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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
19992000
RankMetropolitan AreaRateRateChange
1 San Jose, CA PMSA 3.0 2.0 -1.0
2 Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 4.6 3.7 -0.9
2 Hartford, CT MSA 3.3 2.4 -0.9
2 New York, NY PMSA 6.2 5.3 -0.9
2 Newark, NJ PMSA 4.5 3.6 -0.9
6 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 3.4 2.6 -0.8
7 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA 5.9 5.3 -0.6
7 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA 3.2 2.6 -0.6
9 Boston, MA-NH PMSA 2.7 2.2 -0.5
9 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 5.4 4.9 -0.5
9 Miami, FL PMSA 5.8 5.3 -0.5
9 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA 4.5 4.0 -0.5
9 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 3.6 3.1 -0.5
14 Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA 4.1 3.7 -0.4
14 Houston, TX PMSA 4.5 4.1 -0.4
14 Oakland, CA PMSA 3.3 2.9 -0.4
14 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 3.1 2.7 -0.4
18 Detroit, MI PMSA 3.5 3.2 -0.3
18 Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 3.3 3.0 -0.3
18 Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 4.2 3.9 -0.3
18 Rochester, NY MSA 4.2 3.9 -0.3
18 San Francisco, CA PMSA 2.4 2.1 -0.3
23 Atlanta, GA MSA 3.1 2.9 -0.2
23 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 4.3 4.1 -0.2
23 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2.6 2.4 -0.2
26 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 3.5 3.4 -0.1
26 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA 4.5 4.4 -0.1
26 Columbus, OH MSA 2.6 2.5 -0.1
26 Denver, CO PMSA 2.4 2.3 -0.1
26 Orange County, CA PMSA 2.6 2.5 -0.1
26 Orlando, FL MSA 2.7 2.6 -0.1
26 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 4.2 4.1 -0.1
26 San Diego, CA MSA 3.1 3.0 -0.1
26 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 2.7 2.6 -0.1
35 Chicago, IL PMSA 4.1 4.1 0.0
35 Dallas, TX PMSA 3.1 3.1 0.0
35 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA 5.1 5.1 0.0
35 Sacramento, CA PMSA 4.0 4.0 0.0
35 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 3.7 3.7 0.0
40 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA 3.1 3.2 0.1
40 Indianapolis, IN MSA 2.4 2.5 0.1
42 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 3.6 3.8 0.2
43 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 3.0 3.3 0.3
43 San Antonio, TX MSA 3.1 3.4 0.3
43 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA 3.4 3.7 0.3
46 Baltimore, MD PMSA 4.0 4.4 0.4
46 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 2.2 2.6 0.4
48 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 2.4 2.9 0.5
49 New Orleans, LA MSA 4.3 4.9 0.6
50 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 3.1 3.8 0.7
51 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 2.5 3.3 0.8

Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.
NOTE: Data for 2000 reflect newly benchmarked data, while the 1999 data remain on a 2002 benchmark and will not be updated.

 

Last Modified Date: July 20, 2004

 

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