Over-the-year change in unemployment rate for nation's 20 largest states and the Midwest

	A	B	C	D
1	State	Dec. 2018 rate	Dec. 2019 rate	Over-the-year change
2	Illinois	4.3	3.7	-0.6
3	Georgia	3.7	3.2	-0.5
4	New Jersey	3.9	3.5	-0.4
5	Ohio	4.6	4.2	-0.4
6	Arizona	4.9	4.6	-0.3
7	Massachusetts	3.1	2.8	-0.3
8	Indiana	3.5	3.2	-0.3
9	Florida	3.3	3	-0.3
10	Washington	4.5	4.3	-0.2
11	Texas	3.7	3.5	-0.2
12	Maryland	3.7	3.5	-0.2
13	California	4.1	3.9	-0.2
14	Virginia	2.8	2.6	-0.2
15	Michigan	4	3.9	-0.1
16	Kentucky	4.3	4.3	0
17	North Carolina	3.7	3.7	0
18	Tennessee	3.3	3.3	0
19	New York	3.9	4	0.1
20	Missouri	3.1	3.3	0.2
21	Pennsylvania	4.2	4.5	0.3
22	Iowa	2.4	2.7	0.3
23	Wisconsin	3	3.4	0.4
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25	Source: Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for Dec. 2018 and Dec. 2019 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Local Area Unemployment database, accessed Jan. 29, 2020
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