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Unemployment Rate by Metropolitan Area

The March 2023 unemployment rate and total unemployed for 387 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 2023
Unemployment Rate		 1 Month
Unemployment
Rate Change		 March 2023
Unemployed		 1 Month
Unemployed Change
Anniston, AL 2.4% -0.2% 1,126 -74
Auburn, AL 2.1% -0.1% 1,654 -89
Birmingham, AL 2.1% -0.1% 11,707 -569
Daphne, AL 2.0% -0.1% 2,045 -106
Decatur, AL 1.7% -0.2% 1,320 -97
Dothan, AL 2.2% -0.1% 1,481 -85
Florence, AL 2.4% -0.1% 1,586 -93
Gadsden, AL 2.5% -0.2% 972 -68
Huntsville, AL 1.9% -0.1% 4,662 -237
Mobile, AL 2.8% -0.1% 5,405 -285
Montgomery, AL 2.5% -0.1% 4,369 -207
Tuscaloosa, AL 2.2% -0.1% 2,609 -152
Anchorage, AK 3.2% -0.1% 6,488 -85
Fairbanks, AK 3.2% 0.0% 1,484 0
Flagstaff, AZ 3.8% -0.1% 2,842 -106
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.1% -0.1% 3,749 -80
Phoenix, AZ 3.1% 0.0% 79,937 -1,693
Prescott, AZ 3.1% -0.1% 3,431 -36
Sierra Vista, AZ 4.2% -0.1% 2,089 -33
Tucson, AZ 3.4% -0.1% 16,655 -416
Yuma, AZ 12.6% -0.2% 12,392 -171
Fayetteville, AR 2.1% -0.1% 6,681 -229
Fort Smith, AR 2.9% -0.1% 3,446 -102
Hot Springs, AR 3.4% -0.1% 1,431 -71
Jonesboro, AR 2.4% -0.2% 1,659 -92
Little Rock, AR 2.8% -0.1% 9,944 -475
Pine Bluff, AR 4.2% -0.3% 1,364 -96
Bakersfield, CA 7.5% 0.2% 29,674 852
Chico, CA 4.7% 0.0% 4,397 82
El Centro, CA 16.2% 0.4% 11,538 307
Fresno, CA 6.8% 0.2% 31,655 1,144
Hanford, CA 7.5% 0.3% 4,341 163
Los Angeles, CA 4.4% 0.1% 292,813 7,470
Madera, CA 6.8% 0.3% 4,437 202
Merced, CA 8.4% 0.3% 9,760 398
Modesto, CA 5.7% 0.1% 13,862 181
Napa, CA 3.2% 0.1% 2,303 74
Oxnard, CA 3.8% 0.1% 15,843 478
Redding, CA 4.8% 0.1% 3,514 67
Riverside, CA 4.2% 0.1% 91,737 2,694
Sacramento, CA 3.9% 0.1% 44,488 1,598
Salinas, CA 6.1% 0.2% 14,063 559
San Diego, CA 3.5% 0.1% 55,485 1,503
San Francisco, CA 3.1% 0.1% 80,128 2,391
San Jose, CA 2.9% 0.1% 31,699 1,415
San Luis Obispo, CA 3.1% 0.1% 4,329 130
Santa Cruz, CA 5.0% 0.1% 6,817 198
Santa Maria, CA 3.7% 0.2% 8,292 313
Santa Rosa, CA 3.2% 0.1% 8,038 217
Stockton, CA 5.6% 0.2% 19,497 698
Vallejo, CA 4.3% 0.1% 8,682 255
Visalia, CA 9.1% 0.3% 19,315 695
Yuba City, CA 6.7% 0.1% 5,328 133
Boulder, CO 2.3% -0.1% 4,779 -21
Colorado Springs, CO 2.9% -0.1% 10,970 -292
Denver, CO 2.7% 0.0% 47,021 -552
Fort Collins, CO 2.4% -0.1% 5,160 -78
Grand Junction, CO 3.1% -0.1% 2,377 -78
Greeley, CO 2.9% -0.1% 4,909 -113
Pueblo, CO 4.0% -0.1% 3,052 -52
Bridgeport, CT 4.1% 0.1% 19,015 237
Danbury, CT 3.5% 0.1% 3,678 7
Hartford, CT 3.9% 0.0% 24,227 193
New Haven, CT 3.7% 0.0% 12,551 112
Norwich, CT 3.7% 0.0% 5,166 -1
Waterbury, CT 4.9% 0.2% 5,437 173
Dover, DE 5.0% -0.1% 4,002 -90
Salisbury, MD 4.0% -0.2% 7,980 -334
Washington, DC 2.8% -0.1% 97,299 -2,207
Cape Coral, FL 2.8% 0.0% 10,601 -202
Crestview, FL 2.2% 0.0% 3,146 46
Deltona, FL 2.9% 0.0% 9,335 154
Gainesville, FL 2.6% 0.1% 3,865 70
Homosassa Springs, FL 3.8% 0.1% 1,898 33
Jacksonville, FL 2.6% 0.1% 21,795 503
Lakeland, FL 3.1% 0.0% 10,795 234
Miami, FL 2.3% -0.1% 75,448 -661
Naples, FL 2.7% 0.0% 5,192 70
North Port, FL 2.6% 0.0% 10,286 212
Ocala, FL 3.1% 0.0% 4,696 84
Orlando, FL 2.6% 0.0% 37,637 630
Palm Bay, FL 2.6% 0.1% 7,823 161
Panama City, FL 2.3% 0.0% 2,214 29
Pensacola, FL 2.6% 0.0% 6,288 118
Port St Lucie, FL 2.9% 0.0% 6,829 161
Punta Gorda, FL 3.0% -0.1% 2,347 -32
Sebastian, FL 3.2% 0.1% 2,145 62
Sebring, FL 3.9% 0.1% 1,397 31
Tallahassee, FL 2.7% 0.0% 5,493 76
Tampa, FL 2.6% 0.1% 43,058 833
The Villages, FL 3.7% 0.0% 1,422 18
Albany, GA 3.9% 0.1% 2,491 25
Athens, GA 3.1% 0.1% 3,060 60
Atlanta, GA 3.1% 0.1% 98,344 3,315
Augusta, GA 3.7% 0.1% 9,695 233
Brunswick, GA 3.0% 0.0% 1,641 35
Columbus, GA 3.7% 0.1% 4,515 67
Dalton, GA 4.1% 0.1% 2,376 21
Gainesville, GA 2.5% 0.1% 2,684 41
Hinesville, GA 3.3% 0.1% 1,130 22
Macon, GA 3.6% 0.1% 3,632 122
Rome, GA 3.2% 0.1% 1,418 21
Savannah, GA 2.9% 0.0% 5,758 112
Valdosta, GA 3.4% 0.1% 2,120 43
Warner Robins, GA 3.2% 0.1% 2,729 12
Kahului, HI 3.4% 0.0% 2,978 -5
Urban Honolulu, HI 3.3% -0.2% 15,311 -638
Boise City, ID 2.4% 0.0% 10,087 133
Coeur dAlene, ID 3.2% 0.0% 2,705 -20
Idaho Falls, ID 2.3% 0.1% 1,826 29
Lewiston, ID 2.9% -0.1% 934 -27
Pocatello, ID 2.6% 0.0% 1,130 -6
Bloomington, IL 3.3% 0.0% 3,202 -23
Carbondale, IL 3.9% 0.0% 2,229 -23
Champaign, IL 3.6% 0.1% 4,440 31
Chicago, IL 4.3% -0.1% 211,299 -4,726
Danville, IL 5.0% 0.1% 1,583 26
Davenport, IA 3.7% 0.0% 7,005 -16
Decatur, IL 5.2% 0.1% 2,377 59
Kankakee, IL 5.1% 0.0% 2,636 3
Peoria, IL 4.3% 0.0% 7,362 52
Rockford, IL 5.3% 0.1% 8,319 188
Springfield, IL 3.7% -0.1% 3,851 -43
Bloomington, IN 2.9% 0.0% 2,350 43
Columbus, IN 2.4% 0.0% 1,091 20
Elkhart, IN 3.5% 0.1% 4,104 127
Evansville, IN 2.9% 0.0% 4,578 12
Fort Wayne, IN 2.7% 0.0% 6,072 71
Indianapolis, IN 2.7% 0.1% 30,207 522
Kokomo, IN 4.9% 0.1% 1,627 25
Lafayette, IN 2.8% 0.0% 3,111 36
Michigan City, IN 3.7% 0.0% 1,740 10
Muncie, IN 3.5% 0.1% 1,787 14
South Bend, IN 3.8% 0.1% 5,895 52
Terre Haute, IN 3.4% 0.0% 2,469 2
Ames, IA 2.1% 0.0% 1,235 -6
Cedar Rapids, IA 3.2% 0.0% 4,625 -36
Des Moines, IA 2.7% 0.0% 10,188 -19
Dubuque, IA 2.9% -0.1% 1,624 -53
Iowa City, IA 2.3% -0.1% 2,326 -46
Sioux City, IA 2.5% -0.1% 2,362 -104
Waterloo, IA 2.9% 0.0% 2,537 -49
Lawrence, KS 2.8% 0.0% 1,911 29
Manhattan, KS 2.8% 0.0% 1,364 8
Topeka, KS 2.9% 0.0% 3,551 27
Wichita, KS 3.2% 0.0% 10,225 58
Bowling Green, KY 3.7% 0.0% 3,143 -45
Elizabethtown, KY 4.1% -0.1% 2,621 -87
Lexington, KY 3.0% -0.1% 8,290 -250
Louisville, KY 3.4% -0.1% 22,883 -166
Owensboro, KY 4.0% -0.1% 2,124 -87
Alexandria, LA 3.3% 0.0% 2,190 10
Baton Rouge, LA 3.2% 0.0% 14,168 49
Hammond, LA 4.3% 0.0% 2,458 18
Houma, LA 3.4% 0.0% 2,889 -22
Lafayette, LA 3.4% 0.0% 7,402 -10
Lake Charles, LA 3.4% 0.0% 3,277 -21
Monroe, LA 3.7% 0.0% 2,978 26
New Orleans, LA 3.6% 0.0% 21,693 231
Shreveport, LA 3.7% 0.0% 6,892 46
Bangor, ME 2.4% -0.1% 1,656 -75
Lewiston, ME 2.7% -0.1% 1,433 -50
Portland, ME 2.1% -0.1% 4,317 -165
Baltimore, MD 2.8% -0.1% 40,920 -2,296
California, MD 2.7% -0.1% 1,528 -107
Cumberland, MD 3.5% -0.1% 1,527 -69
Hagerstown, MD 2.9% -0.1% 3,758 -182
Barnstable Town, MA 4.4% 0.0% 5,474 -39
Boston, MA 3.4% 0.0% 94,603 -149
Leominster, MA 4.4% 0.0% 3,443 3
New Bedford, MA 5.1% -0.1% 4,327 -40
Pittsfield, MA 4.3% -0.1% 1,738 -39
Springfield, MA 4.2% 0.0% 15,485 -193
Worcester, MA 3.9% 0.1% 13,838 83
Ann Arbor, MI 3.7% 0.0% 7,265 -23
Battle Creek, MI 4.8% -0.1% 2,907 -12
Bay City, MI 5.4% 0.0% 2,682 32
Detroit, MI 3.5% -0.3% 74,051 -5,290
Flint, MI 5.5% -0.1% 9,872 -65
Grand Rapids, MI 3.5% 0.0% 20,364 -126
Jackson, MI 4.5% 0.0% 3,331 -14
Kalamazoo, MI 4.4% 0.0% 7,306 3
Lansing, MI 4.3% 0.0% 10,502 3
Midland, MI 4.5% 0.0% 1,806 12
Monroe, MI 4.8% 0.0% 3,581 -19
Muskegon, MI 5.1% 0.0% 3,918 -38
Niles, MI 4.7% 0.0% 3,411 -18
Saginaw, MI 5.8% 0.0% 4,844 73
Duluth, MN 3.3% -0.2% 4,654 -228
Mankato, MN 2.3% -0.1% 1,443 -17
Minneapolis, MN 2.7% 0.0% 53,547 -846
Rochester, MN 2.3% -0.1% 2,996 -68
St Cloud, MN 2.9% -0.1% 3,279 -100
Gulfport, MS 3.5% -0.1% 5,720 -171
Hattiesburg, MS 3.1% -0.1% 2,160 -54
Jackson, MS 3.1% -0.1% 8,126 -240
Cape Girardeau, MO 2.3% -0.1% 1,107 -21
Columbia, MO 1.9% 0.0% 1,953 0
Jefferson City, MO 2.0% 0.0% 1,501 -37
Joplin, MO 2.4% 0.0% 1,992 -13
Kansas City, MO 2.7% 0.0% 31,301 189
St Joseph, MO 2.3% 0.0% 1,367 -23
St Louis, MO 2.6% -0.1% 38,759 -461
Springfield, MO 2.0% 0.0% 4,925 -67
Billings, MT 2.1% -0.1% 1,972 -58
Great Falls, MT 2.3% -0.1% 930 -28
Missoula, MT 2.2% -0.1% 1,525 -30
Grand Island, NE 2.3% 0.0% 1,043 -33
Lincoln, NE 2.0% -0.1% 3,808 -239
Omaha, NE 2.3% -0.2% 11,901 -688
Carson City, NV 4.4% 0.0% 1,142 21
Las Vegas, NV 5.9% 0.0% 68,229 -52
Reno, NV 4.0% 0.1% 10,505 231
Dover, NH 2.2% -0.1% 1,849 -170
Manchester, NH 2.3% -0.2% 2,752 -256
Portsmouth, NH 2.1% -0.2% 1,689 -116
Atlantic City, NJ 4.6% 0.1% 5,762 45
Ocean City, NJ 6.1% 0.0% 2,925 20
Trenton, NJ 3.0% 0.0% 6,673 165
Vineland, NJ 5.1% 0.1% 3,519 68
Albuquerque, NM 3.2% 0.0% 14,212 -114
Farmington, NM 4.0% -0.1% 2,016 -20
Las Cruces, NM 4.0% -0.1% 4,034 -29
Santa Fe, NM 3.0% 0.0% 2,161 -32
Albany, NY 2.8% -0.1% 12,993 -260
Binghamton, NY 3.3% -0.1% 3,472 -120
Buffalo, NY 3.4% -0.1% 18,439 -394
Elmira, NY 3.6% -0.1% 1,227 -38
Glens Falls, NY 2.9% -0.2% 1,731 -72
Ithaca, NY 2.8% 0.0% 1,381 -46
Kingston, NY 3.0% 0.0% 2,603 -46
New York, NY 4.0% 0.0% 409,918 2,454
Rochester, NY 3.2% -0.1% 16,492 -429
Syracuse, NY 3.2% -0.1% 9,890 -273
Utica, NY 3.3% -0.2% 4,246 -175
Watertown, NY 3.8% -0.1% 1,665 -67
Asheville, NC 2.9% -0.1% 7,029 -69
Burlington, NC 3.6% 0.0% 3,000 -6
Charlotte, NC 3.4% 0.0% 48,590 156
Durham, NC 3.1% 0.0% 9,951 53
Fayetteville, NC 5.0% 0.0% 7,311 -11
Goldsboro, NC 3.9% 0.0% 1,966 1
Greensboro, NC 4.0% 0.0% 14,654 37
Greenville, NC 4.1% 0.0% 3,616 41
Hickory, NC 3.2% 0.0% 5,595 -82
Jacksonville, NC 4.2% 0.0% 2,892 3
New Bern, NC 3.7% 0.0% 1,911 -9
Raleigh, NC 3.1% 0.0% 24,019 108
Rocky Mount, NC 5.2% -0.1% 3,233 -25
Wilmington, NC 3.2% -0.1% 5,257 -8
Winston, NC 3.5% 0.0% 11,730 -10
Bismarck, ND 2.0% 0.0% 1,412 -24
Fargo, ND 1.8% 0.0% 2,696 -41
Grand Forks, ND 2.1% -0.1% 1,131 -56
Akron, OH 3.8% 0.0% 13,306 -68
Canton, OH 3.8% -0.1% 7,390 -98
Cincinnati, OH 3.2% -0.1% 37,320 -137
Cleveland, OH 4.0% -0.2% 41,301 -1,636
Columbus, OH 3.2% -0.1% 36,432 -138
Dayton, OH 3.6% 0.0% 13,957 -1
Lima, OH 3.9% 0.0% 1,814 -21
Mansfield, OH 4.3% 0.0% 2,193 7
Springfield, OH 3.7% -0.1% 2,334 -33
Toledo, OH 4.0% -0.1% 11,876 -56
Weirton, WV 4.9% -0.1% 2,435 -40
Youngstown, OH 4.5% -0.1% 10,287 -184
Lawton, OK 3.5% 0.0% 1,740 -13
Oklahoma City, OK 2.8% 0.0% 20,309 -88
Tulsa, OK 3.0% 0.0% 14,600 -130
Albany, OR 4.8% -0.3% 2,938 -201
Bend, OR 4.4% -0.3% 4,579 -268
Corvallis, OR 3.5% -0.3% 1,704 -170
Eugene, OR 4.8% -0.3% 8,724 -563
Grants Pass, OR 6.0% -0.4% 2,207 -157
Medford, OR 5.2% -0.2% 5,538 -272
Portland, OR 4.1% -0.2% 55,774 -3,418
Salem, OR 4.4% -0.3% 9,313 -693
Allentown, PA 4.0% -0.1% 18,174 -583
Altoona, PA 4.0% -0.2% 2,333 -127
Bloomsburg, PA 4.2% -0.2% 1,842 -63
Chambersburg, PA 3.5% -0.2% 2,759 -104
East Stroudsburg, PA 5.6% -0.1% 4,604 -101
Erie, PA 4.8% -0.1% 6,024 -216
Gettysburg, PA 3.0% -0.2% 1,674 -80
Harrisburg, PA 3.4% -0.1% 10,487 -483
Johnstown, PA 5.0% -0.2% 2,746 -112
Lancaster, PA 3.2% -0.1% 9,252 -350
Lebanon, PA 3.2% -0.2% 2,382 -131
Philadelphia, PA 3.8% -0.1% 124,421 -3,271
Pittsburgh, PA 4.3% -0.2% 51,118 -1,451
Reading, PA 3.9% -0.2% 8,439 -375
Scranton, PA 4.9% -0.1% 13,649 -390
State College, PA 3.5% -0.1% 2,741 -94
Williamsport, PA 4.3% -0.2% 2,371 -110
York, PA 3.6% -0.1% 8,622 -303
Providence, RI 3.4% 0.1% 23,765 631
Charleston, SC 2.8% 0.0% 11,716 231
Columbia, SC 3.2% 0.1% 12,662 310
Florence, SC 3.3% 0.1% 3,186 95
Greenville, SC 3.0% 0.1% 13,240 349
Hilton Head Island, SC 3.1% 0.0% 2,818 24
Myrtle Beach, SC 3.8% 0.1% 7,983 102
Spartanburg, SC 3.2% 0.0% 5,384 70
Sumter, SC 4.1% 0.0% 1,736 35
Rapid City, SD 1.8% -0.2% 1,444 -118
Sioux Falls, SD 1.7% -0.1% 2,836 -105
Chattanooga, TN 3.1% -0.1% 8,666 -107
Clarksville, TN 3.9% -0.1% 4,714 -83
Cleveland, TN 3.6% 0.0% 2,036 -11
Jackson, TN 3.4% 0.0% 2,179 -13
Johnson City, TN 3.4% -0.1% 3,155 -53
Kingsport, TN 3.4% -0.1% 4,650 -94
Knoxville, TN 3.1% 0.0% 13,426 -284
Memphis, TN 4.0% 0.0% 24,982 -289
Morristown, TN 3.6% 0.0% 1,890 -49
Nashville, TN 2.7% -0.1% 30,519 -564
Abilene, TX 3.6% 0.0% 2,987 55
Amarillo, TX 3.0% 0.0% 4,187 76
Austin, TX 3.2% 0.2% 44,986 2,036
Beaumont, TX 6.1% 0.2% 10,248 334
Brownsville, TX 5.7% 0.1% 10,222 248
College Station, TX 3.3% 0.0% 4,919 93
Corpus Christi, TX 4.7% 0.1% 9,490 133
Dallas, TX 3.7% 0.1% 159,658 5,069
El Paso, TX 4.4% 0.1% 16,780 513
Houston, TX 4.3% 0.1% 152,479 4,073
Killeen, TX 4.6% 0.1% 8,613 279
Laredo, TX 4.2% 0.1% 4,990 134
Longview, TX 4.3% 0.1% 4,230 84
Lubbock, TX 3.5% 0.0% 6,043 162
McAllen, TX 6.3% 0.0% 23,946 436
Midland, TX 2.7% 0.0% 3,044 39
Odessa, TX 3.6% 0.0% 3,106 31
San Angelo, TX 3.5% 0.1% 2,008 51
San Antonio, TX 3.7% 0.0% 47,734 1,271
Sherman, TX 3.9% 0.1% 2,609 72
Texarkana, TX 4.1% 0.0% 2,545 -7
Tyler, TX 3.8% 0.1% 4,256 89
Victoria, TX 4.1% 0.0% 1,857 44
Waco, TX 3.9% 0.1% 5,305 188
Wichita Falls, TX 4.0% 0.1% 2,612 98
Logan, UT 2.1% 0.0% 1,665 -15
Ogden, UT 2.3% 0.0% 8,225 -58
Provo, UT 2.2% -0.1% 8,019 -32
St George, UT 2.6% 0.0% 2,267 -34
Salt Lake City, UT 2.4% 0.0% 17,292 3
Burlington, VT 2.1% -0.1% 2,675 -142
Blacksburg, VA 2.8% -0.1% 2,701 -112
Charlottesville, VA 2.8% -0.1% 3,518 -54
Harrisonburg, VA 2.9% -0.1% 2,036 -49
Lynchburg, VA 3.4% 0.0% 4,163 -95
Richmond, VA 3.1% 0.0% 21,786 -401
Roanoke, VA 2.9% -0.1% 4,728 -100
Staunton, VA 2.5% -0.2% 1,598 -68
Virginia Beach, VA 3.2% 0.0% 27,443 -544
Winchester, VA 2.6% -0.1% 2,070 -49
Bellingham, WA 5.1% -0.1% 5,963 -144
Bremerton, WA 4.8% -0.1% 6,286 -55
Kennewick, WA 5.7% -0.1% 8,863 -102
Longview, WA 6.0% -0.1% 2,975 -61
Mount Vernon, WA 5.4% -0.1% 3,365 -93
Olympia, WA 4.9% -0.1% 7,418 -131
Seattle, WA 3.4% -0.1% 77,131 -1,919
Spokane, WA 5.4% -0.2% 15,782 -414
Walla Walla, WA 4.9% -0.1% 1,606 -32
Wenatchee, WA 5.4% -0.1% 3,666 -91
Yakima, WA 7.1% -0.2% 9,510 -242
Beckley, WV 3.3% -0.3% 1,527 -92
Charleston, WV 3.3% -0.2% 2,945 -176
Huntington, WV 3.9% -0.1% 5,574 -170
Morgantown, WV 3.0% -0.2% 2,141 -103
Parkersburg, WV 3.8% -0.1% 1,457 -66
Wheeling, WV 4.3% -0.2% 2,561 -90
Appleton, WI 2.0% -0.2% 2,623 -255
Eau Claire, WI 2.5% -0.1% 2,322 -147
Fond du Lac, WI 2.1% -0.2% 1,207 -92
Green Bay, WI 2.0% -0.3% 3,551 -403
Janesville, WI 2.9% -0.2% 2,516 -145
La Crosse, WI 2.2% -0.1% 1,670 -111
Madison, WI 1.9% -0.1% 7,472 -570
Milwaukee, WI 2.8% -0.1% 22,234 -1,169
Oshkosh, WI 2.2% -0.1% 2,017 -145
Racine, WI 2.8% -0.3% 2,735 -268
Sheboygan, WI 2.0% -0.2% 1,262 -112
Wausau, WI 2.1% -0.2% 1,528 -114
Casper, WY 3.9% 0.0% 1,585 23
Cheyenne, WY 3.6% 0.0% 1,781 -3

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