Seasonally adjusted - May 2008 preliminary figures
Alliant Energy service territory |
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Rank |
State |
Percent of non-farm
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2 |
Wisconsin |
17.2 percent |
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4 |
Iowa |
15.1 percent |
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13 |
Minnesota |
12.1 percent |
State-by-state rankings |
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Rank |
State |
Percent of non-farm
|
|
1 |
Indiana |
18.0% |
|
2 |
Wisconsin |
17.2% |
|
3 |
Arkansas |
15.2% |
|
4 |
Iowa |
15.1% |
|
5 |
Mississippi |
14.2% |
|
6 |
Ohio |
14.0% |
|
7 |
Michigan |
13.7% |
|
8 |
Kentucky |
13.4% |
|
9 |
Kansas |
13.3% |
|
10 |
Tennessee2 |
13.3% |
|
11 |
South Carolina |
12.6% |
|
11 |
North Carolina |
12.6% |
|
13 |
Minnesota |
12.1% |
|
14 |
New Hampshire |
11.9% |
|
15 |
Vermont |
11.5% |
|
16 |
Oregon |
11.4% |
|
17 |
Illinois |
11.2% |
|
18 |
Connecticut |
11.1% |
|
18 |
Pennsylvania |
11.1% |
|
20 |
Missouri |
10.4% |
|
20 |
Nebraska2 |
10.4% |
|
21 |
South Dakota2 |
10.3% |
|
22 |
Utah |
10.2% |
|
23 |
Georgia |
10.1% |
|
24 |
Washington |
10.0% |
|
24 |
Rhode Island |
10.0% |
|
26 |
Idaho |
9.5% |
|
26 |
California |
9.5% |
|
26 |
Maine |
9.5% |
|
29 |
Massachusetts |
8.9% |
|
30 |
Texas |
8.8% |
|
31 |
Louisiana |
8.1% |
|
32 |
West Virginia |
7.6% |
|
33 |
New Jersey |
7.5% |
|
34 |
Virginia |
7.3% |
|
35 |
North Dakota |
7.1% |
|
36 |
Arizona |
6.7% |
|
37 |
New York |
6.1% |
|
38 |
Colorado |
6.0% |
|
39 |
Maryland2 |
4.9% |
|
40 |
Florida |
4.6% |
|
40 |
Montana |
4.6% |
|
42 |
New Mexico |
4.2% |
|
43 |
Alaska |
4.1% |
|
44 |
Nevada |
4.0% |
|
45 |
Wyoming |
3.4% |
NOTE: Alabama, Delaware, Hawaii and Oklahoma do not appear in this data because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
2 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction.
Source: Regi onal and State Employment and Unemplo y men t : March 2008 , U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, press release June 20, 2008.
For detailed data on the labor market conditions in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, including employment and unemployment levels, wages and labor availability, visit the state's labor market information Web site:
