Department of Numbers

Unemployment Rate by Metropolitan Area

The March 2013 unemployment rate and total unemployed for 369 metropolitan areas tracked by the BLS are shown below. Unemployment rates by state are also available. Visit the unemployment overview page to see all unemployment data. Click on a header to sort.

City, State March 2013
Unemployment Rate 		1 Month
Unemployment
Rate Change 		March 2013
Unemployed 		1 Month
Unemployed Change
Anniston, AL 7.6% 0.0% 3,985 -7
Auburn, AL 6.2% 0.0% 4,279 -19
Birmingham, AL 6.4% -0.1% 34,143 19
Decatur, AL 6.9% 0.0% 4,982 4
Dothan, AL 7.0% -0.1% 4,489 -57
Florence, AL 6.8% -0.1% 4,780 -17
Gadsden, AL 7.1% -0.1% 3,252 -15
Huntsville, AL 6.3% 0.0% 13,193 -49
Mobile, AL 8.3% 0.1% 15,662 207
Montgomery, AL 7.4% 0.0% 12,475 6
Tuscaloosa, AL 7.0% 0.0% 7,214 27
Anchorage, AK 5.4% -0.2% 10,817 -336
Fairbanks, AK 5.6% -0.2% 2,606 -105
Flagstaff, AZ 7.6% 0.1% 5,516 2
Lake Havasu City, AZ 9.5% 0.0% 8,012 2
Phoenix, AZ 6.8% 0.0% 138,652 -19
Prescott, AZ 8.3% 0.0% 7,538 -55
Tucson, AZ 6.9% 0.0% 31,585 22
Yuma, AZ 29.6% 0.3% 27,420 170
Fayetteville, AR 5.3% 0.0% 12,598 32
Fort Smith, AR 7.7% 0.1% 10,104 31
Hot Springs, AR 7.4% 0.0% 3,055 -3
Jonesboro, AR 6.8% 0.0% 4,038 -37
Little Rock, AR 6.5% 0.1% 22,126 156
Pine Bluff, AR 9.5% 0.1% 3,966 49
Bakersfield, CA 12.4% -0.2% 49,155 -1,143
Chico, CA 10.9% -0.3% 11,063 -381
El Centro, CA 27.0% -0.5% 21,119 -397
Fresno, CA 13.9% -0.3% 61,479 -1,307
Hanford, CA 13.9% -0.3% 8,549 -185
Los Angeles, CA 9.3% -0.2% 610,301 -9,930
Madera, CA 12.3% -0.4% 8,431 -240
Merced, CA 15.7% -0.3% 17,744 -345
Modesto, CA 13.8% -0.3% 32,846 -924
Napa, CA 6.5% -0.3% 5,196 -242
Oxnard, CA 8.1% -0.3% 36,016 -1,105
Redding, CA 11.6% -0.4% 9,282 -398
Riverside, CA 10.9% -0.3% 197,112 -5,555
Sacramento, CA 9.2% -0.3% 96,423 -3,332
Salinas, CA 10.4% -0.2% 24,456 -415
San Diego, CA 8.0% -0.2% 128,079 -4,277
San Francisco, CA 7.1% -0.2% 165,569 -6,802
San Jose, CA 7.4% -0.3% 70,703 -2,667
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.8% -0.3% 9,979 -411
Santa Barbara, CA 7.1% -0.2% 16,531 -528
Santa Cruz, CA 9.7% -0.3% 15,104 -482
Santa Rosa, CA 7.3% -0.4% 18,930 -936
Stockton, CA 13.6% -0.4% 40,542 -1,191
Vallejo, CA 8.9% -0.4% 19,447 -808
Visalia, CA 14.5% -0.4% 30,365 -617
Yuba City, CA 15.7% -0.4% 11,013 -347
Boulder, CO 5.3% -0.1% 9,622 -229
Colorado Springs, CO 8.3% -0.1% 25,964 -515
Denver, CO 7.0% -0.1% 99,170 -2,300
Fort Collins, CO 5.7% -0.1% 10,252 -264
Grand Junction, CO 8.4% -0.2% 6,599 -207
Greeley, CO 7.8% -0.2% 9,704 -229
Pueblo, CO 10.0% -0.3% 7,593 -174
Bridgeport, CT 7.6% 0.0% 35,632 -13
Danbury, CT 6.5% 0.0% 5,940 -48
Hartford, CT 8.1% 0.0% 47,475 -211
New Haven, CT 8.4% 0.0% 26,055 -133
Norwich, CT 8.3% 0.0% 12,085 -140
Waterbury, CT 10.6% -0.1% 10,582 -109
Dover, DE 7.8% 0.1% 5,874 72
Washington, DC 5.3% -0.1% 169,722 -3,297
Cape Coral, FL 7.5% -0.3% 21,428 -955
Crestview, FL 5.2% -0.2% 5,134 -224
Deltona, FL 7.5% -0.3% 18,830 -824
Gainesville, FL 5.7% -0.2% 8,115 -314
Jacksonville, FL 7.0% -0.3% 48,981 -2,073
Lakeland, FL 8.5% -0.3% 22,852 -905
Miami, FL 8.1% -0.1% 239,860 -4,696
Naples, FL 7.4% -0.3% 11,092 -505
North Port, FL 7.3% -0.3% 22,072 -1,086
Ocala, FL 8.3% -0.4% 11,116 -500
Orlando, FL 7.1% -0.3% 81,692 -3,546
Palm Bay, FL 7.8% -0.3% 20,937 -723
Palm Coast, FL 10.1% -0.3% 3,555 -139
Panama City, FL 7.2% -0.2% 6,379 -242
Pensacola, FL 7.0% -0.2% 15,049 -529
Port St Lucie, FL 9.2% -0.2% 17,377 -540
Punta Gorda, FL 7.4% -0.4% 5,152 -264
Sebastian, FL 9.5% -0.3% 5,991 -206
Tallahassee, FL 6.5% -0.2% 12,244 -361
Tampa, FL 7.4% -0.3% 98,574 -4,229
Albany, GA 9.3% -0.1% 6,899 -96
Athens, GA 6.2% -0.1% 7,041 -134
Atlanta, GA 8.2% -0.1% 226,922 -3,590
Augusta, GA 8.5% -0.2% 22,505 -530
Brunswick, GA 9.4% -0.2% 4,794 -104
Columbus, GA 8.8% -0.1% 11,628 -136
Dalton, GA 10.7% -0.2% 6,390 -125
Gainesville, GA 6.9% 0.0% 6,273 -86
Hinesville, GA 9.0% 0.0% 3,005 3
Macon, GA 8.8% -0.2% 10,089 -241
Rome, GA 9.3% -0.2% 4,483 -167
Savannah, GA 7.8% -0.1% 14,276 -250
Valdosta, GA 8.0% -0.2% 5,471 -98
Warner Robins, GA 7.2% -0.1% 5,112 -105
Honolulu, HI 4.6% 0.0% 20,899 -385
Boise City, ID 5.9% -0.1% 18,200 -301
Coeur dAlene, ID 7.1% -0.2% 5,084 -118
Idaho Falls, ID 5.2% -0.1% 3,304 -47
Lewiston, ID 5.8% -0.2% 1,673 -52
Pocatello, ID 6.3% 0.0% 2,734 -9
Bloomington, IL 7.2% 0.1% 6,440 9
Champaign, IL 8.3% 0.0% 9,624 7
Chicago, IL 9.7% 0.1% 473,731 1,749
Danville, IL 10.8% 0.1% 3,895 -1
Davenport, IL 7.0% -0.1% 14,068 -177
Decatur, IL 12.5% -0.1% 6,523 -150
Kankakee, IL 11.3% 0.0% 6,398 4
Peoria, IL 8.9% 0.0% 17,983 -28
Rockford, IL 11.6% 0.0% 19,496 -86
Springfield, IL 7.9% 0.0% 9,085 -9
Anderson, IN 10.5% 0.0% 6,332 -23
Bloomington, IN 8.0% 0.1% 7,570 138
Columbus, IN 6.9% 0.0% 2,856 -42
Elkhart, IN 9.1% 0.0% 8,347 -65
Evansville, IN 7.7% 0.0% 13,762 -69
Fort Wayne, IN 8.2% 0.0% 16,750 -124
Indianapolis, IN 8.1% 0.0% 73,661 -449
Kokomo, IN 9.7% 0.1% 4,075 -1
Lafayette, IN 8.3% 0.1% 8,141 39
Michigan City, IN 10.7% 0.0% 5,308 -38
Muncie, IN 9.8% 0.1% 5,343 38
South Bend, IN 9.6% 0.0% 14,331 -154
Terre Haute, IN 11.0% 0.0% 8,599 -48
Ames, IA 3.7% -0.1% 1,786 -23
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.2% -0.1% 7,443 -119
Des Moines, IA 5.0% -0.1% 15,799 -269
Dubuque, IA 4.6% 0.0% 2,490 20
Iowa City, IA 3.6% -0.1% 3,334 -33
Sioux City, IA 5.2% -0.1% 3,975 -91
Waterloo, IA 4.9% -0.2% 4,687 -100
Lawrence, KS 5.4% 0.1% 3,343 40
Topeka, KS 6.4% 0.1% 7,779 58
Wichita, KS 6.5% 0.1% 19,631 194
Bowling Green, KY 7.1% 0.3% 4,626 173
Elizabethtown, KY 7.3% 0.2% 4,136 107
Lexington, KY 6.3% 0.1% 15,658 271
Louisville, KY 7.8% 0.1% 49,981 816
Owensboro, KY 6.6% 0.1% 3,926 49
Alexandria, LA 6.3% 0.1% 4,218 55
Baton Rouge, LA 6.0% 0.1% 23,295 528
Houma, LA 4.3% 0.1% 4,538 77
Lafayette, LA 4.6% 0.1% 6,538 126
Lake Charles, LA 5.7% 0.1% 5,496 100
Monroe, LA 6.7% 0.1% 5,470 102
New Orleans, LA 6.2% 0.1% 33,695 353
Shreveport, LA 6.6% 0.2% 12,046 302
Bangor, ME 6.8% -0.2% 4,921 -145
Lewiston, ME 6.9% -0.2% 3,959 -132
Portland, ME 5.8% -0.2% 12,123 -339
Baltimore, MD 7.0% 0.0% 104,459 -250
Cumberland, MD 7.7% -0.1% 3,888 -50
Hagerstown, MD 7.3% -0.2% 9,193 -273
Salisbury, MD 8.7% 0.0% 5,493 -17
Barnstable Town, MA 6.6% 0.0% 9,025 -107
Boston, MA 5.9% 0.0% 150,202 -1,293
Leominster, MA 8.8% 0.0% 6,234 -16
New Bedford, MA 10.2% 0.1% 8,896 78
Pittsfield, MA 6.6% -0.2% 2,491 -82
Springfield, MA 7.7% 0.0% 25,542 -129
Worcester, MA 7.2% 0.0% 20,943 -147
Ann Arbor, MI 5.3% -0.2% 9,781 -287
Battle Creek, MI 6.8% -0.2% 4,368 -120
Bay City, MI 8.4% -0.1% 4,313 -83
Detroit, MI 9.9% -0.4% 198,584 -8,961
Flint, MI 9.0% -0.3% 16,650 -351
Grand Rapids, MI 6.1% -0.2% 24,046 -712
Holland, MI 6.0% -0.3% 7,837 -330
Jackson, MI 8.2% -0.2% 5,759 -110
Kalamazoo, MI 7.0% -0.2% 11,213 -330
Lansing, MI 6.9% -0.2% 16,083 -424
Monroe, MI 7.8% -0.2% 5,312 -174
Muskegon, MI 8.3% -0.3% 7,016 -153
Niles, MI 8.5% -0.2% 6,123 -124
Saginaw, MI 8.3% -0.2% 7,411 -161
Duluth, MN 6.6% -0.2% 9,558 -251
Minneapolis, MN 5.2% -0.1% 97,815 -2,378
Rochester, MN 4.6% 0.0% 4,822 -59
St Cloud, MN 5.7% 0.0% 6,119 -107
Gulfport, MS 9.0% -0.2% 10,245 -262
Hattiesburg, MS 8.4% 0.0% 5,695 -99
Jackson, MS 7.6% -0.1% 20,561 -373
Pascagoula, MS 10.1% 0.0% 7,164 -105
Columbia, MO 4.7% 0.0% 4,526 -3
Jefferson City, MO 5.4% 0.0% 4,134 -3
Joplin, MO 5.8% 0.0% 4,982 -40
Kansas City, MO 6.6% 0.0% 68,595 95
St Joseph, MO 5.4% 0.0% 3,928 28
St Louis, MO 7.4% 0.0% 105,151 -347
Springfield, MO 5.7% 0.0% 12,699 -82
Billings, MT 4.1% 0.0% 3,746 20
Great Falls, MT 5.2% 0.1% 2,108 25
Missoula, MT 5.4% 0.0% 3,215 -11
Lincoln, NE 3.5% -0.1% 6,239 -133
Omaha, NE 4.2% -0.1% 19,644 -366
Carson City, NV 9.9% 0.0% 2,717 12
Las Vegas, NV 9.9% 0.0% 98,112 205
Reno, NV 9.6% 0.0% 21,405 -114
Manchester, NH 5.7% 0.0% 6,078 -61
Portsmouth, NH 5.1% 0.0% 2,358 -7
Rochester, NH 5.6% -0.1% 4,780 -27
Atlantic City, NJ 13.9% -0.5% 18,598 -917
Ocean City, NJ 13.1% -0.2% 7,688 -143
Trenton, NJ 7.4% -0.2% 15,675 -455
Vineland, NJ 13.6% -0.4% 9,368 -324
Albuquerque, NM 7.3% 0.1% 28,941 326
Farmington, NM 6.9% 0.1% 3,867 53
Las Cruces, NM 7.5% 0.3% 6,984 216
Santa Fe, NM 5.5% 0.0% 4,173 18
Albany, NY 7.3% -0.1% 32,185 -842
Binghamton, NY 8.6% -0.2% 9,991 -217
Buffalo, NY 8.3% -0.1% 47,559 -847
Elmira, NY 9.3% -0.1% 3,678 -63
Glens Falls, NY 8.2% -0.1% 5,535 -118
Ithaca, NY 5.7% -0.2% 3,285 -65
Kingston, NY 8.7% -0.1% 7,581 -136
New York, NY 8.4% -0.3% 804,301 -27,085
Poughkeepsie, NY 7.8% -0.2% 25,021 -629
Rochester, NY 7.9% -0.2% 41,518 -839
Syracuse, NY 8.4% -0.1% 26,743 -577
Utica, NY 8.6% -0.2% 11,692 -262
Asheville, NC 7.3% -0.2% 16,086 -541
Burlington, NC 9.2% -0.1% 6,731 -172
Charlotte, NC 9.2% -0.2% 85,391 -2,281
Durham, NC 7.1% -0.1% 19,611 -445
Fayetteville, NC 10.1% 0.0% 16,780 -67
Goldsboro, NC 9.2% -0.1% 5,099 -56
Greensboro, NC 9.7% -0.2% 36,207 -829
Greenville, NC 9.2% -0.2% 9,264 -259
Hickory, NC 10.4% -0.3% 17,531 -578
Jacksonville, NC 8.8% -0.1% 6,114 -71
Raleigh, NC 7.4% -0.2% 44,525 -1,388
Rocky Mount, NC 13.0% -0.2% 9,213 -190
Wilmington, NC 9.6% -0.2% 17,779 -440
Winston, NC 8.7% -0.1% 21,227 -431
Bismarck, ND 3.0% 0.0% 1,819 -21
Fargo, ND 3.7% 0.0% 4,445 -51
Grand Forks, ND 4.2% -0.1% 2,262 -70
Akron, OH 6.8% 0.1% 25,481 245
Canton, OH 7.4% 0.1% 14,685 60
Cincinnati, OH 7.1% 0.1% 77,060 326
Cleveland, OH 7.0% -0.1% 73,512 -1,329
Columbus, OH 6.1% 0.0% 59,629 266
Dayton, OH 7.5% 0.1% 30,049 336
Lima, OH 7.8% 0.0% 3,813 27
Mansfield, OH 8.3% 0.0% 4,756 4
Sandusky, OH 7.3% 0.1% 2,931 23
Springfield, OH 7.1% 0.2% 4,845 187
Steubenville, OH 10.0% -0.2% 5,444 -132
Toledo, OH 8.2% 0.1% 26,011 216
Youngstown, OH 8.2% 0.0% 21,898 -3
Lawton, OK 6.4% 0.0% 3,094 16
Oklahoma City, OK 4.8% 0.1% 28,949 421
Tulsa, OK 5.4% 0.0% 24,373 31
Bend, OR 10.3% -0.1% 7,943 -162
Corvallis, OR 6.0% -0.1% 2,660 -61
Eugene, OR 8.2% -0.1% 14,206 -325
Medford, OR 9.8% -0.4% 9,626 -423
Portland, OR 7.7% -0.2% 90,337 -2,857
Salem, OR 8.7% -0.2% 16,712 -444
Allentown, PA 8.3% -0.3% 36,170 -1,463
Altoona, PA 7.2% -0.3% 4,712 -198
Erie, PA 7.7% -0.3% 10,814 -454
Harrisburg, PA 7.1% -0.3% 20,569 -817
Johnstown, PA 9.2% -0.2% 6,341 -181
Lancaster, PA 6.5% -0.3% 17,555 -882
Lebanon, PA 6.5% -0.2% 4,871 -172
Philadelphia, PA 8.4% -0.3% 254,694 -8,210
Pittsburgh, PA 7.3% -0.2% 91,343 -3,198
Reading, PA 7.9% -0.2% 16,286 -591
Scranton, PA 9.6% -0.3% 27,605 -979
State College, PA 5.9% -0.2% 4,478 -168
Williamsport, PA 8.1% -0.2% 5,208 -146
York, PA 7.6% -0.3% 17,476 -683
Providence, RI 9.3% -0.2% 64,390 -1,439
Anderson, SC 7.6% -0.1% 6,384 -167
Charleston, SC 6.8% -0.1% 22,693 -431
Columbia, SC 7.4% -0.2% 27,690 -528
Florence, SC 9.3% -0.2% 8,686 -147
Greenville, SC 6.7% -0.2% 21,276 -493
Myrtle Beach, SC 9.1% -0.2% 11,970 -264
Spartanburg, SC 8.2% -0.1% 11,203 -203
Sumter, SC 9.6% -0.1% 4,266 -67
Rapid City, SD 4.4% -0.1% 2,942 -72
Sioux Falls, SD 3.7% -0.2% 4,986 -128
Chattanooga, TN 7.4% 0.0% 19,397 8
Clarksville, TN 8.3% 0.0% 9,780 31
Cleveland, TN 7.4% 0.0% 4,293 16
Jackson, TN 8.2% 0.0% 4,781 12
Johnson City, TN 7.3% 0.1% 7,219 86
Kingsport, TN 7.1% 0.0% 10,361 -50
Knoxville, TN 6.5% 0.0% 23,940 116
Memphis, TN 9.2% 0.1% 56,507 566
Morristown, TN 9.3% 0.0% 5,803 -35
Nashville, TN 6.2% 0.0% 53,498 21
Abilene, TX 5.1% 0.0% 4,319 13
Amarillo, TX 4.7% 0.1% 6,279 97
Austin, TX 5.4% 0.0% 52,949 321
Beaumont, TX 10.2% 0.0% 19,224 33
Brownsville, TX 10.2% 0.0% 16,754 100
College Station, TX 5.5% 0.0% 6,285 -28
Corpus Christi, TX 6.0% 0.0% 13,190 159
Dallas, TX 6.3% 0.1% 212,476 1,124
El Paso, TX 9.0% 0.1% 29,100 172
Houston, TX 6.3% 0.0% 193,247 452
Killeen, TX 7.1% 0.1% 12,150 104
Laredo, TX 6.7% 0.0% 6,770 -6
Longview, TX 5.8% 0.0% 6,729 17
Lubbock, TX 5.3% 0.1% 7,759 126
McAllen, TX 10.8% 0.0% 34,166 125
Midland, TX 3.2% 0.0% 3,047 10
Odessa, TX 3.9% 0.0% 3,379 -19
San Angelo, TX 5.1% 0.0% 2,914 35
San Antonio, TX 6.1% 0.0% 62,956 412
Sherman, TX 7.0% 0.0% 4,026 -20
Texarkana, TX 6.7% 0.1% 4,285 79
Tyler, TX 6.5% 0.0% 6,674 33
Victoria, TX 5.4% -0.1% 3,332 -30
Waco, TX 6.1% 0.0% 7,166 21
Wichita Falls, TX 6.1% 0.1% 4,375 59
Logan, UT 4.0% -0.2% 2,674 -130
Ogden, UT 5.1% -0.3% 13,465 -703
Provo, UT 4.8% -0.3% 11,307 -680
St George, UT 6.0% -0.4% 3,498 -215
Salt Lake City, UT 4.8% -0.2% 29,199 -1,520
Burlington, VT 3.6% -0.1% 4,227 -125
Blacksburg, VA 6.5% -0.4% 5,377 -387
Charlottesville, VA 4.7% -0.1% 4,962 -193
Danville, VA 7.7% -0.3% 3,949 -142
Harrisonburg, VA 5.2% -0.2% 3,478 -175
Lynchburg, VA 6.0% -0.3% 7,331 -306
Richmond, VA 5.9% -0.2% 39,150 -1,502
Roanoke, VA 5.6% -0.2% 8,821 -383
Virginia Beach, VA 5.9% -0.2% 49,264 -1,775
Winchester, VA 5.3% -0.1% 3,673 -90
Bellingham, WA 7.4% 0.0% 7,702 15
Bremerton, WA 7.2% -0.1% 8,496 -37
Kennewick, WA 9.0% 0.0% 11,887 105
Longview, WA 10.7% 0.0% 4,514 -16
Mount Vernon, WA 8.7% -0.1% 4,921 -8
Olympia, WA 7.5% 0.0% 9,424 -47
Seattle, WA 6.2% -0.3% 116,967 -5,210
Spokane, WA 8.4% -0.1% 19,252 -122
Wenatchee, WA 7.3% -0.1% 4,558 -30
Yakima, WA 9.8% 0.0% 12,218 58
Charleston, WV 6.9% -0.3% 9,500 -330
Huntington, WV 7.2% -0.1% 9,183 -167
Morgantown, WV 5.1% -0.2% 3,495 -114
Parkersburg, WV 7.0% -0.2% 5,295 -140
Wheeling, WV 7.5% -0.3% 5,040 -180
Appleton, WI 6.3% 0.0% 7,810 -35
Eau Claire, WI 6.4% 0.0% 5,858 -19
Fond du Lac, WI 6.6% -0.1% 3,640 -46
Green Bay, WI 6.5% -0.1% 11,234 -210
Janesville, WI 8.5% 0.0% 6,762 8
La Crosse, WI 5.5% -0.1% 4,221 -74
Madison, WI 5.2% -0.1% 17,989 -289
Milwaukee, WI 7.6% -0.2% 60,817 -836
Oshkosh, WI 6.4% -0.1% 6,147 -45
Racine, WI 9.1% 0.0% 8,858 29
Sheboygan, WI 6.5% 0.0% 3,960 -40
Wausau, WI 7.1% -0.1% 5,038 -104
Casper, WY 4.4% 0.0% 1,958 12
Cheyenne, WY 5.2% -0.1% 2,413 -29

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