.0 pts |
| 37 | Iowa | 3.5% | +0.4 pts | −1.7 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 38 | Tennessee | 3.5% | +0.2 pts | −3.9 pts | −2.0 pts |
| 39 | Georgia | 3.4% | 0.0 pts | −3.1 pts | −2.6 pts |
| 40 | Virginia | 3.4% | +0.5 pts | −3.1 pts | −1.0 pts |
| 41 | Oklahoma | 3.4% | +0.2 pts | −2.9 pts | −0.9 pts |
| 42 | Wyoming | 3.4% | +0.2 pts | −2.5 pts | −0.9 pts |
| 43 | Maine | 3.4% | +0.3 pts | −1.7 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 44 | Montana | 3.3% | +0.3 pts | −2.5 pts | −0.9 pts |
| 45 | Wisconsin | 3.2% | +0.2 pts | −3.2 pts | −1.2 pts |
| 46 | New Hampshire | 3.2% | +0.6 pts | −3.5 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 47 | Nebraska | 3.0% | +0.3 pts | −1.3 pts | 0.0 pts |
| 48 | Alabama | 2.9% | −0.1 pts | −3.5 pts | −3.2 pts |
| 49 | Vermont | 2.7% | +0.4 pts | −2.9 pts | −0.8 pts |
| 50 | North Dakota | 2.6% | +0.2 pts | −2.3 pts | −0.1 pts |
| 51 | Hawaii | 2.4% | −0.4 pts | −9.3 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 52 | South Dakota | 2.1% | +0.3 pts | −2.0 pts | −0.9 pts |
Rank 1 is the highest value, which here is the worst. States are the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands where they have a figure.
Highest and lowest counties, 2025
| Highest | State | Unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|
| Maricao Municipio | Puerto Rico | 26.5% |
| Imperial County | California | 18.9% |
| Kusilvak Census Area | Alaska | 17.4% |
| Guánica Municipio | Puerto Rico | 17.3% |
| Las Marías Municipio | Puerto Rico | 15.1% |
| Adjuntas Municipio | Puerto Rico | 14.7% |
| Yuma County | Arizona | 14.0% |
| Colusa County | California | 13.9% |
| East Carroll Parish | Louisiana | 13.0% |
| Luna County | New Mexico | 13.0% |
| Lowest | State | Unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|
| Loving County | Texas | 0.6% |
| Brule County | South Dakota | 1.4% |
| Hyde County | South Dakota | 1.5% |
| Harding County | South Dakota | 1.5% |
| Tripp County | South Dakota | 1.5% |
| Faulk County | South Dakota | 1.6% |
| Stanley County | South Dakota | 1.6% |
| Culebra Municipio | Puerto Rico | 1.6% |
| Aurora County | South Dakota | 1.6% |
| Sully County | South Dakota | 1.7% |
Every county's figure is on its own page, in its profile table, with its rank among all counties and within its state.
Get this data
This page's numbers, as JSON:
curl https://visualizedata.org/data/us-indicators/us-unemployment-rate.jsonEvery place from economicdata.dev (live, no key; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, this exact version):
curl "https://api.economicdata.dev/v1/laus@2026-10-26.1d9b973c73/download/laus.parquet"Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (U.S. public domain): LAUS, annual average unemployed / annual average labor force, not seasonally adjusted.
- Read through economicdata.dev, dataset laus, version 2026-10-26.1d9b973c73; its 2 input files from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics are named with their sha256 in this page's data, and the site's checks recompute every figure from them.
- BLS publishes each month about seven weeks after it ends, and revises the past year each March; economicdata.dev re-reads it daily.
- 4 areas in the source are not places in the geo registry and are left out: us-county-02201, us-county-02232, us-county-02261, us-county-02280 (Connecticut's former counties, retired Alaska and South Dakota codes, the Virgin Islands).
- Built 2026-10-27.