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About the Midwest: Workforce

Unemployment Rates

Seasonally adjusted – March 2008 preliminary figures

National Unemployment Rate: 5.1%

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State

Civilian labor force*

% of labor force

Wisconsin

3,106.0

4.8%

Minnesota

2,937.8

4.7%

Iowa

1,673.1

3.5%


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State-by-state rankings

State

Civilian labor force*

% of labor force

Michigan

4,995.1

7.2%

Alaska

356.9

6.7%

California

18,327.3

6.2%

Rhode Island

572.7

6.1%

Mississippi

1,332.4

6.0%

Nevada

1,384.7

5.8%

Ohio

5,988.8

5.7%

Missouri

3,022.4

5.7%

South Carolina

2,141.5

5.7%

Kentucky

2,039.6

5.7%

Oregon

1,954.0

5.7%

Tennessee

3,055.6

5.6%

Illinois

6,809.2

5.5%

Georgia

4,890.5

5.3%

Connecticut

1,885.1

5.3%

North Carolina

4,540.7

5.2%

Indiana

3,227.3

5.1%

Maine

707.9

5.0%

Florida

9,214.6

4.9%

Pennsylvania

6,323.6

4.9%

Washington

3,467.6

4.9%

Arkansas

1,368.9

4.9%

New York

9,532.3

4.8%

New Jersey

4,495.5

4.8%

Wisconsin

3,106.0

4.8%

Minnesota

2,937.8

4.7%

West Virginia

814.5

4.7%

Vermont

351.9

4.6%

Louisiana

2,017.2

4.5%

Massachusetts

3,411.2

4.4%

Colorado

2,767.0

4.4%

Texas

11,632.9

4.3%

Alabama

2,205.0

4.1%

Kansas

1,487.1

4.1%

Arizona

3,077.0

4.0%

New Hampshire

743.4

3.9%

Delaware

445.4

3.8%

Virginia

4,115.3

3.7%

New Mexico

960.1

3.7%

Maryland

2,999.2

3.6%

Montana

504.8

3.6%

Iowa

1,673.1

3.5%

Utah

1,394.1

3.3%

Oklahoma

1,721.4

3.1%

Hawaii

658.0

3.1%

North Dakota

370.2

3.1%

Wyoming

292.5

3.1%

Idaho

756.2

3.0%

Nebraska

989.9

2.9%

South Dakota

444.8

2.5%

* In thousands
Source: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment: March 2008, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, press release April 18, 2008.


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More workforce data

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:

Iowa Labor Market Information

Minnesota Labor Market Information

Wisconsin Labor Market Information

 

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