With the U.S. gaining 428,000 jobs in April, the same as the previous month, 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 six key metrics that compare unemployment rate statistics from the latest month for which data is available (April 2022) to key dates in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Below, you can see highlights from the report, along with a WalletHub Q&A.
| Bounced Back Most | Bounced Back Least |
| 1. Utah | 42. Illinois |
| 2. Nebraska | 43. Pennsylvania |
| 3. Indiana | 44. Nevada |
| 4. Montana | 45. Texas |
| 5. Minnesota | 46. Alaska |
| 6. New Hampshire | 47. Connecticut |
| 7. Kansas | 48. Hawaii |
| 8. South Dakota | 49. Delaware |
| 9. Vermont | 50. New Mexico |
| 10. Oklahoma | 51. District of Columbia |
