Local Area Unemployment Statistics · Unemployment rate of the metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
Which metro areas have the highest and the lowest unemployment rates?
In the month ended , El Centro, CA had the highest unemployment rate of the 387 metro areas, 20.8%, and Bismarck, ND; Rapid City, SD; and Sioux Falls, SD-MN tied for the lowest, 1.7%.
The ten metro areas with the highest unemployment rate, September 2026
The ten metro areas with the lowest unemployment rate, September 2026
Each bar is the unemployment rate of one metro area in September 2026; the tick across a bar is the same area's rate a year before. Every metro area is under "The numbers behind the chart".
Observed .
Right now
El Centro, CA had the highest unemployment rate of the 387 metro areas in September 2026, 20.8%; Bismarck, ND; Rapid City, SD; and Sioux Falls, SD-MN tied for the lowest, 1.7%.
The rate for the United States was 4.0% in the same month, not seasonally adjusted; 145 metro areas were above it and 223 below it.
As published
The rates are not seasonally adjusted, as BLS publishes them for the metro areas. The ranks and the changes are ours.
Understanding the ranking
Where it stands today
El Centro, CA had the highest rate, 20.8%, in September 2026.
How is the ranking made?
This page ranks the metropolitan areas of the 50 states and the District of Columbia by their unemployment rate in the newest month the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has published. A metro area is a city and the counties around it that are closely tied to it, for example by the trips people make to work. BLS estimates the rate of each area every month in its Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
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Each metro area has a page of its own with its labor force, its unemployed and employed people, the change over a year, and the highest and lowest value since our record begins. The rates are not seasonally adjusted, so each is set beside the same month a year before.
What 500metrics adds: the rank of every metro area by its rate, the change over a year in percentage points and the labor force beside each rate.
The numbers behind the chart
What is the unemployment rate in each metro area?387 metro areas, September 2026, the highest rate first
| Metro area | Rank | States | Rate | Change over a year | Labor force |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Centro, CA | 1 | CA | 20.8% | −0.8 pts | 76.2 |
| Yuma, AZ | 2 | AZ | 14.5% | −2.0 pts | 101.5 |
| Visalia, CA | 3 | CA | 9.8% | −0.2 pts | 217.4 |
| Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 4 | CA | 8.1% | −0.1 pts | 59.6 |
| Merced, CA | 4 | CA | 8.1% | −0.3 pts | 125.1 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 6 | CA | 7.9% | −0.3 pts | 417.0 |
| Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 7 | FL | 7.6% | +0.1 pts | 35.3 |
| Fresno, CA | 8 | CA | 7.3% | −0.2 pts | 549.6 |
| Yuba City, CA | 9 | CA | 6.8% | −0.2 pts | 82.4 |
| Modesto, CA | 10 | CA | 6.6% | −0.2 pts | 255.3 |
| Homosassa Springs, FL | 11 | FL | 6.3% | 0.0 pts | 54.4 |
| Sebring, FL | 11 | FL | 6.3% | +0.2 pts | 36.3 |
| Eagle Pass, TX | 13 | TX | 6.2% | −2.5 pts | 24.7 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 13 | CA | 6.2% | −0.3 pts | 377.2 |
| Pueblo, CO | 15 | CO | 6.1% | +0.9 pts | 71.0 |
| Vineland, NJ | 15 | NJ | 6.1% | −2.2 pts | 65.5 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 17 | TX | 5.9% | −1.6 pts | 188.6 |
| Chico, CA | 17 | CA | 5.9% | −0.2 pts | 90.6 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 17 | AZ | 5.9% | +0.4 pts | 85.3 |
| Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 20 | AZ | 5.8% | +0.2 pts | 45.7 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 21 | CA | 5.7% | −0.2 pts | 2,222.7 |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 21 | CT | 5.7% | +1.2 pts | 233.9 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 23 | MI | 5.6% | +0.7 pts | 2,174.3 |
| Grants Pass, OR | 23 | OR | 5.6% | −1.2 pts | 35.5 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 23 | TX | 5.6% | −0.8 pts | 407.2 |
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| Metro area | Rank | States | Rate | Change over a year | Labor force |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punta Gorda, FL | 23 | FL | 5.6% | +0.1 pts | 77.8 |
| Salinas, CA | 27 | CA | 5.5% | 0.0 pts | 227.6 |
| Ocala, FL | 28 | FL | 5.4% | +0.1 pts | 162.9 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 29 | TX | 5.3% | −0.3 pts | 186.3 |
| Springfield, MA | 29 | MA | 5.3% | 0.0 pts | 225.9 |
| Vallejo, CA | 29 | CA | 5.3% | −0.2 pts | 218.9 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 32 | FL | 5.2% | 0.0 pts | 364.5 |
| New Haven, CT | 32 | CT | 5.2% | +1.2 pts | 302.5 |
| Redding, CA | 32 | CA | 5.2% | −0.2 pts | 81.5 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 32 | FL | 5.2% | −0.1 pts | 67.3 |
| Farmington, NM | 36 | NM | 5.1% | +0.8 pts | 50.3 |
| Flint, MI | 36 | MI | 5.1% | −0.5 pts | 173.2 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 36 | NM | 5.1% | +0.7 pts | 104.8 |
| Saginaw, MI | 36 | MI | 5.1% | −0.4 pts | 78.7 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 36 | CA | 5.1% | −0.3 pts | 138.7 |
| Decatur, IL | 41 | IL | 5.0% | −0.8 pts | 43.7 |
| Dover, DE | 41 | DE | 5.0% | −0.6 pts | 83.0 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 41 | KY | 5.0% | +0.3 pts | 56.5 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 41 | AZ | 5.0% | +0.1 pts | 72.6 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 41 | CT | 5.0% | +1.1 pts | 610.3 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 41 | CA | 5.0% | −0.2 pts | 1,196.0 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 47 | NJ | 4.9% | −1.9 pts | 182.8 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 47 | CT | 4.9% | +1.1 pts | 506.8 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 47 | FL | 4.9% | 0.0 pts | 324.0 |
| Gainesville, FL | 47 | FL | 4.9% | +0.3 pts | 171.6 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | 47 | TX | 4.9% | 0.0 pts | 206.2 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 47 | CA | 4.9% | −0.2 pts | 418.0 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | 47 | FL | 4.9% | +0.1 pts | 242.0 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 47 | WA | 4.9% | 0.0 pts | 2,340.4 |
| Bay City, MI | 55 | MI | 4.8% | −0.2 pts | 45.6 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 55 | FL | 4.8% | 0.0 pts | 376.9 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 55 | IA, IL | 4.8% | −0.2 pts | 188.3 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 55 | NV | 4.8% | −0.9 pts | 1,226.2 |
| Sumter, SC | 55 | SC | 4.8% | −0.6 pts | 42.9 |
| Tucson, AZ | 55 | AZ | 4.8% | +0.1 pts | 485.0 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 61 | NM | 4.7% | +0.8 pts | 447.6 |
| Greeley, CO | 61 | CO | 4.7% | +0.6 pts | 177.7 |
| Medford, OR | 61 | OR | 4.7% | −0.8 pts | 109.8 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 61 | FL | 4.7% | 0.0 pts | 182.5 |
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 61 | FL | 4.7% | +0.1 pts | 403.9 |
| Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 61 | AZ | 4.7% | +0.2 pts | 104.4 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 61 | CA | 4.7% | −0.2 pts | 1,656.7 |
| Youngstown-Warren, OH | 61 | OH | 4.7% | −0.1 pts | 188.3 |
| Battle Creek, MI | 69 | MI | 4.6% | −0.4 pts | 58.6 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 69 | MN, WI | 4.6% | +0.7 pts | 137.2 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 69 | TX | 4.6% | −0.2 pts | 3,926.3 |
| Kokomo, IN | 69 | IN | 4.6% | −1.1 pts | 35.4 |
| Longview, TX | 69 | TX | 4.6% | −0.1 pts | 130.8 |
| Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 69 | MI | 4.6% | −0.7 pts | 77.8 |
| Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 69 | CT | 4.6% | +0.8 pts | 141.9 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 69 | FL | 4.6% | +0.1 pts | 306.0 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 69 | FL | 4.6% | +0.2 pts | 242.2 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 69 | CA | 4.6% | −0.1 pts | 133.3 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 79 | CO | 4.5% | +0.6 pts | 388.1 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 79 | TX | 4.5% | −0.1 pts | 214.7 |
| Jackson, MI | 79 | MI | 4.5% | −0.1 pts | 67.8 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 79 | FL | 4.5% | +0.1 pts | 849.9 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 79 | MN, WI | 4.5% | +0.9 pts | 2,086.2 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 79 | NY, NJ | 4.5% | −0.8 pts | 10,339.7 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 79 | CA | 4.5% | −0.1 pts | 226.3 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 79 | FL | 4.5% | +0.3 pts | 209.6 |
| Albany, OR | 87 | OR | 4.4% | −1.3 pts | 62.9 |
| Boulder, CO | 87 | CO | 4.4% | +0.5 pts | 186.8 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 87 | IL, IN | 4.4% | +0.2 pts | 4,922.5 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 87 | OR | 4.4% | −1.0 pts | 188.3 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 87 | CO | 4.4% | +0.6 pts | 78.0 |
| Hammond, LA | 87 | LA | 4.4% | −0.8 pts | 60.4 |
| Ithaca, NY | 87 | NY | 4.4% | +0.3 pts | 49.6 |
| Lawton, OK | 87 | OK | 4.4% | +0.4 pts | 51.7 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 87 | CA | 4.4% | −1.1 pts | 6,646.9 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 87 | KY, IN | 4.4% | +0.4 pts | 706.5 |
| Rockford, IL | 87 | IL | 4.4% | −0.9 pts | 153.8 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 87 | CA | 4.4% | −0.2 pts | 2,473.5 |
| Victoria, TX | 87 | TX | 4.4% | −0.1 pts | 45.0 |
| Albany, GA | 100 | GA | 4.3% | +0.1 pts | 62.0 |
| Binghamton, NY | 100 | NY | 4.3% | +0.3 pts | 109.4 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 100 | GA, AL | 4.3% | +0.3 pts | 132.0 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 100 | CO | 4.3% | +0.5 pts | 1,747.0 |
| El Paso, TX | 100 | TX | 4.3% | −0.5 pts | 424.0 |
| Midland, MI | 100 | MI | 4.3% | +0.1 pts | 38.6 |
| Mobile, AL | 100 | AL | 4.3% | +0.6 pts | 183.9 |
| Monroe, MI | 100 | MI | 4.3% | −0.3 pts | 70.8 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 100 | KY, IL | 4.3% | −0.1 pts | 47.5 |
| Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 100 | FL | 4.3% | +0.1 pts | 104.8 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 100 | TX | 4.3% | +0.1 pts | 1,357.3 |
| Santa Fe, NM | 100 | NM | 4.3% | +0.7 pts | 71.4 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 100 | CA | 4.3% | −0.3 pts | 247.2 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 100 | FL | 4.3% | +0.1 pts | 1,706.3 |
| Texarkana, TX-AR | 100 | TX, AR | 4.3% | −0.3 pts | 62.1 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 115 | KY | 4.2% | 0.0 pts | 95.9 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 115 | NY | 4.2% | +0.2 pts | 568.0 |
| Florence, SC | 115 | SC | 4.2% | −0.8 pts | 96.1 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 115 | CO | 4.2% | +0.5 pts | 204.2 |
| Kankakee, IL | 115 | IL | 4.2% | −1.2 pts | 49.8 |
| Muncie, IN | 115 | IN | 4.2% | +0.2 pts | 53.0 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 115 | SC | 4.2% | −0.9 pts | 185.3 |
| Napa, CA | 115 | CA | 4.2% | −0.1 pts | 74.3 |
| Niles, MI | 115 | MI | 4.2% | −0.3 pts | 69.8 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 115 | FL | 4.2% | +0.1 pts | 1,536.9 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 115 | AZ | 4.2% | 0.0 pts | 2,662.3 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 115 | NC | 4.2% | −0.9 pts | 62.7 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 115 | CA | 4.2% | −0.3 pts | 1,075.9 |
| Sherman-Denison, TX | 115 | TX | 4.2% | +0.1 pts | 74.2 |
| St. Cloud, MN | 115 | MN | 4.2% | +1.0 pts | 109.8 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 115 | NJ | 4.2% | −1.7 pts | 197.5 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 115 | AL | 4.2% | +0.9 pts | 127.1 |
| Worcester, MA | 115 | MA | 4.2% | −0.3 pts | 470.2 |
| Anniston-Oxford, AL | 133 | AL | 4.1% | +0.8 pts | 49.4 |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 133 | FL | 4.1% | 0.0 pts | 143.1 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 133 | TX | 4.1% | −0.1 pts | 4,611.4 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 133 | WV, KY, OH | 4.1% | −0.4 pts | 157.1 |
| Laredo, TX | 133 | TX | 4.1% | −0.6 pts | 122.2 |
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 133 | GA | 4.1% | +0.2 pts | 100.7 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 133 | TN, MS, AR | 4.1% | −0.2 pts | 630.2 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 133 | OR, WA | 4.1% | −0.9 pts | 1,385.2 |
| Rochester, NY | 133 | NY | 4.1% | +0.3 pts | 527.2 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 133 | IN, MI | 4.1% | +0.2 pts | 153.2 |
| Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 133 | NY | 4.1% | +0.1 pts | 46.1 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 133 | WV, OH | 4.1% | −0.9 pts | 49.8 |
| Wichita, KS | 133 | KS | 4.1% | +0.2 pts | 334.6 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 146 | GA, SC | 4.0% | −0.2 pts | 283.0 |
| Bend, OR | 146 | OR | 4.0% | −0.9 pts | 136.4 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 146 | TN, KY | 4.0% | −0.1 pts | 142.7 |
| Elmira, NY | 146 | NY | 4.0% | +0.1 pts | 35.5 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 146 | NC | 4.0% | −0.6 pts | 148.9 |
| Hinesville, GA | 146 | GA | 4.0% | +0.2 pts | 32.2 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 146 | MI | 4.0% | −0.2 pts | 127.6 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 146 | NY | 4.0% | +0.1 pts | 348.6 |
| Longview-Kelso, WA | 146 | WA | 4.0% | −0.6 pts | 46.7 |
| Mansfield, OH | 146 | OH | 4.0% | −0.6 pts | 51.7 |
| Monroe, LA | 146 | LA | 4.0% | −0.7 pts | 96.3 |
| Owensboro, KY | 146 | KY | 4.0% | −0.1 pts | 53.2 |
| Salem, OR | 146 | OR | 4.0% | −0.9 pts | 234.9 |
| Syracuse, NY | 146 | NY | 4.0% | +0.2 pts | 322.8 |
| Tyler, TX | 146 | TX | 4.0% | −0.1 pts | 122.5 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 146 | NY | 4.0% | +0.1 pts | 130.4 |
| Valdosta, GA | 146 | GA | 4.0% | +0.3 pts | 63.4 |
| Waco, TX | 146 | TX | 4.0% | −0.2 pts | 148.0 |
| Yakima, WA | 146 | WA | 4.0% | −0.2 pts | 129.4 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 165 | VA | 3.9% | −0.9 pts | 87.8 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 165 | MA, NH | 3.9% | −0.3 pts | 2,812.6 |
| Corvallis, OR | 165 | OR | 3.9% | −0.9 pts | 49.2 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 165 | AL | 3.9% | +0.7 pts | 69.6 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 165 | LA | 3.9% | −0.7 pts | 100.1 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 165 | MI | 3.9% | −0.2 pts | 229.8 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 165 | VA | 3.9% | +0.4 pts | 124.6 |
| Mankato, MN | 165 | MN | 3.9% | +1.0 pts | 60.6 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 165 | IN | 3.9% | +0.1 pts | 52.5 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 165 | LA | 3.9% | −0.6 pts | 463.6 |
| Pittsfield, MA | 165 | MA | 3.9% | −0.1 pts | 64.4 |
| Toledo, OH | 165 | OH | 3.9% | −0.9 pts | 286.7 |
| Topeka, KS | 165 | KS | 3.9% | +0.3 pts | 119.9 |
| Tulsa, OK | 165 | OK | 3.9% | +0.4 pts | 534.7 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 165 | TX | 3.9% | −0.1 pts | 66.3 |
| Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 180 | MA | 3.8% | −0.4 pts | 84.7 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 180 | MA | 3.8% | 0.0 pts | 123.1 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 180 | IN | 3.8% | +0.2 pts | 99.6 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 180 | AR, OK | 3.8% | −0.4 pts | 103.7 |
| Gadsden, AL | 180 | AL | 3.8% | +0.7 pts | 42.0 |
| Kingston, NY | 180 | NY | 3.8% | +0.2 pts | 90.0 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 180 | KY | 3.8% | 0.0 pts | 286.8 |
| Manhattan, KS | 180 | KS | 3.8% | +0.3 pts | 62.8 |
| Montgomery, AL | 180 | AL | 3.8% | +0.7 pts | 176.8 |
| Peoria, IL | 180 | IL | 3.8% | −0.9 pts | 174.6 |
| Pocatello, ID | 180 | ID | 3.8% | +0.1 pts | 40.5 |
| Richmond, VA | 180 | VA | 3.8% | +0.5 pts | 708.6 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 180 | PA | 3.8% | −1.2 pts | 281.9 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 180 | SC | 3.8% | −0.8 pts | 188.3 |
| Springfield, OH | 180 | OH | 3.8% | −1.4 pts | 59.4 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 180 | IN | 3.8% | +0.1 pts | 79.3 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 180 | VA, NC | 3.8% | +0.3 pts | 864.6 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 180 | WV, OH | 3.8% | −0.5 pts | 56.5 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 198 | NY | 3.7% | +0.2 pts | 471.8 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 198 | MI | 3.7% | −0.1 pts | 189.9 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 198 | TX | 3.7% | 0.0 pts | 1,572.0 |
| Beckley, WV | 198 | WV | 3.7% | −0.7 pts | 45.1 |
| Bloomington, IN | 198 | IN | 3.7% | +0.4 pts | 82.6 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 198 | OH | 3.7% | −0.5 pts | 190.6 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 198 | ID | 3.7% | −0.1 pts | 89.6 |
| Columbus, IN | 198 | IN | 3.7% | +0.3 pts | 39.5 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 198 | OH | 3.7% | −0.6 pts | 394.2 |
| Enid, OK | 198 | OK | 3.7% | +0.5 pts | 28.2 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 198 | MI | 3.7% | −0.2 pts | 569.9 |
| Hot Springs, AR | 198 | AR | 3.7% | −0.7 pts | 44.4 |
| Jackson, TN | 198 | TN | 3.7% | −0.2 pts | 80.8 |
| Lima, OH | 198 | OH | 3.7% | −0.8 pts | 46.8 |
| Lubbock, TX | 198 | TX | 3.7% | 0.0 pts | 188.2 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 198 | WA | 3.7% | −0.3 pts | 60.3 |
| Odessa, TX | 198 | TX | 3.7% | −0.4 pts | 89.1 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 198 | OK | 3.7% | +0.3 pts | 783.3 |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 198 | WV | 3.7% | −0.3 pts | 37.5 |
| Rochester, MN | 198 | MN | 3.7% | +0.8 pts | 127.0 |
| Salisbury, MD | 198 | MD | 3.7% | −0.9 pts | 63.5 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 198 | LA | 3.7% | −0.6 pts | 169.5 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 198 | DC, VA, MD, WV | 3.7% | −0.4 pts | 3,435.0 |
| Akron, OH | 221 | OH | 3.6% | −0.7 pts | 353.4 |
| Alexandria, LA | 221 | LA | 3.6% | −0.5 pts | 64.1 |
| Anchorage, AK | 221 | AK | 3.6% | −0.1 pts | 200.5 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 221 | AL | 3.6% | +0.9 pts | 99.8 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 221 | LA | 3.6% | −0.6 pts | 434.2 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 221 | OH, KY, IN | 3.6% | −0.4 pts | 1,178.6 |
| Columbia, SC | 221 | SC | 3.6% | −0.7 pts | 442.8 |
| Dalton, GA | 221 | GA | 3.6% | −0.1 pts | 66.7 |
| Dothan, AL | 221 | AL | 3.6% | +0.7 pts | 68.6 |
| Evansville, IN | 221 | IN | 3.6% | +0.1 pts | 136.1 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 221 | LA | 3.6% | −0.5 pts | 88.3 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 221 | AR | 3.6% | −0.4 pts | 68.3 |
| Lawrence, KS | 221 | KS | 3.6% | +0.3 pts | 70.6 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 221 | AR | 3.6% | −0.4 pts | 398.1 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 221 | PA, NJ, DE, MD | 3.6% | −1.2 pts | 3,338.9 |
| Roanoke, VA | 221 | VA | 3.6% | +0.4 pts | 156.9 |
| Sandusky, OH | 221 | OH | 3.6% | −0.6 pts | 58.8 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 221 | LA | 3.6% | −0.5 pts | 130.1 |
| Springfield, IL | 221 | IL | 3.6% | −0.8 pts | 97.2 |
| Abilene, TX | 240 | TX | 3.5% | −0.1 pts | 90.2 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 240 | PA, NJ | 3.5% | −1.3 pts | 467.9 |
| Amarillo, TX | 240 | TX | 3.5% | +0.2 pts | 140.5 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 240 | GA | 3.5% | +0.1 pts | 3,387.0 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 240 | MD | 3.5% | −0.8 pts | 1,512.2 |
| Bellingham, WA | 240 | WA | 3.5% | −0.4 pts | 113.4 |
| Birmingham, AL | 240 | AL | 3.5% | +0.7 pts | 571.3 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 240 | WA | 3.5% | −0.2 pts | 120.3 |
| Carson City, NV | 240 | NV | 3.5% | −0.7 pts | 28.9 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 240 | IA | 3.5% | +0.1 pts | 143.5 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 240 | IL | 3.5% | −0.7 pts | 126.3 |
| Charleston, WV | 240 | WV | 3.5% | −0.8 pts | 87.2 |
| Cleveland, TN | 240 | TN | 3.5% | −0.4 pts | 56.6 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 240 | TX | 3.5% | −0.2 pts | 156.2 |
| Fairbanks-College, AK | 240 | AK | 3.5% | 0.0 pts | 45.0 |
| Greenville, NC | 240 | NC | 3.5% | −0.5 pts | 85.2 |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 240 | SC | 3.5% | −1.0 pts | 102.8 |
| Kennewick-Richland, WA | 240 | WA | 3.5% | −0.4 pts | 152.8 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 240 | TN, VA | 3.5% | −0.1 pts | 137.2 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 240 | RI, MA | 3.5% | −0.6 pts | 894.3 |
| Reno, NV | 240 | NV | 3.5% | −0.8 pts | 301.7 |
| Rome, GA | 240 | GA | 3.5% | +0.2 pts | 49.3 |
| San Angelo, TX | 240 | TX | 3.5% | +0.1 pts | 62.7 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 240 | GA | 3.5% | +0.5 pts | 90.9 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 240 | IA | 3.5% | −0.1 pts | 85.7 |
| Bangor, ME | 265 | ME | 3.4% | +0.2 pts | 74.9 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 265 | IN | 3.4% | +0.1 pts | 239.6 |
| Glens Falls, NY | 265 | NY | 3.4% | +0.1 pts | 60.9 |
| Grand Island, NE | 265 | NE | 3.4% | +0.7 pts | 43.9 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 265 | NC | 3.4% | −0.6 pts | 372.6 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 265 | IN | 3.4% | 0.0 pts | 1,164.5 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 265 | NC | 3.4% | −0.4 pts | 71.8 |
| Johnstown, PA | 265 | PA | 3.4% | −1.3 pts | 55.5 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 265 | MO, KS | 3.4% | −0.1 pts | 1,217.7 |
| Lafayette, LA | 265 | LA | 3.4% | −0.5 pts | 201.8 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 265 | IN | 3.4% | +0.1 pts | 121.7 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 265 | WA | 3.4% | −0.5 pts | 144.1 |
| Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 265 | WI | 3.4% | +0.3 pts | 100.5 |
| Reading, PA | 265 | PA | 3.4% | −1.2 pts | 222.3 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 265 | MO, KS | 3.4% | −0.1 pts | 55.1 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 265 | MO, IL | 3.4% | −0.3 pts | 1,491.8 |
| Traverse City, MI | 265 | MI | 3.4% | −0.2 pts | 77.8 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 265 | VA, WV | 3.4% | +0.3 pts | 73.8 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 283 | GA | 3.3% | +0.2 pts | 115.5 |
| Bloomington, IL | 283 | IL | 3.3% | −0.6 pts | 92.3 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 283 | NC, SC | 3.3% | −0.6 pts | 1,495.0 |
| Columbus, OH | 283 | OH | 3.3% | −0.6 pts | 1,162.5 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 283 | AL | 3.3% | +0.6 pts | 119.4 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 283 | IA | 3.3% | +0.1 pts | 413.2 |
| Goldsboro, NC | 283 | NC | 3.3% | −0.6 pts | 48.4 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 283 | SC | 3.3% | −0.8 pts | 516.7 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 283 | MD, WV | 3.3% | −0.8 pts | 146.5 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 283 | VA | 3.3% | +0.5 pts | 71.4 |
| Joplin, MO-KS | 283 | MO, KS | 3.3% | −0.1 pts | 100.0 |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 283 | ME | 3.3% | 0.0 pts | 55.6 |
| Morristown, TN | 283 | TN | 3.3% | −0.4 pts | 53.8 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 283 | UT | 3.3% | −0.3 pts | 376.0 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 283 | WA | 3.3% | −0.4 pts | 280.4 |
| Burlington, NC | 298 | NC | 3.2% | −0.6 pts | 83.7 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 298 | SC | 3.2% | −0.7 pts | 475.2 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 298 | VA | 3.2% | +0.4 pts | 120.9 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 298 | TN, GA | 3.2% | −0.1 pts | 297.1 |
| Erie, PA | 298 | PA | 3.2% | −1.2 pts | 127.4 |
| Johnson City, TN | 298 | TN | 3.2% | −0.3 pts | 99.6 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 298 | FL | 3.2% | −0.4 pts | 3,302.7 |
| Midland, TX | 298 | TX | 3.2% | −0.2 pts | 108.2 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 298 | WI | 3.2% | +0.1 pts | 810.6 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 298 | UT | 3.2% | −0.4 pts | 750.9 |
| St. George, UT | 298 | UT | 3.2% | −0.3 pts | 97.0 |
| Walla Walla, WA | 298 | WA | 3.2% | −0.2 pts | 29.3 |
| Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 298 | WA | 3.2% | −0.2 pts | 62.8 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 298 | NC | 3.2% | −0.6 pts | 320.8 |
| Boise City, ID | 312 | ID | 3.1% | −0.1 pts | 452.0 |
| Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 312 | GA | 3.1% | +0.2 pts | 58.6 |
| Decatur, AL | 312 | AL | 3.1% | +0.6 pts | 78.3 |
| Dubuque, IA | 312 | IA | 3.1% | +0.1 pts | 52.2 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 312 | AR | 3.1% | −0.3 pts | 329.4 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 312 | MS | 3.1% | −0.3 pts | 187.8 |
| Huntsville, AL | 312 | AL | 3.1% | +0.6 pts | 287.3 |
| Kahului-Wailuku, HI | 312 | HI | 3.1% | +0.7 pts | 83.4 |
| Lexington Park, MD | 312 | MD | 3.1% | −0.7 pts | 106.2 |
| Savannah, GA | 312 | GA | 3.1% | +0.3 pts | 223.9 |
| Springfield, MO | 312 | MO | 3.1% | −0.2 pts | 248.5 |
| Twin Falls, ID | 312 | ID | 3.1% | +0.1 pts | 60.8 |
| Williamsport, PA | 312 | PA | 3.1% | −1.3 pts | 53.0 |
| Wilmington, NC | 312 | NC | 3.1% | −0.5 pts | 228.7 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 326 | MO, IL | 3.0% | −0.2 pts | 49.7 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 326 | WY | 3.0% | 0.0 pts | 46.8 |
| Gainesville, GA | 326 | GA | 3.0% | +0.3 pts | 112.5 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 326 | MS | 3.0% | −0.3 pts | 69.7 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 326 | NC | 3.0% | −0.6 pts | 164.1 |
| Jackson, MS | 326 | MS | 3.0% | −0.3 pts | 279.6 |
| Janesville-Beloit, WI | 326 | WI | 3.0% | +0.1 pts | 87.4 |
| Kenosha, WI | 326 | WI | 3.0% | +0.1 pts | 97.1 |
| Ogden, UT | 326 | UT | 3.0% | −0.4 pts | 349.5 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 326 | PA | 3.0% | −1.1 pts | 1,238.8 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 326 | IA, NE, SD | 3.0% | +0.1 pts | 76.4 |
| Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 326 | VA | 3.0% | +0.2 pts | 66.4 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 326 | HI | 3.0% | +0.8 pts | 484.6 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 326 | PA | 3.0% | −1.1 pts | 241.9 |
| Altoona, PA | 340 | PA | 2.9% | −1.1 pts | 57.5 |
| Ames, IA | 340 | IA | 2.9% | +0.3 pts | 72.1 |
| Casper, WY | 340 | WY | 2.9% | −0.1 pts | 39.7 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 340 | PA | 2.9% | −1.2 pts | 315.8 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 340 | ID | 2.9% | +0.2 pts | 83.9 |
| Knoxville, TN | 340 | TN | 2.9% | −0.3 pts | 466.6 |
| Lewiston, ID-WA | 340 | ID, WA | 2.9% | −0.3 pts | 30.0 |
| Morgantown, WV | 340 | WV | 2.9% | −0.7 pts | 71.7 |
| Asheville, NC | 348 | NC | 2.8% | −0.8 pts | 204.4 |
| Chambersburg, PA | 348 | PA | 2.8% | −1.1 pts | 79.4 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 348 | NC | 2.8% | −0.6 pts | 325.1 |
| Iowa City, IA | 348 | IA | 2.8% | +0.4 pts | 102.1 |
| Lebanon, PA | 348 | PA | 2.8% | −1.2 pts | 75.2 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 348 | TN | 2.8% | −0.2 pts | 1,200.6 |
| Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 348 | NC | 2.8% | −0.6 pts | 46.4 |
| Columbia, MO | 355 | MO | 2.7% | −0.2 pts | 116.5 |
| Eau Claire, WI | 355 | WI | 2.7% | +0.2 pts | 96.3 |
| Gettysburg, PA | 355 | PA | 2.7% | −0.9 pts | 51.9 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 355 | MO | 2.7% | −0.1 pts | 77.8 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 355 | WI, MN | 2.7% | +0.2 pts | 92.2 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 355 | UT, ID | 2.7% | −0.4 pts | 79.9 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 355 | WI | 2.7% | +0.1 pts | 91.9 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | 355 | ME | 2.7% | +0.1 pts | 317.8 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 355 | NC | 2.7% | −0.5 pts | 869.4 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | 364 | WI | 2.6% | +0.1 pts | 55.8 |
| Great Falls, MT | 364 | MT | 2.6% | −0.6 pts | 38.6 |
| Green Bay, WI | 364 | WI | 2.6% | +0.1 pts | 182.3 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 364 | NE, IA | 2.6% | −0.4 pts | 543.8 |
| Sheboygan, WI | 364 | WI | 2.6% | +0.1 pts | 64.0 |
| State College, PA | 364 | PA | 2.6% | −0.8 pts | 78.8 |
| Appleton, WI | 370 | WI | 2.5% | +0.1 pts | 136.4 |
| Billings, MT | 370 | MT | 2.5% | −0.6 pts | 98.2 |
| Lancaster, PA | 370 | PA | 2.5% | −1.0 pts | 297.8 |
| Madison, WI | 370 | WI | 2.5% | +0.2 pts | 414.3 |
| Wausau, WI | 370 | WI | 2.5% | +0.1 pts | 74.4 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 375 | VT | 2.4% | 0.0 pts | 126.2 |
| Missoula, MT | 375 | MT | 2.4% | −0.5 pts | 73.8 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 377 | ND, MN | 2.3% | 0.0 pts | 156.3 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 377 | ND, MN | 2.3% | 0.0 pts | 56.6 |
| Helena, MT | 377 | MT | 2.3% | −0.7 pts | 47.6 |
| Lincoln, NE | 377 | NE | 2.3% | −0.4 pts | 199.5 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 381 | NH | 2.2% | −1.1 pts | 238.4 |
| Bozeman, MT | 382 | MT | 2.0% | −0.4 pts | 78.2 |
| Cleveland, OH | 383 | OH | 1.9% | −1.4 pts | 1,108.9 |
| Minot, ND | 384 | ND | 1.8% | −0.4 pts | 40.5 |
| Bismarck, ND | 385 | ND | 1.7% | −0.3 pts | 74.0 |
| Rapid City, SD | 385 | SD | 1.7% | −0.2 pts | 80.4 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 385 | SD, MN | 1.7% | −0.1 pts | 175.0 |
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- The rate is a share of the labor force of its own area, so an area with a small labor force can move more from one month to the next than a large one.
- The rates are not seasonally adjusted. The rate for the United States on this page is the household survey's, also not seasonally adjusted; the seasonally adjusted rate of the nation is on the unemployment rate page.
- The metro areas of Puerto Rico are not on this page, as the state pages do not cover it. A metro area can cross state lines: the states listed are those in BLS's name for the area.
- The ranks and the changes are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes. Equal rates share a rank.
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