States Ranked by July 2016 Unemployment Rate Seasonally Adjusted

Rank 1 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 10 14 14 14 17 17

State South Dakota New Hampshire Nebraska North Dakota Vermont Hawaii Virginia Colorado Idaho Arkansas Maine Minnesota Utah Iowa Kansas Massachusetts Montana Wisconsin

Unemployment Rate (%) 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.2

Unemployment Rate (%) Rank State 19 Delaware 4.3 19 Maryland 4.3 19 Tennessee 4.3 22 Michigan 4.5 23 Indiana 4.6 23 Texas 4.6 25 Florida 4.7 25 Missouri 4.7 25 New York 4.7 25 North Carolina 4.7 29 Ohio 4.8 30 Kentucky 4.9 31 Georgia 5.0 31 Oklahoma 5.0 33 New Jersey 5.2 33 Oregon 5.2 33 South Carolina 5.2 36 California 5.5

Rank 36 38 39 39 39 39 43 43 45 46 46 48 49 50 51 52

State Rhode Island

Pennsylvania Alabama Connecticut West Virginia Wyoming Illinois Washington District of Columbia Arizona Mississippi Louisiana New Mexico Nevada

Alaska Puerto Rico

Unemployment Rate (%) 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.7 11.4

Note: The ten most populous states are shaded. This list includes the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program, in cooperation with State Workforce Agencies, Labor Market Information programs, released August 19, 2016.

States Ranked by Annual Nonagricultural Employment Change July 2016, Seasonally Adjusted

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

State California Florida Texas Georgia New York Michigan Washington North Carolina Ohio Colorado Arizona Massachusetts Tennessee Oregon Pennsylvania Virginia New Jersey Maryland

Over-the-Year Change (Jobs) 374,600 250,200 173,000 116,200 114,300 105,500 94,400 94,100 78,800 74,200 67,300 65,500 58,600 58,200 58,000 57,200 55,800 53,200

Rank 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

State Wisconsin South Carolina Illinois Utah Minnesota Nevada Indiana Iowa Idaho Missouri Connecticut Kentucky Arkansas Hawaii Alabama Nebraska Delaware South Dakota

Over-the-Year Change (Jobs) 47,400 46,100 43,200 42,300 42,200 31,900 28,400 23,700 22,700 21,500 20,200 19,400 16,700 14,100 13,400 12,200 10,000 9,500

Rank 37 38 39 40 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53

State New Hampshire Mississippi New Mexico District of Columbia Vermont Maine Rhode Island Alaska Montana Virgin Islands West Virginia Kansas Puerto Rico Oklahoma Wyoming North Dakota Louisiana

Over-the-Year Change (Jobs) 8,400 8,100 7,600 6,200 6,200 5,900 5,000 800 700 0 -2,100 -4,500 -7,000 -9,500 -9,800 -9,900 -13,900

Note: The ten most populous states are shaded. This list includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics Program, in cooperation with State Workforce Agencies, Labor Market Information programs, released August 19, 2016.

States Ranked by Annual Nonagricultural Employment Percentage Change July 2016, Seasonally Adjusted

Rank 1 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 9 9 11 11 13 13 13 13 17 17

State Idaho Oregon Florida Utah Washington Colorado Georgia Arizona Michigan Nevada California South Carolina North Carolina Hawaii Delaware South Dakota Tennessee Maryland

Over-the-Year Change (%) 3.4% 3.3% 3.1% 3.1% 3.0% 2.9% 2.7% 2.6% 2.5% 2.5% 2.3% 2.3% 2.2% 2.2% 2.2% 2.2% 2.0% 2.0%

Rank 17 20 21 22 22 22 22 22 27 27 29 30 30 30 33 33 33 33

State Vermont Massachusetts Wisconsin Texas Ohio Virginia Minnesota Iowa New Jersey Arkansas New Hampshire New York Connecticut Nebraska Pennsylvania Kentucky Maine Rhode Island

Over-the-Year Change (%) 2.0% 1.9% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0%

Rank 37 37 39 39 41 41 41 44 44 46 47 47 49 50 51 52 53

State Indiana New Mexico Missouri District of Columbia Illinois Alabama Mississippi Alaska Montana Virgin Islands West Virginia Kansas Oklahoma Louisiana Puerto Rico North Dakota Wyoming

Over-the-Year Change (%) 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% -0.3% -0.3% -0.6% -0.7% -0.8% -2.2% -3.4%

Note: The ten most populous states are shaded. This list includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics Program, in cooperation with State Workforce Agencies, Labor Market Information programs, released August 19, 2016.

States Ranked by Labor Force Participation Rate July 2016, Seasonally Adjusted

• The labor force participation rate represents the proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population that is in the labor force. Rank 1 1 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 10 10 12 13 14 15 16 17

State North Dakota District of Columbia Nebraska Minnesota Iowa South Dakota New Hampshire Utah Wisconsin Vermont Kansas Colorado Maryland Alaska Wyoming Connecticut Indiana

Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 70.4 70.4 69.9 69.9 69.8 69.7 69.3 68.3 68.3 67.1 67.1 66.9 66.7 66.2 66.0 65.9 65.4

Rank 17 17 20 21 22 22 24 25 26 26 28 28 30 31 32 33 34

State Missouri Illinois Massachusetts Rhode Island Idaho New Jersey Virginia Montana Delaware Pennsylvania Texas Washington Ohio Oregon Maine Nevada Hawaii

Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 65.4 65.4 65.0 64.6 64.1 64.1 64.0 63.6 63.5 63.5 63.4 63.4 63.1 62.8 62.7 62.4 62.1

Rank 34 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51

State California Georgia North Carolina Oklahoma Michigan New York Arizona Tennessee Louisiana South Carolina Arkansas Florida New Mexico Kentucky Alabama Mississippi West Virginia

Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 62.1 61.9 61.1 61.0 60.9 60.3 60.1 59.8 59.8 59.3 58.6 58.5 57.5 56.9 56.5 55.5 52.9

Note: The ten most populous states are shaded. This list includes the District of Columbia. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program, in cooperation with State Workforce Agencies, Labor Market Information programs, released August 19, 2016.

States Ranked by Employment to Population Ratio July 2016, Seasonally Adjusted •

The employment to population ratio represents the proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population that is employed.

Employment to Population Rank State Ratio (%) 1 North Dakota 68.2 67.7 2 Nebraska 67.7 2 South Dakota 4 New Hampshire 67.3 5 Minnesota 67.2 66.9 6 Iowa 66.2 7 District of Columbia 65.6 8 Utah 9 Wisconsin 65.5 65.0 10 Vermont 11 Kansas 64.4 12 Colorado 64.3 13 Maryland 63.8 62.4 14 Indiana 15 Wyoming 62.3 15 Missouri 62.3 15 Massachusetts 62.3

Rank 18 19 19 21 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

State Connecticut Alaska Idaho Illinois Virginia Rhode Island Montana Delaware New Jersey Texas Maine Ohio Hawaii Pennsylvania Washington Oregon Georgia

Employment to Population Ratio (%) 62.1 61.7 61.7 61.6 61.6 61.1 60.9 60.8 60.7 60.5 60.2 60.1 60.0 59.9 59.8 59.6 58.8

Employment to Population Ratio (%) Rank State 35 California 58.7 58.4 36 Nevada 58.3 37 North Carolina 38 Michigan 58.1 58.0 39 Oklahoma 57.4 40 New York 57.3 41 Tennessee 42 Arizona 56.5 43 Arkansas 56.3 44 South Carolina 56.2 45 Louisiana 56.1 46 Florida 55.7 47 Kentucky 54.1 48 New Mexico 53.8 49 Alabama 53.3 50 Mississippi 52.2 51 West Virginia 49.8

Note: The ten most populous states are shaded. This list includes the District of Columbia. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program, in cooperation with State Workforce Agencies, Labor Market Information programs, released August 19, 2016.

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