State Unemployment since 1976

Earlier I posted the BLS release for state unemployment rates in June. I've been posting a graph showing the number of states with unemployment rates above certain levels since 2006. Since all of the state series began in 1976, below is a graph showing state unemployment rates since 1976. Only one state has never had an unemployment rate below 6% (Alaska with a minimum is 6.3% in 1999).  So Dark Blue on the graph below never reaches zero. For interest, note the impact of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when the unemployment rate for Louisiana increased sharply from 5.4% to 11.3% in one......(read more)

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