This table ranks the 51 states of the United States by their number of unemployed persons in 2014/15. In 2014/15, California had the largest unemployment level in the United States with about 1.41 million people.
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Number of unemployed persons in the U.S. in 2014//15, by state (in 1,000)
| State | Number of unemployed in thousands |
|---|---|
| California | 1,410 |
| Texas | 664 |
| Florida | 522 |
| New York | 513 |
| Illinois | 386 |
| Pennsylvania | 330 |
| Georgia | 280 |
| Ohio | 277 |
| North Carolina | 274 |
| Michigan | 258 |
| New Jersey | 255 |
| Washington | 214 |
| Arizona | 211 |
| Virginia | 189 |
| Massachusetts | 178 |
| Tennessee | 177 |
| Maryland | 164 |
| Indiana | 157 |
| Missouri | 156 |
| Wisconsin | 143 |
| Colorado | 141 |
| Louisiana | 138 |
| South Carolina | 135 |
| Oregon | 132 |
| Alabama | 131 |
| Minnesota | 112 |
| Nevada | 111 |
| Connecticut | 106 |
| Kentucky | 105 |
| Mississippi | 83 |
| Oklahoma | 81 |
| Arkansas | 80 |
| Kansas | 63 |
| New Mexico | 62 |
| Iowa | 62 |
| Utah | 55 |
| West Virginia | 53 |
| Idaho | 38 |
| Rhode Island | 33 |
| Maine | 30 |
| Nebraska | 30 |
| Hawaii | 29 |
| District of Columbia | 27 |
| Alaska | 25 |
| New Hampshire | 25 |
| Montana | 24 |
| Delaware | 23 |
| South Dakota | 14 |
| Vermont | 13 |
| Wyoming | 13 |
| North Dakota | 11 |
