Unemployment rates fell last month in more than three-quarters of the nation's states, according to a report from the Labor Department on Friday. Below is information on unemployment rates in all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.
| State | April 2011 | March 2011 | April 2010 |
| Alabama | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| Alaska | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.1 |
| Arizona | 9.3 | 9.5 | 10.1 |
| Arkansas | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 |
| California | 11.9 | 12 | 12.4 |
| Colorado | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9 |
| Connecticut | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| Delaware | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 |
| District of Columbia | 9.6 | 9.5 | 10 |
| Florida | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| Georgia | 9.9 | 10 | 10.1 |
| Hawaii | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.7 |
| Idaho | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| Illinois | 8.7 | 8.8 | 10.8 |
| Indiana | 8.2 | 8.5 | 10.5 |
| Iowa | 6 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Kansas | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| Kentucky | 10 | 10.2 | 10.6 |
| Louisiana | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.2 |
| Maine | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| Maryland | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| Massachusetts | 7.8 | 8 | 8.6 |
| Michigan | 10.2 | 10.3 | 13.1 |
| Minnesota | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.5 |
| Mississippi | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.6 |
| Missouri | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.5 |
| Montana | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 |
| Nebraska | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| Nevada | 12.5 | 13.2 | 14.9 |
| New Hampshire | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.3 |
| New Jersey | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.6 |
| New Mexico | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
| New York | 7.9 | 8 | 8.7 |
| North Carolina | 9.7 | 9.7 | 11.1 |
| North Dakota | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4 |
| Ohio | 8.6 | 8.9 | 10.4 |
| Oklahoma | 5.6 | 6.1 | 7.2 |
| Oregon | 9.6 | 9.9 | 11 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.8 |
| Rhode Island | 10.9 | 11 | 11.7 |
| South Carolina | 9.8 | 9.9 | 11.3 |
| South Dakota | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5 |
| Tennessee | 9.6 | 9.5 | 10 |
| Texas | 8 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
| Utah | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.9 |
| Vermont | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.5 |
| Virginia | 6.1 | 6.2 | 7.1 |
| Washington | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| West Virginia | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.8 |
| Wisconsin | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.8 |
| Wyoming | 6 | 6.2 | 7.2 |
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