October 5, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Metro area unemployment rates, August 2012
Unemployment rates, metropolitan areas with teams in the MLB playoffs,
August 2011-August 2012, not seasonally adjusted
| Month |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
Baltimore-Towson, MD |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
Aug 2011 |
11.9 |
10.6 |
8.6 |
9.9 |
9.2 |
7.8 |
8.4 |
8.1 |
8.6 |
6.0 |
Sep 2011 |
11.2 |
10.2 |
8.6 |
9.7 |
8.8 |
7.4 |
8.0 |
7.8 |
8.3 |
5.9 |
Oct 2011 |
10.6 |
10.0 |
8.5 |
9.4 |
8.6 |
7.1 |
7.8 |
7.5 |
8.1 |
5.6 |
Nov 2011 |
9.6 |
9.5 |
8.2 |
8.9 |
8.2 |
6.7 |
7.5 |
7.1 |
7.6 |
5.3 |
Dec 2011 |
9.7 |
9.3 |
8.2 |
8.9 |
8.4 |
6.6 |
7.3 |
7.0 |
7.6 |
5.4 |
Jan 2012 |
10.7 |
9.6 |
9.2 |
9.1 |
8.4 |
7.3 |
7.6 |
7.4 |
8.5 |
5.6 |
Feb 2012 |
10.2 |
9.6 |
9.3 |
9.0 |
8.9 |
7.5 |
7.6 |
7.1 |
8.3 |
5.8 |
Mar 2012 |
9.6 |
9.8 |
8.9 |
8.7 |
8.4 |
7.1 |
7.7 |
7.0 |
7.8 |
5.5 |
Apr 2012 |
8.7 |
9.0 |
8.4 |
8.5 |
7.4 |
6.9 |
7.0 |
6.5 |
7.1 |
5.1 |
May 2012 |
9.9 |
9.0 |
8.8 |
8.6 |
7.5 |
7.1 |
7.0 |
6.8 |
6.9 |
5.3 |
Jun 2012 |
10.2 |
9.5 |
9.5 |
9.2 |
7.7 |
7.8 |
7.4 |
7.4 |
7.2 |
5.7 |
Jul 2012 |
11.9 |
9.5 |
9.5 |
9.2 |
8.2 |
7.7 |
7.3 |
7.4 |
7.2 |
5.6 |
Aug 2012 |
10.9 |
9.2 |
9.1 |
8.9 |
7.8 |
7.7 |
7.0 |
6.9 |
6.7 |
5.5 |
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NOTE: Oakland-Fremont-Hayward and San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City are metropolitan divisions; both are part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California, metropolitan area.
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These data are featured in the TED article, Metro area unemployment rates, August 2012.
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