Hawaii posted the lowest unemployment rate among all states in June at 2.1%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Iowa was next at 2.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis, followed by North Dakota at 2.6% and Iowa, Colorado and New Hampshire, all at 2.7%.

Alaska recorded the highest jobless rate among all states at 7.1% in June.

The BLS reported unemployment rates fell in June in nine states; the largest were 0.2 percentage-point deceases in New Mexico, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.