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Unemployment Rate by Metropolitan Area

The December 2011 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 December 2011
Unemployment Rate 		1 Month
Unemployment
Rate Change 		December 2011
Unemployed 		1 Month
Unemployed Change
Anniston, AL 8.2% -0.6% 4,337 -307
Auburn, AL 7.2% -0.4% 4,847 -291
Birmingham, AL 7.8% -0.5% 40,715 -2,689
Decatur, AL 8.1% -0.7% 5,816 -468
Dothan, AL 7.9% -0.5% 4,988 -338
Florence, AL 7.7% -0.6% 5,391 -449
Gadsden, AL 8.7% -0.6% 3,859 -291
Huntsville, AL 7.2% -0.5% 15,105 -1,047
Mobile, AL 9.4% -0.7% 17,830 -1,378
Montgomery, AL 8.5% -0.5% 14,131 -1,055
Tuscaloosa, AL 8.2% -0.5% 8,125 -447
Anchorage, AK 6.4% 0.0% 12,750 -68
Fairbanks, AK 6.5% 0.0% 3,103 0
Flagstaff, AZ 7.8% 0.1% 5,925 55
Lake Havasu City, AZ 9.8% 0.1% 8,898 62
Phoenix, AZ 7.9% 0.0% 167,786 -532
Prescott, AZ 9.5% 0.0% 8,921 -14
Tucson, AZ 7.9% 0.1% 38,245 124
Yuma, AZ 25.9% 0.4% 24,315 184
Fayetteville, AR 6.4% -0.2% 14,576 -390
Fort Smith, AR 8.3% -0.2% 10,925 -408
Hot Springs, AR 7.6% -0.1% 3,388 -111
Jonesboro, AR 7.2% -0.2% 4,107 -162
Little Rock, AR 6.9% -0.2% 23,911 -736
Pine Bluff, AR 9.9% -0.3% 4,275 -167
Bakersfield, CA 14.3% -0.3% 52,960 -1,091
Chico, CA 12.7% -0.4% 13,216 -364
El Centro, CA 28.3% -0.4% 21,763 -316
Fresno, CA 16.0% -0.5% 69,678 -2,011
Hanford, CA 15.3% -0.5% 9,432 -288
Los Angeles, CA 10.9% -0.2% 703,249 -10,391
Madera, CA 14.5% -0.5% 9,550 -292
Merced, CA 18.0% -0.3% 19,027 -376
Modesto, CA 16.0% -0.3% 37,589 -600
Napa, CA 8.5% -0.3% 6,351 -188
Oxnard, CA 9.5% -0.2% 40,953 -838
Redding, CA 13.9% -0.5% 11,753 -407
Riverside, CA 12.8% -0.2% 227,167 -3,041
Sacramento, CA 11.2% -0.3% 115,950 -2,391
Salinas, CA 12.5% -0.5% 27,050 -1,077
San Diego, CA 9.3% -0.3% 147,339 -3,524
San Francisco, CA 8.9% -0.2% 199,145 -4,780
San Jose, CA 9.3% -0.3% 85,614 -2,000
San Luis Obispo, CA 9.1% -0.3% 12,283 -372
Santa Barbara, CA 8.6% -0.2% 18,806 -474
Santa Cruz, CA 11.3% -0.3% 17,214 -365
Santa Rosa, CA 9.3% -0.3% 23,407 -661
Stockton, CA 15.8% -0.4% 47,016 -1,022
Vallejo, CA 10.8% -0.3% 23,039 -572
Visalia, CA 15.7% -0.3% 33,103 -631
Yuba City, CA 17.8% -0.4% 12,594 -239
Boulder, CO 6.1% -0.1% 10,824 -165
Colorado Springs, CO 9.0% 0.0% 27,718 -55
Denver, CO 8.2% 0.0% 114,499 -422
Fort Collins, CO 6.4% -0.1% 11,534 -122
Grand Junction, CO 9.3% -0.1% 7,240 -35
Greeley, CO 9.1% -0.2% 10,946 -83
Pueblo, CO 9.8% -0.1% 7,555 -88
Bridgeport, CT 7.8% -0.2% 37,156 -844
Danbury, CT 6.8% -0.1% 6,298 -87
Hartford, CT 8.4% -0.3% 50,325 -1,517
New Haven, CT 8.7% -0.2% 27,448 -613
Norwich, CT 8.5% -0.1% 12,733 -237
Waterbury, CT 10.6% -0.4% 10,867 -399
Dover, DE 7.7% -0.2% 5,668 -111
Washington, DC 5.8% -0.1% 179,459 -2,609
Cape Coral, FL 10.2% -0.2% 27,928 -718
Crestview, FL 7.0% -0.2% 6,930 -199
Deltona, FL 10.1% -0.2% 25,550 -663
Gainesville, FL 7.8% -0.1% 10,775 -136
Jacksonville, FL 9.4% -0.2% 64,659 -1,591
Lakeland, FL 10.9% -0.2% 29,278 -730
Miami, FL 9.6% -0.2% 279,676 -6,305
Naples, FL 9.9% -0.2% 13,982 -240
North Port, FL 10.1% -0.1% 30,128 -418
Ocala, FL 11.6% -0.3% 15,395 -445
Orlando, FL 9.5% -0.2% 106,473 -2,454
Palm Bay, FL 10.9% -0.2% 28,297 -721
Palm Coast, FL 14.1% -0.2% 4,607 -64
Panama City, FL 9.3% -0.4% 8,412 -344
Pensacola, FL 9.6% -0.3% 20,212 -643
Port St Lucie, FL 11.4% -0.2% 21,161 -445
Punta Gorda, FL 10.1% -0.2% 6,994 -134
Sebastian, FL 12.1% -0.2% 7,484 -72
Tallahassee, FL 8.1% -0.2% 15,738 -240
Tampa, FL 10.1% -0.2% 131,595 -3,219
Albany, GA 10.1% -0.2% 7,773 -121
Athens, GA 7.4% -0.2% 7,956 -171
Atlanta, GA 9.6% -0.2% 258,598 -5,213
Augusta, GA 9.1% -0.1% 23,608 -446
Brunswick, GA 10.2% -0.1% 5,277 -40
Columbus, GA 9.1% -0.2% 12,110 -241
Dalton, GA 11.9% -0.3% 7,242 -237
Gainesville, GA 8.0% -0.2% 7,171 -134
Hinesville, GA 9.3% -0.1% 3,140 -22
Macon, GA 9.8% -0.2% 11,281 -169
Rome, GA 10.9% -0.2% 5,284 -113
Savannah, GA 9.0% -0.1% 15,881 -114
Valdosta, GA 8.9% -0.2% 5,924 -106
Warner Robins, GA 7.4% -0.2% 5,385 -79
Honolulu, HI 5.7% 0.1% 25,554 402
Boise City, ID 8.4% -0.2% 25,196 -531
Coeur dAlene, ID 10.0% -0.3% 7,070 -144
Idaho Falls, ID 7.1% -0.1% 4,447 -32
Lewiston, ID 7.7% -0.2% 2,209 -47
Pocatello, ID 8.1% -0.1% 3,582 2
Bloomington, IL 7.3% 0.0% 6,760 -8
Champaign, IL 8.6% 0.0% 10,172 -49
Chicago, IL 10.0% -0.2% 485,428 -9,755
Danville, IL 10.9% -0.1% 3,962 -33
Davenport, IL 7.7% 0.0% 15,683 37
Decatur, IL 10.8% 0.0% 5,905 6
Kankakee, IL 11.6% -0.2% 6,808 -106
Peoria, IL 8.5% -0.1% 17,885 -178
Rockford, IL 13.2% -0.4% 22,263 -784
Springfield, IL 7.8% -0.1% 9,281 -33
Anderson, IN 10.7% 0.0% 6,442 -15
Bloomington, IN 7.8% -0.1% 7,552 -60
Columbus, IN 7.5% -0.1% 2,943 -17
Elkhart, IN 11.2% -0.3% 10,128 -157
Evansville, IN 7.7% 0.0% 14,286 -77
Fort Wayne, IN 9.2% -0.1% 19,843 -97
Indianapolis, IN 8.5% -0.1% 76,348 -244
Kokomo, IN 10.1% -0.2% 4,381 -58
Lafayette, IN 7.9% 0.0% 7,841 29
Michigan City, IN 10.3% -0.3% 5,262 -92
Muncie, IN 10.3% -0.1% 5,575 -12
South Bend, IN 9.8% -0.2% 15,087 -133
Terre Haute, IN 10.5% 0.1% 8,342 48
Ames, IA 4.5% -0.1% 2,133 -51
Cedar Rapids, IA 6.0% 0.0% 8,635 -81
Des Moines, IA 5.7% 0.0% 17,713 -119
Dubuque, IA 5.1% -0.2% 2,756 -86
Iowa City, IA 4.3% -0.1% 3,942 -60
Sioux City, IA 5.4% 0.0% 4,232 -46
Waterloo, IA 5.5% 0.0% 5,254 -16
Lawrence, KS 5.7% -0.2% 3,756 -84
Topeka, KS 7.0% -0.1% 8,593 -97
Wichita, KS 7.5% -0.1% 23,745 -392
Bowling Green, KY 8.4% -0.4% 5,400 -238
Elizabethtown, KY 9.6% -0.2% 5,469 -142
Lexington, KY 7.9% -0.2% 19,318 -550
Louisville, KY 9.4% -0.1% 61,034 -1,035
Owensboro, KY 8.1% -0.3% 4,748 -202
Alexandria, LA 6.7% 0.0% 4,589 -22
Baton Rouge, LA 7.1% 0.1% 25,927 223
Houma, LA 4.7% -0.1% 4,924 -34
Lafayette, LA 5.2% 0.0% 7,067 -43
Lake Charles, LA 6.4% 0.1% 6,005 89
Monroe, LA 7.4% 0.1% 5,840 104
New Orleans, LA 7.1% 0.1% 38,138 126
Shreveport, LA 6.4% 0.0% 11,824 71
Bangor, ME 6.6% -0.1% 4,773 -56
Lewiston, ME 7.0% -0.1% 4,039 -79
Portland, ME 5.8% 0.0% 11,730 -167
Baltimore, MD 7.1% -0.2% 99,720 -2,334
Cumberland, MD 8.3% -0.2% 4,198 -98
Hagerstown, MD 8.7% -0.2% 10,146 -216
Salisbury, MD 8.5% -0.3% 5,422 -111
Barnstable Town, MA 7.3% -0.4% 9,958 -398
Boston, MA 6.2% -0.2% 159,514 -3,699
Leominster, MA 9.1% -0.3% 6,646 -230
New Bedford, MA 10.3% -0.3% 8,844 -259
Pittsfield, MA 6.9% 0.0% 2,780 -37
Springfield, MA 7.9% -0.2% 27,279 -890
Worcester, MA 7.3% -0.2% 21,978 -554
Ann Arbor, MI 6.0% -0.2% 10,818 -328
Battle Creek, MI 8.1% -0.2% 5,181 -166
Bay City, MI 8.5% -0.4% 4,529 -192
Detroit, MI 10.5% -0.7% 211,846 -13,184
Flint, MI 10.1% -0.4% 18,618 -554
Grand Rapids, MI 7.4% -0.3% 28,368 -1,361
Holland, MI 7.3% -0.3% 9,364 -431
Jackson, MI 8.8% -0.4% 6,293 -245
Kalamazoo, MI 7.8% -0.2% 12,834 -511
Lansing, MI 7.3% -0.2% 17,387 -675
Monroe, MI 8.9% -0.2% 6,136 -151
Muskegon, MI 9.4% -0.3% 7,653 -274
Niles, MI 9.1% -0.3% 6,812 -225
Saginaw, MI 8.8% -0.3% 8,004 -277
Duluth, MN 6.9% -0.2% 10,006 -459
Minneapolis, MN 5.7% -0.2% 104,353 -4,961
Rochester, MN 4.9% -0.2% 5,197 -236
St Cloud, MN 6.0% -0.3% 6,491 -311
Gulfport, MS 9.5% -0.1% 11,449 -290
Hattiesburg, MS 9.3% -0.1% 6,551 -123
Jackson, MS 8.3% -0.1% 22,957 -405
Pascagoula, MS 10.7% -0.3% 8,284 -210
Columbia, MO 5.5% -0.2% 5,340 -138
Jefferson City, MO 6.3% -0.1% 5,050 -47
Joplin, MO 7.1% -0.2% 6,244 -184
Kansas City, MO 7.9% -0.2% 82,432 -1,890
St Joseph, MO 7.1% -0.3% 4,778 -202
St Louis, MO 8.6% -0.1% 126,212 -695
Springfield, MO 7.2% -0.2% 16,216 -347
Billings, MT 5.2% -0.3% 4,507 -240
Great Falls, MT 6.2% -0.3% 2,492 -156
Missoula, MT 7.4% -0.2% 3,990 -141
Lincoln, NE 3.8% 0.1% 6,569 139
Omaha, NE 4.7% 0.0% 21,581 276
Carson City, NV 12.1% -0.4% 3,301 -120
Las Vegas, NV 12.4% -0.4% 117,319 -4,023
Reno, NV 11.8% -0.6% 25,303 -1,129
Manchester, NH 5.2% 0.0% 5,608 -50
Portsmouth, NH 4.6% 0.0% 2,099 -7
Rochester, NH 5.1% -0.1% 4,426 -63
Atlantic City, NJ 12.6% -0.1% 17,134 -10
Ocean City, NJ 12.6% -0.1% 7,425 -61
Trenton, NJ 7.7% 0.0% 15,816 -53
Vineland, NJ 13.0% -0.1% 9,239 -59
Albuquerque, NM 6.9% 0.0% 27,593 77
Farmington, NM 6.5% -0.1% 3,613 -41
Las Cruces, NM 6.6% 0.0% 6,027 -10
Santa Fe, NM 5.2% -0.1% 3,967 -43
Albany, NY 7.0% 0.1% 30,633 166
Binghamton, NY 8.0% 0.0% 9,621 -23
Buffalo, NY 7.8% 0.1% 44,347 112
Elmira, NY 8.0% 0.1% 3,147 -9
Glens Falls, NY 7.8% -0.1% 5,284 -16
Ithaca, NY 5.8% 0.1% 3,195 26
Kingston, NY 8.0% 0.1% 6,976 69
New York, NY 8.5% 0.0% 806,937 4,660
Poughkeepsie, NY 7.4% 0.0% 23,595 157
Rochester, NY 7.3% 0.1% 38,540 266
Syracuse, NY 7.9% 0.0% 25,432 46
Utica, NY 7.8% 0.1% 10,906 55
Asheville, NC 8.1% -0.1% 16,687 -205
Burlington, NC 10.5% -0.5% 7,317 -345
Charlotte, NC 10.5% -0.2% 89,632 -1,851
Durham, NC 7.7% -0.1% 20,434 -99
Fayetteville, NC 10.0% 0.0% 16,105 -45
Goldsboro, NC 8.9% -0.2% 4,692 -67
Greensboro, NC 10.4% -0.2% 37,915 -683
Greenville, NC 10.0% -0.3% 9,123 -232
Hickory, NC 12.2% -0.1% 19,878 -251
Jacksonville, NC 9.3% 0.0% 6,054 -34
Raleigh, NC 8.3% -0.1% 47,083 -709
Rocky Mount, NC 13.2% -0.3% 9,357 -193
Wilmington, NC 10.4% -0.2% 18,113 -298
Winston, NC 9.3% -0.2% 22,321 -412
Bismarck, ND 3.1% -0.1% 1,932 -64
Fargo, ND 3.7% -0.1% 4,482 -87
Grand Forks, ND 4.7% -0.1% 2,627 -52
Akron, OH 7.8% -0.4% 29,611 -1,870
Canton, OH 8.7% -0.5% 17,281 -1,143
Cincinnati, OH 8.2% -0.4% 91,021 -4,325
Cleveland, OH 7.4% -0.3% 81,141 -3,112
Columbus, OH 7.1% -0.4% 67,463 -3,664
Dayton, OH 8.8% -0.4% 35,533 -1,912
Lima, OH 8.9% -0.5% 4,546 -258
Mansfield, OH 9.9% -0.6% 5,793 -368
Sandusky, OH 8.1% -0.5% 3,588 -234
Springfield, OH 8.5% -0.4% 5,837 -323
Steubenville, OH 10.3% -0.3% 5,703 -207
Toledo, OH 9.2% -0.3% 29,431 -1,382
Youngstown, OH 8.8% -0.4% 23,595 -1,196
Lawton, OK 6.8% 0.3% 3,132 82
Oklahoma City, OK 5.7% 0.0% 32,737 31
Tulsa, OK 6.7% 0.0% 29,310 172
Bend, OR 12.0% -0.3% 9,572 -317
Corvallis, OR 6.0% -0.2% 2,716 -78
Eugene, OR 9.0% -0.3% 16,214 -575
Medford, OR 11.0% -0.3% 11,455 -381
Portland, OR 8.5% -0.3% 101,708 -3,799
Salem, OR 9.6% -0.3% 19,049 -725
Allentown, PA 8.4% -0.3% 35,194 -949
Altoona, PA 6.7% -0.3% 4,348 -160
Erie, PA 7.8% -0.2% 10,755 -310
Harrisburg, PA 7.0% -0.3% 19,556 -744
Johnstown, PA 8.2% -0.2% 5,640 -147
Lancaster, PA 6.6% -0.1% 17,378 -532
Lebanon, PA 6.2% -0.2% 4,547 -191
Philadelphia, PA 8.4% -0.2% 249,461 -5,418
Pittsburgh, PA 6.9% -0.3% 85,457 -3,166
Reading, PA 7.8% -0.2% 15,920 -478
Scranton, PA 9.0% -0.3% 25,212 -839
State College, PA 5.2% -0.2% 3,886 -188
Williamsport, PA 7.6% -0.4% 4,556 -221
York, PA 7.6% -0.1% 16,989 -295
Providence, RI 10.8% 0.1% 75,842 978
Anderson, SC 9.0% -0.3% 7,565 -343
Charleston, SC 8.0% -0.3% 26,095 -984
Columbia, SC 8.1% -0.3% 30,012 -1,401
Florence, SC 10.3% -0.4% 9,686 -506
Greenville, SC 7.8% -0.4% 24,567 -1,025
Myrtle Beach, SC 10.4% -0.3% 13,945 -514
Spartanburg, SC 9.6% -0.4% 12,925 -514
Sumter, SC 10.4% -0.4% 4,705 -185
Rapid City, SD 4.4% -0.1% 2,941 -97
Sioux Falls, SD 4.2% -0.1% 5,471 -127
Chattanooga, TN 7.8% -0.4% 20,463 -1,175
Clarksville, TN 9.5% -0.4% 11,106 -450
Cleveland, TN 8.8% -0.5% 4,819 -318
Jackson, TN 9.3% -0.4% 5,232 -254
Johnson City, TN 7.8% -0.5% 7,954 -474
Kingsport, TN 7.7% -0.3% 11,549 -454
Knoxville, TN 7.0% -0.5% 26,301 -1,591
Memphis, TN 9.6% -0.4% 60,223 -2,778
Morristown, TN 10.7% -0.5% 6,907 -322
Nashville, TN 7.5% -0.5% 62,968 -3,607
Abilene, TX 6.6% -0.3% 5,220 -212
Amarillo, TX 5.5% -0.1% 7,365 -197
Austin, TX 6.8% -0.3% 62,610 -3,029
Beaumont, TX 10.6% -0.3% 20,146 -692
Brownsville, TX 11.6% -0.5% 18,507 -773
College Station, TX 6.2% -0.2% 7,154 -188
Corpus Christi, TX 7.3% -0.4% 16,166 -669
Dallas, TX 7.7% -0.3% 250,724 -11,015
El Paso, TX 9.9% -0.3% 32,060 -1,187
Houston, TX 7.8% -0.3% 233,358 -8,858
Killeen, TX 8.2% -0.2% 13,853 -416
Laredo, TX 7.8% -0.3% 7,769 -316
Longview, TX 6.6% -0.3% 7,515 -348
Lubbock, TX 6.0% -0.2% 8,973 -367
McAllen, TX 11.5% -0.4% 36,326 -1,310
Midland, TX 4.4% -0.2% 3,531 -98
Odessa, TX 5.7% -0.2% 4,231 -192
San Angelo, TX 6.0% -0.3% 3,340 -146
San Antonio, TX 7.3% -0.3% 72,837 -2,904
Sherman, TX 8.2% -0.3% 4,787 -185
Texarkana, TX 7.3% -0.3% 4,849 -142
Tyler, TX 8.2% -0.4% 8,547 -416
Victoria, TX 6.7% -0.1% 4,059 -123
Waco, TX 7.4% -0.3% 8,715 -339
Wichita Falls, TX 7.1% -0.2% 5,105 -113
Logan, UT 4.6% -0.2% 3,147 -123
Ogden, UT 6.2% -0.4% 16,083 -1,115
Provo, UT 6.2% -0.5% 13,805 -1,114
St George, UT 8.0% -0.4% 4,443 -230
Salt Lake City, UT 5.9% -0.4% 34,996 -2,292
Burlington, VT 4.0% -0.1% 4,725 -144
Blacksburg, VA 6.9% -0.1% 5,732 -3
Charlottesville, VA 5.2% 0.0% 5,838 -45
Danville, VA 9.1% -0.2% 4,785 -124
Harrisonburg, VA 6.0% 0.0% 4,121 -7
Lynchburg, VA 6.8% 0.0% 8,632 -93
Richmond, VA 6.9% -0.1% 45,621 -425
Roanoke, VA 6.7% 0.1% 10,608 46
Virginia Beach, VA 7.2% 0.0% 59,531 -253
Winchester, VA 6.5% -0.1% 4,421 -44
Bellingham, WA 8.3% 0.0% 8,585 -31
Bremerton, WA 7.8% 0.1% 9,328 64
Kennewick, WA 8.6% 0.3% 11,295 288
Longview, WA 11.5% -0.1% 4,905 -47
Mount Vernon, WA 9.7% 0.0% 5,586 -7
Olympia, WA 8.1% 0.0% 10,445 41
Seattle, WA 8.1% -0.3% 152,750 -6,359
Spokane, WA 9.0% -0.1% 20,740 -197
Wenatchee, WA 8.0% 0.0% 5,014 -8
Yakima, WA 10.3% 0.0% 12,446 -60
Charleston, WV 7.3% 0.0% 10,048 73
Huntington, WV 8.3% -0.1% 10,695 -102
Morgantown, WV 5.8% 0.1% 3,699 44
Parkersburg, WV 8.5% -0.1% 6,455 -91
Wheeling, WV 7.9% -0.3% 5,449 -248
Appleton, WI 6.6% -0.2% 8,166 -267
Eau Claire, WI 6.7% -0.3% 6,086 -292
Fond du Lac, WI 7.0% -0.2% 3,904 -110
Green Bay, WI 7.0% -0.3% 12,018 -467
Janesville, WI 9.1% -0.2% 7,151 -177
La Crosse, WI 5.7% -0.3% 4,412 -229
Madison, WI 5.3% -0.1% 18,199 -539
Milwaukee, WI 7.6% -0.3% 61,242 -2,214
Oshkosh, WI 6.5% -0.1% 6,193 -169
Racine, WI 8.9% -0.3% 8,583 -344
Sheboygan, WI 7.2% -0.3% 4,554 -190
Wausau, WI 7.5% -0.2% 5,423 -171
Casper, WY 5.7% -0.1% 2,395 -40
Cheyenne, WY 6.7% -0.1% 2,894 -48

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