List of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate
Unemployment rate by jurisdiction
Statistic below: April 20, 2018 for March 2018 for all U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

List of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate

Section Title: Unemployment rate by jurisdiction
Table Section Text: Statistic below: April 20, 2018 for March 2018 for all U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Rank	Rank (50 states)	State federal district or territory	Unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)	Monthly change (%) (=drop in unemployment)

—	—	American Samoa	18.0%	—

—	—	Northern Mariana Islands	11.2%	—

1	—	Virgin Islands	9.2%	0.3

2	—	Puerto Rico	8.8%	0.3

3	1	Alaska	7.3%	0.0

4	—	District of Columbia	5.6%	0.1

5	2	New Mexico	5.6%	0.2

6	3	West Virginia	5.4%	0.0

7	4	Arizona	4.9%	0.0

8	5	Nevada	4.9%	0.0

9	6	Pennsylvania	4.8%	0.0

10	7	Washington	4.8%	0.1

11	8	Michigan	4.7%	0.1

12	9	Illinois	4.6%	0.1

13	10	New Jersey	4.6%	0.0

14	11	New York	4.6%	0.0

15	12	Connecticut	4.5%	0.1

16	13	Mississippi	4.5%	0.0

17	14	North Carolina	4.5%	0.0

18	15	Rhode Island	4.5%	0.0

19	16	Georgia	4.4%	0.1

20	—	Guam	4.4%	0.1

21	17	Louisiana	4.4%	0.1

22	18	Ohio	4.4%	0.1

23	19	South Carolina	4.4%	0.0

24	20	California	4.3%	0.0

25	21	Delaware	4.3%	0.1

26	22	Maryland	4.3%	0.1

27	23	Montana	4.1%	0.0

28	24	Oregon	4.1%	0.0

29	25	Kentucky	4.0%	0.1

30	26	Oklahoma	4.0%	0.1

31	27	Texas	4.0%	0.0

32	28	Florida	3.9%	0.0

33	29	Wyoming	3.9%	0.1

34	30	Alabama	3.8%	0.1

35	31	Arkansas	3.8%	0.0

36	32	Missouri	3.6%	0.1

37	33	Massachusetts	3.5%	0.0

38	34	Kansas	3.4%	0.0

39	35	South Dakota	3.4%	0.0

40	36	Tennessee	3.4%	0.0

41	37	Virginia	3.4%	0.1

42	38	Indiana	3.2%	0.0

43	39	Minnesota	3.2%	0.0

44	40	Utah	3.1%	0.0

45	41	Colorado	3.0%	0.0

46	42	Idaho	2.9%	0.1

47	43	Wisconsin	2.9%	0.0

48	44	Iowa	2.8%	0.1

49	45	Nebraska	2.8%	0.0

50	46	Vermont	2.8%	0.0

51	47	Maine	2.7%	0.2

52	48	New Hampshire	2.6%	0.0

53	49	North Dakota	2.6%	0.0

54	50	Hawaii	2.1%	0.0

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North Dakota has the second-lowest unemployment rate, behind Hawaii.

final_sentence: North Dakota has the second-lowest unemployment rate, behind Hawaii.