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

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.4 1

Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.2 2

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA

 3.4 3

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.5 4

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.5 4

Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 6

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

 3.6 6

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

 3.6 6

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.7 9

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.7 9

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

 3.7 9

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

 3.8 12

Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.8 12

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 14

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

 3.9 14

Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 14

Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.0 17

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

 4.0 17

Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 19

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

 4.1 19

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 19

Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 19

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 19

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

 4.1 19

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.2 25

Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.2 25

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

 4.2 25

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.2 25

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

 4.2 25

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.3 30

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

 4.4 31

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.4 31

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.5 33

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

 4.5 33

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.6 35

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

 4.6 35

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

 4.6 35

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.8 38

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA

 4.8 38

Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.8 38

New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.9 41

Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.0 42

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.0 42

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

 5.0 42

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.1 45

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA

 5.1 45

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.2 47

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.3 48

Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 5.4 49

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

 5.7 50

Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 6.5 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: May 3, 2017