State Unemployment Rate - June 2009
| Sorted by Largest Unemployment Rate | | Sorted by Largest Change in Rate | |
| (Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics) | | | (Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics) | | |
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| Unemployment Rate (%) | | | Unemployment Rate (%) | |
| State | June-08 | June-09 | | State | June-08 | June-09 | Change |
| Michigan | 8.1 | 15.2 | | Michigan | 8.1 | 15.2 | 7.1 |
| Puerto Rico | 11.2 | 14.5 | | Oregon | 5.9 | 12.2 | 6.3 |
| Rhode Island | 7.7 | 12.4 | | Nevada | 6.4 | 12.0 | 5.6 |
| Oregon | 5.9 | 12.2 | | South Carolina | 6.5 | 12.1 | 5.6 |
| South Carolina | 6.5 | 12.1 | | Alabama | 4.9 | 10.1 | 5.2 |
| Nevada | 6.4 | 12.0 | | Indiana | 5.6 | 10.7 | 5.1 |
| California | 7.1 | 11.6 | | North Carolina | 6.1 | 11.0 | 4.9 |
| Ohio | 6.4 | 11.1 | | West Virginia | 4.3 | 9.2 | 4.9 |
| North Carolina | 6.1 | 11.0 | | Rhode Island | 7.7 | 12.4 | 4.7 |
| District of Columbia | 6.8 | 10.9 | | Ohio | 6.4 | 11.1 | 4.7 |
| Kentucky | 6.4 | 10.9 | | Florida | 6.0 | 10.6 | 4.6 |
| Tennessee | 6.4 | 10.8 | | Wisconsin | 4.4 | 9.0 | 4.6 |
| Indiana | 5.6 | 10.7 | | California | 7.1 | 11.6 | 4.5 |
| Florida | 6.0 | 10.6 | | Kentucky | 6.4 | 10.9 | 4.5 |
| Illinois | 6.6 | 10.3 | | Tennessee | 6.4 | 10.8 | 4.4 |
| Alabama | 4.9 | 10.1 | | District of Columbia | 6.8 | 10.9 | 4.1 |
| Georgia | 6.1 | 10.1 | | Washington | 5.2 | 9.3 | 4.1 |
| Missouri | 5.8 | 9.3 | | Georgia | 6.1 | 10.1 | 4.0 |
| Washington | 5.2 | 9.3 | | New Jersey | 5.2 | 9.2 | 4.0 |
| New Jersey | 5.2 | 9.2 | | Delaware | 4.6 | 8.4 | 3.8 |
| West Virginia | 4.3 | 9.2 | | Illinois | 6.6 | 10.3 | 3.7 |
| Mississippi | 6.9 | 9.0 | | Idaho | 4.7 | 8.4 | 3.7 |
| Wisconsin | 4.4 | 9.0 | | Missouri | 5.8 | 9.3 | 3.5 |
| Arizona | 5.5 | 8.7 | | Hawaii | 3.9 | 7.4 | 3.5 |
| New York | 5.3 | 8.7 | | Massachusetts | 5.1 | 8.6 | 3.5 |
| Massachusetts | 5.1 | 8.6 | | New York | 5.3 | 8.7 | 3.4 |
| Maine | 5.2 | 8.5 | | Puerto Rico | 11.2 | 14.5 | 3.3 |
| Alaska | 6.6 | 8.4 | | Virginia | 3.9 | 7.2 | 3.3 |
| Delaware | 4.6 | 8.4 | | Maine | 5.2 | 8.5 | 3.3 |
| Idaho | 4.7 | 8.4 | | Arizona | 5.5 | 8.7 | 3.2 |
| Minnesota | 5.3 | 8.4 | | Minnesota | 5.3 | 8.4 | 3.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 5.3 | 8.3 | | New Hampshire | 3.7 | 6.8 | 3.1 |
| Connecticut | 5.5 | 8.0 | | Pennsylvania | 5.3 | 8.3 | 3.0 |
| Colorado | 4.8 | 7.6 | | Maryland | 4.3 | 7.3 | 3.0 |
| Texas | 4.8 | 7.5 | | Colorado | 4.8 | 7.6 | 2.8 |
| Hawaii | 3.9 | 7.4 | | Kansas | 4.3 | 7.0 | 2.7 |
| Maryland | 4.3 | 7.3 | | New Mexico | 4.1 | 6.8 | 2.7 |
| Arkansas | 5.0 | 7.2 | | Texas | 4.8 | 7.5 | 2.7 |
| Virginia | 3.9 | 7.2 | | Wyoming | 3.2 | 5.9 | 2.7 |
| Vermont | 4.5 | 7.1 | | Louisiana | 4.2 | 6.8 | 2.6 |
| Kansas | 4.3 | 7.0 | | Vermont | 4.5 | 7.1 | 2.6 |
| Louisiana | 4.2 | 6.8 | | Connecticut | 5.5 | 8.0 | 2.5 |
| New Hampshire | 3.7 | 6.8 | | Oklahoma | 3.8 | 6.3 | 2.5 |
| New Mexico | 4.1 | 6.8 | | Utah | 3.3 | 5.7 | 2.4 |
| Montana | 4.4 | 6.4 | | Arkansas | 5.0 | 7.2 | 2.2 |
| Oklahoma | 3.8 | 6.3 | | South Dakota | 2.9 | 5.1 | 2.2 |
| Iowa | 4.1 | 6.2 | | Iowa | 4.1 | 6.2 | 2.1 |
| Wyoming | 3.2 | 5.9 | | Mississippi | 6.9 | 9.0 | 2.1 |
| Utah | 3.3 | 5.7 | | Montana | 4.4 | 6.4 | 2.0 |
| South Dakota | 2.9 | 5.1 | | Alaska | 6.6 | 8.4 | 1.8 |
| Nebraska | 3.3 | 5.0 | | Nebraska | 3.3 | 5.0 | 1.7 |
| North Dakota | 3.1 | 4.2 | | North Dakota | 3.1 | 4.2 | 1.1 |