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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Unemployment rates in all 50 states and DC

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