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Unemployment rates up in 32 large metro areas, down in 21, over year ended July 2025
September 04, 2025
Of the 56 metropolitan areas with a 2020 Census population of 1 million or more, 32 large areas had unemployment rate increases from July 2024 to July 2025, 21 had decreases, and 3 had no change. The largest rate increase occurred in Cleveland, Ohio (+0.8 percentage point). The largest rate decline occurred in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana (−1.0 percentage point).
Over-the-year change in unemployment rates for large metropolitan areas, July 2025
Metropolitan area
Over-the-year change (in percentage points)
July 2024 rate (in percent)
July 2025 rate (in percent)
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
-0.2
3.7
3.5
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
-0.3
3.8
3.5
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
0.2
3.6
3.8
Birmingham, AL
-0.5
3.2
2.7
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
0.3
4.2
4.5
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
-0.3
4.3
4.0
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
-0.2
4.1
3.9
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
-1.0
5.9
4.9
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
0.5
4.7
5.2
Cleveland, OH
0.8
4.4
5.2
Columbus, OH
0.7
4.3
5.0
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
-0.2
4.2
4.0
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
-0.6
4.5
3.9
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
0.0
5.7
5.7
Fresno, CA
0.5
8.1
8.6
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
0.5
5.0
5.5
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
0.6
3.7
4.3
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
-0.5
5.0
4.5
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
-0.6
4.4
3.8
Jacksonville, FL
0.3
3.9
4.2
Kansas City, MO-KS
0.2
4.2
4.4
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
-0.4
6.4
6.0
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
-0.1
6.1
6.0
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
-0.6
5.6
5.0
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
0.6
4.8
5.4
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
0.1
3.3
3.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
0.1
3.6
3.7
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
0.4
3.4
3.8
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
0.4
3.3
3.7
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-0.1
4.9
4.8
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
-0.1
5.2
5.1
Oklahoma City, OK
-0.3
3.3
3.0
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
0.2
3.7
3.9
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
0.4
4.5
4.9
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
0.3
3.8
4.1
Pittsburgh, PA
0.2
4.2
4.4
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
0.7
4.4
5.1
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
0.0
4.9
4.9
Raleigh-Cary, NC
-0.3
3.5
3.2
Richmond, VA
0.4
3.3
3.7
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
0.5
5.9
6.4
Rochester, NY
-0.1
3.9
3.8
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
0.5
5.1
5.6
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
0.1
3.5
3.6
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
-0.2
4.1
3.9
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
0.4
4.8
5.2
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
0.3
4.6
4.9
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
0.2
4.7
4.9
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
0.0
4.5
4.5
St. Louis, MO-IL
0.3
4.2
4.5
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
0.2
3.9
4.1
Tucson, AZ
0.4
4.3
4.7
Tulsa, OK
-0.4
3.5
3.1
Urban Honolulu, HI
-0.4
2.9
2.5
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
0.6
3.4
4.0
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
0.6
3.4
4.0
Note: Data are not seasonally adjusted.
In July 2025, Urban Honolulu, Hawaii, had the lowest unemployment rate among the 56 large areas at 2.5 percent. Fresno, California, had the highest rate at 8.6 percent.
United States Department of Labor
