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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: 2002
RankMetropolitan AreaRate
1 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3.7
2 Orange County, CA PMSA 4.1
3 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 4.2
4 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 4.3
4 Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 4.3
4 San Diego, CA MSA 4.3
7 Columbus, OH MSA 4.4
8 Hartford, CT MSA 4.5
9 Indianapolis, IN MSA 4.6
9 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 4.6
11 Baltimore, MD PMSA 4.8
11 Boston, MA-NH PMSA 4.8
13 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 4.9
14 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA 5.0
15 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 5.2
15 Sacramento, CA PMSA 5.2
15 San Antonio, TX MSA 5.2
18 Atlanta, GA MSA 5.3
18 Orlando, FL MSA 5.3
20 New Orleans, LA MSA 5.4
20 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 5.4
20 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 5.4
23 Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 5.5
24 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 5.7
24 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 5.7
24 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA1 5.7
27 Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 5.8
28 Denver, CO PMSA1 5.9
28 Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA 5.9
28 Houston, TX PMSA 5.9
28 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA 5.9
28 Rochester, NY MSA 5.9
28 San Francisco, CA PMSA 5.9
34 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 6.0
34 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 6.0
36 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA 6.1
36 Newark, NJ PMSA 6.1
36 Oakland, CA PMSA 6.1
36 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 6.1
40 Detroit, MI PMSA 6.2
40 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 6.2
42 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 6.4
43 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA 6.6
44 Chicago, IL PMSA 6.7
45 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA 6.8
45 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA 6.8
47 Dallas, TX PMSA 7.1
48 New York, NY PMSA 7.3
49 Miami, FL PMSA 7.8
49 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA 7.8
51 San Jose, CA PMSA 8.5

Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.
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: June 9, 2004

 

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