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
Dec. 2011Dec. 2012p
RankMetropolitan AreaRateRateChange
1 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area 13.3 10.0 -3.3
2 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.1 7.9 -2.2
3 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.6 7.6 -2.0
4 Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.2 7.4 -1.8
5 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.7 9.3 -1.4
5 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.5 8.1 -1.4
5 St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area1 8.4 7.0 -1.4
8 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.9 7.6 -1.3
8 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 12.2 10.9 -1.3
10 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.6 6.4 -1.2
10 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.2 6.0 -1.2
10 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.8 7.6 -1.2
13 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.1 5.0 -1.1
13 Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.9 5.8 -1.1
13 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.0 5.9 -1.1
13 Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.7 4.6 -1.1
13 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.8 6.7 -1.1
13 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.9 9.8 -1.1
13 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.4 7.3 -1.1
20 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area 10.4 9.4 -1.0
20 Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.4 5.4 -1.0
20 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.5 5.5 -1.0
20 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.7 5.7 -1.0
20 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.7 6.7 -1.0
25 Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.3 6.4 -0.9
25 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA 10.4 9.5 -0.9
25 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.0 8.1 -0.9
28 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.8 6.0 -0.8
29 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.3 8.6 -0.7
29 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.8 6.1 -0.7
31 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.1 6.5 -0.6
32 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.9 8.4 -0.5
32 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.9 7.4 -0.5
32 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.0 7.5 -0.5
32 Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.5 6.0 -0.5
36 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.5 5.1 -0.4
37 Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.9 8.6 -0.3
38 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.2 8.0 -0.2
38 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area 5.4 5.2 -0.2
40 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA 5.9 5.9 0.0
41 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.9 7.0 0.1
42 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA 7.6 7.8 0.2
43 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area 9.9 10.2 0.3
43 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.2 8.5 0.3
45 Baltimore-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.6 7.0 0.4
46 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.9 8.4 0.5
46 Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area 7.5 8.0 0.5
48 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area 8.0 8.6 0.6
48 Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 6.6 7.2 0.6

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: March 1, 2013