Comparing metro area unemployment rates to the national rate of 4.8 percent in November 2015
January 07, 2016
In November 2015, a total of 187 areas had jobless rates above the U.S. rate of 4.8 percent, 184 areas had rates below it, and 16 areas had rates equal to that of the nation.
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Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas, not seasonallly adjusted, November 2015 Metropolitan area Unemployment rate(p) Below, above, or equal to U.S. unemployment rate of 4.8 percent Ames, IA
1.9 Below Fargo, ND-MN
1.9 Below Lincoln, NE
2.1 Below Mankato-North Mankato, MN
2.1 Below Bismarck, ND
2.2 Below Grand Forks, ND-MN
2.2 Below Iowa City, IA
2.2 Below Sioux Falls, SD
2.2 Below Rochester, MN
2.4 Below Logan, UT-ID
2.6 Below Manhattan, KS
2.6 Below Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA
2.7 Below Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
2.7 Below Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
2.7 Below Provo-Orem, UT
2.7 Below Boulder, CO
2.8 Below Columbia, MO
2.8 Below Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA
2.8 Below Grand Island, NE
2.8 Below Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA
2.8 Below Ann Arbor, MI
2.9 Below Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
2.9 Below Fort Collins, CO
2.9 Below Lawrence, KS
2.9 Below Salt Lake City, UT
2.9 Below St. Cloud, MN
2.9 Below Dubuque, IA
3 Below Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
3 Below Madison, WI
3 Below Rapid City, SD
3 Below Urban Honolulu, HI
3 Below Billings, MT
3.1 Below Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
3.1 Below Manchester, NH NECTA
3.1 Below Ogden-Clearfield, UT
3.1 Below Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA
3.1 Below Amarillo, TX
3.2 Below Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
3.2 Below Gettysburg, PA
3.2 Below Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
3.2 Below State College, PA
3.2 Below Appleton, WI
3.3 Below Austin-Round Rock, TX
3.3 Below Cedar Rapids, IA
3.3 Below Charlottesville, VA
3.3 Below Idaho Falls, ID
3.3 Below Sheboygan, WI
3.3 Below Columbus, IN
3.4 Below Fond du Lac, WI
3.4 Below Greeley, CO
3.4 Below Jefferson City, MO
3.4 Below Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
3.4 Below Lancaster, PA
3.4 Below Lansing-East Lansing, MI
3.4 Below Lubbock, TX
3.4 Below College Station-Bryan, TX
3.5 Below Eau Claire, WI
3.5 Below Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
3.5 Below Joplin, MO
3.5 Below La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
3.5 Below Midland, TX
3.5 Below St. George, UT
3.5 Below Topeka, KS
3.5 Below Wausau, WI
3.5 Below Green Bay, WI
3.6 Below Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA
3.6 Below Missoula, MT
3.6 Below Monroe, MI
3.6 Below Oklahoma City, OK
3.6 Below Pocatello, ID
3.6 Below Springfield, MO
3.6 Below Winchester, VA-WV
3.6 Below Bangor, ME NECTA
3.7 Below Boise City, ID
3.7 Below Cleveland-Elyria, OH
3.7 Below Ithaca, NY
3.7 Below Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
3.7 Below Lewiston, ID-WA
3.7 Below Lexington-Fayette, KY
3.7 Below Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
3.7 Below Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
3.7 Below Cheyenne, WY
3.8 Below Corvallis, OR
3.8 Below Danbury, CT NECTA
3.8 Below Elkhart-Goshen, IN
3.8 Below Lebanon, PA
3.8 Below San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
3.8 Below St. Joseph, MO-KS
3.8 Below York-Hanover, PA
3.8 Below Abilene, TX
3.9 Below Columbus, OH
3.9 Below Harrisonburg, VA
3.9 Below Jonesboro, AR
3.9 Below Kansas City, MO-KS
3.9 Below Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
3.9 Below Midland, MI
3.9 Below Roanoke, VA
3.9 Below San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
3.9 Below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
3.9 Below Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
3.9 Below Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
4 Below Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
4 Below Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
4 Below Great Falls, MT
4 Below Reading, PA
4 Below Sherman-Denison, TX
4 Below Wichita, KS
4 Below Battle Creek, MI
4.1 Below Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
4.1 Below Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
4.1 Below Colorado Springs, CO
4.1 Below Evansville, IN-KY
4.1 Below Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
4.1 Below Morgantown, WV
4.1 Below Waco, TX
4.1 Below Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
4.1 Below Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
4.2 Below Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
4.2 Below Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
4.2 Below Gainesville, FL
4.2 Below Gainesville, GA
4.2 Below Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
4.2 Below Jackson, MI
4.2 Below Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
4.2 Below Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
4.2 Below Richmond, VA
4.2 Below Santa Rosa, CA
4.2 Below Trenton, NJ
4.2 Below Asheville, NC
4.3 Below Bay City, MI
4.3 Below Bowling Green, KY
4.3 Below Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
4.3 Below Fort Wayne, IN
4.3 Below Kingston, NY
4.3 Below Lawton, OK
4.3 Below Lynchburg, VA
4.3 Below Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
4.3 Below San Angelo, TX
4.3 Below Tulsa, OK
4.3 Below Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
4.4 Below Altoona, PA
4.4 Below Janesville-Beloit, WI
4.4 Below Lima, OH
4.4 Below Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
4.4 Below Saginaw, MI
4.4 Below San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
4.4 Below Victoria, TX
4.4 Below Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
4.5 Below Charleston-North Charleston, SC
4.5 Below Dayton, OH
4.5 Below North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
4.5 Below Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
4.5 Below Owensboro, KY
4.5 Below Pittsburgh, PA
4.5 Below Akron, OH
4.6 Below Coeur d'Alene, ID
4.6 Below Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
4.6 Below Kokomo, IN
4.6 Below Muskegon, MI
4.6 Below Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
4.6 Below Raleigh, NC
4.6 Below Rochester, NY
4.6 Below South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
4.6 Below St. Louis, MO-IL
4.6 Below Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
4.6 Below Toledo, OH
4.6 Below Tyler, TX
4.6 Below Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
4.6 Below Wichita Falls, TX
4.6 Below Athens-Clarke County, GA
4.7 Below Auburn-Opelika, AL
4.7 Below Bloomington, IN
4.7 Below Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA
4.7 Below Dover, DE
4.7 Below Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
4.7 Below Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
4.7 Below Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
4.7 Below Jacksonville, FL
4.7 Below Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
4.7 Below New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
4.7 Below Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
4.7 Below Springfield, OH
4.7 Below Tallahassee, FL
4.7 Below Worcester, MA-CT NECTA
4.7 Below California-Lexington Park, MD
4.8 Equal Duluth, MN-WI
4.8 Equal Erie, PA
4.8 Equal Flint, MI
4.8 Equal Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
4.8 Equal Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
4.8 Equal Jackson, MS
4.8 Equal Killeen-Temple, TX
4.8 Equal Lake Charles, LA
4.8 Equal Laredo, TX
4.8 Equal Napa, CA
4.8 Equal Odessa, TX
4.8 Equal Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
4.8 Equal San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
4.8 Equal Syracuse, NY
4.8 Equal Texarkana, TX-AR
4.8 Equal Baton Rouge, LA
4.9 Above Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
4.9 Above Columbia, SC
4.9 Above Hot Springs, AR
4.9 Above Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
4.9 Above New Haven, CT NECTA
4.9 Above Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
4.9 Above Pueblo, CO
4.9 Above Racine, WI
4.9 Above Savannah, GA
4.9 Above Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
4.9 Above Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
4.9 Above Utica-Rome, NY
4.9 Above Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
5.0 Above Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
5.0 Above Burlington, NC
5.0 Above Fort Smith, AR-OK
5.0 Above Huntsville, AL
5.0 Above Knoxville, TN
5.0 Above Longview, TX
5.0 Above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
5.0 Above Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
5.0 Above Casper, WY
5.1 Above Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
5.1 Above Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
5.1 Above Glens Falls, NY
5.1 Above Grand Junction, CO
5.1 Above Hattiesburg, MS
5.1 Above Panama City, FL
5.1 Above Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
5.1 Above Spartanburg, SC
5.1 Above Walla Walla, WA
5.1 Above Winston-Salem, NC
5.1 Above Birmingham-Hoover, AL
5.2 Above Canton-Massillon, OH
5.2 Above Chattanooga, TN-GA
5.2 Above Cleveland, TN
5.2 Above Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
5.2 Above Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
5.2 Above El Paso, TX
5.2 Above Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
5.2 Above Muncie, IN
5.2 Above Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA
5.2 Above Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
5.2 Above Port St. Lucie, FL
5.2 Above Springfield, MA-CT NECTA
5.2 Above Tuscaloosa, AL
5.2 Above Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
5.3 Above Bellingham, WA
5.3 Above Binghamton, NY
5.3 Above Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
5.3 Above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
5.3 Above Olympia-Tumwater, WA
5.3 Above Prescott, AZ
5.3 Above Punta Gorda, FL
5.3 Above Tucson, AZ
5.3 Above Valdosta, GA
5.3 Above Bloomington, IL
5.4 Above Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
5.4 Above Corpus Christi, TX
5.4 Above East Stroudsburg, PA
5.4 Above Elmira, NY
5.4 Above Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
5.4 Above Johnstown, PA
5.4 Above Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
5.4 Above Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA
5.4 Above Mansfield, OH
5.4 Above Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
5.4 Above Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
5.4 Above Pittsfield, MA NECTA
5.4 Above Santa Fe, NM
5.4 Above Williamsport, PA
5.4 Above Wilmington, NC
5.4 Above Anchorage, AK
5.5 Above Brunswick, GA
5.5 Above Charleston, WV
5.5 Above Eugene, OR
5.5 Above Fairbanks, AK
5.5 Above Greensboro-High Point, NC
5.5 Above Montgomery, AL
5.5 Above Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
5.5 Above Bend-Redmond, OR
5.6 Above Clarksville, TN-KY
5.6 Above Dothan, AL
5.6 Above Hinesville, GA
5.6 Above Houma-Thibodaux, LA
5.6 Above New Orleans-Metairie, LA
5.6 Above Salem, OR
5.6 Above Terre Haute, IN
5.6 Above Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
5.6 Above Warner Robins, GA
5.6 Above Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
5.6 Above Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
5.7 Above Barnstable Town, MA NECTA
5.7 Above Champaign-Urbana, IL
5.7 Above Decatur, AL
5.7 Above Greenville, NC
5.7 Above Johnson City, TN
5.7 Above Michigan City-La Porte, IN
5.7 Above Ocala, FL
5.7 Above Reno, NV
5.7 Above Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
5.7 Above Springfield, IL
5.7 Above Wenatchee, WA
5.7 Above Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
5.8 Above Gadsden, AL
5.8 Above Jackson, TN
5.8 Above Macon, GA
5.8 Above Rome, GA
5.8 Above Goldsboro, NC
5.9 Above Jacksonville, NC
5.9 Above Morristown, TN
5.9 Above New Bern, NC
5.9 Above Wheeling, WV-OH
5.9 Above Albuquerque, NM
6.0 Above Alexandria, LA
6.0 Above Dalton, GA
6.0 Above Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
6.0 Above Waterbury, CT NECTA
6.0 Above Cumberland, MD-WV
6.1 Above Florence, SC
6.1 Above Medford, OR
6.1 Above Memphis, TN-MS-AR
6.1 Above Monroe, LA
6.1 Above Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
6.1 Above Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
6.1 Above Columbus, GA-AL
6.3 Above Lafayette, LA
6.3 Above Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
6.3 Above Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
6.3 Above Pine Bluff, AR
6.3 Above Sumter, SC
6.3 Above Albany, GA
6.4 Above Flagstaff, AZ
6.4 Above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
6.4 Above The Villages, FL
6.4 Above Hammond, LA
6.5 Above Kennewick-Richland, WA
6.5 Above Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
6.5 Above Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
6.6 Above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
6.6 Above Homosassa Springs, FL
6.6 Above Mobile, AL
6.6 Above Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
6.6 Above New Bedford, MA NECTA
6.6 Above Sebring, FL
6.6 Above Chico, CA
6.7 Above Salisbury, MD-DE
6.7 Above Albany, OR
6.8 Above Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
6.8 Above Carson City, NV
6.8 Above Longview, WA
6.8 Above Beckley, WV
6.9 Above Carbondale-Marion, IL
6.9 Above Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
6.9 Above Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
7.0 Above Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
7.1 Above Fayetteville, NC
7.1 Above Peoria, IL
7.1 Above Redding, CA
7.1 Above Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
7.1 Above Farmington, NM
7.2 Above Kankakee, IL
7.2 Above Las Cruces, NM
7.2 Above Grants Pass, OR
7.5 Above Rockford, IL
7.5 Above Salinas, CA
7.5 Above Decatur, IL
7.6 Above Rocky Mount, NC
7.6 Above Danville, IL
7.7 Above Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
7.8 Above Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
7.8 Above Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
7.9 Above McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
8.0 Above Yakima, WA
8.0 Above Stockton-Lodi, CA
8.6 Above Modesto, CA
8.8 Above Bakersfield, CA
9.2 Above Yuba City, CA
9.7 Above Fresno, CA
9.9 Above Madera, CA
9.9 Above Hanford-Corcoran, CA
10.3 Above Merced, CA
10.9 Above Visalia-Porterville, CA
11.1 Above Ocean City, NJ
12.6 Above Yuma, AZ
20.0 Above El Centro, CA
20.4 Above
Ames, Iowa, and Fargo, North Dakota-Minnesota, had the lowest unemployment rates in November, 1.9 percent each. El Centro, California (20.4 percent) and Yuma, Arizona (20.0 percent), had the highest unemployment rates.
Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota-Wisconsin, had the lowest unemployment rate in November (2.7 percent). Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada, had the highest rate among the large areas (6.3 percent).
These data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. The data are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — November 2015” (HTML ) (PDF ).
United States Department of Labor
