Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas

(with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more)

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas
Monthly Rankings
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Mar. 2008Mar. 2009p
RankMetropolitan AreaRateRateChange
1 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.4 5.3 1.9
1 San Antonio, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.0 5.9 1.9
3 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.5 8.7 2.2
4 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.2 6.5 2.3
4 Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.3 5.6 2.3
6 Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.8 6.2 2.4
6 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA 5.4 7.8 2.4
8 Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.1 7.6 2.5
9 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.4 7.0 2.6
9 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.3 5.9 2.6
11 Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.6 8.3 2.7
12 Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.3 9.1 2.8
13 Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.3 8.2 2.9
14 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA 4.3 7.4 3.1
14 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.1 9.2 3.1
14 Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.0 8.1 3.1
14 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.8 6.9 3.1
18 St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area1 6.2 9.4 3.2
19 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.8 8.1 3.3
19 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.9 7.2 3.3
21 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.8 8.2 3.4
21 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.7 8.1 3.4
23 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.9 8.4 3.5
24 Baltimore-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.8 7.4 3.6
25 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.3 9.0 3.7
25 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.8 8.5 3.7
27 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.6 9.4 3.8
27 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.0 8.8 3.8
29 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.2 9.1 3.9
30 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.7 8.7 4.0
31 Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.7 7.8 4.1
31 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.2 9.3 4.1
33 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.8 9.0 4.2
34 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA 7.1 11.4 4.3
35 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.8 10.2 4.4
36 Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.8 8.3 4.5
37 Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.7 9.3 4.6
37 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.9 9.5 4.6
37 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.3 8.9 4.6
40 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.8 10.6 4.8
41 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.4 11.3 4.9
42 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.4 10.4 5.0
43 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.2 10.4 5.2
43 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.7 9.9 5.2
45 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.3 11.0 5.7
46 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.0 12.9 5.9
47 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.0 14.0 6.0
48 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.2 11.4 6.2
49 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.3 11.8 6.5

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: April 29, 2009