Want a Job? Move to North Dakota

As of July 2011, 12.9% of Nevada workers are unemployed. Only 3.3% are unemployed in North Dakota, a rate that is below normal levels. The best way to find a job in this economy may be to move to North Dakota.

Rick Perry made much of his job creation skills in his recent entry to the Presidential race. That may be, but the 8.4% unemployment rate in Texas is not that much less than the 9.1% rate for the U.S. as a whole. Twenty-six states (including the states of seven of his Republican rivals) can show better numbers.

Candidate	State	Rate
Gary Johnson	New Mexico	6.7
Michelle Bachmann	Minnesota	7.2
Jon Huntsman	Utah	7.5
Mitt Romney	Massachusetts	7.6
Buddy Roemer	Louisiana	7.6
Sarah Palin	Alaska	7.7
Rick Santorum	Pennsylvania	7.8
Ron Paul	Texas	8.4
Rick Perry	Texas	8.4
Herman Cain	Georgia	10.1
New Gingrich	Georgia	10.1
Thad McCotter	Michigan	10.9
Fred Karger	California	12.0

The biggest probem is that the state of California is dragging the country down, and is taking the Mountain West with it. The South is another problem region, with southern states littering the bottom of the unemployment list.

Don't want to move to North Dakota? You can pick almost any state on the Great Plains and improve your odds of employment. Well, maybe not Texas, but only West Texas is really on the plains.

Below is the complete list of unemployment rates by State:

Rank	State	Rate
1	North Dakota	3.3
2	Nebraska	4.1
3	South Dakota	4.7
4	New Hampshire	5.2
5	Oklahoma	5.5
6	Vermont	5.7
7	Wyoming	5.8
8	Iowa	6.0
9	Hawaii	6.1
9	Virginia	6.1
11	Kansas	6.5
12	New Mexico	6.7
13	Maryland	7.2
13	Minnesota	7.2
15	Utah	7.5
16	Louisiana	7.6
16	Massachusetts	7.6
18	Alaska	7.7
18	Maine	7.7
18	Montana	7.7
21	Pennsylvania	7.8
21	Wisconsin	7.8
23	New York	8.0
24	Delaware	8.1
24	West Virginia	8.1
26	Arkansas	8.2
27	Texas	8.4
28	Colorado	8.5
28	Indiana	8.5
30	Missouri	8.7
31	Ohio	9.0
32	Connecticut	9.1
33	Washington	9.3
34	Arizona	9.4
34	Idaho	9.4
36	Illinois	9.5
36	Kentucky	9.5
36	New Jersey	9.5
36	Oregon	9.5
40	Tennessee	9.8
41	Alabama	10.0
42	Georgia	10.1
42	North Carolina	10.1
44	Mississippi	10.4
45	Florida	10.7
46	District of Columbia	10.8
46	Rhode Island	10.8
48	Michigan	10.9
48	South Carolina	10.9
50	California	12.0
51	Nevada	12.9