Unemployment rates, selected metropolitan areas and the United States, May 2009 Area Unemployment rate (percent) Manhattan, Kansas 4.4 Great Falls, Montana 4.4 Fargo, North Dakota 4.4 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana 4.3 Lincoln, Nebraska 4.2 Billings, Montana 4.1 Logan, Utah 4.1 Ames, Iowa 3.8 Iowa City, Iowa 3.7 Bismarck, North Dakota 3.5 United States 9.1 Data are preliminary and subject to revision.