US Household PulseThe United States economy,
from the household inward
4 series not refreshed · updated Nov 2, 2026 Methodology
CPI 3.7%Unemployment 4.2%30Y mortgage 7.24%Saving 3.8¢ per $1Debt service 11.11%Fed funds 3.88%10Y Treasury 4.98%U.S. debt $40.594TDebt / household $301,162Household pressure 43.2

How is your state doing?

Jobs, household income, home prices and population for every state and the District of Columbia, each compared with the U.S. as a whole.

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Unemployment rate shown where it has been loaded recently. U.S.: 4.2%.

Alabama3.5% Alaska Arizona4.9% Arkansas California5.1% Colorado4.1% Connecticut5.1% Delaware District of Columbia5.6% Florida Georgia Hawaii2.8% Idaho3.6% Illinois4.6% Indiana3.4% Iowa3.2% Kansas3.8% Kentucky4.7% Louisiana4.0% Maine Maryland3.9% Massachusetts4.3% Michigan5.0% Minnesota4.5% Mississippi Missouri3.6% Montana3.1% Nebraska2.9% Nevada4.7% New Hampshire2.6% New Jersey4.2% New Mexico4.7% New York4.3% North Carolina3.4% North Dakota2.2% Ohio Oklahoma4.2% Oregon5.0% Pennsylvania3.6% Rhode Island3.6% South Carolina4.0% South Dakota2.0% Tennessee Texas4.4% Utah3.5% Vermont2.6% Virginia3.6% Washington West Virginia4.0% Wisconsin Wyoming

The household economy, once a month

A short email after each month’s inflation and jobs data: what changed, what it means for a household budget, and nothing else.