The top five states with the highest unemployment rate DEC-2020 included:

• Hawaii — 9.3 percent
• Nevada — 9.2 percent
• California — 9.0 percent
• Colorado — 8.4 percent
• New Mexico, New York — 8.2 percent

The states with the lowest unemployment rate were:

• Nebraska, South Dakota — 3.0 percent
• Iowa, Vermont — 3.1 percent
• Utah — 3.6 percent
• Alabama — 3.9 percent