Department of Numbers

Unemployment Rate by Metropolitan Area

The March 2012 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 2012
Unemployment Rate 		1 Month
Unemployment
Rate Change 		March 2012
Unemployed 		1 Month
Unemployed Change
Anniston, AL 7.6% -0.1% 3,967 -71
Auburn, AL 6.4% -0.1% 4,256 -115
Birmingham, AL 6.8% -0.2% 35,087 -1,444
Decatur, AL 7.3% -0.1% 5,242 -82
Dothan, AL 6.9% -0.2% 4,405 -145
Florence, AL 7.0% -0.2% 4,892 -126
Gadsden, AL 7.2% -0.3% 3,242 -141
Huntsville, AL 6.3% -0.2% 13,160 -436
Mobile, AL 8.4% -0.2% 15,935 -302
Montgomery, AL 7.4% -0.2% 12,364 -354
Tuscaloosa, AL 7.2% -0.2% 7,165 -150
Anchorage, AK 6.2% -0.1% 12,444 -36
Fairbanks, AK 6.4% 0.0% 3,007 10
Flagstaff, AZ 8.2% 0.2% 5,875 33
Lake Havasu City, AZ 9.8% 0.0% 8,448 -134
Phoenix, AZ 7.6% -0.1% 153,564 -3,795
Prescott, AZ 8.9% -0.2% 8,074 -218
Tucson, AZ 7.7% 0.0% 35,427 -659
Yuma, AZ 28.4% 0.7% 25,594 380
Fayetteville, AR 5.6% -0.2% 13,398 -234
Fort Smith, AR 7.8% -0.2% 10,001 -301
Hot Springs, AR 7.6% 0.0% 3,268 -33
Jonesboro, AR 7.0% -0.2% 4,204 -29
Little Rock, AR 6.6% -0.1% 23,151 -161
Pine Bluff, AR 9.3% -0.2% 4,143 -61
Bakersfield, CA 14.0% 0.0% 53,967 704
Chico, CA 12.7% 0.3% 12,869 158
El Centro, CA 28.8% 0.2% 22,695 291
Fresno, CA 15.5% 0.1% 68,571 1,019
Hanford, CA 15.0% 0.2% 9,336 138
Los Angeles, CA 10.9% 0.1% 710,832 6,779
Madera, CA 14.3% 0.2% 9,495 178
Merced, CA 17.4% 0.0% 19,169 236
Modesto, CA 15.9% 0.2% 37,295 373
Napa, CA 8.3% 0.1% 6,346 77
Oxnard, CA 9.5% 0.1% 41,471 660
Redding, CA 13.1% 0.1% 11,053 55
Riverside, CA 12.5% 0.1% 225,369 2,060
Sacramento, CA 10.9% 0.1% 112,249 996
Salinas, CA 11.5% -0.1% 26,096 -35
San Diego, CA 9.3% 0.1% 148,070 1,940
San Francisco, CA 8.6% 0.0% 196,324 1,978
San Jose, CA 8.9% 0.0% 83,379 518
San Luis Obispo, CA 8.5% 0.0% 11,786 55
Santa Barbara, CA 8.1% 0.0% 18,542 215
Santa Cruz, CA 11.3% 0.1% 17,262 208
Santa Rosa, CA 8.9% 0.0% 23,030 250
Stockton, CA 15.5% 0.1% 46,843 601
Vallejo, CA 10.5% 0.1% 22,827 311
Visalia, CA 15.8% 0.2% 33,260 369
Yuba City, CA 17.6% 0.2% 12,664 174
Boulder, CO 5.8% 0.0% 10,313 -24
Colorado Springs, CO 9.0% 0.0% 27,993 155
Denver, CO 7.7% -0.1% 108,478 -1,223
Fort Collins, CO 6.2% 0.0% 11,114 -53
Grand Junction, CO 8.6% -0.1% 6,792 -53
Greeley, CO 8.7% -0.1% 10,640 -4
Pueblo, CO 9.9% 0.1% 7,568 74
Bridgeport, CT 7.3% -0.1% 35,414 -146
Danbury, CT 6.3% -0.1% 5,939 -46
Hartford, CT 7.7% -0.1% 46,631 -607
New Haven, CT 8.1% -0.1% 25,806 -142
Norwich, CT 8.1% 0.0% 12,164 -26
Waterbury, CT 10.1% 0.0% 10,310 11
Dover, DE 7.0% -0.2% 5,299 -58
Washington, DC 5.5% 0.0% 175,476 703
Cape Coral, FL 9.4% -0.2% 26,235 -505
Crestview, FL 6.3% -0.1% 6,314 -154
Deltona, FL 9.4% -0.1% 23,373 -577
Gainesville, FL 7.2% -0.1% 9,866 -216
Jacksonville, FL 8.6% -0.2% 59,677 -1,400
Lakeland, FL 10.1% -0.2% 27,342 -525
Miami, FL 9.1% -0.2% 263,567 -8,162
Naples, FL 8.7% -0.3% 13,018 -322
North Port, FL 9.1% -0.3% 27,485 -827
Ocala, FL 10.6% -0.2% 13,982 -382
Orlando, FL 8.9% -0.2% 99,491 -2,322
Palm Bay, FL 9.8% -0.3% 26,054 -520
Palm Coast, FL 12.8% -0.4% 4,246 -112
Panama City, FL 8.3% -0.2% 7,577 -138
Pensacola, FL 8.6% -0.2% 17,976 -432
Port St Lucie, FL 10.8% -0.2% 20,099 -303
Punta Gorda, FL 9.3% -0.2% 6,485 -135
Sebastian, FL 10.9% -0.4% 7,029 -165
Tallahassee, FL 7.4% -0.2% 14,392 -339
Tampa, FL 9.2% -0.3% 120,902 -3,085
Albany, GA 9.9% 0.0% 7,226 -83
Athens, GA 6.8% -0.1% 7,484 -34
Atlanta, GA 8.8% -0.1% 237,918 -3,179
Augusta, GA 8.9% 0.0% 22,737 -244
Brunswick, GA 10.1% 0.0% 5,133 -19
Columbus, GA 8.7% 0.0% 11,549 -1
Dalton, GA 11.7% -0.1% 7,031 -80
Gainesville, GA 7.3% -0.1% 6,712 -38
Hinesville, GA 9.1% 0.0% 3,021 -28
Macon, GA 9.6% 0.0% 10,876 -35
Rome, GA 10.5% -0.1% 4,972 -106
Savannah, GA 8.6% -0.1% 15,236 -21
Valdosta, GA 8.5% 0.0% 5,707 27
Warner Robins, GA 7.3% 0.0% 5,188 16
Honolulu, HI 5.7% 0.1% 26,243 437
Boise City, ID 7.9% -0.2% 23,904 -351
Coeur dAlene, ID 8.8% -0.3% 6,534 -124
Idaho Falls, ID 6.7% -0.1% 4,340 -49
Lewiston, ID 6.8% -0.3% 1,991 -73
Pocatello, ID 7.8% -0.1% 3,527 -33
Bloomington, IL 7.0% -0.2% 6,389 -227
Champaign, IL 8.1% -0.2% 9,258 -407
Chicago, IL 8.9% -0.3% 433,917 -11,619
Danville, IL 9.8% -0.6% 3,556 -217
Davenport, IL 7.4% -0.3% 14,686 -608
Decatur, IL 10.2% -0.3% 5,549 -179
Kankakee, IL 11.2% -0.3% 6,374 -280
Peoria, IL 7.9% -0.4% 16,126 -859
Rockford, IL 11.2% -0.6% 18,805 -1,144
Springfield, IL 7.6% -0.2% 8,833 -368
Anderson, IN 9.5% -0.4% 5,807 -211
Bloomington, IN 7.3% -0.1% 7,011 -131
Columbus, IN 6.1% -0.4% 2,545 -115
Elkhart, IN 9.5% -0.5% 8,941 -346
Evansville, IN 7.3% -0.1% 13,354 -237
Fort Wayne, IN 7.7% -0.5% 16,512 -1,096
Indianapolis, IN 7.7% -0.3% 70,304 -2,369
Kokomo, IN 9.1% -0.3% 3,909 -135
Lafayette, IN 7.3% -0.1% 7,227 -118
Michigan City, IN 9.6% -0.2% 4,870 -125
Muncie, IN 9.3% -0.2% 5,042 -118
South Bend, IN 9.0% -0.2% 13,968 -393
Terre Haute, IN 9.8% -0.3% 7,865 -182
Ames, IA 4.0% -0.1% 1,962 -23
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.6% -0.1% 7,949 -194
Des Moines, IA 5.3% -0.2% 16,652 -292
Dubuque, IA 4.8% -0.1% 2,592 -26
Iowa City, IA 4.0% 0.0% 3,668 -5
Sioux City, IA 5.4% 0.0% 4,202 -5
Waterloo, IA 5.2% -0.1% 5,007 -58
Lawrence, KS 5.6% 0.1% 3,489 13
Topeka, KS 6.7% 0.0% 8,075 -18
Wichita, KS 7.5% 0.1% 23,116 183
Bowling Green, KY 7.4% -0.3% 4,655 -182
Elizabethtown, KY 8.2% -0.4% 4,635 -208
Lexington, KY 6.9% -0.3% 16,559 -740
Louisville, KY 8.5% -0.3% 54,560 -1,732
Owensboro, KY 7.0% -0.3% 4,061 -182
Alexandria, LA 7.2% 0.1% 4,814 88
Baton Rouge, LA 7.4% 0.1% 27,811 705
Houma, LA 5.0% 0.1% 5,190 110
Lafayette, LA 5.3% 0.0% 7,559 193
Lake Charles, LA 6.8% 0.2% 6,245 121
Monroe, LA 8.0% 0.2% 6,423 205
New Orleans, LA 7.1% 0.0% 38,238 207
Shreveport, LA 6.9% 0.3% 12,581 573
Bangor, ME 6.8% 0.2% 4,941 128
Lewiston, ME 7.2% 0.2% 4,211 123
Portland, ME 5.9% 0.2% 12,077 333
Baltimore, MD 7.1% 0.1% 102,380 2,021
Cumberland, MD 7.3% -0.2% 3,767 -107
Hagerstown, MD 8.0% -0.2% 9,627 -142
Salisbury, MD 8.8% 0.2% 5,607 133
Barnstable Town, MA 6.8% -0.3% 9,287 -420
Boston, MA 5.9% -0.3% 148,384 -7,711
Leominster, MA 8.8% -0.3% 6,245 -277
New Bedford, MA 9.4% -0.6% 8,032 -506
Pittsfield, MA 6.6% -0.5% 2,585 -179
Springfield, MA 7.4% -0.3% 25,195 -1,060
Worcester, MA 7.0% -0.3% 20,653 -1,069
Ann Arbor, MI 5.6% -0.2% 10,201 -186
Battle Creek, MI 7.4% -0.2% 4,749 -126
Bay City, MI 8.2% 0.0% 4,299 -42
Detroit, MI 9.4% -0.4% 189,185 -7,905
Flint, MI 8.9% -0.4% 16,524 -526
Grand Rapids, MI 6.8% -0.1% 25,976 -478
Holland, MI 6.6% -0.1% 8,583 -133
Jackson, MI 8.2% -0.2% 5,868 -100
Kalamazoo, MI 7.4% -0.1% 11,930 -187
Lansing, MI 7.0% 0.0% 16,472 -141
Monroe, MI 8.1% -0.2% 5,447 -137
Muskegon, MI 8.7% -0.2% 7,205 -121
Niles, MI 8.8% -0.1% 6,430 -100
Saginaw, MI 8.4% -0.1% 7,567 -111
Duluth, MN 6.7% 0.0% 9,755 109
Minneapolis, MN 5.6% 0.0% 104,740 1,300
Rochester, MN 4.9% 0.0% 5,107 48
St Cloud, MN 5.7% 0.0% 6,198 -27
Gulfport, MS 8.4% -0.5% 9,884 -609
Hattiesburg, MS 8.1% -0.5% 5,579 -377
Jackson, MS 7.4% -0.4% 20,065 -1,047
Pascagoula, MS 9.8% -0.3% 7,168 -326
Columbia, MO 5.0% 0.0% 4,953 13
Jefferson City, MO 5.9% 0.1% 4,600 1
Joplin, MO 6.5% -0.1% 5,761 -13
Kansas City, MO 7.1% 0.0% 74,482 -283
St Joseph, MO 6.1% -0.1% 4,349 -17
St Louis, MO 8.1% -0.1% 116,794 -1,895
Springfield, MO 6.5% 0.0% 14,572 -23
Billings, MT 4.6% -0.1% 4,025 -46
Great Falls, MT 5.5% 0.0% 2,217 -17
Missoula, MT 6.4% -0.2% 3,678 -71
Lincoln, NE 3.5% -0.2% 6,198 -181
Omaha, NE 4.5% -0.1% 20,949 -412
Carson City, NV 12.0% 0.0% 3,341 10
Las Vegas, NV 12.5% 0.0% 122,392 794
Reno, NV 11.8% 0.0% 26,385 164
Manchester, NH 5.1% 0.0% 5,446 10
Portsmouth, NH 4.4% 0.0% 2,071 10
Rochester, NH 5.1% 0.0% 4,400 30
Atlantic City, NJ 12.6% -0.1% 17,212 -118
Ocean City, NJ 11.7% -0.2% 7,078 -64
Trenton, NJ 7.5% -0.1% 15,717 -148
Vineland, NJ 12.9% 0.0% 9,265 -41
Albuquerque, NM 7.5% 0.2% 30,072 699
Farmington, NM 7.1% 0.1% 3,892 61
Las Cruces, NM 7.0% 0.1% 6,483 131
Santa Fe, NM 5.3% 0.0% 4,052 39
Albany, NY 7.3% 0.0% 32,285 234
Binghamton, NY 8.3% -0.1% 9,822 -109
Buffalo, NY 7.9% 0.0% 45,143 297
Elmira, NY 8.1% 0.0% 3,121 -3
Glens Falls, NY 7.6% 0.0% 5,278 31
Ithaca, NY 6.1% 0.0% 3,282 -34
Kingston, NY 8.2% 0.1% 7,236 124
New York, NY 8.8% 0.0% 831,462 3,972
Poughkeepsie, NY 7.7% 0.0% 24,702 168
Rochester, NY 7.7% 0.0% 40,684 385
Syracuse, NY 8.4% 0.1% 26,729 221
Utica, NY 8.1% 0.0% 11,376 85
Asheville, NC 7.8% -0.1% 17,026 -30
Burlington, NC 9.9% -0.3% 7,259 -180
Charlotte, NC 9.8% -0.2% 87,147 -1,146
Durham, NC 7.7% 0.0% 20,641 -2
Fayetteville, NC 9.8% -0.1% 16,327 46
Goldsboro, NC 8.8% 0.0% 4,801 38
Greensboro, NC 9.9% -0.1% 37,019 -403
Greenville, NC 9.6% -0.1% 9,046 -50
Hickory, NC 11.2% -0.3% 18,907 -371
Jacksonville, NC 8.9% -0.1% 6,083 36
Raleigh, NC 7.9% -0.1% 46,908 -212
Rocky Mount, NC 12.9% -0.1% 9,262 -84
Wilmington, NC 9.9% -0.2% 18,069 -196
Winston, NC 9.1% -0.1% 22,184 -188
Bismarck, ND 2.8% -0.1% 1,789 -32
Fargo, ND 3.5% -0.1% 4,315 -60
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% -0.1% 2,385 -86
Akron, OH 7.4% -0.1% 27,174 -523
Canton, OH 7.8% -0.1% 15,496 -295
Cincinnati, OH 7.6% -0.2% 84,134 -1,464
Cleveland, OH 7.0% -0.2% 76,522 -1,658
Columbus, OH 6.7% -0.1% 64,448 -438
Dayton, OH 8.0% -0.1% 32,386 -667
Lima, OH 8.3% -0.2% 4,175 -106
Mansfield, OH 8.9% -0.2% 5,215 -127
Sandusky, OH 7.5% -0.2% 3,240 -108
Springfield, OH 7.8% -0.2% 5,377 -97
Steubenville, OH 10.7% 0.2% 5,913 110
Toledo, OH 8.2% -0.2% 26,319 -488
Youngstown, OH 8.3% -0.1% 22,136 -295
Lawton, OK 7.0% -0.3% 3,299 -142
Oklahoma City, OK 5.1% -0.5% 29,676 -2,814
Tulsa, OK 6.0% -0.6% 26,212 -2,805
Bend, OR 10.9% -0.3% 8,650 -258
Corvallis, OR 5.7% -0.2% 2,557 -61
Eugene, OR 8.3% -0.2% 14,705 -463
Medford, OR 10.5% -0.2% 10,657 -243
Portland, OR 7.9% -0.3% 95,231 -2,700
Salem, OR 8.8% -0.2% 17,400 -547
Allentown, PA 8.1% -0.1% 34,231 -311
Altoona, PA 6.6% 0.1% 4,260 48
Erie, PA 7.3% -0.2% 10,295 -111
Harrisburg, PA 6.8% -0.1% 19,305 43
Johnstown, PA 8.2% 0.0% 5,621 34
Lancaster, PA 6.2% -0.1% 16,450 -172
Lebanon, PA 6.0% -0.1% 4,392 -37
Philadelphia, PA 8.3% 0.0% 245,351 -499
Pittsburgh, PA 6.7% -0.1% 83,165 -23
Reading, PA 7.6% -0.1% 15,544 -74
Scranton, PA 8.8% -0.1% 25,047 115
State College, PA 5.4% 0.2% 4,125 152
Williamsport, PA 6.9% 0.0% 4,265 47
York, PA 7.4% -0.1% 16,754 -72
Providence, RI 10.8% -0.1% 74,943 -595
Anderson, SC 8.8% 0.0% 7,248 -53
Charleston, SC 7.6% -0.1% 25,008 -261
Columbia, SC 7.8% 0.0% 28,783 -148
Florence, SC 9.8% 0.0% 9,165 -38
Greenville, SC 7.3% -0.1% 22,810 -257
Myrtle Beach, SC 10.2% -0.1% 13,261 -176
Spartanburg, SC 8.9% -0.2% 11,902 -167
Sumter, SC 10.2% 0.0% 4,558 -16
Rapid City, SD 4.2% 0.0% 2,837 14
Sioux Falls, SD 4.0% 0.0% 5,280 22
Chattanooga, TN 7.1% -0.2% 18,555 -529
Clarksville, TN 8.6% -0.2% 9,843 -302
Cleveland, TN 8.0% -0.3% 4,317 -162
Jackson, TN 8.3% -0.2% 4,660 -161
Johnson City, TN 6.8% -0.2% 6,894 -278
Kingsport, TN 7.2% -0.1% 10,587 -233
Knoxville, TN 6.1% -0.2% 22,965 -753
Memphis, TN 8.7% -0.2% 54,650 -1,507
Morristown, TN 9.5% -0.2% 5,890 -208
Nashville, TN 6.6% -0.2% 55,026 -2,175
Abilene, TX 5.7% -0.2% 4,694 -134
Amarillo, TX 4.9% -0.1% 6,631 -155
Austin, TX 6.0% -0.2% 56,828 -1,059
Beaumont, TX 10.2% -0.1% 19,010 -149
Brownsville, TX 10.7% -0.2% 17,201 -229
College Station, TX 5.8% -0.2% 6,690 -132
Corpus Christi, TX 6.7% -0.1% 14,675 -399
Dallas, TX 6.9% -0.2% 227,991 -4,050
El Paso, TX 9.4% -0.1% 30,665 -159
Houston, TX 7.1% -0.2% 212,962 -5,182
Killeen, TX 7.6% -0.1% 13,029 -169
Laredo, TX 6.8% -0.2% 6,941 -193
Longview, TX 5.9% -0.2% 6,817 -139
Lubbock, TX 5.6% 0.0% 8,387 -45
McAllen, TX 10.8% -0.2% 34,643 -334
Midland, TX 3.8% -0.2% 3,208 -100
Odessa, TX 4.5% -0.3% 3,658 -150
San Angelo, TX 5.4% -0.2% 3,073 -75
San Antonio, TX 6.7% -0.1% 67,775 -891
Sherman, TX 7.4% -0.2% 4,351 -103
Texarkana, TX 6.8% -0.2% 4,610 -79
Tyler, TX 7.0% -0.3% 7,367 -267
Victoria, TX 6.0% -0.3% 3,619 -132
Waco, TX 6.8% -0.2% 7,838 -225
Wichita Falls, TX 6.4% -0.2% 4,619 -98
Logan, UT 4.3% 0.0% 2,891 10
Ogden, UT 5.9% 0.1% 15,270 305
Provo, UT 5.4% 0.0% 12,168 57
St George, UT 7.3% 0.0% 4,071 6
Salt Lake City, UT 5.5% 0.1% 33,159 539
Burlington, VT 4.0% 0.0% 4,717 -23
Blacksburg, VA 5.7% -0.3% 4,957 -206
Charlottesville, VA 4.9% 0.0% 5,552 -37
Danville, VA 8.3% -0.1% 4,383 -58
Harrisonburg, VA 5.6% -0.1% 3,863 -47
Lynchburg, VA 6.3% -0.1% 7,953 -114
Richmond, VA 6.2% -0.2% 42,334 -753
Roanoke, VA 6.0% -0.1% 9,566 -253
Virginia Beach, VA 6.5% -0.1% 54,759 -1,296
Winchester, VA 5.8% -0.2% 3,957 -135
Bellingham, WA 7.4% -0.2% 7,903 -126
Bremerton, WA 7.5% 0.0% 9,186 11
Kennewick, WA 8.5% 0.1% 11,442 167
Longview, WA 11.0% 0.1% 4,759 55
Mount Vernon, WA 9.3% -0.1% 5,302 -36
Olympia, WA 7.7% 0.0% 10,090 -14
Seattle, WA 7.6% -0.1% 143,656 -1,773
Spokane, WA 8.6% 0.0% 19,935 42
Wenatchee, WA 7.7% 0.0% 4,858 2
Yakima, WA 9.9% 0.0% 12,397 181
Charleston, WV 6.1% -0.4% 8,313 -568
Huntington, WV 7.3% -0.3% 9,440 -395
Morgantown, WV 5.0% -0.3% 3,318 -146
Parkersburg, WV 7.4% -0.3% 5,628 -266
Wheeling, WV 7.3% -0.1% 4,956 -110
Appleton, WI 6.0% -0.1% 7,456 -218
Eau Claire, WI 6.0% -0.2% 5,333 -206
Fond du Lac, WI 6.3% -0.3% 3,563 -115
Green Bay, WI 6.3% -0.2% 11,039 -288
Janesville, WI 8.7% -0.1% 6,792 -116
La Crosse, WI 5.3% -0.1% 4,063 -65
Madison, WI 4.9% -0.1% 16,660 -506
Milwaukee, WI 7.3% -0.1% 58,023 -1,127
Oshkosh, WI 5.9% -0.2% 5,765 -136
Racine, WI 8.1% -0.3% 7,937 -218
Sheboygan, WI 6.5% -0.2% 4,050 -127
Wausau, WI 7.0% -0.1% 5,091 -79
Casper, WY 4.9% -0.2% 2,130 -67
Cheyenne, WY 6.0% -0.1% 2,748 -12

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