Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas, Not Seasonally Adjusted
[with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more]
Metropolitan area September 2017
rate		 September 2018(p)
rate		 Over-the-year
Change Rank

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.0 3.8 -1.2 1

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 2.9 -1.2 1

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.2 3.1 -1.1 3

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.3 3.2 -1.1 3

Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.8 2.7 -1.1 3

Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.8 3.7 -1.1 3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.7 3.7 -1.0 7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.6 3.7 -0.9 8

Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.7 2.8 -0.9 8

Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.7 2.8 -0.9 8

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 2.7 -0.9 8

Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.8 2.9 -0.9 8

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.0 3.1 -0.9 8

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.9 4.1 -0.8 14

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.7 2.9 -0.8 14

Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.1 4.4 -0.7 16

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.8 4.1 -0.7 16

Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.4 3.7 -0.7 16

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.8 2.2 -0.6 19

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.5 3.9 -0.6 19

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.0 3.4 -0.6 19

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.1 2.5 -0.6 19

Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.3 2.8 -0.5 23

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.2 4.7 -0.5 23

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.6 4.1 -0.5 23

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA

 4.0 3.5 -0.5 23

St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area(1)

 3.4 2.9 -0.5 23

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.7 3.2 -0.5 23

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.0 2.5 -0.5 23

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.2 3.7 -0.5 23

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA

 4.3 3.9 -0.4 31

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 3.5 -0.4 31

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA

 3.2 2.9 -0.3 33

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.0 3.7 -0.3 33

Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 3.6 -0.3 33

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.3 3.0 -0.3 33

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 3.3 -0.3 33

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.1 2.9 -0.2 38

Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.9 2.9 0.0 39

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.0 4.0 0.0 39

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.4 3.4 0.0 39

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.3 4.3 0.0 39

New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.8 4.8 0.0 39

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.2 4.2 0.0 39

Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.4 3.5 0.1 45

Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.9 3.0 0.1 45

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.2 3.3 0.1 45

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.7 3.0 0.3 48

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 4.3 0.4 49

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.6 3.0 0.4 49

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.7 4.2 0.5 51

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(1) Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.

Note: Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force. Data refer to place of residence. Estimates for the current month are subject to revision the following month.

 

Last Modified Date: November 6, 2018