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New Jersey Ranks 17th in the Nation in Unemployment Rate, 2004
Source: United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             
1 Hawaii 3.3%
25 Indiana 5.2%
2
 North Dakota 3.4
   25 Utah 5.2
3
 South Dakota 3.5
   28 West Virginia 5.3
4
 Vermont 3.7
   28 Kentucky 5.3
4 Virginia 3.7
   30 Tennessee 5.4
6 New Hampshire 3.8
   31 Pennsylvania 5.5
6 Nebraska 3.8
   31 North Carolina 5.5
8 Wyoming 3.9
   31 Colorado 5.5
9
Delaware 4.1
   31 Kansas 5.5
10 Maryland 4.2
   35 Alabama 5.6
11 Nevada 4.3
   36 Arkansas 5.7
12 Montana 4.4
   36 Louisiana 5.7
13 Maine 4.6
   36 Missouri 5.7
13 Georgia 4.6
   36 New Mexico 5.7
15 Idaho 4.7
   40 New York 5.8
15 Minnesota 4.7
   41 Texas 6.1
17 NEW JERSEY 4.8
   41 Ohio 6.1
18 Florida 4.8
   43 California 6.2
18 Oklahoma 4.8
   43 Washington 6.2
18 Iowa 4.8
   43 Illinois 6.2
21 Wisconsin 4.9
   43 Mississippi 6.2
21 Connecticut 4.9
   47 South Carolina 6.8
23
Arizona 5.0
   48 Michigan 7.1
24
Massachusetts 5.1
   49 Oregon 7.4
25 Rhode Island 5.2   50 Alaska 7.5
             
          50 State Average
5.1
          N.J. % Below Average 6.7%

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