May: US UE-rate remains stable, 217.000 jobs added

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Here's the May unemployment rate in each of the 50 states + D.C.:

Rhode Island: 8.2%
Nevada: 7.9% (huge drop since peak)
Kentucky: 7.7%
Mississippi: 7.7%
California: 7.6%
Illinois: 7.5%
Michigan: 7.5% (huge drop since peak)
D.C.: 7.5%
Georgia: 7.2%
New Jersey: 6.8%
Arizona: 6.8%
New York: 6.7%
North Carolina: 6.4%
Tennessee: 6.4%
Arkansas: 6.4%

US average: 6.3%

Florida: 6.3%

Washington: 6.1%
Delaware: 5.9%
Colorado: 5.8%
Maine: 5.7%
Wisconsin: 5.7%
Indiana: 5.7%
Maryland: 5.6%
Massachusetts: 5.6%
Pennsylvania: 5.6%
Ohio: 5.5%
South Carolina: 5.3%
Virginia: 5.1%
Texas: 5.1%
Idaho: 4.9%
Louisiana: 4.9%
Kansas: 4.8%
Montana: 4.6%
Oklahoma: 4.6%
Minnesota: 4.6%
New Hampshire: 4.4%
Hawaii: 4.4%
Wyoming: 3.8%
South Dakota: 3.8%
Nebraska: 3.6%
Utah: 3.6%
Vermont: 3.3%
North Dakota: 2.6%

Source: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm

Democratic states with lowest unemployment rates: Vermont, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Minnesota
Republican states with highest unemployment rates: Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia, Arizona