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Unemployment Rate Over-the-Year Change for Large Metropolitan Areas

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

Unemployment Rate Over-the-Year Change for Large Metropolitan Areas
Annual Average Rankings
20002001
RankMetropolitan AreaRateRateChange
1 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA 5.1 5.0 -0.1
2 Sacramento, CA PMSA 4.1 4.1 0.0
3 Baltimore, MD PMSA 4.4 4.5 0.1
4 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA 4.4 4.6 0.2
4 Houston, TX PMSA 4.1 4.3 0.2
4 New Orleans, LA MSA 4.9 5.1 0.2
4 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 4.1 4.3 0.2
4 San Diego, CA MSA 3.0 3.2 0.2
9 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 5.0 5.3 0.3
9 Columbus, OH MSA 2.5 2.8 0.3
9 New York, NY PMSA 5.3 5.6 0.3
12 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA 5.3 5.7 0.4
12 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 3.8 4.2 0.4
12 Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 2.9 3.3 0.4
12 Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 3.9 4.3 0.4
12 Rochester, NY MSA 4.0 4.4 0.4
17 Orange County, CA PMSA 2.5 3.0 0.5
18 Atlanta, GA MSA 2.9 3.5 0.6
18 Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 3.7 4.3 0.6
18 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 3.4 4.0 0.6
18 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA 2.6 3.2 0.6
18 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 2.6 3.2 0.6
18 San Antonio, TX MSA 3.4 4.0 0.6
24 Newark, NJ PMSA 3.6 4.3 0.7
24 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 4.1 4.8 0.7
24 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2.4 3.1 0.7
27 Indianapolis, IN MSA 2.5 3.3 0.8
28 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA 3.2 4.1 0.9
28 Hartford, CT MSA 2.4 3.3 0.9
28 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 3.8 4.7 0.9
28 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 2.6 3.5 0.9
32 Boston, MA-NH PMSA 2.2 3.2 1.0
33 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 3.3 4.4 1.1
33 Oakland, CA PMSA 2.9 4.0 1.1
33 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 3.7 4.8 1.1
36 Denver, CO PMSA 2.3 3.5 1.2
36 Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA 3.7 4.9 1.2
36 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 3.1 4.3 1.2
36 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 2.6 3.8 1.2
40 Chicago, IL PMSA 4.1 5.4 1.3
40 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 2.7 4.0 1.3
42 Orlando, FL MSA 2.6 4.0 1.4
43 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA 3.7 5.2 1.5
44 Miami, FL PMSA 5.3 6.9 1.6
45 Dallas, TX PMSA 3.1 4.8 1.7
46 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 3.3 5.1 1.8
46 San Francisco, CA PMSA 2.1 3.9 1.8
48 Detroit, MI PMSA 3.2 5.1 1.9
48 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA 4.0 5.9 1.9
50 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 2.9 4.9 2.0
51 San Jose, CA PMSA 2.0 4.6 2.6

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: July 20, 2004

 

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