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245 metro areas had unemployment rates below 6.2 percent U.S. rate in March 2021

May 04, 2021

In March 2021, a total of 245 metropolitan areas had unemployment rates below the U.S. rate of 6.2 percent, 138 areas had rates above it, and 6 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. A total of 16 metro areas had jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent. Unemployment rates were lower than 3.0 percent in 10 areas.

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Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted, March 2021
Metropolitan area	Unemployment rate	Comparison with national rate (6.2 percent)
Logan, UT-ID	2.1%	Below national unemployment rate
Decatur, AL	2.5	Below national unemployment rate
Huntsville, AL	2.5	Below national unemployment rate
Provo-Orem, UT	2.5	Below national unemployment rate
Gainesville, GA	2.6	Below national unemployment rate
Auburn-Opelika, AL	2.7	Below national unemployment rate
Ogden-Clearfield, UT	2.7	Below national unemployment rate
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	2.8	Below national unemployment rate
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	2.9	Below national unemployment rate
Lincoln, NE	2.9	Below national unemployment rate
Ames, IA	3.0	Below national unemployment rate
Columbia, MO	3.0	Below national unemployment rate
Salt Lake City, UT	3.0	Below national unemployment rate
Sioux Falls, SD	3.0	Below national unemployment rate
St. George, UT	3.0	Below national unemployment rate
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	3.1	Below national unemployment rate
Grand Island, NE	3.1	Below national unemployment rate
Birmingham-Hoover, AL	3.2	Below national unemployment rate
Dothan, AL	3.2	Below national unemployment rate
Jefferson City, MO	3.2	Below national unemployment rate
Manchester, NH	3.2	Below national unemployment rate
Manhattan, KS	3.2	Below national unemployment rate
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	3.2	Below national unemployment rate
Idaho Falls, ID	3.3	Below national unemployment rate
Athens-Clarke County, GA	3.4	Below national unemployment rate
Dover-Durham, NH-ME	3.4	Below national unemployment rate
Rapid City, SD	3.4	Below national unemployment rate
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	3.5	Below national unemployment rate
Enid, OK	3.5	Below national unemployment rate
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	3.5	Below national unemployment rate
Portsmouth, NH-ME	3.5	Below national unemployment rate
Topeka, KS	3.5	Below national unemployment rate
Springfield, MO	3.6	Below national unemployment rate
Lawrence, KS	3.7	Below national unemployment rate
Madison, WI	3.7	Below national unemployment rate
Rome, GA	3.7	Below national unemployment rate
Sheboygan, WI	3.7	Below national unemployment rate
St. Joseph, MO-KS	3.7	Below national unemployment rate
Tuscaloosa, AL	3.7	Below national unemployment rate
Boise City, ID	3.8	Below national unemployment rate
Brunswick, GA	3.8	Below national unemployment rate
Columbus, IN	3.8	Below national unemployment rate
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	3.8	Below national unemployment rate
Fargo, ND-MN	3.8	Below national unemployment rate
Iowa City, IA	3.8	Below national unemployment rate
Mankato-North Mankato, MN	3.8	Below national unemployment rate
Pocatello, ID	3.8	Below national unemployment rate
Warner Robins, GA	3.8	Below national unemployment rate
Wausau, WI	3.8	Below national unemployment rate
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL	3.9	Below national unemployment rate
Appleton, WI	3.9	Below national unemployment rate
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	3.9	Below national unemployment rate
Dalton, GA	3.9	Below national unemployment rate
Hinesville, GA	3.9	Below national unemployment rate
Joplin, MO	3.9	Below national unemployment rate
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	3.9	Below national unemployment rate
Lawton, OK	3.9	Below national unemployment rate
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	3.9	Below national unemployment rate
Raleigh, NC	3.9	Below national unemployment rate
Twin Falls, ID	3.9	Below national unemployment rate
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Gadsden, AL	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Gainesville, FL	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Jonesboro, AR	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Lewiston, ID-WA	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Oklahoma City, OK	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Rochester, MN	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Savannah, GA	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Valdosta, GA	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Winchester, VA-WV	4.0	Below national unemployment rate
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	4.1	Below national unemployment rate
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	4.1	Below national unemployment rate
Billings, MT	4.1	Below national unemployment rate
Fond du Lac, WI	4.1	Below national unemployment rate
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC	4.1	Below national unemployment rate
Wilmington, NC	4.1	Below national unemployment rate
Asheville, NC	4.2	Below national unemployment rate
Bloomington, IN	4.2	Below national unemployment rate
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	4.2	Below national unemployment rate
Kansas City, MO-KS	4.2	Below national unemployment rate
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	4.2	Below national unemployment rate
Tulsa, OK	4.2	Below national unemployment rate
Ann Arbor, MI	4.3	Below national unemployment rate
California-Lexington Park, MD	4.3	Below national unemployment rate
Chattanooga, TN-GA	4.3	Below national unemployment rate
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	4.3	Below national unemployment rate
Grand Forks, ND-MN	4.3	Below national unemployment rate
Great Falls, MT	4.3	Below national unemployment rate
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC	4.3	Below national unemployment rate
Lexington-Fayette, KY	4.3	Below national unemployment rate
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	4.3	Below national unemployment rate
Alexandria, LA	4.4	Below national unemployment rate
Bismarck, ND	4.4	Below national unemployment rate
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	4.4	Below national unemployment rate
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	4.4	Below national unemployment rate
Green Bay, WI	4.4	Below national unemployment rate
Harrisonburg, VA	4.4	Below national unemployment rate
Jacksonville, FL	4.4	Below national unemployment rate
Missoula, MT	4.4	Below national unemployment rate
New Bern, NC	4.4	Below national unemployment rate
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL	4.4	Below national unemployment rate
Bowling Green, KY	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Burlington, NC	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Charlottesville, VA	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Columbia, SC	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Columbus, GA-AL	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Evansville, IN-KY	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Fort Wayne, IN	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Knoxville, TN	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Macon-Bibb County, GA	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Montgomery, AL	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Panama City, FL	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Winston-Salem, NC	4.5	Below national unemployment rate
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	4.6	Below national unemployment rate
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	4.6	Below national unemployment rate
Greenville, NC	4.6	Below national unemployment rate
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	4.6	Below national unemployment rate
Morgantown, WV	4.6	Below national unemployment rate
Reno, NV	4.6	Below national unemployment rate
Tallahassee, FL	4.6	Below national unemployment rate
Eau Claire, WI	4.7	Below national unemployment rate
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	4.7	Below national unemployment rate
Ithaca, NY	4.7	Below national unemployment rate
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	4.7	Below national unemployment rate
Dubuque, IA	4.8	Below national unemployment rate
Fort Smith, AR-OK	4.8	Below national unemployment rate
Goldsboro, NC	4.8	Below national unemployment rate
Jacksonville, NC	4.8	Below national unemployment rate
Portland-South Portland, ME	4.8	Below national unemployment rate
St. Louis, MO-IL	4.8	Below national unemployment rate
Amarillo, TX	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
Bangor, ME	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
Champaign-Urbana, IL	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
Cleveland-Elyria, OH	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
Corvallis, OR	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
Gettysburg, PA	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
Morristown, TN	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
Port St. Lucie, FL	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
Roanoke, VA	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
Spartanburg, SC	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
State College, PA	4.9	Below national unemployment rate
Bloomington, IL	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Cheyenne, WY	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Coeur d'Alene, ID	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Columbus, OH	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Duluth, MN-WI	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Florence, SC	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Jackson, TN	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Mansfield, OH	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Muncie, IN	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Owensboro, KY	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Punta Gorda, FL	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
St. Cloud, MN	5.0	Below national unemployment rate
Carson City, NV	5.1	Below national unemployment rate
Cleveland, TN	5.1	Below national unemployment rate
Dayton, OH	5.1	Below national unemployment rate
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	5.1	Below national unemployment rate
Janesville-Beloit, WI	5.1	Below national unemployment rate
Johnson City, TN	5.1	Below national unemployment rate
Springfield, OH	5.1	Below national unemployment rate
Cedar Rapids, IA	5.2	Below national unemployment rate
Greensboro-High Point, NC	5.2	Below national unemployment rate
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	5.2	Below national unemployment rate
Midland, MI	5.2	Below national unemployment rate
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	5.2	Below national unemployment rate
Mobile, AL	5.2	Below national unemployment rate
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	5.2	Below national unemployment rate
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL	5.2	Below national unemployment rate
Walla Walla, WA	5.2	Below national unemployment rate
Albany, GA	5.3	Below national unemployment rate
Austin-Round Rock, TX	5.3	Below national unemployment rate
College Station-Bryan, TX	5.3	Below national unemployment rate
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA	5.3	Below national unemployment rate
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	5.3	Below national unemployment rate
Wichita, KS	5.3	Below national unemployment rate
Canton-Massillon, OH	5.4	Below national unemployment rate
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	5.4	Below national unemployment rate
Lima, OH	5.4	Below national unemployment rate
Lynchburg, VA	5.4	Below national unemployment rate
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	5.4	Below national unemployment rate
Terre Haute, IN	5.4	Below national unemployment rate
Akron, OH	5.5	Below national unemployment rate
Boulder, CO	5.5	Below national unemployment rate
Hattiesburg, MS	5.5	Below national unemployment rate
Ocala, FL	5.5	Below national unemployment rate
Richmond, VA	5.5	Below national unemployment rate
Sumter, SC	5.5	Below national unemployment rate
Toledo, OH	5.5	Below national unemployment rate
Clarksville, TN-KY	5.6	Below national unemployment rate
Fairbanks, AK	5.6	Below national unemployment rate
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	5.6	Below national unemployment rate
Lancaster, PA	5.6	Below national unemployment rate
Monroe, MI	5.6	Below national unemployment rate
Prescott, AZ	5.6	Below national unemployment rate
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	5.6	Below national unemployment rate
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	5.7	Below national unemployment rate
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	5.7	Below national unemployment rate
Houma-Thibodaux, LA	5.7	Below national unemployment rate
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	5.7	Below national unemployment rate
Jackson, MS	5.7	Below national unemployment rate
Sherman-Denison, TX	5.7	Below national unemployment rate
Abilene, TX	5.8	Below national unemployment rate
Baton Rouge, LA	5.8	Below national unemployment rate
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA	5.8	Below national unemployment rate
Fort Collins, CO	5.8	Below national unemployment rate
Lubbock, TX	5.8	Below national unemployment rate
Monroe, LA	5.8	Below national unemployment rate
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI	5.8	Below national unemployment rate
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA	5.8	Below national unemployment rate
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	5.8	Below national unemployment rate
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	5.9	Below national unemployment rate
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA	5.9	Below national unemployment rate
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	5.9	Below national unemployment rate
Jackson, MI	5.9	Below national unemployment rate
Olympia-Tumwater, WA	5.9	Below national unemployment rate
Racine, WI	5.9	Below national unemployment rate
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	5.9	Below national unemployment rate
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	5.9	Below national unemployment rate
Wenatchee, WA	5.9	Below national unemployment rate
Kokomo, IN	6.0	Below national unemployment rate
Lafayette, LA	6.0	Below national unemployment rate
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	6.0	Below national unemployment rate
Santa Rosa, CA	6.0	Below national unemployment rate
York-Hanover, PA	6.0	Below national unemployment rate
Carbondale-Marion, IL	6.1	Below national unemployment rate
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	6.1	Below national unemployment rate
Hot Springs, AR	6.1	Below national unemployment rate
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	6.1	Below national unemployment rate
Salem, OR	6.1	Below national unemployment rate
San Angelo, TX	6.1	Below national unemployment rate
Waco, TX	6.1	Below national unemployment rate
United States	6.2	National unemployment rate
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA	6.2	Equal to national unemployment rate
Kennewick-Richland, WA	6.2	Equal to national unemployment rate
Kingston, NY	6.2	Equal to national unemployment rate
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC	6.2	Equal to national unemployment rate
Sebring, FL	6.2	Equal to national unemployment rate
Trenton, NJ	6.2	Equal to national unemployment rate
Lebanon, PA	6.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	6.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	6.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Rocky Mount, NC	6.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	6.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Springfield, IL	6.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Wheeling, WV-OH	6.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Battle Creek, MI	6.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Bay City, MI	6.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Charleston, WV	6.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Fayetteville, NC	6.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Homosassa Springs, FL	6.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	6.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	6.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Cumberland, MD-WV	6.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	6.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS	6.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Rochester, NY	6.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	6.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	6.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Tyler, TX	6.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Napa, CA	6.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	6.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Syracuse, NY	6.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Texarkana, TX-AR	6.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
The Villages, FL	6.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	6.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Wichita Falls, TX	6.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Altoona, PA	6.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Bellingham, WA	6.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Colorado Springs, CO	6.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	6.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Medford, OR	6.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	6.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Tucson, AZ	6.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Worcester, MA-CT	6.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Albany, OR	6.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Binghamton, NY	6.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Eugene, OR	6.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Glens Falls, NY	6.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Lake Charles, LA	6.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	6.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Pine Bluff, AR	6.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Saginaw, MI	6.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Anchorage, AK	6.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Beckley, WV	6.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Bend-Redmond, OR	6.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Danville, IL	6.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Elmira, NY	6.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Greeley, CO	6.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Peoria, IL	6.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA	6.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Salisbury, MD-DE	6.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA	6.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	6.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Longview, WA	7.0	Higher than national unemployment rate
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	7.0	Higher than national unemployment rate
Utica-Rome, NY	7.0	Higher than national unemployment rate
Flint, MI	7.1	Higher than national unemployment rate
Killeen-Temple, TX	7.1	Higher than national unemployment rate
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	7.1	Higher than national unemployment rate
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	7.1	Higher than national unemployment rate
Grand Junction, CO	7.2	Higher than national unemployment rate
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	7.2	Higher than national unemployment rate
Yakima, WA	7.2	Higher than national unemployment rate
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	7.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY	7.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Danbury, CT	7.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	7.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Hammond, LA	7.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Albuquerque, NM	7.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	7.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Chico, CA	7.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Dover, DE	7.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Grants Pass, OR	7.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Kankakee, IL	7.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Muskegon, MI	7.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Pittsburgh, PA	7.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Redding, CA	7.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Santa Fe, NM	7.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Leominster-Gardner, MA	7.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Midland, TX	7.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Reading, PA	7.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Springfield, MA-CT	7.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Urban Honolulu, HI	7.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
New Haven, CT	7.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	7.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
El Paso, TX	7.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Longview, TX	7.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA	7.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Williamsport, PA	7.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Casper, WY	7.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Laredo, TX	7.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Victoria, TX	7.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Flagstaff, AZ	8.0	Higher than national unemployment rate
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	8.0	Higher than national unemployment rate
Las Cruces, NM	8.0	Higher than national unemployment rate
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	8.0	Higher than national unemployment rate
Johnstown, PA	8.1	Higher than national unemployment rate
Rockford, IL	8.1	Higher than national unemployment rate
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	8.1	Higher than national unemployment rate
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	8.2	Higher than national unemployment rate
Barnstable Town, MA	8.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	8.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Pittsfield, MA	8.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Decatur, IL	8.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
East Stroudsburg, PA	8.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
New Bedford, MA	8.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Pueblo, CO	8.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Corpus Christi, TX	8.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	8.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Modesto, CA	8.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	8.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA	9.0	Higher than national unemployment rate
Erie, PA	9.1	Higher than national unemployment rate
Stockton-Lodi, CA	9.2	Higher than national unemployment rate
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI	9.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ	9.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Farmington, NM	9.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Madera, CA	9.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	9.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Fresno, CA	9.9	Higher than national unemployment rate
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	10.0	Higher than national unemployment rate
Yuba City, CA	10.0	Higher than national unemployment rate
Waterbury, CT	10.1	Higher than national unemployment rate
Salinas, CA	10.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	10.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	10.8	Higher than national unemployment rate
Odessa, TX	11.0	Higher than national unemployment rate
Bakersfield, CA	11.1	Higher than national unemployment rate
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	11.2	Higher than national unemployment rate
Yuma, AZ	11.3	Higher than national unemployment rate
Merced, CA	11.4	Higher than national unemployment rate
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	11.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Visalia-Porterville, CA	11.6	Higher than national unemployment rate
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI	12.2	Higher than national unemployment rate
Ocean City, NJ	12.5	Higher than national unemployment rate
El Centro, CA	15.7	Higher than national unemployment rate
Note: Data are preliminary.

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El Centro, California, had the highest unemployment rate (15.7 percent), followed by Ocean City, New Jersey (12.5 percent), and Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii (12.2 percent). Among metropolitan areas with a population of 1 million or more, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California, had the highest unemployment rate in March (9.8 percent), followed by Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada, and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (8.8 percent each).

Logan, Utah-Idaho, had the lowest rate (2.1 percent), followed by Decatur, Alabama; Huntsville, Alabama; and Provo-Orem, Utah (2.5 percent each). Among the large metro areas, the lowest jobless rates were in Salt Lake City, Utah (3.0 percent) and Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama (3.2 percent).

Unemployment rates were higher in March than a year earlier in 308 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 75 areas, and unchanged in 6 areas. The largest over-the-year unemployment rate increase in March 2021 occurred in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii (+10.1 percentage points). The largest over-the-year decrease occurred in El Centro, California (−4.4 percentage points).

These data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — March 2021." Also see charts of metropolitan area employment and unemployment data.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, 245 metro areas had unemployment rates below 6.2 percent U.S. rate in March 2021 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/245-metro-areas-had-unemployment-rates-below-6-2-percent-u-s-rate-in-march-2021.htm (visited October 08, 2024).

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