Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas, Not Seasonally Adjusted
[with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more]
Metropolitan area April 2017(p)
rate		 Rank

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.1 1

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.5 2

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

 2.9 3

Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.1 4

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.1 4

Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.2 6

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.2 6

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

 3.2 6

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

 3.3 9

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA

 3.4 10

Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.4 10

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

 3.4 10

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.4 10

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

 3.4 10

Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.5 15

Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 16

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 16

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 16

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.7 19

Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.7 19

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.8 21

Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.8 21

Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.8 21

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

 3.8 21

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.8 21

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

 3.8 21

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

 3.9 27

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 27

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

 3.9 27

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 27

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

 4.0 31

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.0 31

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

 4.0 31

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 34

Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 34

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

 4.2 36

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.2 36

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA

 4.2 36

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

 4.4 39

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

 4.4 39

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

 4.4 39

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.5 42

Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.6 43

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA

 4.7 44

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.7 44

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.8 46

Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.8 46

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.0 48

New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.1 49

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

 5.3 50

Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.4 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: May 31, 2017