- Giants
- Visual Capitalist
- US state unemployment rates
US state unemployment rates
Visual Capitalist's choropleth map drew 14.3K views on X: 0.6x its typical post and #123 of 133 Visual Capitalist charts we track by views. Read Oct 14, 2026.
Mapped: Unemployment Rates in Every U.S. State in 2026 💼
Make it yours
Your numbers, in this table chart.
Starts from the real numbers of "America's Unemployment Rates" by Visual Capitalist. Replace every number with yours before you post. Make one like this, step by step
Free pictures carry a small "Made with ViralChart" line. That line is how other people find us.
API · Max
Use this chart via API
On the Max plan you can pull this chart's numbers with the provenance of each one, as JSON or CSV, with its redraw spec, or call it from an agent over MCP. Chart id bc597c538447.
Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.30 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.
| Path | Returns | Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /api/v1/charts/bc597c538447 | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/bc597c538447/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/bc597c538447/render?view=1 | The draw-only view this page uses | Open |
| POST | /mcp | Tool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agents | Max |
curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/bc597c538447/data \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"claude mcp add --transport http viralchart https://viral-chart.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"60 requests a minute per key; over that you get 429 with Retry-After. Up to 5 keys per account, made on your account page and shown once. Without Max, the data route answers 402 with a link to the plans. The numbers describe a chart its publisher owns, and every file carries a license note.
More from Visual Capitalist
All 133
Other giants using a choropleth map
All 20
Questions people ask
How far did Visual Capitalist's "US state unemployment rates" chart travel?
14,326 views, 86 likes, 16 reposts and 19 saves on X, read Oct 14, 2026. A normal post from @VisualCap gets about 23.1K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A choropleth map. Map shows unemployment rates by state for 2026.
Can I use Visual Capitalist's chart?
Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to Visual Capitalist. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.