which state has the lowest unemployment rate
States with the lowest unemployment. Find out why Nebraska, North Dakota and Utah have the lowest unemployment rates. Douglas McIntyre of 24/7 Wall Street has the details. The national unemployment rate for April was 5.4%, essentially unchanged from March. And the lowest unemployment rate in the country was less than half that, 2.5% in Nebraska. No other state clocked in with an unemployment rate below 3%. In April of last year, Nebraska's unemployment rate was 3.4%, trailing only North and South Dakota for the lowest rate among the states.