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 July 2016
rate		 July 2017(p)
rate		 Over-the-year
Change Rank

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 6.3 4.4 -1.9 1

Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.7 4.4 -1.3 2

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

 5.8 4.7 -1.1 3

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.8 3.8 -1.0 4

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

 5.1 4.1 -1.0 4

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

 5.0 4.0 -1.0 4

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

 5.8 4.9 -0.9 7

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.7 4.8 -0.9 7

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

 5.0 4.2 -0.8 9

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.2 2.4 -0.8 9

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

 4.1 3.3 -0.8 9

New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 6.1 5.3 -0.8 9

Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 6.2 5.4 -0.8 9

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

 4.9 4.1 -0.8 9

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 3.2 -0.7 15

Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.0 4.3 -0.7 15

Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.0 4.3 -0.7 15

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

 5.2 4.5 -0.7 15

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.7 4.0 -0.7 15

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.4 4.8 -0.6 20

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area

 6.0 5.4 -0.6 20

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA

 5.4 4.8 -0.6 20

Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.5 3.9 -0.6 20

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 6.7 6.1 -0.6 20

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.6 4.0 -0.6 20

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.2 3.7 -0.5 26

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

 5.5 5.0 -0.5 26

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

 5.2 4.7 -0.5 26

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

 5.7 5.2 -0.5 26

Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 3.2 -0.4 30

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA

 5.5 5.1 -0.4 30

Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.4 4.0 -0.4 30

Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.4 4.0 -0.4 30

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 3.7 -0.4 30

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.1 4.7 -0.4 30

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

 4.8 4.4 -0.4 30

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

 3.6 3.3 -0.3 37

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.9 4.6 -0.3 37

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

 5.5 5.2 -0.3 37

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.6 4.4 -0.2 40

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 3.9 -0.2 40

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

 4.1 3.9 -0.2 40

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

 4.0 3.9 -0.1 43

Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.3 3.4 0.1 44

Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.2 4.4 0.2 45

Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.8 5.0 0.2 45

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.0 5.3 0.3 47

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.4 4.7 0.3 47

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA

 3.6 4.0 0.4 49

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.2 5.0 0.8 50

Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.6 6.6 1.0 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: August 30, 2017