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
June 2009p
RankMetropolitan AreaRate
1 Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.0
2 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.6
3 San Antonio, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.9
4 Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.1
5 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.3
6 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.4
7 Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.7
8 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.9
9 Baltimore-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.0
9 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.0
11 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.2
11 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA 8.2
11 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.2
14 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA 8.3
15 Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.4
15 Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.4
17 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.5
18 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.7
18 Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.7
18 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.7
21 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.8
22 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.9
23 Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.1
24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.3
25 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.8
26 St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area1 9.9
27 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.0
28 Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.1
28 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.1
28 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.1
28 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.1
32 Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.3
32 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.3
34 Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.5
34 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.5
36 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.7
36 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.7
38 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.8
38 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.8
40 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 11.0
41 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 11.1
42 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 11.6
43 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area 11.7
44 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 11.8
45 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA 12.1
46 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area 12.3
47 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area 12.4
48 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 13.7
49 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area 17.1

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