States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Quickest – WalletHub Study

Staff Report

Tuesday, January 4th, 2022

With the U.S. gaining 199,000 jobs in December, below the previous month’s 249,000 jobs, WalletHub today released updated rankings for the States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most, along with accompanying videos and audio files, to illustrate which areas of the country have had the best recovery so far.

In order to identify the states whose unemployment rates are bouncing back most, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on five key metrics that compare unemployment rate statistics from the latest month for which data is available (December 2021) to key dates in 2019 and 2020.

Below, you can see highlights from the report, along with a WalletHub Q&A.

Bounced Back Most 

Bounced Back Least 

1. Nebraska

42. Michigan

2. Utah

43. Maine

3. Oklahoma

44. New Mexico

4. Montana

45. Connecticut

5. Georgia

46. Alaska

6. Idaho

47. New York

7. New Hampshire

48. California

8. Vermont

49. New Jersey

9. South Dakota

50. Nevada

10. Virginia

51. Hawaii

To view the full report and your state’s rank, please visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/states-unemployment-rates/74907