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Unemployment rate at ages 20 to 24: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Unemployment rate at ages 20 to 24 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Young and older workers by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 8.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 14.8 %
RI 6 %
DE 10.3 %
CT 9.3 %
NJ 10.5 %
MD 9.1 %
MA 8.6 %
VT 4.5 %
NH 4.2 %

Lowest: 3.6 to 6 %
Group 2: 6 to 7.1 %
Group 3: 7.1 to 8.1 %
Group 4: 8.1 to 9.3 %
Highest: 9.3 to 14.8 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	District of Columbia	14.8
2	California	11.7
3	New York	11.1
4	New Jersey	10.5
5	Delaware	10.3
6	Washington	10.1
7	Illinois	10
7	Mississippi	10
7	Oregon	10
10	Connecticut	9.3
10	Georgia	9.3
12	Florida	9.2
13	Maryland	9.1
14	Texas	9
15	Pennsylvania	8.7
16	Alaska	8.6
16	Massachusetts	8.6
16	Michigan	8.6
19	Tennessee	8.5
20	Virginia	8.3
21	North Carolina	8.1
22	Indiana	8
22	Kentucky	8
24	Nevada	7.9
25	Alabama	7.8
26	South Carolina	7.7
27	Colorado	7.3
27	Ohio	7.3
27	West Virginia	7.3
30	Louisiana	7.2
31	Arkansas	7.1
32	Arizona	7
33	Idaho	6.9
34	Minnesota	6.7
34	Oklahoma	6.7
36	Wyoming	6.4
37	Missouri	6.3
37	New Mexico	6.3
39	Utah	6.1
40	Nebraska	6
40	Rhode Island	6
42	Maine	5.7
43	Kansas	5.6
44	Hawaii	5.3
45	Iowa	5.2
46	Wisconsin	5.1
47	North Dakota	4.8
48	Vermont	4.5
49	New Hampshire	4.2
50	Montana	3.8
51	South Dakota	3.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2301: Employment Status. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by unemployment rate at ages 20 to 24 (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2301; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-unemployment-rate-at-ages-20-to-24/

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