Unemployment, median household income, house-price appreciation, and regional inflation — one row per U.S. state, sourced from FRED, BLS, and FHFA.
Unemployment figures[1] come from BLS LAUS via FRED and refresh monthly with a two-to-three week lag. Real median household income[2] uses Census ACS 1-year estimates (also hosted on FRED). House-price YoY[3]is FHFA's All-Transactions HPI, refreshed quarterly. Inflation[4] is BLS CPI-U at the 4-Census-region level (Northeast, Midwest, South, West) — BLS does not publish state-level CPI, so we map each state to its Census region and carry that vintage string explicitly in the source URL.
Lowest Unemployment
Hawaii
2.2%
Highest Unemployment
District of Columbia
5.6%
Highest Median HH Income
Massachusetts
$113,900
Data Last Updated
Latest primary-source fetch
| Rank | State | Unemp % | Median HHI ▼ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts(Northeast) | 4.7%[1] | $113,900[2] |
| 2 | New Hampshire(Northeast) | 3.2%[1] | $111,800[2] |
| 3 | Maryland(South) | 4.3%[1] | $109,700[2] |
| 4 | Colorado(West) | 3.9%[1] | $106,500[2] |
| 5 | District of Columbia(South) | 5.6%[1] | $106,290[2] |
| 6 | Utah(West) | 3.8%[1] | $104,000[2] |
| 7 | New Jersey(Northeast) | 5.2%[1] | $103,500[2] |
| 8 | California(West) | 5.4%[1] | $100,600[2] |
| 9 | Connecticut(Northeast) | 4.5%[1] | $99,240[2] |
| 10 | Hawaii(West) | 2.2%[1] | $98,240[2] |
| 11 | Washington(West) | 4.8%[1] | $94,600[2] |
| 12 | Minnesota(Midwest) | 4.4%[1] | $92,350[2] |
| 13 | Rhode Island(Northeast) | 4.5%[1] | $92,290[2] |
| 14 | Alaska(West) | 4.8%[1] | $91,260[2] |
| 15 | Maine(Northeast) | 3.3%[1] | $90,730[2] |
| 16 | Virginia(South) | 3.1%[1] | $89,930[2] |
| 17 | Oregon(West) | 5.2%[1] | $89,700[2] |
| 18 | North Dakota(Midwest) | 2.6%[1] | $88,080[2] |
| 19 | Kansas(Midwest) | 3.9%[1] | $87,690[2] |
| 20 | New York(Northeast) | 4.6%[1] | $86,830[2] |
| 21 | Nebraska(Midwest) | 3.0%[1] | $86,140[2] |
| 22 | Delaware(South) | 5.4%[1] | $85,860[2] |
| 23 | Iowa(Midwest) | 3.4%[1] | $85,480[2] |
| 24 | Vermont(Northeast) | 2.7%[1] | $85,260[2] |
| 25 | Arizona(West) | 4.5%[1] | $84,700[2] |
| 26 | Illinois(Midwest) | 4.9%[1] | $84,210[2] |
| 27 | Montana(West) | 3.6%[1] | $81,920[2] |
| 28 | Idaho(West) | 3.7%[1] | $81,650[2] |
| 29 | Texas(South) | 4.3%[1] | $81,490[2] |
| 30 | Georgia(South) | 3.5%[1] | $81,210[2] |
| 31 | Nevada(West) | 5.3%[1] | $80,590[2] |
| 32 | Ohio(Midwest) | 4.3%[1] | $80,520[2] |
| 33 | Pennsylvania(Northeast) | 4.3%[1] | $80,060[2] |
| 34 | South Dakota(Midwest) | 2.2%[1] | $79,850[2] |
| 35 | Michigan(Midwest) | 5.0%[1] | $79,460[2] |
| 36 | Missouri(Midwest) | 3.9%[1] | $78,390[2] |
| 37 | South Carolina(South) | 4.9%[1] | $76,780[2] |
| 38 | Indiana(Midwest) | 3.4%[1] | $76,710[2] |
| 39 | Tennessee(South) | 3.5%[1] | $75,860[2] |
| 40 | Wisconsin(Midwest) | 3.2%[1] | $75,670[2] |
| 41 | Florida(South) | 4.5%[1] | $75,630[2] |
| 42 | Wyoming(West) | 3.4%[1] | $72,060[2] |
| 43 | North Carolina(South) | 3.8%[1] | $67,220[2] |
| 44 | Alabama(South) | 2.7%[1] | $65,560[2] |
| 45 | Oklahoma(South) | 3.9%[1] | $65,310[2] |
| 46 | Arkansas(South) | 4.4%[1] | $64,840[2] |
| 47 | Kentucky(South) | 4.3%[1] | $64,790[2] |
| 48 | New Mexico(West) | 4.5%[1] | $64,140[2] |
| 49 | Louisiana(South) | 4.3%[1] | $60,740[2] |
| 50 | Mississippi(South) | 3.6%[1] | $55,980[2] |
| 51 | West Virginia(South) | 4.4%[1] | $55,948[2] |
CPI is published by BLS at the 4 Census regions (Northeast / Midwest / South / West), not per-state. Each row shows the CPI YoY for that state's Census region.
State unemployment rates cluster tightly in expansions (2–5%) and spread out sharply during recessions. A gap of 2+ percentage points between the tightest and loosest state labor markets usually signals sector concentration — resource-dependent states swing harder on energy cycles.
FHFA HPI captures repeat-sales price changes for conforming-loan properties, giving a cleaner signal than Zillow ZHVI for measuring appreciation. States where HPI YoY is running well above CPI see real wealth gains for homeowners — but affordability deteriorates. Cross-reference with state ZHVI home values and BEA RPP to triangulate.
BLS publishes CPI at four Census regions (and at ~20 metro areas monthly / bi-monthly) but not at the state level. Using the regional CPI is the most rigorous proxy — we label it clearly on every row so you know it's not a fabricated state-level figure.
Household Income by State
Percentile + national benchmarks
Home Prices by State
Zillow ZHVI state-level home values
Current Interest Rates
Treasury curve + Fed funds + PMMS
Cost of Living by State
BEA RPP all-items + housing
Energy Prices by State
EIA electricity, natgas, gasoline
States With No Income Tax
Tax-burden snapshot
This page calls listStateMacro() from the CalcFi data repository. Every field carries a per-SourcedValue source.urlpointing to its FRED or BLS landing page, plus a vintage string (e.g. “Census Region: South” for the CPI field) that flows into the source entries below.
Refresh cadence:BLS LAUS unemployment and LFPR refresh monthly; ACS median household income refreshes annually (Sept releases); FHFA HPI refreshes quarterly; BLS CPI refreshes monthly. The visible “Last reviewed” equals the most recent retrievedAt across all of those.
Known limits: real-vs-nominal confusion is common here — the income column uses real (inflation-adjusted) dollars (FRED series suffixA672N), so year-over-year comparisons are already CPI-adjusted. HPI YoY is a nominal change; subtract CPI YoY to get real appreciation.
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