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Local Area Unemployment Statistics
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Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas, Not Seasonally Adjusted
[with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more]
Metropolitan area May 2020(p)
rate		 Rank

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area

 8.3 1

Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 8.7 2

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA

 8.7 2

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

 9.0 4

Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area

 9.4 5

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area

 9.5 6

Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 9.7 7

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 10.2 8

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 10.3 9

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area

 10.4 10

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

 10.4 10

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

 10.4 10

Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area

 10.8 13

Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 10.9 14

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area

 10.9 14

Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 11.0 16

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 11.2 17

Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 11.2 17

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

 11.2 17

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

 11.2 17

Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 11.4 21

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

 11.4 21

Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area

 11.5 23

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

 11.9 24

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 12.3 25

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 12.6 26

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

 12.7 27

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 12.7 27

Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area

 12.8 29

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

 13.1 30

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

 13.2 31

Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 13.3 32

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

 13.4 33

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

 13.6 34

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

 13.6 34

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

 13.8 36

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

 13.9 37

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area

 14.3 38

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 14.9 39

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 15.0 40

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

 15.1 41

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 15.2 42

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

 15.3 43

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA

 15.9 44

New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area

 16.4 45

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA

 16.5 46

Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

 17.1 47

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

 19.1 48

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

 22.6 49

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area

 23.7 50

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area

 29.0 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: July 1, 2020