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. STATE STATS
   

NJ Ranks 25th in the Nation in Unemployment Rate, April 2007
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor

Rank State Rate   Rank State Rate
             

1

Montana

2.2


25

Louisiana

4.3

2

Hawaii

2.4

 

25

Maine

4.3

3

Utah

2.5

 

25

NEW JERSEY

4.3

4

Idaho

2.8

 

29

Georgia

4.4

4

Nebraska

2.8

 

29

Nevada

4.4

6

Wyoming

2.9

 

29

Tennessee

4.4

7

Virginia

3.1

 

29

Washington

4.4

8

Alabama

3.3

 

33

Minnesota

4.5

8

North Dakota

3.3

 

33

Missouri

4.5

10

Florida

3.4

 

33

Rhode Island

4.5

10

Iowa

3.4

 

33

West Virginia

4.5

10

South Dakota

3.4

 

37

Massachusetts

4.6

13

Colorado

3.5

 

38

Illinois

4.8

14

Maryland

3.6

 

38

Indiana

4.8

14

New Mexico

3.6

 

38

North Carolina

4.8

16

Delaware

3.7

 

41

Arkansas

5.0

17

Vermont

3.9

 

42

California

5.1

18

Arizona

4.0

 

42

Oregon

5.1

18

New Hampshire

4.0

 

42

Wisconsin

5.1

20

New York

4.1

 

45

Kentucky

5.3

20

Pennsylvania

4.1

 

46

Ohio

5.7

22

Connecticut

4.2

 

47

Alaska

5.8

22

Oklahoma

4.2

 

47

South Carolina

5.8

22

Texas

4.2

 

49

Mississippi

6.8

25

Kansas

4.3

 

50

Michigan

7.1

             
          50 State Average
4.22%
          N.J. % Above Average 1.90%

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