#### Unemployment Rates, 2020

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|                                                                              | **Civilian Labor Force, 2020** | **Persons Employed, 2020** | **Persons Unemployed, 2020** | **Unemployment Rate, 2020** | **Unemployment Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2020** |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
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| **United States**                                                                 | 160,742,000                    | 147,795,000                | 12,947,000                   | 8.1%                        | 100.0%                                               |
| **Appalachian Region**                                                            | 12,035,782                     | 11,141,797                 | 893,985                      | 7.4%                        | 92.2%                                                |
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| **STATE TOTALS**                                                                  |
| **Alabama**                                                                       | 2,268,309                      | 2,121,149                  | 147,160                      | 6.5%                        | 80.5%                                                |
| **Georgia**                                                                       | 5,079,555                      | 4,751,105                  | 328,450                      | 6.5%                        | 80.3%                                                |
| **Kentucky**                                                                      | 2,016,802                      | 1,886,999                  | 129,803                      | 6.4%                        | 79.9%                                                |
| **Maryland**                                                                      | 3,227,527                      | 3,012,106                  | 215,421                      | 6.7%                        | 82.9%                                                |
| **Mississippi**                                                                   | 1,243,515                      | 1,145,211                  | 98,304                       | 7.9%                        | 98.1%                                                |
| **New York**                                                                      | 9,575,032                      | 8,631,276                  | 943,756                      | 9.9%                        | 122.4%                                               |
| **North Carolina**                                                                | 4,848,893                      | 4,505,462                  | 343,431                      | 7.1%                        | 87.9%                                                |
| **Ohio**                                                                          | 5,734,179                      | 5,263,034                  | 471,145                      | 8.2%                        | 102.0%                                               |
| **Pennsylvania**                                                                  | 6,482,770                      | 5,893,583                  | 589,187                      | 9.1%                        | 112.8%                                               |
| **South Carolina**                                                                | 2,330,863                      | 2,191,331                  | 139,532                      | 6.0%                        | 74.3%                                                |
| **Tennessee**                                                                     | 3,299,424                      | 3,055,830                  | 243,594                      | 7.4%                        | 91.7%                                                |
| **Virginia**                                                                      | 4,368,772                      | 4,097,860                  | 270,912                      | 6.2%                        | 77.0%                                                |
| **West Virginia**                                                                 | 783,027                        | 719,175                    | 63,852                       | 8.2%                        | 101.2%                                               |
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| **STATE APPALACHIAN TOTALS**                                                      |
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| Appalachian Alabama                                                               | 1,483,882                      | 1,394,440                  | 89,442                       | 6.0%                        | 74.8%                                                |
| Appalachian Georgia                                                               | 1,618,264                      | 1,527,059                  | 91,205                       | 5.6%                        | 70.0%                                                |
| Appalachian Kentucky                                                              | 425,374                        | 393,707                    | 31,667                       | 7.4%                        | 92.4%                                                |
| Appalachian Maryland                                                              | 120,025                        | 111,530                    | 8,495                        | 7.1%                        | 87.9%                                                |
| Appalachian Mississippi                                                           | 265,369                        | 244,445                    | 20,924                       | 7.9%                        | 97.9%                                                |
| Appalachian New York                                                              | 454,671                        | 419,537                    | 35,134                       | 7.7%                        | 95.9%                                                |
| Appalachian North Carolina                                                        | 920,796                        | 854,050                    | 66,746                       | 7.2%                        | 90.0%                                                |
| Appalachian Ohio                                                                  | 879,355                        | 803,117                    | 76,238                       | 8.7%                        | 107.6%                                               |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania                                                          | 2,785,702                      | 2,527,835                  | 257,867                      | 9.3%                        | 114.9%                                               |
| Appalachian South Carolina                                                        | 621,136                        | 584,780                    | 36,356                       | 5.9%                        | 72.7%                                                |
| Appalachian Tennessee                                                             | 1,346,018                      | 1,251,580                  | 94,438                       | 7.0%                        | 87.1%                                                |
| Appalachian Virginia                                                              | 332,163                        | 310,542                    | 21,621                       | 6.5%                        | 80.8%                                                |
| West Virginia                                                                     | 783,027                        | 719,175                    | 63,852                       | 8.2%                        | 101.2%                                               |