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Unemployment rates higher in 275 metro areas over the year ended September 2025
January 07, 2026
Unemployment rates were higher in September 2025 than a year earlier in 275 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 83 areas, and unchanged in 29 areas. A total of 45 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 8 areas had rates of at least 8.0 percent.
Metropolitan area unemployment rates, September 2025, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
September 2025 unemployment rate (percent)
Over-the-year percentage point(s) change
Anniston-Oxford, AL
3.2
-0.1
Auburn-Opelika, AL
2.7
-0.3
Birmingham, AL
2.8
-0.2
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
2.7
-0.1
Decatur, AL
2.5
-0.2
Dothan, AL
2.9
-0.3
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
3.2
0.0
Gadsden, AL
3.0
-0.3
Huntsville, AL
2.4
-0.2
Mobile, AL
3.5
-0.2
Montgomery, AL
3.0
-0.2
Tuscaloosa, AL
3.2
-0.2
Anchorage, AK
3.9
0.1
Fairbanks-College, AK
3.5
0.0
Flagstaff, AZ
4.9
0.9
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
5.5
0.9
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
4.1
0.7
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
4.4
0.8
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
5.4
0.9
Tucson, AZ
4.7
0.9
Yuma, AZ
16.0
2.0
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
3.3
0.8
Fort Smith, AR-OK
4.2
1.0
Hot Springs, AR
4.5
1.1
Jonesboro, AR
3.9
1.0
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
4.0
1.0
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
8.1
0.6
Chico, CA
5.9
0.4
El Centro, CA
21.5
1.7
Fresno, CA
7.5
0.8
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
8.4
0.9
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
5.5
0.0
Merced, CA
8.5
0.7
Modesto, CA
6.6
0.5
Napa, CA
4.1
0.4
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
5.1
0.5
Redding, CA
5.4
0.5
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
5.9
0.6
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
5.2
0.6
Salinas, CA
5.4
0.5
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
4.9
0.5
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
4.6
0.4
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
4.5
0.3
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
4.8
0.7
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
5.4
0.5
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
4.5
0.5
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
4.6
0.6
Stockton-Lodi, CA
6.5
0.5
Vallejo, CA
5.6
0.7
Visalia, CA
9.8
0.7
Yuba City, CA
7.0
0.5
Boulder, CO
3.9
-0.4
Colorado Springs, CO
3.9
-0.4
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
3.9
-0.3
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
3.8
-0.3
Grand Junction, CO
3.9
-0.3
Greeley, CO
4.3
-0.2
Pueblo, CO
5.4
-0.4
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
3.7
1.0
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
3.9
1.1
New Haven, CT
3.8
0.9
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
3.7
1.1
Waterbury-Shelton, CT
4.3
1.1
Dover, DE
5.4
1.8
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
4.1
1.1
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
4.8
1.0
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
4.1
0.9
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
5.0
0.9
Gainesville, FL
4.6
0.9
Homosassa Springs, FL
6.5
1.2
Jacksonville, FL
4.3
0.8
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
5.2
0.8
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
3.6
0.6
Naples-Marco Island, FL
4.7
0.9
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
4.7
0.9
Ocala, FL
5.3
0.9
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
4.1
0.7
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
4.6
0.9
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL
4.3
0.9
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
4.5
0.9
Port St. Lucie, FL
4.8
0.8
Punta Gorda, FL
5.6
1.1
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL
5.4
1.0
Sebring, FL
6.3
1.1
Tallahassee, FL
4.3
0.9
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
4.3
0.7
Wildwood-The Villages, FL
7.8
1.4
Albany, GA
4.2
0.2
Athens-Clarke County, GA
3.1
-0.1
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
3.4
0.0
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
4.3
-0.1
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA
3.0
0.1
Columbus, GA-AL
4.0
0.2
Dalton, GA
3.6
-0.3
Gainesville, GA
2.7
0.1
Hinesville, GA
3.9
0.2
Macon-Bibb County, GA
4.0
-0.1
Rome, GA
3.3
0.1
Savannah, GA
2.9
0.0
Valdosta, GA
3.8
0.1
Warner Robins, GA
3.0
0.1
Kahului-Wailuku, HI
2.5
-1.5
Urban Honolulu, HI
2.2
-0.8
Boise City, ID
3.3
0.0
Coeur d'Alene, ID
3.9
0.0
Idaho Falls, ID
2.8
0.0
Lewiston, ID-WA
3.3
0.1
Pocatello, ID
3.8
0.2
Twin Falls, ID
3.1
-0.1
Bloomington, IL
3.9
0.2
Champaign-Urbana, IL
4.1
0.3
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
4.2
-0.8
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
5.1
0.0
Decatur, IL
5.9
0.5
Kankakee, IL
5.5
0.5
Peoria, IL
4.7
0.4
Rockford, IL
5.2
0.3
Springfield, IL
4.3
0.4
Bloomington, IN
3.3
-0.1
Columbus, IN
3.4
-0.4
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
3.7
-1.0
Evansville, IN
3.4
-0.3
Fort Wayne, IN
3.3
-0.3
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
3.3
-0.4
Kokomo, IN
5.5
-1.5
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
3.3
-0.1
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
3.8
-0.8
Muncie, IN
3.9
-0.2
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
3.9
-0.7
Terre Haute, IN
3.7
-0.4
Ames, IA
2.5
0.3
Cedar Rapids, IA
3.4
0.4
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
3.2
0.3
Dubuque, IA
3.0
0.1
Iowa City, IA
2.5
0.3
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
2.9
0.3
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
3.6
-0.2
Lawrence, KS
3.4
0.3
Manhattan, KS
3.5
0.3
Topeka, KS
3.8
0.3
Wichita, KS
3.8
0.1
Bowling Green, KY
4.3
-0.4
Elizabethtown, KY
4.9
-0.2
Lexington-Fayette, KY
3.8
-0.4
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
4.0
-0.4
Owensboro, KY
4.2
-0.6
Paducah, KY-IL
4.6
-0.2
Alexandria, LA
4.1
-0.2
Baton Rouge, LA
4.2
-0.1
Hammond, LA
5.1
0.0
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
4.2
0.0
Lafayette, LA
3.9
-0.1
Lake Charles, LA
4.7
-0.1
Monroe, LA
4.8
-0.2
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
4.5
-0.1
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
4.4
-0.2
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
4.1
-0.1
Bangor, ME
3.3
0.2
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
3.3
0.3
Portland-South Portland, ME
2.7
0.2
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
4.3
1.3
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
4.3
1.2
Lexington Park, MD
3.8
1.2
Salisbury, MD
4.5
1.4
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
4.1
0.5
Barnstable Town, MA
3.9
0.4
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
4.2
0.7
Pittsfield, MA
4.0
0.6
Springfield, MA
5.4
0.6
Worcester, MA
4.6
0.7
Ann Arbor, MI
3.8
0.0
Battle Creek, MI
5.1
-0.1
Bay City, MI
5.1
0.0
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
4.8
0.2
Flint, MI
5.7
0.2
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
3.9
-0.1
Jackson, MI
4.6
-0.1
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
4.2
0.0
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
4.1
-0.1
Midland, MI
4.2
-0.1
Monroe, MI
4.6
-0.2
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
5.3
0.1
Niles, MI
4.6
-0.3
Saginaw, MI
5.7
0.1
Traverse City, MI
3.7
-0.2
Duluth, MN-WI
3.9
1.2
Mankato, MN
2.9
0.8
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
3.6
1.0
Rochester, MN
2.7
0.6
St. Cloud, MN
3.2
0.9
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
3.4
0.4
Hattiesburg, MS
3.3
0.2
Jackson, MS
3.3
0.4
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
3.2
0.4
Columbia, MO
2.9
0.4
Jefferson City, MO
2.8
0.3
Joplin, MO-KS
3.4
0.4
Kansas City, MO-KS
3.5
0.3
St. Joseph, MO-KS
3.4
0.4
St. Louis, MO-IL
3.7
0.5
Springfield, MO
3.2
0.5
Billings, MT
3.0
0.6
Bozeman, MT
2.4
0.5
Great Falls, MT
3.1
0.6
Helena, MT
2.9
0.6
Missoula, MT
2.8
0.5
Grand Island, NE
2.8
-1.2
Lincoln, NE
2.7
0.3
Omaha, NE-IA
3.1
0.3
Carson City, NV
4.2
-0.3
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
5.7
-0.1
Reno, NV
4.3
-0.2
Manchester-Nashua, NH
3.2
0.6
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
7.0
2.0
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
5.8
1.7
Vineland, NJ
8.2
2.0
Albuquerque, NM
3.9
0.0
Farmington, NM
4.5
-0.1
Las Cruces, NM
4.5
0.0
Santa Fe, NM
3.6
-0.1
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
3.6
0.7
Binghamton, NY
4.1
0.8
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
4.1
0.8
Elmira, NY
3.9
0.6
Glens Falls, NY
3.4
0.7
Ithaca, NY
4.0
1.0
Kingston, NY
3.8
0.7
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
3.9
0.8
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
5.3
1.0
Rochester, NY
3.9
0.8
Syracuse, NY
3.9
0.8
Utica-Rome, NY
4.0
0.8
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
4.1
0.8
Asheville, NC
3.6
1.0
Burlington, NC
3.7
0.5
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
3.8
0.4
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
3.4
0.5
Fayetteville, NC
4.6
0.5
Goldsboro, NC
3.8
0.4
Greensboro-High Point, NC
4.1
0.4
Greenville, NC
3.9
0.2
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
3.6
0.5
Jacksonville, NC
3.8
0.4
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
3.5
0.4
Raleigh-Cary, NC
3.2
0.3
Rocky Mount, NC
5.1
0.6
Wilmington, NC
3.6
0.4
Winston-Salem, NC
3.8
0.5
Bismarck, ND
2.0
0.2
Fargo, ND-MN
2.3
0.4
Grand Forks, ND-MN
2.3
0.4
Minot, ND
2.3
0.4
Akron, OH
4.3
0.0
Canton-Massillon, OH
4.3
-0.1
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
4.1
-0.1
Cleveland, OH
3.3
0.0
Columbus, OH
3.9
-0.1
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
4.4
0.0
Lima, OH
4.6
0.2
Mansfield, OH
4.6
-0.1
Sandusky, OH
4.2
-0.1
Springfield, OH
5.2
0.6
Toledo, OH
4.8
-0.1
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
5.1
-0.6
Youngstown-Warren, OH
4.9
0.0
Enid, OK
3.3
0.3
Lawton, OK
4.0
0.5
Oklahoma City, OK
3.4
0.4
Tulsa, OK
3.5
0.4
Albany, OR
5.6
1.2
Bend, OR
4.8
1.0
Corvallis, OR
4.8
1.1
Eugene-Springfield, OR
5.3
1.2
Grants Pass, OR
6.9
1.7
Medford, OR
5.5
1.1
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
5.0
1.2
Salem, OR
4.9
1.1
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
4.7
1.3
Altoona, PA
3.9
1.0
Chambersburg, PA
3.8
1.1
Erie, PA
4.2
1.1
Gettysburg, PA
3.5
0.9
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
3.9
1.0
Johnstown, PA
4.6
1.2
Lancaster, PA
3.4
0.9
Lebanon, PA
3.8
1.1
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
4.7
1.1
Pittsburgh, PA
3.9
0.8
Reading, PA
4.4
1.1
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
4.7
1.1
State College, PA
3.3
1.0
Williamsport, PA
4.2
0.8
York-Hanover, PA
4.0
0.9
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
4.0
0.0
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
3.9
0.3
Columbia, SC
4.3
0.2
Florence, SC
4.9
0.4
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
4.2
0.4
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC
4.5
0.5
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
5.0
0.4
Spartanburg, SC
4.6
0.3
Sumter, SC
5.5
0.1
Rapid City, SD
1.9
0.4
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
1.8
0.4
Chattanooga, TN-GA
3.3
0.1
Clarksville, TN-KY
4.2
0.0
Cleveland, TN
3.9
0.2
Jackson, TN
4.0
-0.1
Johnson City, TN
3.6
0.0
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
3.8
0.2
Knoxville, TN
3.2
-0.1
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
4.4
0.1
Morristown, TN
3.6
0.1
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
3.0
0.0
Abilene, TX
3.7
0.3
Amarillo, TX
3.3
0.2
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
3.8
0.3
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
5.6
0.2
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
7.3
2.2
College Station-Bryan, TX
3.7
0.3
Corpus Christi, TX
4.7
0.4
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
4.2
0.3
Eagle Pass, TX
8.9
2.1
El Paso, TX
4.8
0.7
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
4.8
0.4
Killeen-Temple, TX
5.0
0.4
Laredo, TX
4.7
0.7
Longview, TX
4.8
0.0
Lubbock, TX
3.7
0.2
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
6.5
0.7
Midland, TX
3.3
0.4
Odessa, TX
4.1
0.5
San Angelo, TX
3.4
0.2
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
4.2
0.4
Sherman-Denison, TX
4.1
0.3
Texarkana, TX-AR
4.5
0.5
Tyler, TX
4.1
0.3
Victoria, TX
4.5
0.5
Waco, TX
4.2
0.4
Wichita Falls, TX
4.0
0.3
Logan, UT-ID
3.1
0.4
Ogden, UT
3.3
0.5
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
3.6
0.4
St. George, UT
3.5
0.4
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
3.6
0.6
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
2.3
0.1
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
4.7
1.8
Charlottesville, VA
2.7
0.2
Harrisonburg, VA
2.8
0.1
Lynchburg, VA
3.4
0.1
Richmond, VA
3.2
0.2
Roanoke, VA
3.2
0.2
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
2.8
0.2
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
3.5
0.4
Winchester, VA-WV
3.0
0.2
Bellingham, WA
3.9
0.0
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA
3.7
-0.1
Kennewick-Richland, WA
3.9
0.0
Longview-Kelso, WA
4.6
0.1
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
4.0
-0.1
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
3.8
-0.1
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
4.9
0.7
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
3.7
0.0
Walla Walla, WA
3.3
-0.2
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA
3.4
-0.2
Yakima, WA
4.2
-0.3
Beckley, WV
4.5
0.9
Charleston, WV
4.4
0.7
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
4.6
0.0
Morgantown, WV
3.7
0.7
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
4.1
0.4
Wheeling, WV-OH
4.4
0.1
Appleton, WI
2.3
0.1
Eau Claire, WI
2.5
0.1
Fond du Lac, WI
2.5
-0.1
Green Bay, WI
2.5
0.2
Janesville-Beloit, WI
2.9
0.2
Kenosha, WI
2.9
0.2
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
2.5
0.2
Madison, WI
2.3
0.1
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
3.0
0.1
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
2.5
0.1
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI
3.1
0.1
Sheboygan, WI
2.4
0.1
Wausau, WI
2.4
0.2
Casper, WY
3.0
0.1
Cheyenne, WY
3.0
0.1
In September, Sioux Falls, South Dakota-Minnesota, had the lowest unemployment rate, 1.8 percent. El Centro, California, had the highest rate, 21.5 percent. A total of 245 areas had September jobless rates below the U.S. rate of 4.3 percent, 127 areas had rates above it, and 15 areas had rates equal to that of the nation.
The largest over-the-year unemployment rate increase in September occurred in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas (+2.2 percentage points). Fifty-one other areas had rate increases of at least 1.0 percentage point. Kahului-Wailuku, Hawaii, and Kokomo, Indiana, had the largest over-the-year rate decreases in September (−1.5 percentage points each).
United States Department of Labor
