This table ranks the 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia by their number of unemployed persons in 2019. In 2019, California had the largest number of unemployed people in the United States with about 784,000 people.
Number of unemployed persons in the U.S. in 2019, by state (in 1,000s)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 4, 2020). Number of unemployed persons in the U.S. in 2019, by state (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 21, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/223635/state-unemployment-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of unemployed persons in the U.S. in 2019, by state (in 1,000s)." Chart. March 4, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 21, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223635/state-unemployment-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2020). Number of unemployed persons in the U.S. in 2019, by state (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 21, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223635/state-unemployment-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Unemployed Persons in The U.S. in 2019, by State (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223635/state-unemployment-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of unemployed persons in the U.S. in 2019, by state (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223635/state-unemployment-in-the-us/ (last visited January 21, 2021)