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Unemployment: April 2008 - April 2009 State or Region Apr-08 Feb-09 Mar-09 Apr-09 New England Connecticut 5.2 7.4 7.5 7.9 Maine 5.1 7.8 8.1 7.9 Massachusetts 4.8 7.7 7.7 8.0 New Hampshire 3.7 5.7 6.2 6.3 Rhode Island 7.1 10.5 10.6 11.1 Vermont 4.6 7.1 7.2 7.1 Mid-Atlantic Delaware 4.2 7.3 7.6 7.5 Maryland 4.0 6.8 6.9 6.8 New Jersey 5.0 8.2 8.3 8.4 New York 5.0 7.8 7.8 7.7 Pennsylvania 5.0 7.5 7.8 7.8 Midwest Illinois 6.2 8.6 9.0 9.4 Indiana 5.4 9.4 10.0 9.9 Iowa 4.0 4.9 5.2 5.1 Michigan 7.9 12.0 12.6 12.9 Minnesota 5.4 8.0 8.2 8.1 Ohio 6.2 9.5 9.7 10.2 Wisconsin 4.5 7.8 8.5 8.6 South Alabama 4.5 8.4 9.0 9.0 Arkansas 4.9 6.4 6.5 6.5 District of Columbia 6.4 9.9 9.7 9.9 Florida 5.6 9.6 9.8 9.6 Georgia 5.8 9.2 9.2 9.3 Kentucky 6.1 9.3 9.8 9.8 Louisiana 4.1 5.7 5.8 6.2 Mississippi 6.4 9.1 9.4 9.1 North Carolina 5.7 10.7 10.8 10.8 Oklahoma 3.5 5.5 5.9 6.2 South Carolina 6.2 10.9 11.4 11.5 Tennessee 6.0 9.0 9.6 9.9 Texas 4.6 6.5 6.7 6.7 Virginia 3.7 6.6 6.8 6.8 West Virginia 4.3 6.0 6.8 7.5 West Alaska 6.6 7.9 8.4 8.0 Arizona 4.9 7.4 7.8 7.7 California 6.6 10.6 11.2 11.0 Colorado 4.7 7.2 7.5 7.4 Hawaii 3.5 6.5 7.1 6.9 Idaho 4.3 6.7 7.0 7.0 Kansas 4.2 5.9 6.1 6.4 Missouri 5.6 8.3 8.7 8.1 Montana 4.2 6.0 6.1 6.0 Nebraska 3.3 4.3 4.7 4.4 Nevada 5.8 10.0 10.4 10.6 New Mexico 3.9 5.4 5.9 5.8 North Dakota 3.0 4.3 4.2 4.0 Oregon 5.6 10.7 11.9 12.0 South Dakota 2.9 4.6 4.9 4.8 Utah 3.3 5.1 5.2 5.2 Washington 4.9 8.3 9.1 9.1 Wyoming 2.9 3.9 4.5 4.5 U.S. Total 5.0 8.1 8.5 8.9 NOTE: April 2009 figures are preliminary. Data refer to place of residence. Data have been revised back to January 2003 to incorporate up dated population controls, reestimation of models, adjustment to new division and national control totals, and revised seasonal adjustment. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revisions the following month. SOURCE: Northeast-Midwest Institute and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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