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Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California, has highest unemployment rate among large metro areas
May 30, 2014
In April 2013, of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California, had the highest unemployment rate at 8.3 percent. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, had the lowest jobless rates among the large areas, 3.8 percent each.
| Metropolitan area | Unemployment rate |
|---|---|
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 3.8 |
Columbus, OH | 4.3 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 4.5 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 5.0 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 5.4 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 6.1 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 6.5 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 6.6 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 7.4 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 7.9 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 8.3 |
Forty-eight of the large areas had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, while one had an increase. The largest unemployment rate decline occurred in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada (−2.5 percentage points). Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama, had the only jobless rate increase (+0.4 percentage point).
Among metropolitan areas of all sizes, 214 had April unemployment rates below the U.S. figure of 5.9 percent, 148 areas had rates above it, and 10 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. There were 14 areas with jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent and 118 areas had rates of less than 5.0 percent. Yuma, Arizona, and El Centro, California, had the highest unemployment rates in April, 23.8 percent and 21.6 percent, respectively. Midland, Texas, had the lowest unemployment rate, 2.3 percent.
| Metropolitan Statistical Area | Unemployment rate | In relation to U.S. rate, April 2014 |
|---|---|---|
Midland, TX | 2.3 | Below |
Logan, UT-ID | 2.5 | Below |
Bismarck, ND | 2.6 | Below |
Ames, IA | 2.7 | Below |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 2.8 | Below |
Fargo, ND-MN | 2.8 | Below |
Iowa City, IA | 2.8 | Below |
Lincoln, NE | 2.9 | Below |
Odessa, TX | 2.9 | Below |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 3.0 | Below |
Provo-Orem, UT | 3.0 | Below |
Salt Lake City, UT | 3.1 | Below |
Casper, WY | 3.2 | Below |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 3.2 | Below |
Amarillo, TX | 3.3 | Below |
Billings, MT | 3.3 | Below |
Lafayette, LA | 3.3 | Below |
Sioux Falls, SD | 3.3 | Below |
St. George, UT | 3.4 | Below |
College Station-Bryan, TX | 3.5 | Below |
Grand Forks, ND-MN | 3.5 | Below |
Ithaca, NY | 3.5 | Below |
Lubbock, TX | 3.5 | Below |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN | 3.5 | Below |
State College, PA | 3.5 | Below |
Portsmouth, NH-ME | 3.6 | Below |
San Angelo, TX | 3.6 | Below |
Abilene, TX | 3.7 | Below |
Charlottesville, VA | 3.7 | Below |
Cheyenne, WY | 3.7 | Below |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 3.7 | Below |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 3.8 | Below |
Great Falls, MT | 3.8 | Below |
Honolulu, HI | 3.8 | Below |
Oklahoma City, OK | 3.8 | Below |
Rapid City, SD | 3.8 | Below |
Victoria, TX | 3.8 | Below |
Columbus, IN | 3.9 | Below |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 3.9 | Below |
Lake Charles, LA | 3.9 | Below |
Lawrence, KS | 3.9 | Below |
Morgantown, WV | 3.9 | Below |
Rochester, MN | 3.9 | Below |
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME | 3.9 | Below |
Columbia, MO | 4.0 | Below |
Lancaster, PA | 4.0 | Below |
Madison, WI | 4.0 | Below |
Manchester, NH | 4.0 | Below |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 4.0 | Below |
Baton Rouge, LA | 4.1 | Below |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 4.1 | Below |
Dubuque, IA | 4.1 | Below |
Harrisonburg, VA | 4.1 | Below |
Lebanon, PA | 4.1 | Below |
Manhattan, KS | 4.1 | Below |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 4.1 | Below |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 4.1 | Below |
Boulder, CO | 4.2 | Below |
Cedar Rapids, IA | 4.2 | Below |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC | 4.2 | Below |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 4.2 | Below |
Missoula, MT | 4.2 | Below |
Tulsa, OK | 4.2 | Below |
Anderson, SC | 4.3 | Below |
Columbus, OH | 4.3 | Below |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 4.3 | Below |
Idaho Falls, ID | 4.3 | Below |
Longview, TX | 4.3 | Below |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 4.3 | Below |
Alexandria, LA | 4.4 | Below |
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 4.4 | Below |
Gainesville, FL | 4.4 | Below |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 4.4 | Below |
Waco, TX | 4.4 | Below |
Wichita Falls, TX | 4.4 | Below |
Winchester, VA-WV | 4.4 | Below |
Asheville, NC | 4.5 | Below |
Columbia, SC | 4.5 | Below |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 4.5 | Below |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 4.5 | Below |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 4.6 | Below |
Corpus Christi, TX | 4.6 | Below |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 4.6 | Below |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 4.6 | Below |
La Crosse, WI-MN | 4.6 | Below |
Lafayette, IN | 4.6 | Below |
Lewiston, ID-WA | 4.6 | Below |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 4.6 | Below |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 4.6 | Below |
Santa Fe, NM | 4.6 | Below |
Sherman-Denison, TX | 4.6 | Below |
St. Cloud, MN | 4.6 | Below |
Boise City-Nampa, ID | 4.7 | Below |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 4.7 | Below |
Lawton, OK | 4.7 | Below |
Monroe, LA | 4.7 | Below |
Pittsburgh, PA | 4.7 | Below |
Pocatello, ID | 4.7 | Below |
Topeka, KS | 4.7 | Below |
York-Hanover, PA | 4.7 | Below |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 4.8 | Below |
Altoona, PA | 4.8 | Below |
Ann Arbor, MI | 4.8 | Below |
Raleigh-Cary, NC | 4.8 | Below |
Roanoke, VA | 4.8 | Below |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 4.8 | Below |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 4.8 | Below |
Spartanburg, SC | 4.8 | Below |
Springfield, OH | 4.8 | Below |
Tyler, TX | 4.8 | Below |
Athens-Clarke County, GA | 4.9 | Below |
Auburn-Opelika, AL | 4.9 | Below |
Corvallis, OR | 4.9 | Below |
Knoxville, TN | 4.9 | Below |
Naples-Marco Island, FL | 4.9 | Below |
Sheboygan, WI | 4.9 | Below |
Springfield, MO | 4.9 | Below |
St. Joseph, MO-KS | 4.9 | Below |
Akron, OH | 5.0 | Below |
Bloomington, IN | 5.0 | Below |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 5.0 | Below |
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 5.0 | Below |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 5.0 | Below |
Evansville, IN-KY | 5.0 | Below |
Fort Wayne, IN | 5.0 | Below |
Holland-Grand Haven, MI | 5.0 | Below |
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 5.0 | Below |
Jefferson City, MO | 5.0 | Below |
Joplin, MO | 5.0 | Below |
Napa, CA | 5.0 | Below |
Reading, PA | 5.0 | Below |
Richmond, VA | 5.0 | Below |
Tallahassee, FL | 5.0 | Below |
Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 5.0 | Below |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 5.1 | Below |
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL | 5.1 | Below |
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH | 5.1 | Below |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 5.1 | Below |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 5.1 | Below |
Dayton, OH | 5.2 | Below |
Laredo, TX | 5.2 | Below |
Lynchburg, VA | 5.2 | Below |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 5.2 | Below |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 5.2 | Below |
Appleton, WI | 5.3 | Below |
Canton-Massillon, OH | 5.3 | Below |
Danbury, CT | 5.3 | Below |
Jackson, MS | 5.3 | Below |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 5.3 | Below |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ | 5.3 | Below |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 5.3 | Below |
Wichita, KS | 5.3 | Below |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 5.4 | Below |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 5.4 | Below |
Cleveland, TN | 5.4 | Below |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO | 5.4 | Below |
Eau Claire, WI | 5.4 | Below |
Erie, PA | 5.4 | Below |
Lima, OH | 5.4 | Below |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 5.4 | Below |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 5.4 | Below |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 5.4 | Below |
Sandusky, OH | 5.4 | Below |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA | 5.4 | Below |
Williamsport, PA | 5.4 | Below |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 5.5 | Below |
Anchorage, AK | 5.5 | Below |
Baltimore-Towson, MD | 5.5 | Below |
Bloomington-Normal, IL | 5.5 | Below |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 5.5 | Below |
Fairbanks, AK | 5.5 | Below |
Fond du Lac, WI | 5.5 | Below |
Greeley, CO | 5.5 | Below |
Green Bay, WI | 5.5 | Below |
Huntsville, AL | 5.5 | Below |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 5.5 | Below |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 5.5 | Below |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 5.5 | Below |
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC | 5.5 | Below |
Punta Gorda, FL | 5.5 | Below |
Rochester, NY | 5.5 | Below |
Tucson, AZ | 5.5 | Below |
Chattanooga, TN-GA | 5.6 | Below |
Coeur d'Alene, ID | 5.6 | Below |
Gainesville, GA | 5.6 | Below |
Jacksonville, FL | 5.6 | Below |
Johnson City, TN | 5.6 | Below |
Jonesboro, AR | 5.6 | Below |
Kansas City, MO-KS | 5.6 | Below |
Kingston, NY | 5.6 | Below |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 5.6 | Below |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 5.6 | Below |
Bangor, ME | 5.7 | Below |
Charleston, WV | 5.7 | Below |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 5.7 | Below |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 5.7 | Below |
Farmington, NM | 5.7 | Below |
Hattiesburg, MS | 5.7 | Below |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 5.7 | Below |
Olympia, WA | 5.7 | Below |
Springfield, IL | 5.7 | Below |
Sumter, SC | 5.7 | Below |
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR | 5.7 | Below |
Toledo, OH | 5.7 | Below |
Winston-Salem, NC | 5.7 | Below |
Bellingham, WA | 5.8 | Below |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 5.8 | Below |
Burlington, NC | 5.8 | Below |
Champaign-Urbana, IL | 5.8 | Below |
Mansfield, OH | 5.8 | Below |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 5.8 | Below |
Syracuse, NY | 5.8 | Below |
Wausau, WI | 5.8 | Below |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 5.8 | Below |
Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL | 5.9 | Equal |
Duluth, MN-WI | 5.9 | Equal |
Florence, SC | 5.9 | Equal |
Fort Smith, AR-OK | 5.9 | Equal |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 5.9 | Equal |
Johnstown, PA | 5.9 | Equal |
Kokomo, IN | 5.9 | Equal |
Prescott, AZ | 5.9 | Equal |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 5.9 | Equal |
Tuscaloosa, AL | 5.9 | Equal |
Battle Creek, MI | 6.0 | Above |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC | 6.0 | Above |
Jacksonville, NC | 6.0 | Above |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 6.0 | Above |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 6.0 | Above |
Albuquerque, NM | 6.1 | Above |
Binghamton, NY | 6.1 | Above |
Bowling Green, KY | 6.1 | Above |
Dover, DE | 6.1 | Above |
Goldsboro, NC | 6.1 | Above |
Greenville, NC | 6.1 | Above |
Hot Springs, AR | 6.1 | Above |
Jackson, TN | 6.1 | Above |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 6.1 | Above |
Lexington-Fayette, KY | 6.1 | Above |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 6.1 | Above |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 6.1 | Above |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 6.1 | Above |
Utica-Rome, NY | 6.1 | Above |
Warner Robins, GA | 6.1 | Above |
Wheeling, WV-OH | 6.1 | Above |
Wilmington, NC | 6.1 | Above |
Worcester, MA-CT | 6.1 | Above |
Barnstable Town, MA | 6.2 | Above |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 6.2 | Above |
Cumberland, MD-WV | 6.2 | Above |
Elmira, NY | 6.2 | Above |
Flagstaff, AZ | 6.2 | Above |
Owensboro, KY | 6.2 | Above |
Savannah, GA | 6.2 | Above |
Spokane, WA | 6.2 | Above |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 6.3 | Above |
Decatur, AL | 6.3 | Above |
Dothan, AL | 6.3 | Above |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 6.3 | Above |
Glens Falls, NY | 6.3 | Above |
Greensboro-High Point, NC | 6.3 | Above |
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 6.3 | Above |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 6.3 | Above |
Muncie, IN | 6.3 | Above |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 6.3 | Above |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 6.3 | Above |
St. Louis, MO-IL 1 | 6.3 | Above |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 6.4 | Above |
Gadsden, AL | 6.4 | Above |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 6.4 | Above |
Montgomery, AL | 6.4 | Above |
Pittsfield, MA | 6.4 | Above |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 6.4 | Above |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 6.4 | Above |
Anderson, IN | 6.5 | Above |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 6.5 | Above |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 6.5 | Above |
Morristown, TN | 6.5 | Above |
Springfield, MA-CT | 6.5 | Above |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 6.5 | Above |
Elizabethtown, KY | 6.6 | Above |
Eugene-Springfield, OR | 6.6 | Above |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 6.6 | Above |
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 6.6 | Above |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 6.6 | Above |
Ocala, FL | 6.6 | Above |
El Paso, TX | 6.7 | Above |
Valdosta, GA | 6.7 | Above |
Clarksville, TN-KY | 6.8 | Above |
Las Cruces, NM | 6.8 | Above |
New Haven, CT | 6.8 | Above |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 6.8 | Above |
Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 6.8 | Above |
Port St. Lucie, FL | 6.8 | Above |
Colorado Springs, CO | 6.9 | Above |
Danville, VA | 6.9 | Above |
Grand Junction, CO | 6.9 | Above |
Janesville, WI | 6.9 | Above |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA | 6.9 | Above |
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 6.9 | Above |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 6.9 | Above |
Anniston-Oxford, AL | 7.0 | Above |
Fayetteville, NC | 7.0 | Above |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 7.0 | Above |
Macon, GA | 7.0 | Above |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 7.0 | Above |
Peoria, IL | 7.0 | Above |
Reno-Sparks, NV | 7.0 | Above |
Rome, GA | 7.0 | Above |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 7.0 | Above |
Mobile, AL | 7.1 | Above |
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 7.1 | Above |
Salem, OR | 7.1 | Above |
Columbus, GA-AL | 7.2 | Above |
Jackson, MI | 7.2 | Above |
Salisbury, MD | 7.2 | Above |
Terre Haute, IN | 7.2 | Above |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 7.3 | Above |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI | 7.3 | Above |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 7.3 | Above |
Pascagoula, MS | 7.3 | Above |
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV | 7.3 | Above |
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 7.4 | Above |
Monroe, MI | 7.4 | Above |
Racine, WI | 7.4 | Above |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA | 7.5 | Above |
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | 7.5 | Above |
Albany, GA | 7.6 | Above |
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA | 7.6 | Above |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 7.6 | Above |
Bay City, MI | 7.7 | Above |
Brunswick, GA | 7.8 | Above |
Carson City, NV | 7.8 | Above |
Flint, MI | 7.8 | Above |
Longview, WA | 7.8 | Above |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 7.8 | Above |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 7.9 | Above |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 8.1 | Above |
Yakima, WA | 8.1 | Above |
Dalton, GA | 8.2 | Above |
Pueblo, CO | 8.2 | Above |
Bend, OR | 8.3 | Above |
Palm Coast, FL | 8.3 | Above |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 8.3 | Above |
Pine Bluff, AR | 8.4 | Above |
Chico, CA | 8.6 | Above |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 8.6 | Above |
New Bedford, MA | 8.6 | Above |
Kankakee-Bradley, IL | 8.7 | Above |
Danville, IL | 8.9 | Above |
Medford, OR | 8.9 | Above |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 9.0 | Above |
Decatur, IL | 9.1 | Above |
Rocky Mount, NC | 9.1 | Above |
Waterbury, CT | 9.1 | Above |
Rockford, IL | 9.2 | Above |
Salinas, CA | 9.3 | Above |
Redding, CA | 9.5 | Above |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ | 10.0 | Above |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 10.3 | Above |
Madera-Chowchilla, CA | 11.2 | Above |
Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 11.4 | Above |
Ocean City, NJ | 11.4 | Above |
Stockton, CA | 11.7 | Above |
Fresno, CA | 12.1 | Above |
Modesto, CA | 12.3 | Above |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 13.1 | Above |
Visalia-Porterville, CA | 13.4 | Above |
Merced, CA | 14.3 | Above |
Yuba City, CA | 14.5 | Above |
El Centro, CA | 21.6 | Above |
Yuma, AZ | 23.8 | Above |
| Metropolitan Statistical Area | Unemployment rate | In relation to U.S. rate, April 2014 |
|---|---|---|
Midland, TX | 2.3 | Below |
Logan, UT-ID | 2.5 | Below |
Bismarck, ND | 2.6 | Below |
Ames, IA | 2.7 | Below |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 2.8 | Below |
Fargo, ND-MN | 2.8 | Below |
Iowa City, IA | 2.8 | Below |
Lincoln, NE | 2.9 | Below |
Odessa, TX | 2.9 | Below |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 3.0 | Below |
Provo-Orem, UT | 3.0 | Below |
Salt Lake City, UT | 3.1 | Below |
Casper, WY | 3.2 | Below |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 3.2 | Below |
Amarillo, TX | 3.3 | Below |
Billings, MT | 3.3 | Below |
Lafayette, LA | 3.3 | Below |
Sioux Falls, SD | 3.3 | Below |
St. George, UT | 3.4 | Below |
College Station-Bryan, TX | 3.5 | Below |
Grand Forks, ND-MN | 3.5 | Below |
Ithaca, NY | 3.5 | Below |
Lubbock, TX | 3.5 | Below |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN | 3.5 | Below |
State College, PA | 3.5 | Below |
Portsmouth, NH-ME | 3.6 | Below |
San Angelo, TX | 3.6 | Below |
Abilene, TX | 3.7 | Below |
Charlottesville, VA | 3.7 | Below |
Cheyenne, WY | 3.7 | Below |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 3.7 | Below |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 3.8 | Below |
Great Falls, MT | 3.8 | Below |
Honolulu, HI | 3.8 | Below |
Oklahoma City, OK | 3.8 | Below |
Rapid City, SD | 3.8 | Below |
Victoria, TX | 3.8 | Below |
Columbus, IN | 3.9 | Below |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 3.9 | Below |
Lake Charles, LA | 3.9 | Below |
Lawrence, KS | 3.9 | Below |
Morgantown, WV | 3.9 | Below |
Rochester, MN | 3.9 | Below |
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME | 3.9 | Below |
Columbia, MO | 4.0 | Below |
Lancaster, PA | 4.0 | Below |
Madison, WI | 4.0 | Below |
Manchester, NH | 4.0 | Below |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 4.0 | Below |
Baton Rouge, LA | 4.1 | Below |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 4.1 | Below |
Dubuque, IA | 4.1 | Below |
Harrisonburg, VA | 4.1 | Below |
Lebanon, PA | 4.1 | Below |
Manhattan, KS | 4.1 | Below |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 4.1 | Below |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 4.1 | Below |
Boulder, CO | 4.2 | Below |
Cedar Rapids, IA | 4.2 | Below |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC | 4.2 | Below |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 4.2 | Below |
Missoula, MT | 4.2 | Below |
Tulsa, OK | 4.2 | Below |
Anderson, SC | 4.3 | Below |
Columbus, OH | 4.3 | Below |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 4.3 | Below |
Idaho Falls, ID | 4.3 | Below |
Longview, TX | 4.3 | Below |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 4.3 | Below |
Alexandria, LA | 4.4 | Below |
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 4.4 | Below |
Gainesville, FL | 4.4 | Below |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 4.4 | Below |
Waco, TX | 4.4 | Below |
Wichita Falls, TX | 4.4 | Below |
Winchester, VA-WV | 4.4 | Below |
Asheville, NC | 4.5 | Below |
Columbia, SC | 4.5 | Below |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 4.5 | Below |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 4.5 | Below |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 4.6 | Below |
Corpus Christi, TX | 4.6 | Below |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 4.6 | Below |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 4.6 | Below |
La Crosse, WI-MN | 4.6 | Below |
Lafayette, IN | 4.6 | Below |
Lewiston, ID-WA | 4.6 | Below |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 4.6 | Below |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 4.6 | Below |
Santa Fe, NM | 4.6 | Below |
Sherman-Denison, TX | 4.6 | Below |
St. Cloud, MN | 4.6 | Below |
Boise City-Nampa, ID | 4.7 | Below |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 4.7 | Below |
Lawton, OK | 4.7 | Below |
Monroe, LA | 4.7 | Below |
Pittsburgh, PA | 4.7 | Below |
Pocatello, ID | 4.7 | Below |
Topeka, KS | 4.7 | Below |
York-Hanover, PA | 4.7 | Below |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 4.8 | Below |
Altoona, PA | 4.8 | Below |
Ann Arbor, MI | 4.8 | Below |
Raleigh-Cary, NC | 4.8 | Below |
Roanoke, VA | 4.8 | Below |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 4.8 | Below |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 4.8 | Below |
Spartanburg, SC | 4.8 | Below |
Springfield, OH | 4.8 | Below |
Tyler, TX | 4.8 | Below |
Athens-Clarke County, GA | 4.9 | Below |
Auburn-Opelika, AL | 4.9 | Below |
Corvallis, OR | 4.9 | Below |
Knoxville, TN | 4.9 | Below |
Naples-Marco Island, FL | 4.9 | Below |
Sheboygan, WI | 4.9 | Below |
Springfield, MO | 4.9 | Below |
St. Joseph, MO-KS | 4.9 | Below |
Akron, OH | 5.0 | Below |
Bloomington, IN | 5.0 | Below |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 5.0 | Below |
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 5.0 | Below |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 5.0 | Below |
Evansville, IN-KY | 5.0 | Below |
Fort Wayne, IN | 5.0 | Below |
Holland-Grand Haven, MI | 5.0 | Below |
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 5.0 | Below |
Jefferson City, MO | 5.0 | Below |
Joplin, MO | 5.0 | Below |
Napa, CA | 5.0 | Below |
Reading, PA | 5.0 | Below |
Richmond, VA | 5.0 | Below |
Tallahassee, FL | 5.0 | Below |
Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 5.0 | Below |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 5.1 | Below |
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL | 5.1 | Below |
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH | 5.1 | Below |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 5.1 | Below |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 5.1 | Below |
Dayton, OH | 5.2 | Below |
Laredo, TX | 5.2 | Below |
Lynchburg, VA | 5.2 | Below |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 5.2 | Below |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 5.2 | Below |
Appleton, WI | 5.3 | Below |
Canton-Massillon, OH | 5.3 | Below |
Danbury, CT | 5.3 | Below |
Jackson, MS | 5.3 | Below |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 5.3 | Below |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ | 5.3 | Below |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 5.3 | Below |
Wichita, KS | 5.3 | Below |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 5.4 | Below |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 5.4 | Below |
Cleveland, TN | 5.4 | Below |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO | 5.4 | Below |
Eau Claire, WI | 5.4 | Below |
Erie, PA | 5.4 | Below |
Lima, OH | 5.4 | Below |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 5.4 | Below |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 5.4 | Below |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 5.4 | Below |
Sandusky, OH | 5.4 | Below |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA | 5.4 | Below |
Williamsport, PA | 5.4 | Below |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 5.5 | Below |
Anchorage, AK | 5.5 | Below |
Baltimore-Towson, MD | 5.5 | Below |
Bloomington-Normal, IL | 5.5 | Below |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 5.5 | Below |
Fairbanks, AK | 5.5 | Below |
Fond du Lac, WI | 5.5 | Below |
Greeley, CO | 5.5 | Below |
Green Bay, WI | 5.5 | Below |
Huntsville, AL | 5.5 | Below |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 5.5 | Below |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 5.5 | Below |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 5.5 | Below |
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC | 5.5 | Below |
Punta Gorda, FL | 5.5 | Below |
Rochester, NY | 5.5 | Below |
Tucson, AZ | 5.5 | Below |
Chattanooga, TN-GA | 5.6 | Below |
Coeur d'Alene, ID | 5.6 | Below |
Gainesville, GA | 5.6 | Below |
Jacksonville, FL | 5.6 | Below |
Johnson City, TN | 5.6 | Below |
Jonesboro, AR | 5.6 | Below |
Kansas City, MO-KS | 5.6 | Below |
Kingston, NY | 5.6 | Below |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 5.6 | Below |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 5.6 | Below |
Bangor, ME | 5.7 | Below |
Charleston, WV | 5.7 | Below |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 5.7 | Below |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 5.7 | Below |
Farmington, NM | 5.7 | Below |
Hattiesburg, MS | 5.7 | Below |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 5.7 | Below |
Olympia, WA | 5.7 | Below |
Springfield, IL | 5.7 | Below |
Sumter, SC | 5.7 | Below |
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR | 5.7 | Below |
Toledo, OH | 5.7 | Below |
Winston-Salem, NC | 5.7 | Below |
Bellingham, WA | 5.8 | Below |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 5.8 | Below |
Burlington, NC | 5.8 | Below |
Champaign-Urbana, IL | 5.8 | Below |
Mansfield, OH | 5.8 | Below |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 5.8 | Below |
Syracuse, NY | 5.8 | Below |
Wausau, WI | 5.8 | Below |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 5.8 | Below |
Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL | 5.9 | Equal |
Duluth, MN-WI | 5.9 | Equal |
Florence, SC | 5.9 | Equal |
Fort Smith, AR-OK | 5.9 | Equal |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 5.9 | Equal |
Johnstown, PA | 5.9 | Equal |
Kokomo, IN | 5.9 | Equal |
Prescott, AZ | 5.9 | Equal |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 5.9 | Equal |
Tuscaloosa, AL | 5.9 | Equal |
Battle Creek, MI | 6.0 | Above |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC | 6.0 | Above |
Jacksonville, NC | 6.0 | Above |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 6.0 | Above |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 6.0 | Above |
Albuquerque, NM | 6.1 | Above |
Binghamton, NY | 6.1 | Above |
Bowling Green, KY | 6.1 | Above |
Dover, DE | 6.1 | Above |
Goldsboro, NC | 6.1 | Above |
Greenville, NC | 6.1 | Above |
Hot Springs, AR | 6.1 | Above |
Jackson, TN | 6.1 | Above |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 6.1 | Above |
Lexington-Fayette, KY | 6.1 | Above |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 6.1 | Above |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 6.1 | Above |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 6.1 | Above |
Utica-Rome, NY | 6.1 | Above |
Warner Robins, GA | 6.1 | Above |
Wheeling, WV-OH | 6.1 | Above |
Wilmington, NC | 6.1 | Above |
Worcester, MA-CT | 6.1 | Above |
Barnstable Town, MA | 6.2 | Above |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 6.2 | Above |
Cumberland, MD-WV | 6.2 | Above |
Elmira, NY | 6.2 | Above |
Flagstaff, AZ | 6.2 | Above |
Owensboro, KY | 6.2 | Above |
Savannah, GA | 6.2 | Above |
Spokane, WA | 6.2 | Above |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 6.3 | Above |
Decatur, AL | 6.3 | Above |
Dothan, AL | 6.3 | Above |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 6.3 | Above |
Glens Falls, NY | 6.3 | Above |
Greensboro-High Point, NC | 6.3 | Above |
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 6.3 | Above |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 6.3 | Above |
Muncie, IN | 6.3 | Above |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 6.3 | Above |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 6.3 | Above |
St. Louis, MO-IL 1 | 6.3 | Above |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 6.4 | Above |
Gadsden, AL | 6.4 | Above |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 6.4 | Above |
Montgomery, AL | 6.4 | Above |
Pittsfield, MA | 6.4 | Above |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 6.4 | Above |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 6.4 | Above |
Anderson, IN | 6.5 | Above |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 6.5 | Above |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 6.5 | Above |
Morristown, TN | 6.5 | Above |
Springfield, MA-CT | 6.5 | Above |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 6.5 | Above |
Elizabethtown, KY | 6.6 | Above |
Eugene-Springfield, OR | 6.6 | Above |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 6.6 | Above |
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 6.6 | Above |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 6.6 | Above |
Ocala, FL | 6.6 | Above |
El Paso, TX | 6.7 | Above |
Valdosta, GA | 6.7 | Above |
Clarksville, TN-KY | 6.8 | Above |
Las Cruces, NM | 6.8 | Above |
New Haven, CT | 6.8 | Above |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 6.8 | Above |
Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 6.8 | Above |
Port St. Lucie, FL | 6.8 | Above |
Colorado Springs, CO | 6.9 | Above |
Danville, VA | 6.9 | Above |
Grand Junction, CO | 6.9 | Above |
Janesville, WI | 6.9 | Above |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA | 6.9 | Above |
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 6.9 | Above |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 6.9 | Above |
Anniston-Oxford, AL | 7.0 | Above |
Fayetteville, NC | 7.0 | Above |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 7.0 | Above |
Macon, GA | 7.0 | Above |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 7.0 | Above |
Peoria, IL | 7.0 | Above |
Reno-Sparks, NV | 7.0 | Above |
Rome, GA | 7.0 | Above |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 7.0 | Above |
Mobile, AL | 7.1 | Above |
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 7.1 | Above |
Salem, OR | 7.1 | Above |
Columbus, GA-AL | 7.2 | Above |
Jackson, MI | 7.2 | Above |
Salisbury, MD | 7.2 | Above |
Terre Haute, IN | 7.2 | Above |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 7.3 | Above |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI | 7.3 | Above |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 7.3 | Above |
Pascagoula, MS | 7.3 | Above |
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV | 7.3 | Above |
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 7.4 | Above |
Monroe, MI | 7.4 | Above |
Racine, WI | 7.4 | Above |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA | 7.5 | Above |
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | 7.5 | Above |
Albany, GA | 7.6 | Above |
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA | 7.6 | Above |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 7.6 | Above |
Bay City, MI | 7.7 | Above |
Brunswick, GA | 7.8 | Above |
Carson City, NV | 7.8 | Above |
Flint, MI | 7.8 | Above |
Longview, WA | 7.8 | Above |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 7.8 | Above |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 7.9 | Above |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 8.1 | Above |
Yakima, WA | 8.1 | Above |
Dalton, GA | 8.2 | Above |
Pueblo, CO | 8.2 | Above |
Bend, OR | 8.3 | Above |
Palm Coast, FL | 8.3 | Above |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 8.3 | Above |
Pine Bluff, AR | 8.4 | Above |
Chico, CA | 8.6 | Above |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 8.6 | Above |
New Bedford, MA | 8.6 | Above |
Kankakee-Bradley, IL | 8.7 | Above |
Danville, IL | 8.9 | Above |
Medford, OR | 8.9 | Above |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 9.0 | Above |
Decatur, IL | 9.1 | Above |
Rocky Mount, NC | 9.1 | Above |
Waterbury, CT | 9.1 | Above |
Rockford, IL | 9.2 | Above |
Salinas, CA | 9.3 | Above |
Redding, CA | 9.5 | Above |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ | 10.0 | Above |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 10.3 | Above |
Madera-Chowchilla, CA | 11.2 | Above |
Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 11.4 | Above |
Ocean City, NJ | 11.4 | Above |
Stockton, CA | 11.7 | Above |
Fresno, CA | 12.1 | Above |
Modesto, CA | 12.3 | Above |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 13.1 | Above |
Visalia-Porterville, CA | 13.4 | Above |
Merced, CA | 14.3 | Above |
Yuba City, CA | 14.5 | Above |
El Centro, CA | 21.6 | Above |
Yuma, AZ | 23.8 | Above |
These metropolitan area data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — April 2014” (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-14-0948.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California, has highest unemployment rate among large metro areas at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140530.htm (visited March 15, 2026).
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