Yuma, Arizona, had highest unemployment rate in July 2016
September 09, 2016
In July 2016, Yuma, Arizona, had the highest unemployment rate among metropolitan areas at 24.3 percent, followed by El Centro, California, at 24.2 percent. The lowest unemployment rate was in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at 1.9 percent. Fargo, North Dakota-Minnesota (2.3 percent), Bismarck, North Dakota (2.4 percent), and Rapid City, South Dakota (2.4 percent), also had unemployment rates that were less than half of the U.S. national unemployment rate. A total of 192 areas had jobless rates above the U.S. rate, 178 areas had rates below it, and 17 areas had rates equal to that of the nation.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Metropolitan area unemployment rates, not seasonally adjusted, July 2016
Metropolitan area
Unemployment rate (p)
Sioux Falls, SD
1.9%
Fargo, ND-MN
2.3
Bismarck, ND
2.4
Rapid City, SD
2.4
Portsmouth, NH-ME
2.6
Dover-Durham, NH-ME
2.8
Manchester, NH
2.9
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
2.9
Boulder, CO
3.0
Fort Collins, CO
3.0
Ames, IA
3.0
Portland-South Portland, ME
3.0
Grand Forks, ND-MN
3.0
Madison, WI
3.0
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
3.1
Urban Honolulu, HI
3.1
Idaho Falls, ID
3.1
Iowa City, IA
3.1
Rochester, MN
3.1
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
3.2
Lincoln, NE
3.2
Columbus, IN
3.3
Denver- Aurora-Lakewood, CO
3.4
Minneapolis-St. Paul- Bloomington, MN-WI
3.5
Grand Island, NE
3.5
Sheboygan, WI
3.5
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
3.6
Pocatello, ID
3.6
Barnstable Town, MA
3.6
St. Cloud, MN
3.6
Missoula, MT
3.6
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
3.6
Amarillo, TX
3.6
Austin-Round Rock, TX
3.6
Logan, UT
3.6
Provo-Orem, UT
3.6
Salt Lake City, UT
3.6
Charlottesville, VA
3.6
Winchester, VA
3.6
Appleton, WI
3.6
Jonesboro, AR
3.7
Greeley, CO
3.7
Boise City, ID
3.7
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
3.7
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
3.7
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
3.7
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
3.7
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
3.7
Billings, MT
3.7
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
3.7
Wausau, WI
3.7
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
3.8
Dubuque, IA
3.8
Ogden- Clearfield, UT
3.8
Eau Claire, WI
3.8
Fond du Lac, WI
3.8
Green Bay, WI
3.8
Lewiston, ID-WA
3.9
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
3.9
Bangor, ME
3.9
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
3.9
Columbia, MO
3.9
Great Falls, MT
3.9
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
3.9
Roanoke, VA
3.9
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
3.9
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
3.9
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
4.0
Fort Wayne, IN
4.0
Cedar Rapids, IA
4.0
Lexington-Fayette, KY
4.0
Ithaca, NY
4.0
Asheville, NC
4.0
Columbus, OH
4.0
Cheyenne, WY
4.0
Coeur d'Alene, ID
4.1
Manhattan, KS
4.1
Ann Arbor, MI
4.1
Albany-Sche dy-Troy, NY
4.1
Glens Falls, NY
4.1
Lubbock, TX
4.1
Richmond, VA
4.1
Napa, CA
4.2
Colorado Springs, CO
4.2
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
4.2
Evansville, IN-KY
4.2
Pittsfield, MA
4.2
Raleigh, NC
4.2
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
4.2
College Station-Bryan, TX
4.2
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
4.2
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
4.2
Sherman-Denison, TX
4.2
St. George, UT
4.2
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
4.3
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
4.3
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
4.3
Abilene, TX
4.3
Janesville-Beloit, WI
4.3
Santa Rosa, CA
4.4
Bowling Green, KY
4.4
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
4.4
Lansing- East Lansing, MI
4.4
Springfield, MO
4.4
Kingston, NY
4.4
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
4.4
Harrisonburg, VA
4.4
Morgantown, WV
4.4
Hot Springs, AR
4.5
Kokomo, IN
4.5
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
4.5
Lawrence, KS
4.5
Worcester, MA-CT
4.5
Jefferson City, MO
4.5
Utica-Rome, NY
4.5
Dayton, OH
4.5
Oklahoma City, OK
4.5
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
4.6
Gainesville, GA
4.6
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
4.6
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
4.6
Owensboro, KY
4.6
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
4.6
Wilmington, NC
4.6
Toledo, OH
4.6
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
4.6
Knoxville, TN
4.6
Waco, TX
4.6
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
4.6
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
4.6
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
4.7
Danbury, CT
4.7
Salisbury, MD-DE
4.7
Gainesville, FL
4.7
Springfield, IL
4.7
Topeka, KS
4.7
California-Lexington Park, MD
4.7
Midland, MI
4.7
Monroe, MI
4.7
St. Joseph, MO
4.7
Rochester, NY
4.7
Syracuse, NY
4.7
Akron, OH
4.7
Gettysburg, PA
4.7
Midland, TX
4.7
Lynchburg, VA
4.7
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
4.7
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
4.8
Cape Coral- Fort Myers, FL
4.8
North Port-Sarasota- Bradenton, FL
4.8
Panama City, FL
4.8
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
4.8
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
4.8
Burlington, NC
4.8
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
4.8
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
4.8
Winston-Salem, NC
4.8
Wichita Falls, TX
4.8
Jacksonville, FL
4.9
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
4.9
Lawton, OK
4.9
Lancaster, PA
4.9
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
4.9
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
4.9
Cleveland, TN
4.9
San Angelo, TX
4.9
Tyler, TX
4.9
Fort Smith, AR-OK
5.0
Savannah, GA
5.0
Leominster-Gardner, MA
5.0
Battle Creek, MI
5.0
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
5.0
Joplin, MO
5.0
St. Louis, MO-IL
5.0
New Bern, NC
5.0
Killeen-Temple, TX
5.0
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
5.0
Wenatchee, WA
5.0
Huntsville, AL
5.1
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
5.1
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
5.1
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
5.1
Tallahassee, FL
5.1
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
5.1
Champaign-Urbana, IL
5.1
Kansas City, MO-KS
5.1
Canton-Massillon, OH
5.1
Springfield, OH
5.1
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
5.1
Lebanon, PA
5.1
State College, PA
5.1
Columbia, SC
5.1
Chattanooga, TN-GA
5.1
Jackson, TN
5.1
Texarkana, TX-AR
5.1
Auburn-Opelika, AL
5.2
Dover, DE
5.2
Athens-Clarke County, GA
5.2
Bloomington, IL
5.2
Bloomington, IN
5.2
Muncie, IN
5.2
Trenton, NJ
5.2
Binghamton, NY
5.2
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
5.2
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
5.2
Greensboro-High Point, NC
5.2
Corvallis, OR
5.2
Morristown, TN
5.2
Charleston, WV
5.2
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
5.3
Fairbanks, AK
5.3
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
5.3
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
5.3
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
5.3
Springfield, MA-CT
5.3
Jackson, MI
5.3
Elmira, NY
5.3
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
5.3
Lima, OH
5.3
Mansfield, OH
5.3
Tulsa, OK
5.3
Bend-Redmond, OR
5.3
York-Hanover, PA
5.3
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
5.3
Johnson City, TN
5.3
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
5.3
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
5.3
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
5.4
Bridgeport- Stamford-Norwalk, CT
5.4
Naples-Immokalee- Marco Island, FL
5.4
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
5.4
Valdosta, GA
5.4
Saginaw, MI
5.4
Jackson, MS
5.4
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
5.4
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
5.4
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
5.4
El Paso, TX
5.4
Laredo, TX
5.4
Montgomery, AL
5.5
Prescott, AZ
5.5
Pueblo, CO
5.5
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
5.5
Terre Haute, IN
5.5
Wichita, KS
5.5
Lake Charles, LA
5.5
Bay City, MI
5.5
Duluth, MN-WI
5.5
Reno, NV
5.5
Jacksonville, NC
5.5
Reading, PA
5.5
Spartanburg, SC
5.5
Clarksville, TN-KY
5.5
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
5.5
Racine, WI
5.5
Decatur, AL
5.6
Dothan, AL
5.6
Punta Gorda, FL
5.6
Warner Robins, GA
5.6
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
5.6
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
5.6
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
5.6
New Bedford, MA
5.6
Santa Fe, NM
5.6
Goldsboro, NC
5.6
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
5.6
Gadsden, AL
5.7
New Haven, CT
5.7
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI
5.7
Brunswick, GA
5.7
Macon, GA
5.7
Greenville, NC
5.7
Victoria, TX
5.7
Anchorage, AK
5.8
Tucson, AZ
5.8
Oxnard- Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
5.8
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden- Arcade, CA
5.8
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
5.8
Port St. Lucie, FL
5.8
Hinesville, GA
5.8
Muskegon, MI
5.8
Hattiesburg, MS
5.8
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
5.8
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
5.8
Baton Rouge, LA
5.9
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
5.9
Altoona, PA
5.9
Tuscaloosa, AL
6.0
Pine Bluff, AR
6.0
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
6.0
Grand Junction, CO
6.0
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
6.0
Carbondale-Marion, IL
6.0
Flint, MI
6.0
Salem, OR
6.0
Florence, SC
6.0
Walla Walla, WA
6.0
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
6.0
Ocala, FL
6.1
Augusta- Richmond County, GA-SC
6.1
Kankakee, IL
6.1
Cumberland, MD
6.1
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
6.1
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
6.1
Wheeling, WV-OH
6.1
Salinas, CA
6.2
Rockford, IL
6.2
Ocean City, NJ
6.2
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
6.2
Eugene, OR
6.2
Corpus Christi, TX
6.2
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
6.3
Albany, GA
6.3
Dalton, GA
6.3
Peoria, IL
6.3
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
6.3
Pittsburgh, PA
6.3
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
6.3
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
6.3
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
6.4
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
6.4
Columbus, GA
6.4
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
6.4
Fayetteville, NC
6.4
Sumter, SC
6.4
Bellingham, WA
6.4
Carson City, NV
6.5
Albuquerque, NM
6.5
Beckley, WV
6.5
Rome, GA
6.6
Albany, OR
6.6
Kennewick-Richland, WA
6.6
Mobile, AL
6.7
Waterbury, CT
6.7
Decatur, IL
6.7
Las Vegas- Henderson-Paradise, NV
6.7
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
6.8
Monroe, LA
6.8
East Stroudsburg, PA
6.8
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
6.8
Longview, TX
6.8
Odessa, TX
6.8
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
6.8
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
6.8
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
6.9
Medford, OR
6.9
Flagstaff, AZ
7.0
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
7.0
The Villages, FL
7.1
Danville, IL
7.1
Williamsport, PA
7.1
Alexandria, LA
7.2
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
7.2
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
7.2
Erie, PA
7.2
Yakima, WA
7.2
Homosassa Springs, FL
7.3
Sebring, FL
7.3
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
7.3
Rocky Mount, NC
7.3
Casper, WY
7.3
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
7.4
Chico, CA
7.4
Redding, CA
7.4
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
7.4
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
7.5
Las Cruces, NM
7.5
Grants Pass, OR
7.5
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
7.7
Longview, WA
7.7
Hammond, LA
7.8
Lafayette, LA
7.8
Johnstown, PA
7.8
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
8.4
Stockton-Lodi, CA
8.5
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
8.6
Modesto, CA
8.9
Yuba City, CA
9.0
Fresno, CA
9.4
Madera, CA
9.5
Farmington, NM
9.5
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
9.6
Merced, CA
10.5
Bakersfield, CA
10.6
Visalia-Porterville, CA
11.3
El Centro, CA
24.2
Yuma, AZ
24.3
El Centro, California, had the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease in July (−3.2 percentage points). Seventy-three other areas had rate declines of at least 1.0 percentage point. The largest over-the-year rate increase occurred in Casper, Wyoming (+2.5 percentage points).
These data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data are preliminary and may be revised. For more information, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — July 2016” (HTML ) (PDF ).
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