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 |
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June 2008 | June 2009p | |||
Rank | Metropolitan Area | Rate | Rate | Change |
1 | Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area | 4.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1 | San Antonio, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area | 4.9 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 3 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA | 5.7 | 8.2 | 2.5 | 4 | Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area | 4.5 | 7.1 | 2.6 | 4 | Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.1 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 6 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 4.6 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 7 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.1 | 7.9 | 2.8 | 7 | Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.9 | 8.7 | 2.8 | 7 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area | 3.8 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 10 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 11 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.1 | 8.2 | 3.1 | 11 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area | 7.2 | 10.3 | 3.1 | 11 | Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.3 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 14 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area | 6.9 | 10.1 | 3.2 | 14 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.0 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 14 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area | 4.2 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 17 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.6 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 17 | Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.8 | 9.1 | 3.3 | 19 | Baltimore-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area | 4.6 | 8.0 | 3.4 | 19 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA | 4.9 | 8.3 | 3.4 | 19 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.1 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 19 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area1 | 6.5 | 9.9 | 3.4 | 23 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.2 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 24 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.1 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 25 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.0 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 26 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 6.8 | 10.8 | 4.0 | 27 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area | 6.0 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 27 | Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 4.3 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 29 | Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area | 6.3 | 10.5 | 4.2 | 29 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.8 | 10.0 | 4.2 | 29 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.9 | 10.1 | 4.2 | 32 | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area | 6.7 | 11.0 | 4.3 | 33 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 6.2 | 10.7 | 4.5 | 34 | Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.9 | 10.5 | 4.6 | 35 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.6 | 10.3 | 4.7 | 35 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 4.6 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 35 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area | 6.4 | 11.1 | 4.7 | 38 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.0 | 9.8 | 4.8 | 38 | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA | 7.3 | 12.1 | 4.8 | 38 | Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 6.8 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 41 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.8 | 10.7 | 4.9 | 42 | Orlando-Kissimmee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.7 | 10.8 | 5.1 | 43 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area | 4.7 | 10.1 | 5.4 | 44 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 8.1 | 13.7 | 5.6 | 45 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 6.0 | 11.8 | 5.8 | 46 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area | 6.3 | 12.3 | 6.0 | 47 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area | 6.3 | 12.4 | 6.1 | 48 | Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area | 5.4 | 11.7 | 6.3 | 49 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area | 9.0 | 17.1 | 8.1 |
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 29, 2009
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