Delaware’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in August dropped to 5.4%, from 5.6% in July.
The Delaware Department of Labor reported 26,400 unemployed Delawareans in August compared to 38,600 a year ago.
The nation’s unemployment rate was 5.2% in August 2021, down from 5.4% in July 2021. In August 2020, the US unemployment rate was 8.4%, while Delaware’s rate was 7.9%.
In the past, Delaware’s jobless rate was typically below the national figure.
Delaware’s jobless rate is the lowest in the Mid-Atlantic region, which has been slower to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic than other areas of the nation.
Showing the most significant job gains in the past year were wholesale/retail trade and hospitality. Hospitality was hard hit by the Covid-19 epidemic, which came with occupancy limits and customers reluctant to travel or dine out.
Below are state-by-state unemployment rates from the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Jobless rates ranged from 2.2% in Nebraska to 7.5% in California.
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| Rate |
|-----------|-----------| Over-the-year
State | August | August | change (p)
| 2020 | 2021(p) |
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Alabama ........................| 7.1 | 3.1 | -4.0
Alaska .........................| 7.2 | 6.4 | -.8
Arizona ........................| 7.0 | 6.2 | -.8
Arkansas .......................| 6.5 | 4.2 | -2.3
California .....................| 12.3 | 7.5 | -4.8
Colorado .......................| 7.1 | 5.9 | -1.2
Connecticut ....................| 8.4 | 7.2 | -1.2
Delaware .......................| 7.9 | 5.4 | -2.5
District of Columbia ...........| 8.8 | 6.5 | -2.3
Florida ........................| 7.9 | 5.0 | -2.9
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Georgia ........................| 7.0 | 3.5 | -3.5
Hawaii .........................| 14.1 | 7.0 | -7.1
Idaho ..........................| 4.9 | 2.9 | -2.0
Illinois .......................| 11.1 | 7.0 | -4.1
Indiana ........................| 7.3 | 4.1 | -3.2
Iowa ...........................| 5.3 | 4.1 | -1.2
Kansas .........................| 6.2 | 3.8 | -2.4
Kentucky .......................| 5.5 | 4.3 | -1.2
Louisiana ......................| 8.2 | 6.2 | -2.0
Maryland .......................| 8.6 | 5.9 | -2.7
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Massachusetts ..................| 9.3 | 5.0 | -4.3
Michigan .......................| 8.5 | 4.7 | -3.8
Minnesota ......................| 6.6 | 3.8 | -2.8
Mississippi ....................| 7.8 | 6.0 | -1.8
Missouri .......................| 6.0 | 4.0 | -2.0
Montana ........................| 5.8 | 3.5 | -2.3
Nebraska .......................| 4.0 | 2.2 | -1.8
Nevada .........................| 14.5 | 7.7 | -6.8
New Hampshire ..................| 6.6 | 3.0 | -3.6
New Jersey .....................| 11.0 | 7.2 | -3.8
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New Mexico .....................| 9.3 | 7.2 | -2.1
New York .......................| 11.7 | 7.4 | -4.3
North Carolina .................| 6.8 | 4.3 | -2.5
North Dakota ...................| 6.1 | 3.6 | -2.5
Ohio ...........................| 9.0 | 5.4 | -3.6
Oklahoma .......................| 6.3 | 3.2 | -3.1
Oregon .........................| 8.4 | 4.9 | -3.5
Pennsylvania ...................| 10.2 | 6.4 | -3.8
Rhode Island ...................| 12.6 | 5.8 | -6.8
South Carolina .................| 5.4 | 4.2 | -1.2
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South Dakota ...................| 4.7 | 2.9 | -1.8
Tennessee ......................| 8.1 | 4.6 | -3.5
Texas ..........................| 6.9 | 5.9 | -1.0
Utah ...........................| 4.8 | 2.6 | -2.2
Vermont ........................| 5.4 | 3.0 | -2.4
Virginia .......................| 7.0 | 4.0 | -3.0
Washington .....................| 9.1 | 5.1 | -4.0
West Virginia ..................| 8.5 | 4.8 | -3.7
Wisconsin ......................| 6.1 | 3.9 | -2.2
Wyoming ........................| 6.2 | 4.9 | -1.3
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(p) = preliminary.
