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Teen unemployment rate, ages 16 to 19: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Teen unemployment rate, ages 16 to 19 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Young and older workers by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 16.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 19.3 %
RI 11 %
DE 19 %
CT 21.5 %
NJ 20.7 %
MD 18.9 %
MA 14.9 %
VT 9.5 %
NH 7.6 %

Lowest: 4.3 to 11 %
Group 2: 11 to 14.9 %
Group 3: 14.9 to 16.5 %
Group 4: 16.5 to 19 %
Highest: 19 to 23.6 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	California	23.6
2	Arizona	21.7
3	Connecticut	21.5
4	New Jersey	20.7
5	Nevada	20.3
6	Illinois	20
7	New York	19.9
8	Arkansas	19.4
9	District of Columbia	19.3
10	Delaware	19
10	Florida	19
12	Georgia	18.9
12	Maryland	18.9
12	Washington	18.9
15	West Virginia	18.8
16	Colorado	18.4
17	Texas	18.2
18	Alabama	17.3
18	Oregon	17.3
20	Louisiana	16.9
21	North Carolina	16.5
22	New Mexico	16.3
23	Virginia	15.9
24	Mississippi	15.8
25	Oklahoma	15.6
26	Pennsylvania	15.3
27	Indiana	15.2
28	Tennessee	15.1
28	Wyoming	15.1
30	Idaho	14.9
30	Kentucky	14.9
30	Massachusetts	14.9
33	South Carolina	14.7
34	Michigan	13.9
35	Nebraska	13.2
35	Ohio	13.2
37	Utah	13.1
38	Alaska	12.7
39	Hawaii	12.4
40	Missouri	11.6
41	Rhode Island	11
42	Montana	10.6
43	Maine	10.1
43	Minnesota	10.1
45	Iowa	10
46	Kansas	9.9
47	Wisconsin	9.7
48	Vermont	9.5
49	New Hampshire	7.6
50	South Dakota	4.6
51	North Dakota	4.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2301: Employment Status. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by teen unemployment rate, ages 16 to 19 (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2301; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-teen-unemployment-rate-ages-16-to-19/

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