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Unemployment rates were lower in January than a year earlier in 227 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 124 areas, and unchanged in 21 areas. Twelve areas had jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, and 13 areas had rates of less than 5.0 percent.
Area | Unemployment rate (in percent) (p) | Unemployment rate compared to the U.S. rate of 8.5 percent |
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Alabama | ||
Anniston-Oxford, AL MSA | 8.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA | 6.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA | 6.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Decatur, AL MSA | 7.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Dothan, AL MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Gadsden, AL MSA | 7.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Huntsville, AL MSA | 6.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Mobile, AL MSA | 8.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Montgomery, AL MSA | 7.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Tuscaloosa, AL MSA | 7.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Alaska | ||
Anchorage, AK MSA | 6.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Fairbanks, AK MSA | 7.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Arizona | ||
Flagstaff, AZ MSA | 8.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ MSA | 10.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ MSA | 7.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Prescott, AZ MSA | 9.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Tucson, AZ MSA | 7.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Yuma, AZ MSA | 26.5 | Above U.S. rate |
Arkansas | ||
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO MSA | 5.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA | 8.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Hot Springs, AR MSA | 8.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Jonesboro, AR MSA | 7.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA | 7.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Pine Bluff, AR MSA | 10.5 | Above U.S. rate |
California | ||
Bakersfield-Delano, CA MSA | 14.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Chico, CA MSA | 12.7 | Above U.S. rate |
El Centro, CA MSA | 25.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Fresno, CA MSA | 16.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA MSA | 16.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA | 10.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Madera-Chowchilla, CA MSA | 13.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Merced, CA MSA | 18.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Modesto, CA MSA | 15.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Napa, CA MSA | 8.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA | 9.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Redding, CA MSA | 13.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA | 11.5 | Above U.S. rate |
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA MSA | 10.3 | Above U.S. rate |
Salinas, CA MSA | 14.3 | Above U.S. rate |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA MSA | 8.6 | Above U.S. rate |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA | 8.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA | 7.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA MSA | 8.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA MSA | 12.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA | 8.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Stockton, CA MSA | 15.5 | Above U.S. rate |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA MSA | 10.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Visalia-Porterville, CA MSA | 16.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Yuba City, CA MSA | 18.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Colorado | ||
Boulder, CO MSA | 5.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Colorado Springs, CO MSA | 8.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA | 7.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA | 6.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Grand Junction, CO MSA | 9.2 | Above U.S. rate |
Greeley, CO MSA | 8.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Pueblo, CO MSA | 10.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Connecticut | ||
8.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate | |
Danbury, CT Metropolitan NECTA | 7.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA | 8.7 | Above U.S. rate |
New Haven, CT Metropolitan NECTA | 9.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Norwich-New London, CT-RI Metropolitan NECTA | 9.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Waterbury, CT Metropolitan NECTA | 11.5 | Above U.S. rate |
Delaware | ||
Dover, DE MSA | 8.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
District of Columbia | ||
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA | 5.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Florida | ||
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA | 7.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL MSA | 6.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL MSA | 8.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Gainesville, FL MSA | 6.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Jacksonville, FL MSA | 7.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA | 8.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA | 8.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA | 7.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA | 7.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Ocala, FL MSA | 9.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA | 8.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Palm Coast, FL MSA | 11.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL MSA | 8.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Port St. Lucie, FL MSA | 9.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Punta Gorda, FL MSA | 8.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL MSA | 9.5 | Above U.S. rate |
Tallahassee, FL MSA | 6.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA | 8.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Georgia | ||
Albany, GA MSA | 9.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA | 6.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA | 8.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA | 9.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Brunswick, GA MSA | 10.3 | Above U.S. rate |
Columbus, GA-AL MSA | 9.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Dalton, GA MSA | 11.9 | Above U.S. rate |
Gainesville, GA MSA | 7.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA MSA | 9.3 | Above U.S. rate |
Macon, GA MSA | 9.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Rome, GA MSA | 10.2 | Above U.S. rate |
Savannah, GA MSA | 8.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Valdosta, GA MSA | 8.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Warner Robins, GA MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Hawaii | ||
Honolulu, HI MSA | 4.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Idaho | ||
Boise City-Nampa, ID MSA | 7.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Coeur d'Alene, ID MSA | 9.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Idaho Falls, ID MSA | 6.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Lewiston, ID-WA MSA | 7.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Pocatello, ID MSA | 7.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Illinois | ||
Bloomington-Normal, IL MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Champaign-Urbana, IL MSA | 9.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA | 9.9 | Above U.S. rate |
Danville, IL MSA | 11.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA | 8.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Decatur, IL MSA | 14.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Kankakee-Bradley, IL MSA | 12.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Peoria, IL MSA | 10.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Rockford, IL MSA | 13.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Springfield, IL MSA | 8.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Indiana | ||
Anderson, IN MSA | 11.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Bloomington, IN MSA | 8.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Columbus, IN MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA | 10.3 | Above U.S. rate |
Evansville, IN-KY MSA | 8.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Fort Wayne, IN MSA | 9.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN MSA | 8.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Kokomo, IN MSA | 10.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Lafayette, IN MSA | 9.2 | Above U.S. rate |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN MSA | 12.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Muncie, IN MSA | 10.4 | Above U.S. rate |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI MSA | 10.5 | Above U.S. rate |
Terre Haute, IN MSA | 11.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Iowa | ||
Ames, IA MSA | 4.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Cedar Rapids, IA MSA | 6.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA MSA | 6.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Dubuque, IA MSA | 6.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Iowa City, IA MSA | 4.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA | 6.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA MSA | 6.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Kansas | ||
Lawrence, KS MSA | 5.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Manhattan, KS MSA | 5.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Topeka, KS MSA | 7.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Wichita, KS MSA | 7.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Kentucky | ||
Bowling Green, KY MSA | 7.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Elizabethtown, KY MSA | 8.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA | 6.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA | 8.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Owensboro, KY MSA | 7.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Louisiana | ||
Alexandria, LA MSA | 7.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Baton Rouge, LA MSA | 7.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA MSA | 5.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Lafayette, LA MSA | 5.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Lake Charles, LA MSA | 6.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Monroe, LA MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA | 7.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA | 7.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Maine | ||
Bangor, ME Metropolitan NECTA | 7.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metropolitan NECTA | 7.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME Metropolitan NECTA | 6.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Maryland | ||
Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA | 7.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Cumberland, MD-WV MSA | 9.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA | 8.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Salisbury, MD MSA | 10.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Massachusetts | ||
Barnstable Town, MA Metropolitan NECTA | 9.2 | Above U.S. rate |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA | 6.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA Metropolitan NECTA | 9.7 | Above U.S. rate |
New Bedford, MA Metropolitan NECTA | 11.9 | Above U.S. rate |
Pittsfield, MA Metropolitan NECTA | 7.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Springfield, MA-CT Metropolitan NECTA | 8.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Worcester, MA-CT Metropolitan NECTA | 7.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Michigan | ||
Ann Arbor, MI MSA | 5.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Battle Creek, MI MSA | 7.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Bay City, MI MSA | 9.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA | 11.3 | Above U.S. rate |
Flint, MI MSA | 9.9 | Above U.S. rate |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA | 6.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Holland-Grand Haven, MI MSA | 6.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Jackson, MI MSA | 8.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA | 7.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Monroe, MI MSA | 8.9 | Above U.S. rate |
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI MSA | 9.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI MSA | 9.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI MSA | 9.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Minnesota | ||
Duluth, MN-WI MSA | 8.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN MSA | 5.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA | 6.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Rochester, MN MSA | 5.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
St. Cloud, MN MSA | 7.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Mississippi | ||
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS MSA | 10.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Hattiesburg, MS MSA | 9.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Jackson, MS MSA | 8.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Pascagoula, MS MSA | 11.5 | Above U.S. rate |
Missouri | ||
Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL MSA | 6.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Columbia, MO MSA | 5.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Jefferson City, MO MSA | 5.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Joplin, MO MSA | 5.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA | 6.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA | 5.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA | 8.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Springfield, MO MSA | 6.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Montana | ||
Billings, MT MSA | 4.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Great Falls, MT MSA | 6.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Missoula, MT MSA | 6.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Nebraska | ||
Lincoln, NE MSA | 4.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA | 5.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Nevada | ||
Carson City, NV MSA | 11.2 | Above U.S. rate |
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA | 10.2 | Above U.S. rate |
Reno-Sparks, NV MSA | 10.6 | Above U.S. rate |
New Hampshire | ||
Manchester, NH Metropolitan NECTA | 6.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Portsmouth, NH-ME Metropolitan NECTA | 5.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME Metropolitan NECTA | 6.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
New Jersey | ||
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ MSA | 16.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Ocean City, NJ MSA | 20.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Trenton-Ewing, NJ MSA | 8.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ MSA | 15.8 | Above U.S. rate |
New Mexico | ||
Albuquerque, NM MSA | 7.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Farmington, NM MSA | 6.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Las Cruces, NM MSA | 7.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Santa Fe, NM MSA | 5.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
New York | ||
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA | 8.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Binghamton, NY MSA | 10.2 | Above U.S. rate |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA | 9.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Elmira, NY MSA | 10.5 | Above U.S. rate |
Glens Falls, NY MSA | 10.3 | Above U.S. rate |
Ithaca, NY MSA | 6.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Kingston, NY MSA | 9.9 | Above U.S. rate |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA | 9.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY MSA | 8.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Rochester, NY MSA | 9.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Syracuse, NY MSA | 9.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Utica-Rome, NY MSA | 10.2 | Above U.S. rate |
North Carolina | ||
Asheville, NC MSA | 8.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Burlington, NC MSA | 10.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA | 10.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Fayetteville, NC MSA | 10.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Goldsboro, NC MSA | 9.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA | 10.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Greenville, NC MSA | 9.9 | Above U.S. rate |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA | 11.5 | Above U.S. rate |
Jacksonville, NC MSA | 9.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA | 8.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Rocky Mount, NC MSA | 14.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Wilmington, NC MSA | 11.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Winston-Salem, NC MSA | 9.4 | Above U.S. rate |
North Dakota | ||
Bismarck, ND MSA | 4.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Fargo, ND-MN MSA | 4.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA | 5.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Ohio | ||
Akron, OH MSA | 8.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Canton-Massillon, OH MSA | 8.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA | 8.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH MSA | 8.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Columbus, OH MSA | 6.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Dayton, OH MSA | 8.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Lima, OH MSA | 9.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Mansfield, OH MSA | 9.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Sandusky, OH MSA | 10.2 | Above U.S. rate |
Springfield, OH MSA | 8.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV MSA | 11.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Toledo, OH MSA | 9.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA MSA | 9.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Oklahoma | ||
Lawton, OK MSA | 6.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Oklahoma City, OK MSA | 5.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Tulsa, OK MSA | 5.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Oregon | ||
Bend, OR MSA | 12.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Corvallis, OR MSA | 6.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA | 9.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Medford, OR MSA | 11.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA | 8.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Salem, OR MSA | 10.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Pennsylvania | ||
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA | 9.5 | Above U.S. rate |
Altoona, PA MSA | 8.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Erie, PA MSA | 9.2 | Above U.S. rate |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA | 8.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Johnstown, PA MSA | 10.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Lancaster, PA MSA | 7.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Lebanon, PA MSA | 7.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA | 9.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Pittsburgh, PA MSA | 8.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Reading, PA MSA | 9.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA | 11.2 | Above U.S. rate |
State College, PA MSA | 6.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Williamsport, PA MSA | 9.5 | Above U.S. rate |
York-Hanover, PA MSA | 8.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Rhode Island | ||
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA | 10.6 | Above U.S. rate |
South Carolina | ||
Anderson, SC MSA | 8.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC MSA | 7.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Columbia, SC MSA | 8.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Florence, SC MSA | 10.1 | Above U.S. rate |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC MSA | 7.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC MSA | 12.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Spartanburg, SC MSA | 8.9 | Above U.S. rate |
Sumter, SC MSA | 10.3 | Above U.S. rate |
South Dakota | ||
Rapid City, SD MSA | 5.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Sioux Falls, SD MSA | 4.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Tennessee | ||
Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA | 7.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Clarksville, TN-KY MSA | 9.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Cleveland, TN MSA | 7.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Jackson, TN MSA | 8.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Johnson City, TN MSA | 7.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Knoxville, TN MSA | 6.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA | 9.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Morristown, TN MSA | 10.3 | Above U.S. rate |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN MSA | 6.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Texas | ||
Abilene, TX MSA | 5.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Amarillo, TX MSA | 4.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA | 5.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA | 10.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA | 11.0 | Above U.S. rate |
College Station-Bryan, TX MSA | 5.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Corpus Christi, TX MSA | 6.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA | 6.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
El Paso, TX MSA | 9.5 | Above U.S. rate |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA | 6.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX MSA | 7.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Laredo, TX MSA | 7.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Longview, TX MSA | 6.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Lubbock, TX MSA | 5.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA | 11.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Midland, TX MSA | 3.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Odessa, TX MSA | 4.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
San Angelo, TX MSA | 5.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA | 6.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Sherman-Denison, TX MSA | 7.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA | 7.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Tyler, TX MSA | 7.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Victoria, TX MSA | 5.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Waco, TX MSA | 6.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Wichita Falls, TX MSA | 6.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Utah | ||
Logan, UT-ID MSA | 4.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT MSA | 5.9 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Provo-Orem, UT MSA | 5.5 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
St. George, UT MSA | 7.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Salt Lake City, UT MSA | 5.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Vermont | ||
Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metropolitan NECTA | 4.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Virginia | ||
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA MSA | 8.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Charlottesville, VA MSA | 5.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Danville, VA MSA | 8.7 | Above U.S. rate |
Harrisonburg, VA MSA | 5.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Lynchburg, VA MSA | 6.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Richmond, VA MSA | 6.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Roanoke, VA MSA | 6.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA | 6.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Winchester, VA-WV MSA | 6.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Washington | ||
Bellingham, WA MSA | 8.6 | Above U.S. rate |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA MSA | 8.0 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA MSA | 11.0 | Above U.S. rate |
Longview, WA MSA | 11.9 | Above U.S. rate |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA MSA | 10.4 | Above U.S. rate |
Olympia, WA MSA | 8.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA | 7.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Spokane, WA MSA | 9.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA MSA | 9.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Yakima, WA MSA | 12.7 | Above U.S. rate |
West Virginia | ||
Charleston, WV MSA | 7.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA | 8.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Morgantown, WV MSA | 6.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH MSA | 8.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Wheeling, WV-OH MSA | 9.3 | Above U.S. rate |
Wisconsin | ||
Appleton, WI MSA | 7.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Eau Claire, WI MSA | 7.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Fond du Lac, WI MSA | 7.7 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Green Bay, WI MSA | 7.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Janesville, WI MSA | 9.5 | Above U.S. rate |
La Crosse, WI-MN MSA | 6.6 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Madison, WI MSA | 5.8 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA | 8.2 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA | 7.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Racine, WI MSA | 9.8 | Above U.S. rate |
Sheboygan, WI MSA | 7.3 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Wausau, WI MSA | 8.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Wyoming | ||
Casper, WY MSA | 5.1 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
Cheyenne, WY MSA | 6.4 | Equal to or below U.S. rate |
(p) Preliminary |
In January, 80 metropolitan areas had jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, down from 85 areas a year earlier, while 99 areas had rates below 7.0 percent, up from 81 areas in January 2012.
Yuma, Arizona, and El Centro, California, had the highest unemployment rates in January 2013, at 26.5 and 25.8 percent, respectively. Seven of the remaining 10 areas with jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent were located in California, while the other 3 areas were located in New Jersey. Midland, Texas, had the lowest unemployment rate, 3.4 percent, followed by Bismarck, North Dakota, and Odessa, Texas, 4.1 percent each.
Among the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California, and Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., had the highest unemployment rates in January, 11.5 and 11.3 percent, respectively. Five additional large areas had rates of 10.0 percent or more. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, had the lowest jobless rate among the large areas, 5.2 percent, followed by Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas, and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, 5.8 percent each.
These metropolitan area data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program; these data are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — January 2013" (HTML) (PDF), news release
USDL−13−0480.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Metropolitan area unemployment, January 2013 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2013/ted_20130326.htm (visited October 31, 2024).