The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each US state as of April 2019, the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  Four states, Iowa, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Vermont are the only states that continue to have an unemployment rate below 2.5 percent.

The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each EU state as of April 2019 (unless otherwise noted - see caveats below), the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  Czechia continues to be the only state with an unemployment rate below three percent even though its rate ticked up in April.

The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each EU and US region as of March 2019 (unless otherwise noted - see caveats below), the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  US regions continue to have considerably lower unemployment rates than EU regions.

The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each US region as of March 2019, the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  The Northeast was the only region to see an improvement in its rate both from last month and last year.

The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each EU region as of March 2019 (unless otherwise noted - see caveats below), the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  The Northern EU is the only region with an unemployment rate larger than the previous month as well as larger than last year.

The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each EU and US state as of March 2019 (unless otherwise noted - see caveats below), the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  The Czech Republic continues to be the only state with an unemployment rate below two percent; it is also the only EU state with an unemployment rate below three percent.  Ten US states have a rate below three percent.

The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each US state as of March 2019, the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  Four states, Iowa, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Vermont are the only states that continue to have an unemployment rate below 2.5 percent.

The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each EU state as of March 2019 (unless otherwise noted - see caveats below), the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  The Czech Republic continues to be the only state with an unemployment rate below three percent.

The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each EU and US region as of February 2019 (unless otherwise noted - see caveats below), the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  US regions fare considerably better in this metric than EU regions do.

The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each US region as of February 2019, the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  The South continues to hold the lowest unemployment rate as it did last month but was the rate that showed the greatest deterioration over the previous month.