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Over-the-year change in unemployment rates for metropolitan areas, February 2025
Metropolitan area
Percentage point(s) change
Anniston-Oxford, AL
0.1
Auburn-Opelika, AL
0.1
Birmingham, AL
0.2
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
0.1
Decatur, AL
0.3
Dothan, AL
0.1
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
0.3
Gadsden, AL
-0.1
Huntsville, AL
0.2
Mobile, AL
0.0
Montgomery, AL
0.2
Tuscaloosa, AL
0.4
Anchorage, AK
0.1
Fairbanks-College, AK
-0.2
Flagstaff, AZ
0.8
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
0.9
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
0.6
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
0.7
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
0.9
Tucson, AZ
0.7
Yuma, AZ
1.8
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
0.6
Fort Smith, AR-OK
0.2
Hot Springs, AR
0.3
Jonesboro, AR
0.7
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
0.4
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
-0.4
Chico, CA
-0.3
El Centro, CA
0.7
Fresno, CA
-0.1
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
0.0
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
0.4
Merced, CA
-0.1
Modesto, CA
-0.1
Napa, CA
0.0
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
0.0
Redding, CA
-0.6
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
-0.1
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
-0.1
Salinas, CA
-0.4
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
-0.1
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
0.0
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
0.0
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
0.1
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
-0.3
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
-0.2
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
0.1
Stockton-Lodi, CA
-0.4
Vallejo, CA
-0.1
Visalia, CA
-0.6
Yuba City, CA
-0.3
Boulder, CO
1.3
Colorado Springs, CO
1.0
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
1.0
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
1.3
Grand Junction, CO
0.9
Greeley, CO
1.2
Pueblo, CO
1.1
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
0.3
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
0.7
New Haven, CT
0.7
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
0.6
Waterbury-Shelton, CT
0.6
Dover, DE
0.0
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
0.4
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
0.7
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
0.6
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
0.7
Gainesville, FL
0.8
Homosassa Springs, FL
0.6
Jacksonville, FL
0.6
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
0.6
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
0.6
Naples-Marco Island, FL
0.9
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
0.8
Ocala, FL
0.7
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
0.5
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
0.7
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL
0.7
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
0.7
Port St. Lucie, FL
0.6
Punta Gorda, FL
1.0
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL
0.7
Sebring, FL
0.8
Tallahassee, FL
0.6
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
0.5
Wildwood-The Villages, FL
1.8
Albany, GA
0.4
Athens-Clarke County, GA
0.2
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
0.3
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
0.4
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA
0.1
Columbus, GA-AL
0.4
Dalton, GA
-0.1
Gainesville, GA
0.5
Hinesville, GA
0.9
Macon-Bibb County, GA
0.4
Rome, GA
0.4
Savannah, GA
0.3
Valdosta, GA
0.4
Warner Robins, GA
0.2
Kahului-Wailuku, HI
-1.9
Urban Honolulu, HI
0.2
Boise City, ID
-0.1
Coeur d'Alene, ID
0.3
Idaho Falls, ID
0.1
Lewiston, ID-WA
0.3
Pocatello, ID
0.3
Twin Falls, ID
-0.1
Bloomington, IL
-0.5
Champaign-Urbana, IL
-0.5
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
-0.1
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
0.2
Decatur, IL
-0.5
Kankakee, IL
-0.9
Peoria, IL
-0.7
Rockford, IL
-1.3
Springfield, IL
-0.4
Bloomington, IN
-0.8
Columbus, IN
0.5
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
0.0
Evansville, IN
0.0
Fort Wayne, IN
0.0
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
0.1
Kokomo, IN
1.0
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
-0.1
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
-0.1
Muncie, IN
-0.5
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
0.1
Terre Haute, IN
-0.5
Ames, IA
0.9
Cedar Rapids, IA
-0.1
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
0.8
Dubuque, IA
0.9
Iowa City, IA
0.5
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
0.6
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
1.1
Lawrence, KS
0.3
Manhattan, KS
0.3
Topeka, KS
0.8
Wichita, KS
0.5
Bowling Green, KY
-0.2
Elizabethtown, KY
0.5
Lexington-Fayette, KY
-0.1
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
0.5
Owensboro, KY
-0.4
Paducah, KY-IL
0.1
Alexandria, LA
-0.3
Baton Rouge, LA
0.2
Hammond, LA
-0.1
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
-0.1
Lafayette, LA
-0.4
Lake Charles, LA
0.4
Monroe, LA
0.2
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-0.2
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-0.1
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
-0.2
Bangor, ME
0.5
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
0.5
Portland-South Portland, ME
0.4
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
0.2
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
-0.3
Lexington Park, MD
0.2
Salisbury, MD
-0.1
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
0.8
Barnstable Town, MA
0.9
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
0.7
Pittsfield, MA
0.6
Springfield, MA
0.7
Worcester, MA
0.8
Ann Arbor, MI
1.2
Battle Creek, MI
1.7
Bay City, MI
1.9
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
1.5
Flint, MI
1.8
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
1.4
Jackson, MI
1.7
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
1.1
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
1.0
Midland, MI
1.3
Monroe, MI
2.3
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
1.7
Niles, MI
1.6
Saginaw, MI
2.0
Traverse City, MI
1.2
Duluth, MN-WI
0.5
Mankato, MN
0.1
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
0.2
Rochester, MN
0.3
St. Cloud, MN
0.6
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
1.2
Hattiesburg, MS
1.4
Jackson, MS
1.3
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
0.3
Columbia, MO
0.5
Jefferson City, MO
0.2
Joplin, MO-KS
0.2
Kansas City, MO-KS
0.5
St. Joseph, MO-KS
0.7
St. Louis, MO-IL
0.1
Springfield, MO
0.6
Billings, MT
0.1
Bozeman, MT
-0.1
Great Falls, MT
-0.4
Helena, MT
-0.3
Missoula, MT
-0.6
Grand Island, NE
0.7
Lincoln, NE
0.6
Omaha, NE-IA
0.4
Carson City, NV
-0.5
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
0.3
Reno, NV
0.0
Manchester-Nashua, NH
0.9
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
0.2
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
0.7
Vineland, NJ
0.6
Albuquerque, NM
0.5
Farmington, NM
0.3
Las Cruces, NM
0.7
Santa Fe, NM
0.5
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
0.1
Binghamton, NY
0.2
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
0.2
Elmira, NY
0.1
Glens Falls, NY
-0.1
Ithaca, NY
0.2
Kingston, NY
0.1
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
0.2
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
-0.3
Rochester, NY
0.0
Syracuse, NY
0.0
Utica-Rome, NY
0.1
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
0.0
Asheville, NC
2.4
Burlington, NC
-0.2
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
0.0
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
-0.1
Fayetteville, NC
-0.4
Goldsboro, NC
-0.4
Greensboro-High Point, NC
-0.3
Greenville, NC
-0.4
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
0.0
Jacksonville, NC
-0.7
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
-0.4
Raleigh-Cary, NC
-0.4
Rocky Mount, NC
-0.4
Wilmington, NC
0.0
Winston-Salem, NC
-0.1
Bismarck, ND
0.2
Fargo, ND-MN
0.4
Grand Forks, ND-MN
0.3
Minot, ND
0.0
Akron, OH
0.9
Canton-Massillon, OH
0.9
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
0.7
Cleveland, OH
0.3
Columbus, OH
0.9
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
0.9
Lima, OH
0.9
Mansfield, OH
0.7
Sandusky, OH
1.1
Springfield, OH
0.1
Toledo, OH
1.7
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
-0.2
Youngstown-Warren, OH
0.8
Enid, OK
-0.5
Lawton, OK
-0.2
Oklahoma City, OK
0.0
Tulsa, OK
-0.3
Albany, OR
0.5
Bend, OR
0.3
Corvallis, OR
0.6
Eugene-Springfield, OR
0.4
Grants Pass, OR
1.2
Medford, OR
0.5
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
0.5
Salem, OR
0.4
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
0.1
Altoona, PA
0.5
Chambersburg, PA
0.3
Erie, PA
0.1
Gettysburg, PA
0.6
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
0.3
Johnstown, PA
0.2
Lancaster, PA
0.2
Lebanon, PA
0.5
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
0.1
Pittsburgh, PA
0.2
Reading, PA
0.1
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
0.0
State College, PA
0.2
Williamsport, PA
0.4
York-Hanover, PA
0.3
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
1.0
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
0.5
Columbia, SC
0.6
Florence, SC
0.8
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
0.4
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC
0.4
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
0.8
Spartanburg, SC
0.7
Sumter, SC
0.6
Rapid City, SD
-0.1
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
0.0
Chattanooga, TN-GA
0.3
Clarksville, TN-KY
0.0
Cleveland, TN
0.4
Jackson, TN
0.7
Johnson City, TN
0.3
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
0.3
Knoxville, TN
0.2
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
0.7
Morristown, TN
0.2
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
0.4
Abilene, TX
-0.1
Amarillo, TX
0.0
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
0.1
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
-0.4
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
0.0
College Station-Bryan, TX
0.5
Corpus Christi, TX
0.0
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
0.1
Eagle Pass, TX
0.2
El Paso, TX
-0.3
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
0.0
Killeen-Temple, TX
0.1
Laredo, TX
0.0
Longview, TX
-0.1
Lubbock, TX
0.1
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
0.1
Midland, TX
0.4
Odessa, TX
0.1
San Angelo, TX
-0.4
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
0.0
Sherman-Denison, TX
0.0
Texarkana, TX-AR
-0.1
Tyler, TX
0.0
Victoria, TX
-0.1
Waco, TX
0.1
Wichita Falls, TX
-0.3
Logan, UT-ID
-0.1
Ogden, UT
-0.1
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
0.1
St. George, UT
-0.2
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
0.0
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
0.6
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
1.4
Charlottesville, VA
0.4
Harrisonburg, VA
0.6
Lynchburg, VA
0.3
Richmond, VA
0.3
Roanoke, VA
0.4
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
0.2
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
0.5
Winchester, VA-WV
0.4
Bellingham, WA
-0.2
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA
0.0
Kennewick-Richland, WA
-0.1
Longview-Kelso, WA
-0.1
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
-0.2
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
-0.1
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
0.0
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
-0.1
Walla Walla, WA
-0.1
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA
0.3
Yakima, WA
-0.1
Beckley, WV
-0.6
Charleston, WV
-0.5
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
-0.4
Morgantown, WV
-0.3
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
-1.0
Wheeling, WV-OH
-0.1
Appleton, WI
0.3
Eau Claire, WI
0.3
Fond du Lac, WI
0.5
Green Bay, WI
0.2
Janesville-Beloit, WI
0.3
Kenosha, WI
0.1
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
0.2
Madison, WI
0.3
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
0.3
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
0.3
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI
0.4
Sheboygan, WI
0.3
Wausau, WI
0.0
Casper, WY
-0.2
Cheyenne, WY
0.0
Note: Data are not seasonally adjusted.
The largest over-the-year unemployment rate increases in February occurred in Asheville, North Carolina (2.4 percentage points), and Monroe, Michigan (2.3 points). Thirty-three other areas had rate increases of at least 1.0 percentage point.
Kahului-Wailuku, Hawaii, had the largest over-the-year rate decrease in February (−1.9 percentage points).
United States Department of Labor
