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Unemployment rates in May 2015 were lower than a year earlier in 346 of the 387 metropolitan areas, higher in 36 areas, and unchanged in 5 areas.
Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, Austin-Round Rock, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah, had the lowest unemployment rates in May, 3.1 percent and 3.2 percent, respectively.
Unemployment rates in large metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted, May 2015
Austin-Round Rock, Texas, has lowest unemployment rate at 3.1 percent
5.1%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Unemployment rates in large metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted, May 2015
Metropolitan Area
Rate
Austin-Round Rock, TX
3.1
Salt Lake City, UT
3.2
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
3.4
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
3.6
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
3.8
Oklahoma City, OK
3.8
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
4.0
Columbus, OH
4.0
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
4.1
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
4.1
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
4.1
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
4.2
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
4.3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
4.4
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
4.5
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
4.6
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
4.6
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
4.7
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
4.7
Raleigh, NC
4.9
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
4.9
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
5.1
Rochester, NY
5.1
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
5.2
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
5.2
Pittsburgh, PA
5.2
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
5.3
Kansas City, MO-KS
5.3
Richmond, VA
5.3
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
5.4
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
5.5
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
5.5
Jacksonville, FL
5.5
St. Louis, MO-IL
5.5
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
5.5
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
5.6
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
5.6
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
5.6
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
5.6
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
5.6
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
5.7
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
5.7
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
5.8
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
5.9
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
6.0
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
6.3
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
6.4
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
6.6
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
6.6
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
6.6
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
6.6
Note: Large metropolitan areas have a population of 1 million or more in the 2010 Census.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan; Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California; and Memphis, Tennessee-Mississippi-Arkansas, had the highest jobless rates among the large areas, 6.6 percent each.
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—May 2015” (HTML) (PDF).