State Long-term share of the unemployed Alabama 34.50 Alaska 26.20 Arizona 31.60 Arkansas 31.00 California 40.50 Colorado 37.30 Connecticut 43.40 Delaware 34.80 District of Columbia 46.60 Florida 46.20 Georgia 41.80 Hawaii 33.30 Idaho 23.90 Illinois 41.30 Indiana 29.10 Iowa 21.00 Kansas 27.80 Kentucky 32.40 Louisiana 34.70 Maine 30.40 Maryland 36.50 Massachusetts 36.00 Michigan 36.40 Minnesota 26.80 Mississippi 40.80 Missouri 39.60 Montana 24.60 Nebraska 27.80 Nevada 39.70 New Hampshire 31.60 New Jersey 46.60 New Mexico 41.30 New York 44.40 North Carolina 43.30 North Dakota 19.60 Ohio 34.60 Oklahoma 23.50 Oregon 35.80 Pennsylvania 39.90 Rhode Island 44.60 South Carolina 36.00 South Dakota 17.20 Tennessee 32.20 Texas 29.90 Utah 22.70 Vermont 23.70 Virginia 35.20 Washington 30.40 West Virginia 35.60 Wisconsin 34.10 Wyoming 21.40