Unemployment rates in each US state

Published November 20, 2012 8:45pm EST



An increase in hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 37 U.S. states last month, the latest indication that the job market is slowly healing.

Unemployment rates are now below 7 percent in 23 of the 50 states. The Labor Department says rates rose in seven states in October and were unchanged in six.

Here are the unemployment rates for each state: