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: 2000
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| Rank | Metropolitan Area | Rate
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| 1 |
San Jose, CA PMSA |
2.0 |
| 2 |
San Francisco, CA PMSA |
2.1 |
| 3 |
Boston, MA-NH PMSA |
2.2 |
| 4 |
Denver, CO PMSA |
2.3 |
| 5 |
Hartford, CT MSA |
2.4 |
| 5 |
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA |
2.4 |
| 7 |
Columbus, OH MSA |
2.5 |
| 7 |
Indianapolis, IN MSA |
2.5 |
| 7 |
Orange County, CA PMSA |
2.5 |
| 10 |
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA |
2.6 |
| 10 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA |
2.6 |
| 10 |
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA |
2.6 |
| 10 |
Orlando, FL MSA |
2.6 |
| 10 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA |
2.6 |
| 15 |
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA |
2.7 |
| 16 |
Atlanta, GA MSA |
2.9 |
| 16 |
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA |
2.9 |
| 16 |
Oakland, CA PMSA |
2.9 |
| 19 |
Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA |
3.0 |
| 19 |
San Diego, CA MSA |
3.0 |
| 21 |
Dallas, TX PMSA |
3.1 |
| 21 |
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA |
3.1 |
| 23 |
Detroit, MI PMSA |
3.2 |
| 23 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA |
3.2 |
| 25 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA |
3.3 |
| 25 |
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA |
3.3 |
| 27 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA |
3.4 |
| 27 |
San Antonio, TX MSA |
3.4 |
| 29 |
Newark, NJ PMSA |
3.6 |
| 30 |
Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA |
3.7 |
| 30 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA |
3.7 |
| 30 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA |
3.7 |
| 30 |
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA |
3.7 |
| 34 |
Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA |
3.8 |
| 34 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA |
3.8 |
| 36 |
Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA |
3.9 |
| 36 |
Rochester, NY MSA |
3.9 |
| 38 |
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA |
4.0 |
| 38 |
Sacramento, CA PMSA |
4.0 |
| 40 |
Chicago, IL PMSA |
4.1 |
| 40 |
Houston, TX PMSA |
4.1 |
| 40 |
Pittsburgh, PA MSA |
4.1 |
| 40 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA |
4.1 |
| 44 |
Baltimore, MD PMSA |
4.4 |
| 44 |
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA |
4.4 |
| 46 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA |
4.9 |
| 46 |
New Orleans, LA MSA |
4.9 |
| 48 |
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA |
5.1 |
| 49 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA |
5.3 |
| 49 |
Miami, FL PMSA |
5.3 |
| 49 |
New York, NY PMSA |
5.3 |
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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