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Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas

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

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas
Monthly Rankings
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Sept. 2003Sept. 2004p
RankMetropolitan AreaRateRateChange
1 San Jose, CA PMSA 7.9 5.5 -2.4
2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA 7.2 5.0 -2.2
3 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 6.9 4.9 -2.0
4 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 5.9 4.3 -1.6
4 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA 8.1 6.5 -1.6
6 Dallas, TX PMSA 7.1 5.7 -1.4
7 Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 5.8 4.5 -1.3
7 Boston, MA-NH PMSA 5.5 4.2 -1.3
7 Denver, CO PMSA1 6.1 4.8 -1.3
7 New York, NY PMSA 7.7 6.4 -1.3
7 San Francisco, CA PMSA 5.5 4.2 -1.3
12 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA 6.4 5.2 -1.2
12 Houston, TX PMSA 7.1 5.9 -1.2
12 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA 4.9 3.7 -1.2
12 Newark, NJ PMSA 6.0 4.8 -1.2
12 Oakland, CA PMSA 6.2 5.0 -1.2
17 Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA 5.6 4.5 -1.1
17 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA 7.3 6.2 -1.1
17 San Antonio, TX MSA 5.7 4.6 -1.1
20 Chicago, IL PMSA 6.8 5.8 -1.0
20 Miami, FL PMSA 7.1 6.1 -1.0
20 New Orleans, LA MSA 5.8 4.8 -1.0
23 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 5.7 4.8 -0.9
23 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 5.0 4.1 -0.9
25 Rochester, NY MSA 5.9 5.1 -0.8
26 Hartford, CT MSA 5.3 4.6 -0.7
26 Orlando, FL MSA 4.9 4.2 -0.7
26 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 5.5 4.8 -0.7
26 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 4.4 3.7 -0.7
30 Atlanta, GA MSA 4.9 4.3 -0.6
30 Baltimore, MD PMSA 5.1 4.5 -0.6
30 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 6.2 5.6 -0.6
30 Detroit, MI PMSA 7.3 6.7 -0.6
30 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 5.1 4.5 -0.6
35 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 6.5 6.0 -0.5
35 Orange County, CA PMSA 3.7 3.2 -0.5
35 Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 5.5 5.0 -0.5
38 Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 4.3 3.9 -0.4
38 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 4.7 4.3 -0.4
38 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA 6.1 5.7 -0.4
38 Sacramento, CA PMSA 5.4 5.0 -0.4
38 San Diego, CA MSA 4.2 3.8 -0.4
38 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3.5 3.1 -0.4
44 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA 6.4 6.1 -0.3
45 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 5.9 5.7 -0.2
46 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 5.0 4.9 -0.1
46 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 4.9 4.8 -0.1
46 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 5.0 4.9 -0.1
49 Indianapolis, IN MSA 4.7 4.7 0.0
49 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA1 5.9 5.9 0.0
51 Columbus, OH MSA 4.8 4.9 0.1

Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.
p = preliminary.
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: November 03, 2004

 

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