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In February 2015, all 38 metropolitan divisions had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases. The largest decline occurred in Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, Michigan (-3.6 percentage points). Other divisions with large unemployment rate decreases included Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan; Elgin, Illinois; and Lake County-Kenosha County, Illinois-Wisconsin.
Metropolitan division | Number of unemployed | Unemployment rate | ||||
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Feb 2014 | Feb 2015 (p) | 12-month change in unemployment | Feb 2014 | Feb 2015 (p) | 12-month change in unemployment rate(p) | |
Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI |
84,000 | 54,700 | -29,300 | 10.9 | 7.3 | -3.6 percentage point(s) |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI |
107,000 | 70,200 | -36,800 | 8.6 | 5.7 | -2.9 |
Elgin, IL |
28,400 | 19,500 | -8,900 | 8.9 | 6.3 | -2.6 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI |
37,700 | 26,700 | -11,000 | 8.4 | 6.0 | -2.4 |
Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL |
333,300 | 249,700 | -83,600 | 8.8 | 6.6 | -2.2 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL |
93,400 | 72,400 | -21,000 | 7.1 | 5.4 | -1.7 |
Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA |
89,900 | 69,300 | -20,600 | 6.7 | 5.1 | -1.6 |
Philadelphia, PA |
80,200 | 64,700 | -15,500 | 8.2 | 6.6 | -1.6 |
Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH |
8,000 | 6,800 | -1,200 | 8.6 | 7.1 | -1.5 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX |
130,400 | 97,500 | -32,900 | 5.6 | 4.1 | -1.5 |
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA |
94,500 | 73,400 | -21,100 | 6.0 | 4.6 | -1.4 |
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA |
7,500 | 6,300 | -1,200 | 7.2 | 5.8 | -1.4 |
Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA |
6,100 | 5,000 | -1,100 | 7.4 | 6.0 | -1.4 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
64,800 | 49,200 | -15,600 | 5.5 | 4.1 | -1.4 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL |
43,300 | 34,500 | -8,800 | 6.3 | 5.0 | -1.3 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH |
11,900 | 9,900 | -2,000 | 6.6 | 5.4 | -1.2 |
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ |
24,000 | 20,000 | -4,000 | 6.6 | 5.4 | -1.2 |
Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA |
5,300 | 4,400 | -900 | 5.9 | 4.8 | -1.1 |
San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA |
46,100 | 35,900 | -10,200 | 4.8 | 3.7 | -1.1 |
San Rafael, CA |
6,700 | 5,100 | -1,600 | 4.8 | 3.7 | -1.1 |
Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA |
5,200 | 4,300 | -900 | 6.3 | 5.2 | -1.1 |
Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY |
12,000 | 9,800 | -2,200 | 6.3 | 5.2 | -1.1 |
Framingham, MA |
7,900 | 6,500 | -1,400 | 5.2 | 4.2 | -1.0 |
Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH |
7,000 | 6,100 | -900 | 6.4 | 5.4 | -1.0 |
New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ |
551,200 | 478,000 | -73,200 | 7.8 | 6.8 | -1.0 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA |
434,900 | 389,200 | -45,700 | 8.7 | 7.7 | -1.0 |
Camden, NJ |
50,400 | 45,700 | -4,700 | 8.0 | 7.1 | -0.9 |
Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA |
56,200 | 46,500 | -9,700 | 5.4 | 4.5 | -0.9 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL |
60,200 | 51,800 | -8,400 | 6.1 | 5.2 | -0.9 |
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA |
81,200 | 68,300 | -12,900 | 5.3 | 4.4 | -0.9 |
Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY |
87,700 | 74,500 | -13,200 | 6.1 | 5.2 | -0.9 |
Nashua, MA |
9,200 | 8,000 | -1,200 | 5.5 | 4.8 | -0.7 |
Newark, NJ-PA |
91,300 | 83,400 | -7,900 | 7.3 | 6.6 | -0.7 |
Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD |
31,600 | 28,100 | -3,500 | 4.8 | 4.2 | -0.6 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
142,000 | 130,800 | -11,200 | 5.5 | 5.0 | -0.5 |
Tacoma-Lakewood, WA |
31,200 | 30,100 | -1,100 | 8.1 | 7.7 | -0.4 |
Gary, IN |
28,900 | 27,800 | -1,100 | 8.6 | 8.3 | -0.3 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA |
79,900 | 79,000 | -900 | 5.1 | 5.0 | -0.1 |
Footnotes: (p) Preliminary. |
In February, San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, California, and San Rafael, California, had the lowest unemployment rates among the divisions, 3.7 percent each. Gary, Indiana, had the highest rate, 8.3 percent.
These data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. Metropolitan divisions are essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. The data are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — February 2015" (HTML) (PDF).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, All 38 metropolitan divisions had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases in February 2015 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2015/all-38-metropolitan-divisions-had-over-the-year-unemployment-rate-decreases-in-february-2015.htm (visited December 06, 2024).