With the U.S. gaining 266,000 jobs in April, falling far short of the 1 million new jobs expected by experts, WalletHub today released updated rankings for the States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most, along with accompanying videos and audio files, to illustrate which areas of the country have had the best recovery so far.

In order to identify the states whose unemployment rates are bouncing back most, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on five key metrics that compare unemployment rate statistics from the latest month, April 2021, for which data is available to key dates in 2019 and 2020.