Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas, Not Seasonally Adjusted
[with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more]
Metropolitan area March 2019(p)
rate		 Rank

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

 2.6 1

Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.7 2

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA

 2.7 2

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area

 2.9 4

Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.0 5

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.0 5

Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.0 5

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.0 5

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

 3.0 5

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.1 10

Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.2 11

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.2 11

Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.2 11

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.3 14

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

 3.3 14

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

 3.3 14

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

 3.3 14

Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.4 18

Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.4 18

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

 3.4 18

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.5 21

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 22

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 22

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

 3.6 22

New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 22

Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.6 22

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

 3.7 27

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

 3.7 27

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

 3.7 27

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.7 27

Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.8 31

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.8 31

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA

 3.8 31

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 34

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 34

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

 3.9 34

Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 3.9 34

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.0 38

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

 4.0 38

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

 4.1 40

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

 4.1 40

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 40

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.1 40

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA

 4.2 44

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

 4.2 44

Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.2 44

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

 4.3 47

Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.4 48

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.4 48

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.5 50

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 4.5 50

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 1, 2019