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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
Annual Average Rankings
Year: 2001
RankMetropolitan AreaRate
1 Columbus, OH MSA 2.8
2 Orange County, CA PMSA 3.0
3 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3.1
4 Boston, MA-NH PMSA 3.2
4 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA 3.2
4 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 3.2
4 San Diego, CA MSA 3.2
8 Hartford, CT MSA 3.3
8 Indianapolis, IN MSA 3.3
8 Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 3.3
11 Atlanta, GA MSA 3.5
11 Denver, CO PMSA 3.5
11 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 3.5
14 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 3.8
15 San Francisco, CA PMSA 3.9
16 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 4.0
16 Oakland, CA PMSA 4.0
16 Orlando, FL MSA 4.0
16 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 4.0
16 San Antonio, TX MSA 4.0
21 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA 4.1
21 Sacramento, CA PMSA 4.1
23 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 4.2
24 Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 4.3
24 Houston, TX PMSA 4.3
24 Newark, NJ PMSA 4.3
24 Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 4.3
24 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 4.3
29 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 4.4
29 Rochester, NY MSA 4.4
31 Baltimore, MD PMSA 4.5
32 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA 4.6
32 San Jose, CA PMSA 4.6
34 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 4.7
35 Dallas, TX PMSA 4.8
35 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 4.8
35 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 4.8
38 Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA 4.9
38 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 4.9
40 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA 5.0
41 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 5.1
41 Detroit, MI PMSA 5.1
41 New Orleans, LA MSA 5.1
44 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA 5.2
45 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 5.3
46 Chicago, IL PMSA 5.4
47 New York, NY PMSA 5.6
48 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA 5.7
49 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA 5.9
50 Miami, FL PMSA 6.9

Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.
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: June 30, 2004

 

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