Archived articles from The Economics Daily— Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• West Virginia has highest unemployment rate among the states in August 2015 (09/25/2015)
• Comparing metro area unemployment rates to the national rate of 5.6% in July 2015 (09/04/2015)
• Multiple jobholding in states in 2014 (08/28/2015)
• Hurricane Katrina: a look back at employment and unemployment (08/25/2015)
• Austin-Round Rock, Texas, has lowest unemployment rate among large metro areas in June 2015 (08/04/2015)
• Rhode Island unemployment declines 1.8 percentage points over the year ended in June 2015 (07/27/2015)
• Large metro area unemployment rates, May 2015 (07/09/2015)
• Nebraska had lowest unemployment rate in May 2015, West Virginia and DC the highest (06/25/2015)
• Metro division unemployment rates in April 2015 (06/05/2015)
• All 9 geographic divisions had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, April 2015 (06/01/2015)
• Large metropolitan area unemployment rates, March 2015 (05/06/2015)
• Unemployment rates down over the year in 27 states; Kentucky has largest decline (04/24/2015)
• All 38 metropolitan divisions had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases in February 2015 (04/13/2015)
• Nebraska and North Dakota have lowest jobless rates in February 2015 (04/01/2015)
• Unemployment rates fall in most metropolitan areas, for the year ending in January 2015 (03/25/2015)
• West North Central region had lowest unemployment rate, Pacific region the highest, in January 2015 (03/20/2015)
• State employment–population ratios in 2014 (03/09/2015)
• 208 out of 372 metro areas had unemployment rates below U.S. rate of 5.4 percent in December 2014 (02/06/2015)
• Illinois has the largest unemployment rate decline, December 2013 to December 2014 (01/30/2015)
• Unemployment in areas with a population of 1 million or more, November 2014 (01/07/2015)
• November unemployment rates down over the year in 28 states (12/30/2014)
• October unemployment rates down over the year in 354 of 372 metro areas (12/18/2014)
• Illinois and Nevada have largest unemployment rate declines, October 2013 to October 2014 (11/28/2014)
• Illinois had 5 of 10 metro areas with largest 12-month declines in unemployment rate, September 2014 (11/03/2014)
• Illinois and Nevada have largest declines in unemployment rate, September 2013 to September 2014 (10/23/2014)
• California had 7 of the 10 metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment rates, August 2014 (10/03/2014)
• National Hispanic Heritage Month (10/01/2014)
• Illinois has the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease, August 2014 (09/24/2014)
• Unemployment rates in large metropolitan areas range from 4.2 to 9.8 percent, July 2014 (09/02/2014)
• Multiple jobholding in states in 2013 (08/27/2014)
• Eighteen states had jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. rate of 6.2 percent, July 2014 (08/25/2014)
• Longview, Washington, has the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease, June 2014 (08/01/2014)
• Unemployment in the states, June 2014 (07/22/2014)
• Unemployment rates and French import prices for Bastille Day (07/14/2014)
• Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California, has highest unemployment rate among large metro areas (05/30/2014)
• State unemployment, 2004 to 2014 (05/22/2014)
• Metropolitan area unemployment in March 2014 (05/01/2014)
• Carolinas and Indiana have largest unemployment rate declines, March 2013 to March 2014 (04/25/2014)
• Lowest unemployment rate in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana, February 2014 (04/21/2014)
• South Carolina has largest decrease in unemployment rate from February 2013 to February 2014 (04/01/2014)
• Metropolitan area unemployment in January 2014 (03/27/2014)
• State unemployment and employment, January 2014 (03/19/2014)
• Persistence of high unemployment in New York City during the recent economic recovery (03/06/2014)
• Significant declines in unemployment rates for 25 states and the District of Columbia, 2012-2013 (03/04/2014)
• State unemployment rates in December 2013 (01/30/2014)
• Metropolitan area unemployment in November 2013 (01/09/2014)
• Nevada and Rhode Island have highest unemployment rate, North Dakota lowest, in November 2013 (12/27/2013)
• State employment shows over-the-year increases, November 2013 (12/26/2013)
• Metropolitan area unemployment rates in October 2013 (12/12/2013)
• Unemployment rates in August were lower than a year earlier in 311 of 372 metropolitan areas (10/25/2013)
• Florida has largest over-the-year decrease in unemployment rate, August 2013 (09/24/2013)
• In Northeast, 43.5 percent of unemployed were jobless for 27+ weeks in 2012 (09/05/2013)
• Northeast has highest percentage of workers employed in professional and related occupations, 2012 (09/04/2013)
• Unemployment rate lower than U.S. rate in 214 metropolitan areas in July 2013 (08/30/2013)
• Nevada has highest unemployment rate, North Dakota the lowest, among states in July 2013 (08/22/2013)
• Unemployment rates in June were lower than a year earlier in 272 of 372 metropolitan areas (08/01/2013)
• Nineteen states had jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. rate of 7.6 percent, June 2013 (07/23/2013)
• Yuma, Arizona had the highest unemployment rate among metropolitan areas, May 2013 (07/05/2013)
• Twenty-one states had jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. rate of 7.6 percent, May 2013 (06/26/2013)
• Employment and unemployment in large metropolitan areas, April 2013 (05/30/2013)
• State employment and unemployment, April 2013 (05/21/2013)
• Employment and unemployment in Mountain states metropolitan areas, March 2013 (05/02/2013)
• Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, February 2013 (04/11/2013)
• Metropolitan area unemployment, January 2013 (03/26/2013)
• States with lower-than-national unemployment rates (03/20/2013)
• Annual average unemployment rates declined in 2013 (03/04/2013)
• Metropolitan area unemployment, December 2012 (02/01/2013)
• Texas has largest over-the-year employment increase; Nevada has largest unemployment rate decrease (01/22/2013)
• Employment and unemployment in large metropolitan areas, November 2012 (01/09/2013)
• State employment and unemployment, November 2012 (12/31/2012)
• Unemployment rate lower than the U.S. rate in 213 metropolitan areas in October (11/30/2012)
• Metropolitan division employment and unemployment, September 2012 (11/01/2012)
• State unemployment rates, September 2012 (10/23/2012)
• Unemployment rates in baseball playoff metro areas, August 2012 (10/05/2012)
• State employment and unemployment, August 2012 (09/25/2012)
• Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, July 2012 (08/30/2012)
• State unemployment rates, July 2012 (08/20/2012)
• Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, June 2012 (08/02/2012)
• State unemployment rates little changed in June (07/25/2012)
• Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, May 2012 (06/28/2012)
• State unemployment rates, May 2012 (06/19/2012)
• Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, April 2012 (05/31/2012)
• State employment and unemployment, April 2012 (05/21/2012)
• Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, March 2012 (05/03/2012)
• State unemployment rates, March 2012 (04/23/2012)
• Unemployment rates lower from February 2011 to 2012 (04/18/2012)
• Unemployment by geographic region and division, February 2012 (04/02/2012)
• Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, January 2012 (03/28/2012)
• State unemployment rates, 2011 (03/13/2012)
• State employment-population ratios in 2011 (03/01/2012)
• Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, December 2011 (02/07/2012)
• State employment and unemployment, December 2011 (01/25/2012)
• Metro area employment and unemployment, November 2011 (01/05/2012)
• State employment and unemployment, November 2011 (12/22/2011)
• State employment and unemployment, October 2011 (11/29/2011)
• Employment and unemployment in the Midwest, September 2011 (11/09/2011)
• State employment and unemployment, September 2011 (10/28/2011)
• Metropolitan area unemployment rates comparison, August 2011 (10/03/2011)
• State unemployment rates, August 2011 (09/23/2011)
• Employment and unemployment in the Northeast, July 2011 (09/06/2011)
• State unemployment rates, July 2011 (08/24/2011)
• Unemployment in large U.S. metropolitan areas, June 2011 (08/08/2011)
• Changes in state unemployment rates: June 2010–June 2011 (07/27/2011)
• Metropolitan area unemployment rates, May 2011 (07/05/2011)
• Over-the-year changes in state unemployment rates, May 2010–2011 (06/22/2011)
• Employment and unemployment in the Southwest, April 2011 (06/03/2011)
• West reports highest regional unemployment rate, April 2011 (05/26/2011)
• Metropolitan area unemployment in March 2011 (04/29/2011)
• State unemployment rates, March 2011 (04/22/2011)
• Unemployment in metropolitan areas, February 2011 (04/11/2011)
• State unemployment rates, February 2011 (03/30/2011)
• Employment and unemployment in the Southeast, January 2011 (03/23/2011)
• State unemployment rates, January 2011 (03/14/2011)
• State unemployment rates in 2010 (03/01/2011)
• State employment-population ratio declines, 2010 (02/28/2011)
• Employment and unemployment in the West, December 2010 (02/04/2011)
• Regional and State unemployment rates, December 2009 to December 2010 (01/27/2011)
• Metropolitan area unemployment in November 2010 (01/07/2011)
• Share of long-term unemployment in States, 2007–09 (01/04/2011)
• State unemployment rates, November 2009 to November 2010 (12/27/2010)
• Employment and unemployment in the Midwest, October 2010 (12/10/2010)
• State unemployment rates, October 2010 (12/01/2010)
• Unemployment in large U.S. metropolitan areas, September 2010 (11/05/2010)
• Unemployment by geographic region and division, September 2010 (10/27/2010)
• Metropolitan area unemployment in August 2010 (10/05/2010)
• Over-the-year changes in State unemployment rates (09/29/2010)
• Unemployment in large U.S. metropolitan areas, July 2010 (09/09/2010)
• State unemployment rates, July 2010 (08/27/2010)
• Metropolitan area unemployment rates, June 2010 (08/02/2010)
• State unemployment rates, June 2010 (07/23/2010)
• Employment and unemployment in New England, May 2010 (07/02/2010)
• State unemployment rates, May 2010 (06/28/2010)
• Metropolitan area over-the-year unemployment rate changes, April 2010 (06/07/2010)
• State over-the-month and over-the-year unemployment rate changes, April 2010 (05/28/2010)
• Unemployment in large metropolitan areas, March 2010 (04/30/2010)
• State unemployment rates, March 2010 (04/22/2010)
• Metropolitan area over-the-year unemployment rate changes, February 2010 (04/09/2010)
• Geography of unemployment, February 2010 (04/01/2010)
• Mass layoff events and initial claims down in February 2010 (03/30/2010)
• Metropolitan area unemployment rates, January 2010 (03/29/2010)
• January payroll employment in Sweet 16 metropolitan areas (03/26/2010)
• State unemployment rates and over-the-month employment changes, January 2010 (03/12/2010)
• State employment-population ratio declines, 2008–09 (03/05/2010)
• State unemployment rate increases, December 2008–December 2009 (01/28/2010)
• Unemployment in large metropolitan areas, November 2009 (01/13/2010)
• Unemployment by geographic region and division, November 2009 (12/29/2009)
• State unemployment rates, October 2009 (11/27/2009)
• Metropolitan area employment: September 2008–09 (10/30/2009)
• Unemployment in large metropolitan areas, September 2009 (10/29/2009)
• State unemployment rates in September 2009 (10/26/2009)
• Metropolitan area over-the-year unemployment rate increases, August 2009 (10/01/2009)
• Geography of unemployment, August 2009 (09/21/2009)
• Metropolitan area unemployment: July 2008–09 (09/02/2009)
• Large metropolitan areas and unemployment in June 2009 (07/30/2009)
• State unemployment rates: June 2009 (07/21/2009)
• Metro areas with lowest unemployment rates in May 2009 (07/02/2009)
• Metro areas with highest unemployment rates in May 2009 (07/01/2009)
• States with the largest increases in unemployment rates, May 2008-May 2009 (06/22/2009)
• States with the highest unemployment rates, April 2009 (05/27/2009)
• Metro areas with highest unemployment rates in March (04/30/2009)
• Unemployment rates higher in all 50 states in March 2009 than a year ago (04/20/2009)
• 2007-08 changes in State unemployment rates (03/03/2009)
• Highest State unemployment rates in 2008 (03/02/2009)
• Unemployment rates by state in December 2008 (01/28/2009)
• Multiple jobholding in States in 2007 (10/09/2008)
• Over-the-month changes in State unemployment rates, August 2008 (09/22/2008)
• 2006-07 changes in State unemployment rates (03/05/2008)
• Highest State unemployment rates in 2007 (03/04/2008)
• Lowest State unemployment rates in 2007 (03/03/2008)
• States with lowest unemployment rates in December 2007 (01/22/2008)