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Local Area Unemployment Statistics
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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 December 2018
rate		 December 2019(p)
rate		 Over-the-year
Change Rank

Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.0 3.5 -1.5 1

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 2.3 -1.3 2

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

 3.3 2.2 -1.1 3

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

 3.9 2.8 -1.1 3

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.8 2.7 -1.1 3

Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.2 2.2 -1.0 6

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.5 3.5 -1.0 6

Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 3.2 -0.9 8

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.5 2.7 -0.8 9

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.0 3.2 -0.8 9

Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.8 2.0 -0.8 9

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

 3.9 3.2 -0.7 12

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.5 2.9 -0.6 13

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.3 3.7 -0.6 13

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.3 3.7 -0.6 13

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

 3.2 2.6 -0.6 13

Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.1 2.6 -0.5 17

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

 4.1 3.6 -0.5 17

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.0 2.5 -0.5 17

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.3 2.9 -0.4 20

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.1 2.7 -0.4 20

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA

 3.6 3.2 -0.4 20

Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.3 2.9 -0.4 20

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 3.5 -0.4 20

Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.7 2.4 -0.3 25

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA

 2.4 2.1 -0.3 25

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

 3.4 3.1 -0.3 25

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

 3.9 3.6 -0.3 25

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

 3.5 3.2 -0.3 25

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.1 2.8 -0.3 25

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.1 2.8 -0.3 25

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.5 2.2 -0.3 25

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

 2.5 2.2 -0.3 25

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

 2.9 2.6 -0.3 25

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.5 3.3 -0.2 35

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

 3.6 3.4 -0.2 35

Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.8 2.6 -0.2 35

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

 3.0 2.8 -0.2 35

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

 3.4 3.3 -0.1 39

Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.1 3.1 0.0 40

Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.8 2.8 0.0 40

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA

 3.2 3.3 0.1 42

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

 2.3 2.4 0.1 42

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.7 3.9 0.2 44

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

 2.8 3.0 0.2 44

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.8 3.1 0.3 46

Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.0 4.3 0.3 46

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.3 4.7 0.4 48

New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.0 4.4 0.4 48

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

 3.6 4.0 0.4 48

Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.8 4.6 0.8 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: February 5, 2020