Here's every state's unemployment rate in April

The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released their monthly report on unemployment rates in the states and DC for April.

Unemployment rates ranged from 2.5% in South Dakota to 6.6% in Alaska and Illinois. The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that five states had statistically significant drops in unemployment, and four states saw increases compared to March. The other 41 states and DC had unemployment rates that were more or less unchanged.

Here's the unemployment rate in every state:

state unemployment rates april 2016

(Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from Bureau of Labor Statistics)

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