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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.
Unemployment rates for selected large metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted, April 2014
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 area unemployment rates above, below, and equal to U.S. figure of 5.9 percent in April 2014
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 theLocal Area Unemployment Statisticsprogram and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — April 2014” (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-14-0948.
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 December 08, 2024).
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