Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas

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

Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas
Monthly Rankings
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Mar. 2009p
RankMetropolitan AreaRate
1 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.3
2 Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.6
3 San Antonio, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.9
3 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.9
5 Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.2
6 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.5
7 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.9
8 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.0
9 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.2
10 Baltimore-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.4
10 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA 7.4
12 Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.6
13 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA 7.8
13 Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.8
15 Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.1
15 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.1
15 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.1
18 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.2
18 Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.2
20 Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.3
20 Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.3
22 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.4
23 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.5
24 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.7
24 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.7
26 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.8
27 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.9
28 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.0
28 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.0
30 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.1
30 Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.1
32 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.2
33 Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.3
33 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.3
35 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.4
35 St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area1 9.4
37 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.5
38 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.9
39 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.2
40 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.4
40 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.4
42 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.6
43 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 11.0
44 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 11.3
45 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area 11.4
45 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA 11.4
47 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area 11.8
48 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 12.9
49 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area 14.0

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