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In September 2016, 224 metropolitan areas had unemployment rates that decreased over the year, 22 had no change, and 141 areas had unemployment rates that increased. The largest 12-month decrease in the unemployment rate among metropolitan areas occurred in Yuma, Arizona (−3.8 percentage points). El Centro, California (−2.3 percentage points) and New Bedford, Massachusetts (−2.2 percentage points) were the only other areas that had unemployment rate decreases of more than 2 percentage points.
Metropolitan area | September 2015 | September 2016 (p) | Percentage point(s) change (p) |
---|---|---|---|
Yuma, AZ |
24.7% | 20.9% | -3.8 |
El Centro, CA |
25.0 | 22.7 | -2.3 |
New Bedford, MA NECTA |
7.0 | 4.8 | -2.2 |
Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA |
5.8 | 3.9 | -1.9 |
Pittsfield, MA NECTA |
5.3 | 3.6 | -1.7 |
Barnstable Town, MA NECTA |
4.8 | 3.2 | -1.6 |
Springfield, MA-CT NECTA |
5.7 | 4.2 | -1.5 |
Worcester, MA-CT NECTA |
5.2 | 3.7 | -1.5 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA |
4.5 | 3.1 | -1.4 |
Reno, NV |
5.8 | 4.5 | -1.3 |
Carson City, NV |
6.8 | 5.6 | -1.2 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
7.9 | 6.8 | -1.1 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
6.7 | 5.6 | -1.1 |
Fayetteville, NC |
7.1 | 6.0 | -1.1 |
Pine Bluff, AR |
6.4 | 5.4 | -1.0 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
5.2 | 4.2 | -1.0 |
California-Lexington Park, MD |
4.8 | 3.8 | -1.0 |
Cumberland, MD-WV |
6.3 | 5.3 | -1.0 |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
6.3 | 5.3 | -1.0 |
Hot Springs, AR |
5.2 | 4.3 | -0.9 |
Jonesboro, AR |
4.2 | 3.3 | -0.9 |
Florence, SC |
6.4 | 5.5 | -0.9 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
7.3 | 6.4 | -0.9 |
Sumter, SC |
6.6 | 5.7 | -0.9 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
4.9 | 4.1 | -0.8 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach- Anaheim, CA |
5.7 | 4.9 | -0.8 |
Albany, OR |
6.5 | 5.7 | -0.8 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
5.0 | 4.2 | - 0.8 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC |
5.2 | 4.4 | -0.8 |
Spartanburg, SC |
5.5 | 4.7 | -0.8 |
Morristown, TN |
6.1 | 5.3 | -0.8 |
Florence- Muscle Shoals, AL |
6.9 | 6.2 | -0.7 |
Dover, DE |
5.3 | 4.6 | -0.7 |
Salisbury, MD-DE |
5.3 | 4.6 | -0.7 |
Greenville, NC |
5.8 | 5.1 | -0.7 |
New Bern, NC |
5.7 | 5.0 | -0.7 |
Rocky Mount, NC |
7.7 | 7.0 | -0.7 |
Wilmington, NC |
5.2 | 4.5 | -0.7 |
Winston-Salem, NC |
5.2 | 4.5 | -0.7 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
5.6 | 4.9 | -0.7 |
Madera, CA |
8.3 | 7.7 | -0.6 |
Bend-Redmond, OR |
5.2 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
Cleveland, TN |
5.4 | 4.8 | -0.6 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
6.2 | 5.6 | -0.6 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
4.2 | 3.6 | -0.6 |
Janesville-Beloit, WI |
4.5 | 3.9 | - 0.6 |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL |
6.8 | 6.2 | -0.6 |
Bowling Green, KY |
4.3 | 3.7 | - 0.6 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
5.3 | 4.7 | -0.6 |
Grants Pass, OR |
7.0 | 6.4 | -0.6 |
Columbia, SC |
5.3 | 4.7 | -0.6 |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC |
5.0 | 4.4 | -0.6 |
Jackson, TN |
5.8 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
5.8 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
Racine, WI |
5.0 | 4.4 | -0.6 |
Prescott, AZ |
5.4 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
5.7 | 5.2 | -0.5 |
Sebring, FL |
7.4 | 6.9 | -0.5 |
Albany, GA |
6.7 | 6.2 | -0.5 |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
6.2 | 5.7 | -0.5 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
3.8 | 3.3 | -0.5 |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
3.5 | 3.0 | -0.5 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
7.7 | 7.2 | -0.5 |
Asheville, NC |
4.3 | 3.8 | -0.5 |
Burlington, NC |
5.0 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
5.2 | 4.7 | -0.5 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
4.7 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
Jacksonville, NC |
5.8 | 5.3 | -0.5 |
Johnson City, TN |
6.0 | 5.5 | -0.5 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
4.5 | 4.0 | - 0.5 |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
3.4 | 2.9 | -0.5 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
4.9 | 4.4 | - 0.5 |
Beckley, WV |
6.7 | 6.2 | -0.5 |
Eau Claire, WI |
3.5 | 3.0 | -0.5 |
Fond du Lac, WI |
3.4 | 2.9 | -0.5 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
4.5 | 4.0 | -0.5 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
3.7 | 3.2 | -0.5 |
Wausau, WI |
3.5 | 3.0 | -0.5 |
Decatur, AL |
6.0 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
Dothan, AL |
6.0 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
Flagstaff, AZ |
6.2 | 5.8 | -0.4 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
5.2 | 4.8 | -0.4 |
Modesto, CA |
7.9 | 7.5 | -0.4 |
Pueblo, CO |
4.9 | 4.5 | -0.4 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
5.5 | 5.1 | -0.4 |
Jacksonville, FL |
5.0 | 4.6 | -0.4 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
5.5 | 5.1 | -0.4 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
4.9 | 4.5 | - 0.4 |
Brunswick, GA |
5.9 | 5.5 | -0.4 |
Raleigh, NC |
4.5 | 4.1 | -0.4 |
Medford, OR |
6.0 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA |
5.2 | 4.8 | -0.4 |
Morgantown, WV |
4.4 | 4.0 | -0.4 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
3.3 | 2.9 | -0.4 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
4.3 | 3.9 | -0.4 |
Manchester, NH NECTA |
3.0 | 2.6 | - 0.4 |
St. George, UT |
3.5 | 3.1 | -0.4 |
Green Bay, WI |
3.6 | 3.2 | -0.4 |
Madison, WI |
3.0 | 2.6 | -0.4 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL |
7.1 | 6.7 | -0.4 |
Columbus, GA-AL |
6.6 | 6.2 | -0.4 |
Knoxville, TN |
5.1 | 4.7 | -0.4 |
Mobile, AL |
6.9 | 6.6 | -0.3 |
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA |
5.4 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
Port St. Lucie, FL |
5.9 | 5.6 | -0.3 |
Punta Gorda, FL |
5.9 | 5.6 | -0.3 |
Saginaw, MI |
4.4 | 4.1 | -0.3 |
Salem, OR |
5.4 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
Clarksville, TN-KY |
5.9 | 5.6 | -0.3 |
Richmond, VA |
4.4 | 4.1 | -0.3 |
Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA |
2.7 | 2.4 | -0.3 |
Montgomery, AL |
5.8 | 5.5 | -0.3 |
Tucson, AZ |
5.5 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
Fort Smith, AR-OK |
5.1 | 4.8 | -0.3 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
5.0 | 4.7 | -0.3 |
Homosassa Springs, FL |
7.0 | 6.7 | - 0.3 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
6.2 | 5.9 | -0.3 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs- Roswell, GA |
5.3 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
Macon, GA |
6.0 | 5.7 | -0.3 |
Valdosta, GA |
5.6 | 5.3 | -0.3 |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
4.3 | 4.0 | -0.3 |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY |
4.7 | 4.4 | -0.3 |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
3.8 | 3.5 | -0.3 |
Muskegon, MI |
4.6 | 4.3 | -0.3 |
Hattiesburg, MS |
5.7 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
Goldsboro, NC |
5.7 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
Rapid City, SD |
2.9 | 2.6 | -0.3 |
Sioux Falls, SD |
2.3 | 2.0 | -0.3 |
Logan, UT-ID |
2.8 | 2.5 | -0.3 |
Charleston, WV |
5.7 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
Appleton, WI |
3.3 | 3.0 | -0.3 |
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
3.3 | 3.0 | -0.3 |
Sheboygan, WI |
3.3 | 3.0 | -0.3 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
5.2 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
Huntsville, AL |
5.2 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
5.5 | 5.3 | -0.2 |
Santa Rosa, CA |
4.0 | 3.8 | -0.2 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
5.5 | 5.3 | -0.2 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
3.7 | 3.5 | -0.2 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
3.1 | 2.9 | -0.2 |
Greeley, CO |
3.2 | 3.0 | -0.2 |
Waterbury, CT NECTA |
6.5 | 6.3 | -0.2 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL |
4.3 | 4.1 | -0.2 |
North Port-Sarasota- Bradenton, FL |
4.9 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
Panama City, FL |
4.9 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
Tampa- St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
4.9 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
Hinesville, GA |
5.9 | 5.7 | -0.2 |
Savannah, GA |
5.2 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
Warner Robins, GA |
5.8 | 5.6 | -0.2 |
Boise City, ID |
3.7 | 3.5 | -0.2 |
Idaho Falls, ID |
3.2 | 3.0 | -0.2 |
Pocatello, ID |
3.5 | 3.3 | -0.2 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
4.3 | 4.1 | -0.2 |
Bay City, MI |
4.3 | 4.1 | -0.2 |
Flint, MI |
4.7 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
3.7 | 3.5 | -0.2 |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
3.5 | 3.3 | -0.2 |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS |
6.2 | 6.0 | -0.2 |
Jackson, MS |
5.2 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
Great Falls, MT |
3.6 | 3.4 | -0.2 |
Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA |
2.6 | 2.4 | -0.2 |
Binghamton, NY |
5.4 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
5.2 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
Elmira, NY |
5.7 | 5.5 | -0.2 |
Syracuse, NY |
5.0 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
Utica- Rome, NY |
5.0 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
5.5 | 5.3 | -0.2 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
3.0 | 2.8 | -0.2 |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA |
3.1 | 2.9 | -0.2 |
Charlottesville, VA |
3.6 | 3.4 | -0.2 |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA |
3.4 | 3.2 | -0.2 |
Provo-Orem, UT |
2.9 | 2.7 | -0.2 |
Winchester, VA-WV |
3.8 | 3.6 | -0.2 |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
5.6 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
The Villages, FL |
7.1 | 6.9 | -0.2 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
5.6 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
Kingston, NY |
4.6 | 4.4 | -0.2 |
Eugene, OR |
5.6 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
Merced, CA |
8.3 | 8.2 | -0.1 |
Gadsden, AL |
5.9 | 5.8 | - 0.1 |
Chico, CA |
6.2 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
Salinas, CA |
5.4 | 5.3 | -0.1 |
New Haven, CT NECTA |
5.2 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
Rockford, IL |
6.7 | 6.6 | -0.1 |
Springfield, IL |
4.9 | 4.8 | -0.1 |
Terre Haute, IN |
5.2 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
Jackson, MI |
4.2 | 4.1 | -0.1 |
Las Cruces, NM |
6.9 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
4.9 | 4.8 | -0.1 |
San Francisco-Oakland- Hayward, CA |
3.9 | 3.8 | -0.1 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
3.9 | 3.8 | -0.1 |
Boulder, CO |
2.5 | 2.4 | -0.1 |
Fort Collins, CO |
2.6 | 2.5 | -0.1 |
Lewiston, ID-WA |
3.6 | 3.5 | -0.1 |
Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA |
2.9 | 2.8 | -0.1 |
Battle Creek, MI |
4.0 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
3.0 | 2.9 | -0.1 |
Midland, MI |
3.7 | 3.6 | -0.1 |
Missoula, MT |
3.1 | 3.0 | -0.1 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
4.0 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
Redding, CA |
6.6 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
6.3 | 6.2 | -0.1 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
5.3 | 5.2 | - 0.1 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
4.8 | 4.7 | -0.1 |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
7.6 | 7.5 | - 0.1 |
Yuba City, CA |
8.0 | 7.9 | -0.1 |
Ocala, FL |
6.1 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
5.0 | 4.9 | -0.1 |
Tallahassee, FL |
5.0 | 4.9 | - 0.1 |
Gainesville, GA |
4.5 | 4.4 | -0.1 |
Rome, GA |
6.3 | 6.2 | -0.1 |
Kankakee, IL |
6.3 | 6.2 | -0.1 |
Kokomo, IN |
4.3 | 4.2 | -0.1 |
Owensboro, KY |
4.3 | 4.2 | -0.1 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI |
4.1 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
Ocean City, NJ |
6.6 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
4.3 | 4.2 | -0.1 |
Glens Falls, NY |
4.5 | 4.4 | -0.1 |
Ithaca, NY |
3.8 | 3.7 | -0.1 |
Rochester, NY |
4.8 | 4.7 | -0.1 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
5.5 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
5.3 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
Harrisonburg, VA |
4.1 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
Roanoke, VA |
4.1 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
4.8 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
5.4 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
Fresno, CA |
8.3 | 8.3 | 0.0 |
Napa, CA |
3.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
5.5 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
4.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
Grand Junction, CO |
4.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA |
5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
Danbury, CT NECTA |
4.1 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA |
5.1 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
Gainesville, FL |
4.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
Decatur, IL |
6.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
Fort Wayne, IN |
3.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
3.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
Bangor, ME NECTA |
3.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
3.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
Santa Fe, NM |
5.4 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
Sherman-Denison, TX |
4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
Lynchburg, VA |
4.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
4.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
Longview, WA |
7.1 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA |
5.9 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
5.4 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
4.5 | 4.6 | 0.1 |
Dalton, GA |
5.9 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
Rochester, MN |
2.7 | 2.8 | 0.1 |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
7.4 | 7.5 | 0.1 |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
6.7 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
Corvallis, OR |
4.2 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
4.0 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
El Paso, TX |
5.2 | 5.3 | 0.1 |
Wichita Falls, TX |
4.5 | 4.6 | 0.1 |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
5.7 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
Columbus, IN |
3.0 | 3.1 | 0.1 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
3.6 | 3.7 | 0.1 |
Lawrence, KS |
3.3 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
Grand Island, NE |
3.1 | 3.2 | 0.1 |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
4.8 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
5.1 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
Bloomington, IN |
4.3 | 4.4 | 0.1 |
Albuquerque, NM |
6.1 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
8.2 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
10.0 | 10.2 | 0.2 |
Wheeling, WV-OH |
5.9 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
Topeka, KS |
3.7 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
3.1 | 3.3 | 0.2 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
3.1 | 3.3 | 0.2 |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
3.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
Muncie, IN |
4.7 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
Monroe, MI |
3.5 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
Duluth, MN-WI |
4.5 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
4.2 | 4.4 | 0.2 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
4.5 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
Trenton, NJ |
4.5 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
Fargo, ND-MN |
2.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY- IN |
4.1 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
3.3 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
3.5 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
4.6 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
Lubbock, TX |
3.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
Texarkana, TX-AR |
4.7 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
Waco, TX |
4.1 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
Walla Walla, WA |
5.0 | 5.2 | 0.2 |
Yakima, WA |
5.5 | 5.7 | 0.2 |
Cheyenne, WY |
3.5 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
Carbondale-Marion, IL |
5.7 | 6.0 | 0.3 |
Danville, IL |
6.9 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
Ames, IA |
2.2 | 2.5 | 0.3 |
Dubuque, IA |
3.1 | 3.4 | 0.3 |
Wichita, KS |
4.3 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
Lake Charles, LA |
5.2 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
Monroe, LA |
6.3 | 6.6 | 0.3 |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
2.5 | 2.8 | 0.3 |
St. Cloud, MN |
3.0 | 3.3 | 0.3 |
Jefferson City, MO |
3.6 | 3.9 | 0.3 |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
2.2 | 2.5 | 0.3 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
4.9 | 5.2 | 0.3 |
Amarillo, TX |
3.2 | 3.5 | 0.3 |
Laredo, TX |
4.7 | 5.0 | 0.3 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
7.7 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
3.8 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
6.0 | 6.3 | 0.3 |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
5.4 | 5.7 | 0.3 |
Manhattan, KS |
2.8 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
Billings, MT |
2.9 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
Bismarck, ND |
1.9 | 2.2 | 0.3 |
Abilene, TX |
3.9 | 4.2 | 0.3 |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
5.1 | 5.4 | 0.3 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
4.1 | 4.4 | 0.3 |
Bellingham, WA |
5.6 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
5.2 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
Evansville, IN-KY |
3.7 | 4.1 | 0.4 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA |
4.4 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
San Angelo, TX |
4.2 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
3.4 | 3.8 | 0.4 |
Iowa City, IA |
2.5 | 2.9 | 0.4 |
Columbia, MO |
3.0 | 3.4 | 0.4 |
St. Joseph, MO-KS |
3.9 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
Gettysburg, PA |
3.4 | 3.8 | 0.4 |
Peoria, IL |
6.0 | 6.4 | 0.4 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
5.8 | 6.2 | 0.4 |
Springfield, MO |
3.8 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
4.8 | 5.2 | 0.4 |
Columbus, OH |
3.8 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
Dayton, OH |
4.3 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
Tyler, TX |
4.6 | 5.0 | 0.4 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
4.1 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
Kennewick-Richland, WA |
5.5 | 5.9 | 0.4 |
Bakersfield, CA |
8.7 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
Bloomington, IL |
4.6 | 5.1 | 0.5 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
3.1 | 3.6 | 0.5 |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
3.0 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
6.6 | 7.1 | 0.5 |
Lincoln, NE |
2.4 | 2.9 | 0.5 |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
4.9 | 5.4 | 0.5 |
Mansfield, OH |
4.9 | 5.4 | 0.5 |
Toledo, OH |
4.4 | 4.9 | 0.5 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
6.7 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
Wenatchee, WA |
4.3 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
Lebanon, PA |
3.9 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
Lancaster, PA |
3.5 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
York- Hanover, PA |
4.0 | 4.6 | 0.6 |
State College, PA |
3.3 | 3.9 | 0.6 |
Anchorage, AK |
5.3 | 5.9 | 0.6 |
Akron, OH |
4.3 | 4.9 | 0.6 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
4.3 | 4.9 | 0.6 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
5.3 | 5.9 | 0.6 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
3.8 | 4.5 | 0.7 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
4.2 | 4.9 | 0.7 |
Lima, OH |
4.2 | 4.9 | 0.7 |
Altoona, PA |
4.3 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
5.6 | 6.3 | 0.7 |
Reading, PA |
4.3 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
6.8 | 7.5 | 0.7 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
5.0 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
Fairbanks, AK |
4.8 | 5.6 | 0.8 |
Alexandria, LA |
6.2 | 7.0 | 0.8 |
Hammond, LA |
6.8 | 7.6 | 0.8 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
5.3 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
3.8 | 4.6 | 0.8 |
Williamsport, PA |
5.5 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
Midland, TX |
3.7 | 4.5 | 0.8 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
5.1 | 5.9 | 0.8 |
Joplin, MO |
3.7 | 4.6 | 0.9 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
4.7 | 5.6 | 0.9 |
Johnstown, PA |
5.4 | 6.3 | 0.9 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
4.7 | 5.6 | 0.9 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
5.1 | 6.0 | 0.9 |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL |
4.1 | 5.0 | 0.9 |
Houston- The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
4.8 | 5.7 | 0.9 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
5.3 | 6.3 | 1.0 |
Victoria, TX |
4.4 | 5.5 | 1.1 |
Lawton, OK |
4.0 | 5.2 | 1.2 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
3.5 | 4.7 | 1.2 |
Lafayette, LA |
6.3 | 7.6 | 1.3 |
Springfield, OH |
4.4 | 5.7 | 1.3 |
Tulsa, OK |
4.2 | 5.6 | 1.4 |
Longview, TX |
5.3 | 6.7 | 1.4 |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
5.6 | 7.1 | 1.5 |
Odessa, TX |
5.1 | 6.6 | 1.5 |
Farmington, NM |
7.1 | 8.7 | 1.6 |
Erie, PA |
4.6 | 6.4 | 1.8 |
Casper, WY |
4.7 | 6.6 | 1.9 |
Footnotes: (p)Preliminary. |
The largest over-the-year rate increases occurred in Casper, Wyoming (+1.9 percentage points) and Erie, Pennsylvania (+1.8 points). Over the year, 13 metropolitan areas had unemployment rate increases of at least 1 percentage point, 19 areas had rate decreases of 1 percentage point or more.
These data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — September 2016” (HTML) (PDF).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Unemployment rate in Yuma, Arizona down 3.8 percentage points over the year ended September 2016 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/unemployment-rate-in-yuma-arizona-down-3-point-8-percentage-points-over-the-year-ended-september-2016.htm (visited December 05, 2024).