FRED State Unemployment Rates — 50 States And DC, Seasonally Adjusted, Monthly 1976–2026
30,906 state-month observations of the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for all 50 states and the District of Columbia (51 series) from the BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics programme via FRED, January 1976 to the latest month as of 2026-09-06. Long format with state code and name on every row.
Use Cases
- Regional macro exposure for banks, retailers and munis
- State-level recession indicators
- Panel-data teaching sets
Methodology
One fredgraph.csv fetch per state series (<STATE>UR); missing observations dropped; state code and name derived from the series id; values in percent.
Update Schedule
Static snapshot. BLS state data released about three weeks after the national jobs report; refresh weekly.
Attribution
Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; government-sourced series only (Federal Reserve Board, U.S. Treasury, BLS, BEA, Census Bureau, HUD, FHFA).
Schema
| name | type |
|---|---|
| series_id | string |
| state_code | string |
| state_name | string |
| series_name | string |
| date | date |
| unemployment_rate_pct | number |
Sample Data
| date | series_id | state_code | state_name | series_name | unemployment_rate_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-01-01 | AKUR | AK | Alaska | Unemployment Rate in Alaska | 7.1 |
| 1976-02-01 | AKUR | AK | Alaska | Unemployment Rate in Alaska | 7.1 |
| 1976-03-01 | AKUR | AK | Alaska | Unemployment Rate in Alaska | 7 |
| 1976-04-01 | AKUR | AK | Alaska | Unemployment Rate in Alaska | 7 |
| 1976-05-01 | AKUR | AK | Alaska | Unemployment Rate in Alaska | 7 |
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# Claude.ai / Claude Desktop: Settings -> Connectors -> Add custom connector
# Cursor / Claude Code / others: mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"dagentbase": {
"url": "https://dagentbase.com/api/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer dm_live_YOUR_KEY" }
}
}
}
# 2. Then ask your agent, in plain language:
# "Preview 'FRED State Unemployment Rates — 50 States and DC, Seasonally Adjusted, Monthly 1976–2026' and, if it fits, claim it and download the files."
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