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
June 2008June 2009p
RankMetropolitan AreaRateRateChange
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