States Ranked by April 2016 Unemployment Rate Seasonally Adjusted

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 8 9 9 11 11 13 13 13 16 16 16

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

Unemployment Rate (%) 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.2

Rank 19 19 21 21 23 23 25 26 27 27 29 30 30 32 32 32 32 36

Unemployment Rate (%) State Missouri 4.3 Tennessee 4.3 Texas 4.4 Wisconsin 4.4 Oklahoma 4.5 Oregon 4.5 Maryland 4.6 New Jersey 4.7 Florida 4.8 Michigan 4.8 New York 4.9 Indiana 5.2 Ohio 5.2 California 5.3 Kentucky 5.3 Pennsylvania 5.3 Rhode Island 5.3 North Carolina 5.4

Rank 37 37 37 40 41 41 41 44 45 46 47 48 48 50 50 52

State Arizona Georgia Wyoming Connecticut Nevada South Carolina Washington Mississippi Alabama New Mexico Louisiana District of Columbia West Virginia Alaska Illinois Puerto Rico

Unemployment Rate (%) 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.6 6.6 11.7

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 May 20, 2016.

States Ranked by Annual Nonagricultural Employment Change April 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 Washington Michigan North Carolina Tennessee Virginia Arizona Massachusetts Ohio Colorado Illinois New Jersey Oregon Maryland

Over-the-Year Change (Jobs) 450,200 254,500 189,600 140,800 133,500 104,900 104,500 95,600 83,800 83,400 81,400 73,500 71,900 67,700 67,500 63,900 62,300 55,900

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

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

Over-the-Year Change (Jobs) 55,000 53,200 49,300 47,000 42,000 40,200 37,100 34,900 32,900 26,100 25,700 25,200 20,100 20,000 16,600 15,400 15,300 12,600

Rank 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53

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

Over-the-Year Change (Jobs) 11,800 8,700 6,000 5,900 5,100 4,100 2,900 1,700 0 -600 -2,100 -3,500 -4,900 -10,800 -12,300 -14,000 -17,600

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 May 20, 2016.

States Ranked by Annual Nonagricultural Employment Percentage Change April 2016, Seasonally Adjusted Rank 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 10 11 11 13 14 15 16 17 17

Over-the-Year State Change (%) Idaho 3.8% Delaware 3.7% Oregon 3.5% 3.4% Utah 3.3% Georgia 3.3% Washington 3.2% Florida 3.1% Arizona Tennessee 2.9% California 2.8% Colorado 2.7% South Carolina 2.7% Nevada 2.6% Michigan 2.5% North Carolina 2.3% Virginia 2.2% Massachusetts 2.1% Maryland 2.1%

Rank 17 20 21 21 23 23 23 26 26 26 29 29 29 32 32 32 32 32

State Arkansas Hawaii Kentucky Vermont Texas New Jersey Indiana Wisconsin Nebraska District of Columbia New York Minnesota Mississippi Ohio Missouri Alabama Iowa New Hampshire

Over-the-Year Change (%) 2.1% 2.0% 1.9% 1.9% 1.6% 1.6% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3%

Rank 32 38 39 39 41 42 43 44 45 45 47 48 48 50 51 52 53

State Montana Connecticut Illinois Rhode Island South Dakota Pennsylvania Maine New Mexico Virgin Islands Kansas Oklahoma West Virginia Louisiana Alaska Puerto Rico Wyoming North Dakota

Over-the-Year Change (%) 1.3% 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 1.0% 0.9% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% -0.1% -0.6% -0.6% -1.0% -1.5% -3.7% -3.8%

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 May 20, 2016.

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

• The labor force participation rate represents the proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population that is in the labor force. Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 14 14 16 17

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

Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 71.2 70.6 70.4 70.1 70.0 69.4 68.8 68.6 68.2 68.1 67.1 67.0 67.0 66.5 66.5 66.3 66.2

Rank 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 25 25 29 30 31 32 32 34

State Connecticut Indiana Massachusetts Virginia Rhode Island New Jersey Idaho Delaware Montana Texas Washington Pennsylvania Ohio Hawaii Oregon Nevada Oklahoma

Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 66.1 65.3 65.0 64.6 64.5 64.4 64.0 63.8 63.8 63.8 63.8 63.6 63.5 62.8 62.6 62.6 62.4

Rank 35 35 37 38 38 40 41 42 43 44 44 46 47 48 48 50 51

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

Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 62.0 62.0 61.8 61.7 61.7 61.6 60.7 60.4 60.3 59.9 59.2 58.9 57.4 57.1 57.1 56.7 52.8

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 May 20, 2016.

States Ranked by Employment to Population Ratio April 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 Minnesota 68.5 68.2 2 North Dakota 68.0 3 Nebraska 4 South Dakota 67.6 5 Iowa 67.3 66.8 6 New Hampshire 66.1 7 District of Columbia 65.8 8 Wisconsin 9 Utah 65.7 65.5 10 Kansas 11 Colorado 65.0 12 Vermont 64.9 13 Maryland 63.9 63.6 14 Missouri 15 Wyoming 62.7 16 Connecticut 62.3 17 Massachusetts 62.2

Rank 18 19 20 20 22 23 24 24 26 26 28 29 29 31 32 33 34

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

Employment to Population Ratio (%) 62.1 62.0 61.9 61.9 61.7 61.4 61.1 61.1 61.0 61.0 60.8 60.2 60.2 60.1 59.8 59.7 59.6

Employment to Population Ratio (%) Rank State 35 Nevada 58.9 58.8 36 Michigan 58.7 37 California 38 North Carolina 58.6 58.6 38 New York 58.3 40 Georgia 57.9 41 Tennessee 42 Arizona 57.4 43 Arkansas 56.6 44 Louisiana 56.5 45 South Carolina 56.4 46 Florida 56.3 47 Kentucky 54.3 48 Alabama 53.6 48 New Mexico 53.6 50 Mississippi 53.3 51 West Virginia 49.4

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 May 20, 2016.

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