Table 1.
Suicide Rates, Unemployment Rates, and Maximum Unemployment Benefits in US States and the District of Columbia, 1968–2008
| State | Age- and Sex-Standardized Suicide Rate per 100,000 Working-Age (20–64 Years) Adults |
Unemployment Rate |
Unemployment Benefit, 1999 US$ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Minimum | Maximum | |
| Alabama | 19.5 | 17.5 | 22.1 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 8.7 | 5,064 | 4,039 | 6,852 |
| Alaska | 23.0 | 9.1 | 35.4 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 11.6 | 8,855 | 6,689 | 11,671 |
| Arizona | 28.6 | 23.0 | 36.6 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 5,274 | 4,528 | 6,471 |
| Arkansas | 20.0 | 14.4 | 24.7 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 7,525 | 5,916 | 8,550 |
| California | 23.2 | 13.7 | 35.6 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 8.6 | 7,472 | 5,783 | 10,319 |
| Colorado | 28.6 | 21.0 | 35.4 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 8.4 | 8,490 | 7,591 | 9,582 |
| Connecticut | 14.2 | 8.7 | 19.6 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 8.1 | 11,646 | 9,244 | 14,340 |
| Delaware | 15.6 | 5.6 | 26.0 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 7,915 | 6,731 | 10,006 |
| District of Columbia | 8.8 | 0.0 | 22.4 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 10.2 | 10,634 | 7,086 | 14,955 |
| Florida | 24.6 | 19.4 | 30.2 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 6.6 | 6,456 | 4,722 | 7,716 |
| Georgia | 21.5 | 16.1 | 30.0 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 7.3 | 6,034 | 4,731 | 7,102 |
| Hawaii | 13.5 | 4.9 | 23.7 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 9,250 | 7,988 | 10,933 |
| Idaho | 24.5 | 16.0 | 33.2 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 9.7 | 7,226 | 6,829 | 7,862 |
| Illinois | 16.0 | 12.2 | 19.5 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 8.5 | 9,702 | 8,412 | 10,870 |
| Indiana | 20.0 | 15.9 | 23.4 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 9.4 | 6,907 | 5,337 | 8,863 |
| Iowa | 18.6 | 14.3 | 24.3 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 8.5 | 8,610 | 7,335 | 13,294 |
| Kansas | 19.9 | 15.7 | 23.9 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 7,681 | 7,090 | 8,508 |
| Kentucky | 21.9 | 17.7 | 25.0 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 9.9 | 6,884 | 5,533 | 8,675 |
| Louisiana | 20.6 | 16.4 | 26.5 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 9.4 | 6,981 | 5,144 | 10,087 |
| Maine | 19.4 | 9.7 | 26.9 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 7.9 | 9,241 | 8,201 | 10,401 |
| Maryland | 17.2 | 12.7 | 23.4 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 7,042 | 6,309 | 8,343 |
| Massachusetts | 13.5 | 9.1 | 17.0 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 9.3 | 16,604 | 12,868 | 21,708 |
| Michigan | 19.9 | 15.8 | 25.5 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 11.9 | 8,474 | 7,150 | 10,353 |
| Minnesota | 18.0 | 13.4 | 23.3 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 9,439 | 8,252 | 11,422 |
| Mississippi | 18.1 | 13.9 | 22.0 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 10.7 | 4,955 | 4,289 | 6,090 |
| Missouri | 21.2 | 17.8 | 25.5 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 7.1 | 5,695 | 4,567 | 6,873 |
| Montana | 26.6 | 15.3 | 37.2 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 7,066 | 6,351 | 8,690 |
| Nebraska | 16.9 | 11.7 | 24.9 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 5,523 | 4,617 | 6,604 |
| Nevada | 36.5 | 25.9 | 49.4 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 8.4 | 6,994 | 6,466 | 7,774 |
| New Hampshire | 17.5 | 8.4 | 27.0 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 6,806 | 5,569 | 8,956 |
| New Jersey | 12.0 | 9.6 | 14.7 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 9.2 | 9,274 | 6,910 | 11,706 |
| New Mexico | 30.5 | 23.7 | 40.7 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 6,655 | 5,868 | 9,511 |
| New York | 12.9 | 9.7 | 16.7 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 7.8 | 8,157 | 5,610 | 10,183 |
| North Carolina | 20.9 | 17.3 | 25.1 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 7.8 | 8,258 | 6,218 | 9,823 |
| North Dakota | 14.3 | 2.7 | 23.0 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 7,300 | 6,535 | 8,220 |
| Ohio | 19.6 | 15.2 | 23.6 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 8.9 | 10,046 | 7,369 | 12,555 |
| Oklahoma | 22.6 | 17.8 | 26.8 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 7.7 | 7,383 | 6,471 | 8,841 |
| Oregon | 24.9 | 20.4 | 29.0 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 10.2 | 8,338 | 6,099 | 9,786 |
| Pennsylvania | 19.1 | 16.7 | 21.0 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 7.5 | 10,510 | 6,734 | 12,453 |
| Rhode Island | 11.9 | 1.4 | 25.7 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 9.5 | 10,823 | 7,768 | 13,399 |
| South Carolina | 19.5 | 16.2 | 23.0 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 8.0 | 6,152 | 4,940 | 7,934 |
| South Dakota | 17.2 | 2.0 | 26.2 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 5,601 | 4,641 | 6,862 |
| Tennessee | 22.0 | 19.4 | 24.4 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 5,805 | 4,830 | 6,790 |
| Texas | 21.1 | 16.8 | 24.9 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 6,992 | 4,796 | 8,023 |
| Utah | 24.5 | 20.1 | 30.5 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 6.3 | 8,577 | 7,221 | 11,777 |
| Vermont | 17.8 | 0.0 | 32.8 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 6.5 | 6,902 | 5,876 | 8,550 |
| Virginia | 21.9 | 17.0 | 28.8 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 6,698 | 5,854 | 7,862 |
| Washington | 23.1 | 18.4 | 28.3 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 9.7 | 10,586 | 8,824 | 14,002 |
| West Virginia | 20.2 | 15.6 | 24.7 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 13.1 | 8,613 | 5,784 | 11,000 |
| Wisconsin | 20.4 | 17.0 | 24.4 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 7.6 | 8,671 | 7,285 | 12,618 |
| Wyoming | 24.4 | 7.7 | 42.8 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 7.8 | 7,203 | 6,172 | 8,090 |
| Total | 20.2 | 0.0 | 49.4 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 13.1 | 7,991 | 4,039 | 21,708 |