Comparing metro area unemployment rates to the national rate of 5.6% in July 2015
September 04, 2015
In July 2015, total of 187 metro areas had unemployment rates below the U.S. figure of 5.6 percent. 185 areas had rates above it, and 15 areas had rates equal to that of the nation.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted, July 2015
Metropolitan area
Rate(p)
Below, equal to, or above U.S. July 2015 unemployment rate
United States
5.6
Bismarck, ND
2.3
Below
Fargo, ND-MN
2.4
Below
Lincoln, NE
2.5
Below
Sioux Falls, SD
2.6
Below
Ames, IA
2.7
Below
Iowa City, IA
2.8
Below
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
3.0
Below
Urban Honolulu, HI
3.0
Below
Grand Forks, ND-MN
3.1
Below
Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA
3.1
Below
Billings, MT
3.2
Below
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
3.2
Below
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
3.2
Below
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
3.2
Below
Portland-South Portland, ME
3.2
Below
Rapid City, SD
3.2
Below
Boulder, CO
3.3
Below
Dubuque, IA
3.3
Below
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
3.3
Below
Madison, WI
3.3
Below
Midland, TX
3.3
Below
Rochester, MN
3.3
Below
Amarillo, TX
3.4
Below
Cheyenne, WY
3.4
Below
Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA
3.4
Below
Fort Collins, CO
3.4
Below
Idaho Falls, ID
3.4
Below
Austin-Round Rock, TX
3.5
Below
Logan, UT-ID
3.5
Below
Manchester, NH NECTA
3.5
Below
Cedar Rapids, IA
3.6
Below
Columbus, IN
3.6
Below
Provo-Orem, UT
3.6
Below
Sheboygan, WI
3.6
Below
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
3.6
Below
Boise City, ID
3.7
Below
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
3.7
Below
Missoula, MT
3.7
Below
Salt Lake City, UT
3.7
Below
St. Cloud, MN
3.7
Below
Appleton, WI
3.8
Below
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
3.8
Below
Lubbock, TX
3.8
Below
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
3.9
Below
Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA
3.9
Below
Oklahoma City, OK
3.9
Below
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
3.9
Below
Abilene, TX
4.0
Below
College Station-Bryan, TX
4.0
Below
Great Falls, MT
4.0
Below
Green Bay, WI
4.0
Below
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
4.0
Below
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
4.0
Below
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
4.0
Below
Wausau, WI
4.0
Below
Bangor, ME NECTA
4.1
Below
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
4.1
Below
Eau Claire, WI
4.1
Below
Fond du Lac, WI
4.1
Below
Greeley, CO
4.1
Below
Lewiston, ID-WA
4.1
Below
Pocatello, ID
4.1
Below
Columbus, OH
4.2
Below
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
4.2
Below
Sherman-Denison, TX
4.2
Below
Charlottesville, VA
4.3
Below
Coeur d'Alene, ID
4.3
Below
Columbia, MO
4.3
Below
Evansville, IN-KY
4.3
Below
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
4.3
Below
Lexington-Fayette, KY
4.3
Below
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
4.3
Below
San Angelo, TX
4.3
Below
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
4.3
Below
Victoria, TX
4.3
Below
Casper, WY
4.4
Below
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
4.4
Below
Manhattan, KS
4.4
Below
Napa, CA
4.4
Below
St. George, UT
4.4
Below
Wenatchee, WA
4.4
Below
Winchester, VA-WV
4.4
Below
Ann Arbor, MI
4.5
Below
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
4.5
Below
Fort Wayne, IN
4.5
Below
Lawton, OK
4.5
Below
Odessa, TX
4.5
Below
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
4.5
Below
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
4.5
Below
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
4.5
Below
Tulsa, OK
4.5
Below
Waco, TX
4.5
Below
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
4.6
Below
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
4.6
Below
Danbury, CT NECTA
4.6
Below
Santa Rosa, CA
4.6
Below
State College, PA
4.6
Below
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
4.6
Below
Wichita Falls, TX
4.6
Below
Barnstable Town, MA NECTA
4.7
Below
Bloomington, IL
4.7
Below
Gettysburg, PA
4.7
Below
Glens Falls, NY
4.7
Below
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
4.7
Below
Ithaca, NY
4.7
Below
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
4.7
Below
Lancaster, PA
4.7
Below
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
4.8
Below
Lawrence, KS
4.8
Below
Roanoke, VA
4.8
Below
Tyler, TX
4.8
Below
Akron, OH
4.9
Below
Colorado Springs, CO
4.9
Below
Dayton, OH
4.9
Below
Fairbanks, AK
4.9
Below
Grand Island, NE
4.9
Below
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
4.9
Below
Killeen-Temple, TX
4.9
Below
Kokomo, IN
4.9
Below
Lima, OH
4.9
Below
Owensboro, KY
4.9
Below
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
4.9
Below
Springfield, IL
4.9
Below
Champaign-Urbana, IL
5.0
Below
Gainesville, FL
5.0
Below
Harrisonburg, VA
5.0
Below
Laredo, TX
5.0
Below
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
5.0
Below
Toledo, OH
5.0
Below
Topeka, KS
5.0
Below
Asheville, NC
5.1
Below
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
5.1
Below
Corpus Christi, TX
5.1
Below
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
5.1
Below
Duluth, MN-WI
5.1
Below
Janesville-Beloit, WI
5.1
Below
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
5.1
Below
Lebanon, PA
5.1
Below
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
5.1
Below
Longview, TX
5.1
Below
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
5.1
Below
Richmond, VA
5.1
Below
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
5.1
Below
Springfield, MO
5.1
Below
Springfield, OH
5.1
Below
Bowling Green, KY
5.2
Below
Canton-Massillon, OH
5.2
Below
Jefferson City, MO
5.2
Below
Jonesboro, AR
5.2
Below
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
5.2
Below
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
5.2
Below
Midland, MI
5.2
Below
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
5.2
Below
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
5.2
Below
Pittsfield, MA NECTA
5.2
Below
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
5.2
Below
Anchorage, AK
5.3
Below
Joplin, MO
5.3
Below
Kingston, NY
5.3
Below
Lynchburg, VA
5.3
Below
Mansfield, OH
5.3
Below
Monroe, MI
5.3
Below
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
5.3
Below
Panama City, FL
5.3
Below
Raleigh, NC
5.3
Below
Salisbury, MD-DE
5.3
Below
Worcester, MA-CT NECTA
5.3
Below
Bloomington, IN
5.4
Below
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA
5.4
Below
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
5.4
Below
Rochester, NY
5.4
Below
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
5.4
Below
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
5.4
Below
Texarkana, TX-AR
5.4
Below
York-Hanover, PA
5.4
Below
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
5.5
Below
Corvallis, OR
5.5
Below
El Paso, TX
5.5
Below
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
5.5
Below
Gainesville, GA
5.5
Below
Kansas City, MO-KS
5.5
Below
Lake Charles, LA
5.5
Below
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
5.5
Below
Reading, PA
5.5
Below
St. Joseph, MO-KS
5.5
Below
Tallahassee, FL
5.5
Below
Utica-Rome, NY
5.5
Below
Altoona, PA
5.6
Equal
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
5.6
Equal
California-Lexington Park, MD
5.6
Equal
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
5.6
Equal
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
5.6
Equal
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
5.6
Equal
Dover, DE
5.6
Equal
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
5.6
Equal
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
5.6
Equal
Jackson, MS
5.6
Equal
Jacksonville, FL
5.6
Equal
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
5.6
Equal
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
5.6
Equal
Syracuse, NY
5.6
Equal
Walla Walla, WA
5.6
Equal
Baton Rouge, LA
5.7
Above
Battle Creek, MI
5.7
Above
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
5.7
Above
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
5.7
Above
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
5.7
Above
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
5.7
Above
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
5.7
Above
St. Louis, MO-IL1
5.7
Above
Trenton, NJ
5.7
Above
Wichita, KS
5.7
Above
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
5.8
Above
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
5.8
Above
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
5.8
Above
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
5.8
Above
Muncie, IN
5.8
Above
New Haven, CT NECTA
5.8
Above
Pittsburgh, PA
5.8
Above
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
5.8
Above
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
5.8
Above
Auburn-Opelika, AL
5.9
Above
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
5.9
Above
Burlington, NC
5.9
Above
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
5.9
Above
Erie, PA
5.9
Above
Fort Smith, AR-OK
5.9
Above
Grand Junction, CO
5.9
Above
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
5.9
Above
Knoxville, TN
5.9
Above
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
5.9
Above
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA
5.9
Above
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
5.9
Above
Santa Fe, NM
5.9
Above
Wilmington, NC
5.9
Above
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
6.0
Above
Bay City, MI
6.0
Above
Bellingham, WA
6.0
Above
Binghamton, NY
6.0
Above
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
6.0
Above
Carbondale-Marion, IL
6.0
Above
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
6.0
Above
Hot Springs, AR
6.0
Above
Jackson, MI
6.0
Above
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
6.0
Above
Prescott, AZ
6.0
Above
Pueblo, CO
6.0
Above
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
6.0
Above
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
6.1
Above
Columbia, SC
6.1
Above
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
6.1
Above
Elmira, NY
6.1
Above
Huntsville, AL
6.1
Above
Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA
6.1
Above
Morgantown, WV
6.1
Above
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
6.1
Above
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
6.1
Above
Savannah, GA
6.1
Above
Springfield, MA-CT NECTA
6.1
Above
Winston-Salem, NC
6.1
Above
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
6.1
Above
Bend-Redmond, OR
6.2
Above
Hattiesburg, MS
6.2
Above
Kankakee, IL
6.2
Above
Peoria, IL
6.2
Above
Punta Gorda, FL
6.2
Above
Saginaw, MI
6.2
Above
Tucson, AZ
6.2
Above
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
6.2
Above
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
6.2
Above
Athens-Clarke County, GA
6.3
Above
Chattanooga, TN-GA
6.3
Above
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
6.3
Above
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
6.3
Above
Muskegon, MI
6.3
Above
Racine, WI
6.3
Above
Reno, NV
6.3
Above
Terre Haute, IN
6.3
Above
Jacksonville, NC
6.4
Above
Lafayette, LA
6.4
Above
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
6.4
Above
Salinas, CA
6.4
Above
Williamsport, PA
6.4
Above
Cleveland, TN
6.5
Above
Greensboro-High Point, NC
6.5
Above
Kennewick-Richland, WA
6.5
Above
Port St. Lucie, FL
6.5
Above
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
6.5
Above
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
6.6
Above
Clarksville, TN-KY
6.6
Above
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
6.6
Above
Montgomery, AL
6.6
Above
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
6.6
Above
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
6.6
Above
New Bern, NC
6.6
Above
Ocala, FL
6.6
Above
Spartanburg, SC
6.6
Above
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
6.6
Above
Albuquerque, NM
6.7
Above
Danville, IL
6.7
Above
Gadsden, AL
6.7
Above
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
6.7
Above
Jackson, TN
6.7
Above
Salem, OR
6.7
Above
Tuscaloosa, AL
6.7
Above
Alexandria, LA
6.8
Above
Brunswick, GA
6.8
Above
Decatur, AL
6.8
Above
Eugene, OR
6.8
Above
Flint, MI
6.8
Above
Goldsboro, NC
6.8
Above
Johnson City, TN
6.8
Above
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
6.8
Above
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
6.8
Above
Yakima, WA
6.8
Above
Dothan, AL
6.9
Above
Hinesville, GA
6.9
Above
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
6.9
Above
Monroe, LA
6.9
Above
Morristown, TN
6.9
Above
Valdosta, GA
6.9
Above
Warner Robins, GA
6.9
Above
Waterbury, CT NECTA
6.9
Above
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
7.0
Above
East Stroudsburg, PA
7.0
Above
Greenville, NC
7.0
Above
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
7.0
Above
Macon, GA
7.0
Above
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
7.0
Above
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
7.1
Above
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
7.1
Above
Charleston, WV
7.1
Above
Cumberland, MD-WV
7.1
Above
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
7.1
Above
Rockford, IL
7.1
Above
Carson City, NV
7.2
Above
Decatur, IL
7.2
Above
Flagstaff, AZ
7.2
Above
New Bedford, MA NECTA
7.2
Above
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
7.2
Above
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
7.2
Above
Wheeling, WV-OH
7.2
Above
Ocean City, NJ
7.3
Above
Dalton, GA
7.4
Above
Hammond, LA
7.4
Above
The Villages, FL
7.4
Above
Chico, CA
7.5
Above
Columbus, GA-AL
7.5
Above
Florence, SC
7.5
Above
Johnstown, PA
7.5
Above
Sumter, SC
7.5
Above
Albany, OR
7.6
Above
Rome, GA
7.6
Above
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
7.7
Above
Medford, OR
7.7
Above
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
7.7
Above
Longview, WA
7.8
Above
Redding, CA
7.8
Above
Farmington, NM
7.9
Above
Mobile, AL
7.9
Above
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
7.9
Above
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
7.9
Above
Albany, GA
8.0
Above
Homosassa Springs, FL
8.0
Above
Las Cruces, NM
8.0
Above
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
8.1
Above
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
8.1
Above
Fayetteville, NC
8.2
Above
Pine Bluff, AR
8.3
Above
Sebring, FL
8.3
Above
Beckley, WV
8.4
Above
Grants Pass, OR
8.6
Above
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
8.7
Above
Stockton-Lodi, CA
8.9
Above
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
9.1
Above
Rocky Mount, NC
9.1
Above
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
9.3
Above
Modesto, CA
9.4
Above
Yuba City, CA
9.5
Above
Fresno, CA
9.6
Above
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
9.8
Above
Madera, CA
9.9
Above
Bakersfield, CA
10.0
Above
Merced, CA
10.8
Above
Visalia-Porterville, CA
11.7
Above
El Centro, CA
24.2
Above
Yuma, AZ
26.6
Above
Bismarck, North Dakota, had the lowest unemployment rate in July, 2.3 percent. Yuma, Arizona (26.6 percent), and El Centro, California (24.2 percent), had the highest unemployment rates.
Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, Austin-Round Rock, Texas, had the lowest unemployment rate in July (3.5 percent). Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California, had the highest jobless rate among the large areas (7.1 percent).
These data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and may be revised. The data are not seasonally adjusted. For more information, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — July 2015” (HTML ) ( PDF ).
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