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Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas

(with a 1990 Census population of 1 million or more)

Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas
Monthly Rankings
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Aug. 2004p
RankMetropolitan AreaRate
1 Orange County, CA PMSA 3.2
1 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3.2
3 San Diego, CA MSA 3.7
4 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA 3.9
4 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 3.9
4 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 3.9
7 Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 4.2
8 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 4.3
8 Orlando, FL MSA 4.3
10 Atlanta, GA MSA 4.4
10 San Francisco, CA PMSA 4.4
12 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 4.5
13 Indianapolis, IN MSA 4.7
13 New Orleans, LA MSA 4.7
15 Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 4.8
15 Boston, MA-NH PMSA 4.8
15 Columbus, OH MSA 4.8
15 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 4.8
19 Baltimore, MD PMSA 4.9
19 Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA 4.9
19 Newark, NJ PMSA 4.9
19 San Antonio, TX MSA 4.9
23 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 5.0
23 Denver, CO PMSA1 5.0
23 Sacramento, CA PMSA 5.0
26 Hartford, CT MSA 5.1
26 Rochester, NY MSA 5.1
26 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 5.1
29 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 5.2
29 Oakland, CA PMSA 5.2
31 Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 5.3
32 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 5.4
32 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 5.4
34 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA 5.5
34 San Jose, CA PMSA 5.5
36 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 5.6
36 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA 5.6
38 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 5.8
38 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA 5.8
40 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 5.9
41 Dallas, TX PMSA 6.0
42 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 6.2
42 Chicago, IL PMSA 6.2
42 Houston, TX PMSA 6.2
42 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA 6.2
42 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA1 6.2
47 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA 6.3
47 New York, NY PMSA 6.3
49 Detroit, MI PMSA 6.6
49 Miami, FL PMSA 6.6
51 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA 6.9

Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.
p = preliminary.
1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. All estimates are provisional and will be revised when new benchmark and population information becomes available.

 

Last Modified Date: September 29, 2004

 

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