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Unemployment Rate by Metropolitan Area

The April 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 April 2013
Unemployment Rate 		1 Month
Unemployment
Rate Change 		April 2013
Unemployed 		1 Month
Unemployed Change
Anniston, AL 7.4% -0.2% 3,921 -61
Auburn, AL 5.9% -0.3% 4,141 -140
Birmingham, AL 6.2% -0.2% 33,350 -781
Decatur, AL 6.7% -0.2% 4,846 -134
Dothan, AL 6.8% -0.2% 4,337 -152
Florence, AL 6.6% -0.2% 4,658 -120
Gadsden, AL 7.0% -0.1% 3,186 -64
Huntsville, AL 6.1% -0.2% 12,872 -316
Mobile, AL 8.1% -0.2% 15,301 -355
Montgomery, AL 7.2% -0.2% 12,171 -299
Tuscaloosa, AL 6.7% -0.3% 6,975 -234
Anchorage, AK 5.3% -0.1% 10,606 -176
Fairbanks, AK 5.5% -0.1% 2,538 -60
Flagstaff, AZ 7.8% 0.2% 5,655 142
Lake Havasu City, AZ 9.7% 0.2% 8,174 182
Phoenix, AZ 6.9% 0.1% 140,907 2,283
Prescott, AZ 8.4% 0.2% 7,601 88
Tucson, AZ 7.0% 0.1% 32,208 608
Yuma, AZ 30.0% 0.4% 27,841 415
Fayetteville, AR 5.4% 0.1% 12,726 127
Fort Smith, AR 7.7% 0.0% 10,111 17
Hot Springs, AR 7.5% 0.1% 3,082 32
Jonesboro, AR 6.8% 0.0% 4,032 -2
Little Rock, AR 6.6% 0.1% 22,225 174
Pine Bluff, AR 9.6% 0.1% 3,989 32
Bakersfield, CA 12.0% -0.3% 47,471 -1,546
Chico, CA 10.5% -0.3% 10,648 -396
El Centro, CA 26.3% -0.9% 20,520 -812
Fresno, CA 13.5% -0.4% 59,743 -1,548
Hanford, CA 13.6% -0.3% 8,338 -198
Los Angeles, CA 9.1% -0.2% 595,039 -15,086
Madera, CA 11.9% -0.4% 8,125 -291
Merced, CA 15.3% -0.4% 17,286 -431
Modesto, CA 13.4% -0.4% 31,752 -1,029
Napa, CA 6.2% -0.3% 4,950 -252
Oxnard, CA 7.8% -0.3% 34,621 -1,417
Redding, CA 11.1% -0.5% 8,940 -347
Riverside, CA 10.5% -0.4% 190,111 -7,162
Sacramento, CA 8.8% -0.4% 92,330 -3,937
Salinas, CA 10.2% -0.2% 23,858 -580
San Diego, CA 7.6% -0.4% 122,783 -5,505
San Francisco, CA 6.7% -0.4% 157,404 -8,422
San Jose, CA 7.1% -0.4% 67,367 -3,411
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.6% -0.2% 9,562 -425
Santa Barbara, CA 6.8% -0.2% 15,766 -713
Santa Cruz, CA 9.4% -0.3% 14,574 -521
Santa Rosa, CA 6.9% -0.4% 17,926 -1,024
Stockton, CA 13.2% -0.4% 39,169 -1,264
Vallejo, CA 8.5% -0.4% 18,680 -746
Visalia, CA 14.2% -0.3% 29,535 -774
Yuba City, CA 15.2% -0.5% 10,624 -366
Boulder, CO 5.3% 0.0% 9,537 -87
Colorado Springs, CO 8.2% 0.0% 25,754 -211
Denver, CO 6.9% -0.1% 97,822 -1,330
Fort Collins, CO 5.6% -0.1% 10,155 -100
Grand Junction, CO 8.3% -0.1% 6,504 -96
Greeley, CO 7.7% -0.1% 9,587 -116
Pueblo, CO 9.9% -0.2% 7,450 -149
Bridgeport, CT 7.6% 0.0% 35,616 -24
Danbury, CT 6.5% 0.0% 5,920 -23
Hartford, CT 8.1% 0.0% 47,736 235
New Haven, CT 8.4% 0.0% 25,974 -2
Norwich, CT 8.2% -0.1% 11,951 -138
Waterbury, CT 10.7% 0.0% 10,560 -25
Dover, DE 7.7% -0.1% 5,832 -34
Washington, DC 5.3% 0.0% 169,355 -439
Cape Coral, FL 7.3% -0.2% 20,945 -523
Crestview, FL 5.1% -0.1% 5,050 -96
Deltona, FL 7.3% -0.2% 18,393 -484
Gainesville, FL 5.5% -0.2% 7,888 -222
Jacksonville, FL 6.8% -0.2% 47,976 -1,108
Lakeland, FL 8.3% -0.2% 22,236 -641
Miami, FL 7.8% -0.3% 232,412 -7,961
Naples, FL 7.2% -0.2% 10,780 -310
North Port, FL 7.1% -0.2% 21,447 -643
Ocala, FL 8.1% -0.2% 10,829 -306
Orlando, FL 6.9% -0.2% 79,770 -2,138
Palm Bay, FL 7.7% -0.2% 20,624 -368
Palm Coast, FL 9.9% -0.2% 3,473 -79
Panama City, FL 7.0% -0.2% 6,241 -130
Pensacola, FL 6.8% -0.1% 14,680 -317
Port St Lucie, FL 9.0% -0.2% 17,084 -330
Punta Gorda, FL 7.2% -0.3% 5,000 -166
Sebastian, FL 9.2% -0.3% 5,818 -173
Tallahassee, FL 6.4% -0.1% 12,040 -206
Tampa, FL 7.2% -0.2% 96,430 -2,353
Albany, GA 9.1% -0.2% 6,776 -114
Athens, GA 6.0% -0.2% 6,896 -133
Atlanta, GA 8.1% -0.1% 223,094 -3,475
Augusta, GA 8.3% -0.2% 21,955 -521
Brunswick, GA 9.3% -0.1% 4,691 -100
Columbus, GA 8.7% -0.1% 11,415 -229
Dalton, GA 10.8% 0.1% 6,401 9
Gainesville, GA 7.0% 0.1% 6,352 83
Hinesville, GA 9.0% 0.0% 2,998 -8
Macon, GA 8.7% -0.1% 9,862 -211
Rome, GA 9.0% -0.2% 4,328 -152
Savannah, GA 7.7% -0.1% 14,007 -281
Valdosta, GA 7.9% -0.1% 5,393 -74
Warner Robins, GA 7.1% 0.0% 5,024 -70
Honolulu, HI 4.5% -0.1% 20,191 -727
Boise City, ID 5.9% 0.0% 18,088 -108
Coeur dAlene, ID 7.0% -0.1% 5,002 -80
Idaho Falls, ID 5.2% 0.0% 3,308 2
Lewiston, ID 5.8% -0.1% 1,673 -30
Pocatello, ID 6.5% 0.2% 2,790 55
Bloomington, IL 6.9% -0.3% 6,213 -230
Champaign, IL 8.0% -0.3% 9,213 -410
Chicago, IL 9.6% -0.1% 466,959 -6,664
Danville, IL 10.3% -0.5% 3,690 -205
Davenport, IL 6.8% -0.2% 13,569 -489
Decatur, IL 11.9% -0.6% 6,173 -351
Kankakee, IL 11.0% -0.3% 6,154 -245
Peoria, IL 8.8% -0.1% 17,606 -375
Rockford, IL 11.2% -0.4% 18,644 -853
Springfield, IL 7.6% -0.3% 8,663 -425
Anderson, IN 10.3% -0.2% 6,199 -137
Bloomington, IN 8.0% 0.0% 7,519 -51
Columbus, IN 6.6% -0.3% 2,721 -134
Elkhart, IN 8.9% -0.2% 8,187 -158
Evansville, IN 7.4% -0.3% 13,326 -440
Fort Wayne, IN 8.1% -0.1% 16,549 -200
Indianapolis, IN 7.8% -0.3% 71,388 -2,289
Kokomo, IN 9.5% -0.2% 4,000 -77
Lafayette, IN 8.0% -0.3% 7,871 -272
Michigan City, IN 10.5% -0.2% 5,183 -125
Muncie, IN 9.7% -0.1% 5,250 -94
South Bend, IN 9.4% -0.2% 14,078 -252
Terre Haute, IN 10.8% -0.2% 8,432 -167
Ames, IA 3.6% -0.1% 1,715 -65
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.0% -0.2% 7,277 -149
Des Moines, IA 4.8% -0.2% 15,097 -546
Dubuque, IA 4.7% 0.1% 2,521 38
Iowa City, IA 3.5% -0.1% 3,184 -124
Sioux City, IA 5.0% -0.1% 3,846 -112
Waterloo, IA 4.7% -0.2% 4,543 -134
Lawrence, KS 5.4% 0.0% 3,360 15
Topeka, KS 6.4% 0.0% 7,862 75
Wichita, KS 6.4% -0.1% 19,499 -132
Bowling Green, KY 7.2% 0.1% 4,752 119
Elizabethtown, KY 7.4% 0.1% 4,184 52
Lexington, KY 6.4% 0.0% 15,805 133
Louisville, KY 7.8% 0.0% 50,288 214
Owensboro, KY 6.6% 0.0% 3,958 25
Alexandria, LA 6.6% 0.3% 4,434 218
Baton Rouge, LA 6.3% 0.3% 24,457 1,166
Houma, LA 4.5% 0.2% 4,783 248
Lafayette, LA 4.8% 0.2% 6,898 364
Lake Charles, LA 5.9% 0.2% 5,720 227
Monroe, LA 7.0% 0.3% 5,716 247
New Orleans, LA 6.4% 0.2% 35,080 1,391
Shreveport, LA 6.9% 0.3% 12,615 572
Bangor, ME 6.7% -0.1% 4,849 -69
Lewiston, ME 6.8% -0.1% 3,903 -61
Portland, ME 5.7% -0.1% 11,942 -174
Baltimore, MD 7.0% 0.0% 104,751 442
Cumberland, MD 7.7% 0.0% 3,893 -10
Hagerstown, MD 7.2% -0.1% 9,108 -79
Salisbury, MD 8.7% 0.0% 5,501 20
Barnstable Town, MA 6.6% 0.0% 9,113 82
Boston, MA 5.9% 0.0% 150,493 492
Leominster, MA 8.9% 0.1% 6,315 85
New Bedford, MA 10.4% 0.2% 9,056 168
Pittsfield, MA 6.6% 0.0% 2,492 0
Springfield, MA 7.8% 0.1% 25,897 368
Worcester, MA 7.2% 0.0% 21,090 144
Ann Arbor, MI 5.4% 0.1% 9,852 71
Battle Creek, MI 6.8% 0.0% 4,379 10
Bay City, MI 8.4% 0.1% 4,360 61
Detroit, MI 9.5% -0.4% 191,057 -7,512
Flint, MI 9.0% 0.0% 16,788 138
Grand Rapids, MI 6.1% 0.0% 24,166 120
Holland, MI 6.1% 0.1% 7,986 149
Jackson, MI 8.3% 0.1% 5,833 76
Kalamazoo, MI 7.0% 0.0% 11,299 86
Lansing, MI 7.1% 0.2% 16,609 527
Monroe, MI 7.7% -0.1% 5,315 2
Muskegon, MI 8.3% 0.0% 7,064 48
Niles, MI 8.5% 0.0% 6,131 9
Saginaw, MI 8.3% 0.0% 7,473 89
Duluth, MN 6.6% 0.0% 9,504 -63
Minneapolis, MN 5.2% 0.0% 96,814 -1,156
Rochester, MN 4.6% 0.0% 4,876 53
St Cloud, MN 5.8% 0.1% 6,244 121
Gulfport, MS 8.7% -0.3% 9,859 -376
Hattiesburg, MS 8.2% -0.2% 5,544 -151
Jackson, MS 7.4% -0.2% 19,988 -565
Pascagoula, MS 9.9% -0.2% 7,031 -131
Columbia, MO 4.8% 0.1% 4,594 63
Jefferson City, MO 5.5% 0.1% 4,187 46
Joplin, MO 5.8% 0.0% 4,994 11
Kansas City, MO 6.6% 0.0% 68,462 -81
St Joseph, MO 5.5% 0.1% 3,995 62
St Louis, MO 7.4% 0.0% 104,705 -615
Springfield, MO 5.7% 0.0% 12,748 57
Billings, MT 4.1% 0.0% 3,751 11
Great Falls, MT 5.2% 0.0% 2,100 -4
Missoula, MT 5.3% -0.1% 3,167 -45
Lincoln, NE 3.5% 0.0% 6,218 -2
Omaha, NE 4.2% 0.0% 19,585 -16
Carson City, NV 10.0% 0.1% 2,732 10
Las Vegas, NV 9.9% 0.0% 98,588 468
Reno, NV 9.6% 0.0% 21,345 -91
Manchester, NH 5.5% -0.1% 5,846 -229
Portsmouth, NH 4.9% -0.2% 2,278 -78
Rochester, NH 5.5% -0.1% 4,619 -158
Atlantic City, NJ 13.3% -0.6% 17,737 -872
Ocean City, NJ 12.9% -0.1% 7,553 -78
Trenton, NJ 7.3% -0.1% 15,357 -331
Vineland, NJ 13.3% -0.3% 9,057 -307
Albuquerque, NM 7.2% 0.0% 28,684 -241
Farmington, NM 6.7% -0.2% 3,771 -99
Las Cruces, NM 7.5% 0.0% 7,031 33
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% -0.1% 4,118 -32
Albany, NY 7.0% -0.2% 30,996 -1,165
Binghamton, NY 8.3% -0.3% 9,661 -323
Buffalo, NY 8.1% -0.2% 46,128 -1,393
Elmira, NY 9.0% -0.3% 3,559 -118
Glens Falls, NY 7.9% -0.3% 5,360 -171
Ithaca, NY 5.6% -0.2% 3,205 -84
Kingston, NY 8.4% -0.3% 7,334 -242
New York, NY 8.1% -0.3% 771,284 -32,820
Poughkeepsie, NY 7.6% -0.2% 24,073 -935
Rochester, NY 7.7% -0.2% 40,267 -1,222
Syracuse, NY 8.2% -0.2% 26,111 -553
Utica, NY 8.5% -0.1% 11,465 -217
Asheville, NC 7.0% -0.3% 15,505 -556
Burlington, NC 9.0% -0.1% 6,565 -156
Charlotte, NC 9.0% -0.2% 82,725 -2,568
Durham, NC 6.9% -0.1% 19,062 -532
Fayetteville, NC 10.0% -0.1% 16,462 -307
Goldsboro, NC 9.1% -0.1% 5,030 -65
Greensboro, NC 9.5% -0.2% 35,170 -977
Greenville, NC 9.0% -0.2% 9,021 -230
Hickory, NC 10.1% -0.3% 16,990 -512
Jacksonville, NC 8.6% -0.2% 5,967 -141
Raleigh, NC 7.2% -0.2% 43,265 -1,217
Rocky Mount, NC 12.8% -0.2% 8,995 -206
Wilmington, NC 9.4% -0.2% 17,375 -380
Winston, NC 8.6% -0.1% 20,774 -422
Bismarck, ND 3.1% 0.1% 1,864 49
Fargo, ND 3.8% 0.1% 4,526 89
Grand Forks, ND 4.2% 0.0% 2,255 -9
Akron, OH 6.7% -0.1% 25,240 -254
Canton, OH 7.2% -0.2% 14,426 -269
Cincinnati, OH 6.9% -0.2% 75,498 -1,571
Cleveland, OH 6.9% -0.1% 72,248 -1,292
Columbus, OH 6.0% -0.1% 58,448 -1,212
Dayton, OH 7.4% -0.1% 29,751 -312
Lima, OH 7.8% 0.0% 3,766 -48
Mansfield, OH 8.2% -0.1% 4,664 -91
Sandusky, OH 7.3% 0.0% 2,921 -11
Springfield, OH 7.2% 0.0% 4,840 -7
Steubenville, OH 9.8% -0.2% 5,304 -141
Toledo, OH 8.1% -0.1% 25,755 -274
Youngstown, OH 8.2% 0.0% 21,691 -205
Lawton, OK 6.4% 0.0% 3,046 -56
Oklahoma City, OK 4.8% 0.0% 28,841 -115
Tulsa, OK 5.3% -0.1% 24,014 -409
Bend, OR 10.1% -0.2% 7,732 -217
Corvallis, OR 5.8% -0.2% 2,571 -90
Eugene, OR 8.0% -0.2% 13,813 -403
Medford, OR 9.6% -0.2% 9,290 -316
Portland, OR 7.5% -0.3% 87,166 -3,949
Salem, OR 8.5% -0.2% 16,145 -573
Allentown, PA 8.1% -0.2% 35,339 -941
Altoona, PA 7.0% -0.2% 4,568 -112
Erie, PA 7.5% -0.2% 10,589 -231
Harrisburg, PA 6.9% -0.2% 19,939 -542
Johnstown, PA 9.1% -0.1% 6,199 -131
Lancaster, PA 6.4% -0.1% 17,006 -479
Lebanon, PA 6.4% -0.1% 4,740 -136
Philadelphia, PA 8.2% -0.2% 248,983 -5,187
Pittsburgh, PA 7.1% -0.1% 89,098 -1,993
Reading, PA 7.7% -0.2% 15,978 -367
Scranton, PA 9.4% -0.3% 26,958 -698
State College, PA 5.8% -0.1% 4,381 -66
Williamsport, PA 8.0% -0.1% 5,159 -62
York, PA 7.4% -0.2% 16,960 -502
Providence, RI 9.1% -0.2% 63,276 -951
Anderson, SC 7.4% -0.2% 6,186 -186
Charleston, SC 6.6% -0.2% 22,066 -583
Columbia, SC 7.2% -0.2% 26,908 -728
Florence, SC 9.1% -0.2% 8,443 -228
Greenville, SC 6.5% -0.2% 20,598 -630
Myrtle Beach, SC 9.0% -0.1% 11,698 -252
Spartanburg, SC 7.9% -0.2% 10,848 -329
Sumter, SC 9.2% -0.4% 4,093 -164
Rapid City, SD 4.3% -0.1% 2,877 -61
Sioux Falls, SD 3.7% 0.0% 4,895 -78
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 0.1% 19,549 206
Clarksville, TN 8.5% 0.2% 9,977 201
Cleveland, TN 7.5% 0.1% 4,366 82
Jackson, TN 8.2% 0.0% 4,802 17
Johnson City, TN 7.4% 0.1% 7,349 158
Kingsport, TN 7.2% 0.1% 10,473 115
Knoxville, TN 6.6% 0.1% 24,466 526
Memphis, TN 9.3% 0.1% 57,003 516
Morristown, TN 9.6% 0.3% 5,939 122
Nashville, TN 6.3% 0.1% 54,713 1,239
Abilene, TX 5.1% 0.0% 4,328 10
Amarillo, TX 4.7% 0.0% 6,328 51
Austin, TX 5.4% 0.0% 53,182 225
Beaumont, TX 10.3% 0.1% 19,420 204
Brownsville, TX 10.4% 0.2% 16,942 192
College Station, TX 5.5% 0.0% 6,302 19
Corpus Christi, TX 6.1% 0.1% 13,352 164
Dallas, TX 6.3% 0.0% 213,639 1,213
El Paso, TX 9.1% 0.1% 29,339 246
Houston, TX 6.3% 0.0% 194,295 1,103
Killeen, TX 7.2% 0.1% 12,313 164
Laredo, TX 6.8% 0.1% 6,836 69
Longview, TX 5.8% 0.0% 6,758 29
Lubbock, TX 5.3% 0.0% 7,759 4
McAllen, TX 11.0% 0.2% 34,721 550
Midland, TX 3.2% 0.0% 3,045 0
Odessa, TX 3.9% 0.0% 3,378 1
San Angelo, TX 5.2% 0.1% 2,977 63
San Antonio, TX 6.2% 0.0% 63,620 629
Sherman, TX 7.0% 0.0% 4,026 2
Texarkana, TX 6.9% 0.1% 4,413 109
Tyler, TX 6.6% 0.1% 6,748 85
Victoria, TX 5.4% 0.0% 3,331 2
Waco, TX 6.1% 0.0% 7,194 29
Wichita Falls, TX 6.1% 0.0% 4,392 18
Logan, UT 3.9% -0.1% 2,592 -81
Ogden, UT 4.9% -0.2% 12,971 -490
Provo, UT 4.6% -0.2% 10,883 -426
St George, UT 5.7% -0.3% 3,321 -179
Salt Lake City, UT 4.5% -0.3% 27,952 -1,239
Burlington, VT 3.6% 0.0% 4,238 9
Blacksburg, VA 6.1% -0.4% 5,094 -283
Charlottesville, VA 4.6% -0.1% 4,899 -60
Danville, VA 7.6% -0.1% 3,864 -80
Harrisonburg, VA 5.1% -0.1% 3,388 -79
Lynchburg, VA 5.9% -0.1% 7,197 -127
Richmond, VA 5.8% -0.1% 38,461 -653
Roanoke, VA 5.5% -0.1% 8,700 -110
Virginia Beach, VA 5.8% -0.1% 48,437 -809
Winchester, VA 5.2% -0.1% 3,639 -38
Bellingham, WA 7.3% -0.1% 7,524 -93
Bremerton, WA 7.1% -0.1% 8,318 -123
Kennewick, WA 8.9% -0.1% 11,732 -85
Longview, WA 10.4% -0.3% 4,381 -142
Mount Vernon, WA 8.6% -0.1% 4,847 -41
Olympia, WA 7.3% -0.1% 9,197 -161
Seattle, WA 5.8% -0.4% 110,977 -5,858
Spokane, WA 8.2% -0.2% 18,692 -460
Wenatchee, WA 7.3% 0.0% 4,458 -68
Yakima, WA 9.6% -0.1% 11,930 -189
Charleston, WV 6.6% -0.3% 9,082 -403
Huntington, WV 7.1% -0.1% 9,063 -115
Morgantown, WV 5.0% -0.1% 3,402 -88
Parkersburg, WV 6.8% -0.2% 5,158 -127
Wheeling, WV 7.3% -0.2% 4,883 -157
Appleton, WI 6.5% 0.2% 8,028 216
Eau Claire, WI 6.5% 0.1% 5,953 95
Fond du Lac, WI 6.7% 0.1% 3,722 81
Green Bay, WI 6.5% 0.0% 11,316 84
Janesville, WI 8.6% 0.1% 6,837 75
La Crosse, WI 5.5% 0.0% 4,307 87
Madison, WI 5.2% 0.0% 18,164 173
Milwaukee, WI 7.6% 0.0% 60,397 -430
Oshkosh, WI 6.5% 0.1% 6,181 35
Racine, WI 9.1% 0.0% 8,833 -31
Sheboygan, WI 6.5% 0.0% 4,000 40
Wausau, WI 7.1% 0.0% 5,046 7
Casper, WY 4.5% 0.1% 1,976 20
Cheyenne, WY 5.2% 0.0% 2,415 5

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