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Unemployment rates higher in 189 metro areas in year ended August 2023
October 05, 2023
Unemployment rates were higher in August 2023 than a year earlier in 189 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 186 areas, and unchanged in 14 areas. A total of nine areas had jobless rates of less than 2.0 percent and five areas had rates of at least 8.0 percent.
Metropolitan area unemployment rates, August 2023, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
August 2023 unemployment rate
Over the year percentage point(s) change
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
2.8
-0.5
Auburn-Opelika, AL
2.3
-0.5
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
2.3
-0.4
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
2.2
-0.4
Decatur, AL
2.1
-0.4
Dothan, AL
2.5
-0.4
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
2.7
-0.5
Gadsden, AL
2.7
-0.6
Huntsville, AL
2.0
-0.4
Mobile, AL
3.0
-0.7
Montgomery, AL
2.5
-0.6
Tuscaloosa, AL
2.4
-0.6
Anchorage, AK
3.4
0.6
Fairbanks, AK
3.3
0.7
Flagstaff, AZ
4.8
-0.1
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
4.7
-0.4
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
4.0
0.1
Prescott, AZ
3.9
0.0
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
5.1
0.0
Tucson, AZ
4.4
0.1
Yuma, AZ
18.7
0.8
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
2.4
-0.1
Fort Smith, AR-OK
3.7
0.2
Hot Springs, AR
3.5
-0.5
Jonesboro, AR
2.9
-0.2
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
3.0
-0.4
Pine Bluff, AR
4.3
-1.1
Bakersfield, CA
8.1
1.6
Chico, CA
5.3
0.9
El Centro, CA
19.7
2.7
Fresno, CA
7.0
1.2
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
7.7
1.6
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
5.4
1.1
Madera, CA
7.0
1.6
Merced, CA
8.6
1.8
Modesto, CA
6.5
1.4
Napa, CA
3.6
0.6
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
4.6
0.9
Redding, CA
5.1
0.7
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
5.3
1.0
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
4.5
0.8
Salinas, CA
4.9
0.7
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
4.3
0.8
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
4.0
1.0
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
3.9
1.2
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
3.7
0.6
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
5.1
1.2
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
3.9
0.7
Santa Rosa, CA
3.8
0.7
Stockton-Lodi, CA
6.2
1.2
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
4.9
0.8
Visalia-Porterville, CA
9.8
1.8
Yuba City, CA
6.4
1.1
Boulder, CO
3.3
1.0
Colorado Springs, CO
3.8
0.8
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
3.6
0.9
Fort Collins, CO
3.2
0.7
Grand Junction, CO
3.7
0.7
Greeley, CO
3.7
0.7
Pueblo, CO
4.9
0.8
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
3.7
-0.4
Danbury, CT
3.1
-0.5
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
3.5
-0.7
New Haven, CT
3.3
-0.6
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI
3.2
-0.7
Waterbury, CT
4.3
-0.6
Dover, DE
5.4
-0.6
Salisbury, MD-DE
3.1
-1.0
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
2.6
-0.7
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
3.3
0.3
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
2.8
0.3
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
3.5
0.2
Gainesville, FL
3.3
0.3
Homosassa Springs, FL
4.8
0.5
Jacksonville, FL
3.2
0.2
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
4.0
0.3
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
2.6
-0.4
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
3.4
0.3
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
3.3
0.3
Ocala, FL
3.9
0.3
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
3.1
0.1
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
3.2
0.3
Panama City, FL
2.8
0.1
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
3.2
0.3
Port St. Lucie, FL
3.6
0.2
Punta Gorda, FL
3.8
0.4
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
4.0
0.3
Sebring, FL
4.8
0.4
Tallahassee, FL
3.3
0.2
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
3.2
0.3
The Villages, FL
4.6
0.4
Albany, GA
4.4
-0.1
Athens-Clarke County, GA
3.8
0.3
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
3.7
0.5
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
4.0
0.1
Brunswick, GA
3.7
0.4
Columbus, GA-AL
4.2
0.0
Dalton, GA
4.5
0.5
Gainesville, GA
3.1
0.3
Hinesville, GA
3.9
0.3
Macon-Bibb County, GA
4.3
0.4
Rome, GA
3.9
0.5
Savannah, GA
3.5
0.3
Valdosta, GA
4.2
0.6
Warner Robins, GA
3.7
0.0
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
4.1
0.7
Urban Honolulu, HI
2.9
-0.8
Boise City, ID
3.2
0.6
Coeur d'Alene, ID
3.6
0.8
Idaho Falls, ID
2.7
0.5
Lewiston, ID-WA
3.1
0.0
Pocatello, ID
3.2
0.3
Twin Falls, ID
3.5
0.9
Bloomington, IL
5.0
1.3
Carbondale-Marion, IL
5.4
1.1
Champaign-Urbana, IL
5.5
1.4
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
5.1
0.1
Danville, IL
7.1
2.0
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
4.6
0.9
Decatur, IL
7.2
1.7
Kankakee, IL
6.8
1.5
Peoria, IL
5.8
1.5
Rockford, IL
7.4
1.9
Springfield, IL
5.1
1.1
Bloomington, IN
3.7
0.7
Columbus, IN
3.0
0.5
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
4.4
1.6
Evansville, IN-KY
3.5
0.3
Fort Wayne, IN
3.4
0.5
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
3.4
0.5
Kokomo, IN
5.0
-2.1
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
3.4
0.4
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
4.4
0.7
Muncie, IN
4.4
0.6
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
4.6
0.7
Terre Haute, IN
4.1
0.3
Ames, IA
2.7
0.1
Cedar Rapids, IA
4.6
1.3
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
3.0
0.3
Dubuque, IA
3.1
0.3
Iowa City, IA
3.2
0.6
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
2.8
0.0
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
3.4
0.4
Lawrence, KS
3.1
0.0
Manhattan, KS
3.0
-0.3
Topeka, KS
3.2
0.1
Wichita, KS
3.6
0.1
Bowling Green, KY
4.2
0.5
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
4.3
0.1
Lexington-Fayette, KY
3.6
0.4
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
3.8
0.5
Owensboro, KY
4.3
0.2
Alexandria, LA
3.1
-0.5
Baton Rouge, LA
3.1
-0.5
Hammond, LA
4.1
-0.6
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
3.0
-0.8
Lafayette, LA
3.2
-0.5
Lake Charles, LA
3.0
-0.7
Monroe, LA
3.5
-0.5
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
3.6
-0.4
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
3.5
-0.6
Bangor, ME
2.6
0.3
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
2.7
0.3
Portland-South Portland, ME
2.2
0.3
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
1.8
-1.7
California-Lexington Park, MD
1.9
-1.8
Cumberland, MD-WV
2.9
-1.4
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
3.0
-0.5
Barnstable Town, MA
2.6
-1.0
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
2.7
-0.9
Leominster-Gardner, MA
3.2
-1.3
New Bedford, MA
3.8
-1.5
Pittsfield, MA
2.9
-1.2
Springfield, MA-CT
3.3
-1.3
Worcester, MA-CT
3.0
-1.0
Ann Arbor, MI
3.9
0.0
Battle Creek, MI
4.8
-0.4
Bay City, MI
5.0
-0.2
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
4.1
0.4
Flint, MI
5.3
-0.5
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
3.6
-0.1
Jackson, MI
4.4
-0.3
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
4.3
-0.2
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
4.1
-0.8
Midland, MI
4.1
-0.4
Monroe, MI
4.4
-0.5
Muskegon, MI
4.8
-0.6
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
4.5
-0.2
Saginaw, MI
5.3
-0.5
Duluth, MN-WI
3.6
0.2
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
2.6
0.4
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
3.2
0.5
Rochester, MN
2.6
0.3
St. Cloud, MN
3.4
0.8
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
3.9
-0.2
Hattiesburg, MS
3.5
-0.1
Jackson, MS
3.5
-0.1
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
3.3
0.5
Columbia, MO
2.7
0.4
Jefferson City, MO
2.9
0.4
Joplin, MO
3.2
0.5
Kansas City, MO-KS
3.4
0.4
St. Joseph, MO-KS
3.1
0.3
St. Louis, MO-IL
3.7
0.7
Springfield, MO
2.9
0.5
Billings, MT
2.5
0.1
Great Falls, MT
2.5
0.0
Missoula, MT
2.5
0.1
Grand Island, NE
1.8
-0.5
Lincoln, NE
1.8
-0.5
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
2.2
-0.5
Carson City, NV
4.8
0.6
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
6.1
-0.1
Reno, NV
4.5
0.7
Dover-Durham, NH-ME
2.3
-0.1
Manchester, NH
2.2
-0.5
Portsmouth, NH-ME
2.0
-0.3
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
6.1
2.0
Ocean City, NJ
4.7
1.6
Trenton, NJ
4.5
1.7
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
7.3
2.9
Albuquerque, NM
4.1
0.7
Farmington, NM
4.8
0.7
Las Cruces, NM
4.5
0.7
Santa Fe, NM
4.0
0.7
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
3.1
-0.2
Binghamton, NY
3.7
-0.2
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
3.8
-0.2
Elmira, NY
3.9
-0.1
Glens Falls, NY
3.0
-0.1
Ithaca, NY
3.2
0.0
Kingston, NY
3.5
0.0
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
4.9
0.9
Rochester, NY
3.5
-0.2
Syracuse, NY
3.5
-0.2
Utica-Rome, NY
3.6
-0.2
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
3.8
-0.2
Asheville, NC
2.9
-0.5
Burlington, NC
3.7
-0.6
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
3.3
-0.6
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
3.2
-0.4
Fayetteville, NC
4.9
-1.0
Goldsboro, NC
4.0
-0.6
Greensboro-High Point, NC
4.0
-0.7
Greenville, NC
4.3
-0.5
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
3.4
-0.5
Jacksonville, NC
4.2
-0.8
New Bern, NC
3.5
-0.6
Raleigh, NC
3.2
-0.4
Rocky Mount, NC
5.0
-1.4
Wilmington, NC
3.4
-0.3
Winston-Salem, NC
3.5
-0.6
Bismarck, ND
1.5
-0.5
Fargo, ND-MN
1.6
-0.2
Grand Forks, ND-MN
2.0
-0.2
Akron, OH
3.9
-0.3
Canton-Massillon, OH
3.8
-0.4
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
3.5
-0.2
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
3.7
-0.8
Columbus, OH
3.4
-0.3
Dayton, OH
3.8
-0.4
Lima, OH
4.1
-0.1
Mansfield, OH
4.1
-0.5
Springfield, OH
3.7
-0.5
Toledo, OH
4.0
-0.4
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
5.8
0.1
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
4.5
-0.7
Enid, OK
3.2
0.1
Lawton, OK
4.1
0.2
Oklahoma City, OK
3.2
0.1
Tulsa, OK
3.3
-0.1
Albany, OR
4.1
-1.0
Bend-Redmond, OR
3.7
-0.7
Corvallis, OR
3.3
-1.0
Eugene, OR
4.2
-1.0
Grants Pass, OR
5.1
-1.1
Medford, OR
4.4
-1.0
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
3.7
-0.7
Salem, OR
3.8
-1.0
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
4.6
-0.2
Altoona, PA
4.2
-1.2
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
4.2
-0.8
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
3.7
-0.7
East Stroudsburg, PA
5.4
-1.3
Erie, PA
5.2
-0.4
Gettysburg, PA
3.6
-0.7
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
3.9
-0.6
Johnstown, PA
5.3
-1.3
Lancaster, PA
3.6
-0.7
Lebanon, PA
3.8
-0.8
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
4.5
-0.1
Pittsburgh, PA
4.3
-1.0
Reading, PA
4.5
-0.6
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
5.0
-0.9
State College, PA
3.7
-0.7
Williamsport, PA
4.2
-1.1
York-Hanover, PA
4.0
-0.7
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
3.2
-0.9
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
2.1
-1.0
Columbia, SC
2.3
-1.1
Florence, SC
2.5
-1.2
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
2.2
-1.0
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
2.3
-1.1
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
3.0
-1.3
Spartanburg, SC
2.5
-1.1
Sumter, SC
2.9
-1.3
Rapid City, SD
1.9
-0.3
Sioux Falls, SD
1.8
-0.1
Chattanooga, TN-GA
3.4
-0.1
Clarksville, TN-KY
4.2
0.0
Cleveland, TN
3.6
-0.2
Jackson, TN
3.3
-0.3
Johnson City, TN
3.4
-0.3
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
3.4
-0.3
Knoxville, TN
3.1
-0.2
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
4.4
-0.2
Morristown, TN
3.4
-0.3
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
2.7
-0.2
Abilene, TX
3.9
0.4
Amarillo, TX
3.6
0.6
Austin-Round Rock, TX
3.9
1.0
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
6.7
0.6
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
6.0
0.4
College Station-Bryan, TX
3.8
0.5
Corpus Christi, TX
5.0
0.1
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
4.2
0.6
El Paso, TX
5.2
0.9
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
4.9
0.6
Killeen-Temple, TX
5.0
0.5
Laredo, TX
4.4
0.5
Longview, TX
4.8
0.5
Lubbock, TX
3.9
0.4
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
6.8
0.1
Midland, TX
2.8
0.0
Odessa, TX
3.8
0.1
San Angelo, TX
4.1
0.7
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
4.3
0.6
Sherman-Denison, TX
4.3
0.5
Texarkana, TX-AR
4.2
-0.3
Tyler, TX
4.3
0.5
Victoria, TX
4.5
0.3
Waco, TX
4.1
0.5
Wichita Falls, TX
4.4
0.4
Logan, UT-ID
2.7
0.4
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
2.9
0.4
Provo-Orem, UT
3.0
0.6
St. George, UT
3.2
0.3
Salt Lake City, UT
3.0
0.5
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
1.8
-0.5
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
3.4
-0.1
Charlottesville, VA
2.9
-0.3
Harrisonburg, VA
3.3
-0.3
Lynchburg, VA
3.7
-0.3
Richmond, VA
3.2
-0.3
Roanoke, VA
3.1
-0.2
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
2.7
-0.6
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
3.3
-0.4
Winchester, VA-WV
2.8
-0.1
Bellingham, WA
4.2
-1.1
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
3.9
-1.0
Kennewick-Richland, WA
4.4
-1.0
Longview, WA
4.8
-1.2
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
4.2
-1.2
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
3.9
-1.1
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
3.8
0.0
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
4.0
-1.1
Walla Walla, WA
3.8
-1.0
Wenatchee, WA
3.9
-1.2
Yakima, WA
4.7
-1.5
Beckley, WV
4.2
-0.1
Charleston, WV
4.3
0.1
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
4.6
0.1
Morgantown, WV
3.6
-0.4
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
4.5
0.1
Wheeling, WV-OH
4.6
-0.2
Appleton, WI
3.3
0.5
Eau Claire, WI
3.6
0.7
Fond du Lac, WI
3.3
0.3
Green Bay, WI
3.4
0.5
Janesville-Beloit, WI
4.1
0.3
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
3.2
0.7
Madison, WI
3.0
0.6
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
4.1
0.5
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
3.5
0.6
Racine, WI
4.4
0.4
Sheboygan, WI
3.1
0.5
Wausau, WI
3.4
0.5
Casper, WY
3.0
-0.9
Cheyenne, WY
2.8
-0.7
In August, Bismarck, North Dakota, had the lowest unemployment rate, 1.5 percent. The next lowest rate was in Fargo, North Dakota-Minnesota, 1.6 percent. El Centro, California, and Yuma, Arizona, had the highest rates, 19.7 percent and 18.7 percent, respectively. A total of 221 areas had August jobless rates below the U.S. rate of 3.9 percent, 151 areas had rates above it, and 17 areas had rates equal to that of the nation.
The largest over-the-year unemployment rate increase in August occurred in Vineland-Bridgeton, New Jersey (2.9 percentage points), followed by El Centro, California (2.7 points). Thirty other areas had rate increases of at least 1.0 percentage point. Kokomo, Indiana, had the largest over-the-year rate decrease in August (−2.1 percentage points), while 42 other areas had rate declines of at least 1.0 point.
United States Department of Labor
