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12 metro areas had unemployment rates of 10 percent or higher in November 2020
January 11, 2021
In November 2020, 12 metro areas had unemployment rates of 10 percent or higher. El Centro, California, and Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii, had the highest unemployment rates, 16.4 percent and 16.0 percent, respectively. Ames, Iowa, had the lowest unemployment rate, 2.0 percent. A total of 272 areas had jobless rates below the U.S. rate of 6.4 percent, 110 areas had rates above it, and 7 areas had rates equal to that of the nation.
Unemployment rate and number of unemployed people in metropolitan areas, November 2020
Metropolitan area
Unemployment rate
Number of unemployed people
El Centro, CA
16.4%
10,723
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
16.0
13,192
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
15.2
18,212
Yuma, AZ
14.0
13,672
Ocean City, NJ
13.7
5,814
Odessa, TX
13.1
11,432
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
12.5
44,984
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
11.8
20,592
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
11.5
127,969
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
11.2
18,707
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
11.2
7,385
Corpus Christi, TX
10.0
20,200
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
9.8
58,486
Visalia-Porterville, CA
9.8
18,752
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
9.6
629,073
Flagstaff, AZ
9.6
6,636
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
9.5
916,650
Bakersfield, CA
9.4
35,031
Lake Charles, LA
9.4
9,633
El Paso, TX
9.3
34,695
Midland, TX
9.3
9,789
Hammond, LA
9.3
5,182
Waterbury, CT
9.2
10,035
Laredo, TX
9.1
10,705
Stockton-Lodi, CA
9.0
28,984
Merced, CA
9.0
10,118
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
8.9
309,221
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
8.9
192,413
Longview, TX
8.9
8,696
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
8.9
4,841
Victoria, TX
8.9
4,048
Urban Honolulu, HI
8.8
39,631
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI
8.7
11,956
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
8.7
7,505
Fresno, CA
8.6
37,764
Yuba City, CA
8.6
5,985
Fayetteville, NC
8.4
12,038
Farmington, NM
8.4
4,191
Modesto, CA
8.3
19,433
Pueblo, CO
8.3
6,471
Rocky Mount, NC
8.3
5,242
Trenton, NJ
8.2
17,011
Madera, CA
8.1
4,843
Pine Bluff, AR
8.1
2,695
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
8.0
36,085
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
7.9
163,309
Anchorage, AK
7.8
15,840
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
7.8
14,726
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
7.7
101,310
Salinas, CA
7.7
14,455
Yakima, WA
7.7
10,033
Decatur, IL
7.7
3,576
Tucson, AZ
7.6
38,083
East Stroudsburg, PA
7.6
5,888
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
7.6
4,632
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
7.5
47,271
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
7.5
15,341
New Haven, CT
7.4
24,395
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
7.4
22,797
Killeen-Temple, TX
7.4
13,120
Longview, WA
7.4
3,534
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
7.3
89,224
Wichita Falls, TX
7.3
4,738
Hot Springs, AR
7.3
2,974
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
7.2
184,712
Wichita, KS
7.2
23,429
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
7.2
18,824
Lafayette, LA
7.2
15,354
San Angelo, TX
7.2
3,850
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
7.1
289,682
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
7.1
217,114
Baton Rouge, LA
7.1
29,771
Rockford, IL
7.1
10,989
Tyler, TX
7.1
7,732
Las Cruces, NM
7.1
6,564
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
7.0
322,567
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
7.0
214,159
Springfield, MA-CT
7.0
24,484
Bellingham, WA
7.0
8,133
New Bedford, MA
7.0
5,692
Casper, WY
7.0
2,805
Greensboro-High Point, NC
6.9
24,869
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
6.9
15,316
Erie, PA
6.9
8,450
Leominster-Gardner, MA
6.9
5,196
Texarkana, TX-AR
6.9
4,513
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
6.9
3,288
Homosassa Springs, FL
6.9
3,178
Pittsfield, MA
6.9
2,721
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
6.8
45,560
Albuquerque, NM
6.8
29,439
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
6.8
18,186
Chico, CA
6.8
6,345
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
6.7
73,068
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
6.7
44,486
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
6.7
8,586
Prescott, AZ
6.7
7,298
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
6.7
6,100
Monroe, LA
6.7
5,570
Santa Fe, NM
6.7
4,695
Albany, GA
6.7
4,447
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
6.7
3,308
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
6.6
105,187
Waco, TX
6.6
8,499
Barnstable Town, MA
6.6
7,402
Danbury, CT
6.6
6,920
Wenatchee, WA
6.6
4,127
Sebring, FL
6.6
2,444
Kennewick-Richland, WA
6.5
9,644
Redding, CA
6.5
4,782
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
6.4
107,992
Greeley, CO
6.4
10,852
Charleston, WV
6.4
5,823
Muskegon, MI
6.4
4,797
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
6.4
3,335
Beckley, WV
6.4
2,930
Fairbanks, AK
6.4
2,926
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
6.3
27,545
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
6.3
25,889
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
6.3
21,384
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
6.3
10,566
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
6.3
8,982
Coeur d'Alene, ID
6.3
4,965
Wheeling, WV-OH
6.3
3,775
The Villages, FL
6.3
2,064
Tulsa, OK
6.2
30,074
Worcester, MA-CT
6.2
21,646
Lubbock, TX
6.2
10,088
Peoria, IL
6.2
10,071
Greenville, NC
6.2
5,341
Williamsport, PA
6.2
3,273
Cumberland, MD-WV
6.2
2,583
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
6.1
153,424
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
6.1
89,343
Pittsburgh, PA
6.1
71,263
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
6.1
18,201
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
6.1
10,208
Jacksonville, NC
6.1
3,997
Sherman-Denison, TX
6.1
3,988
Goldsboro, NC
6.1
3,044
Elmira, NY
6.1
2,107
Danville, IL
6.1
1,979
Colorado Springs, CO
6.0
21,525
Winston-Salem, NC
6.0
19,432
Ocala, FL
6.0
8,579
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
6.0
7,804
Abilene, TX
6.0
4,762
Grand Junction, CO
6.0
4,725
Napa, CA
6.0
4,269
Johnstown, PA
6.0
3,346
Kankakee, IL
6.0
3,300
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
5.9
157,139
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
5.9
79,463
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
5.9
77,952
Austin-Round Rock, TX
5.9
74,345
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
5.9
31,373
Reading, PA
5.9
12,954
Macon-Bibb County, GA
5.9
6,092
Burlington, NC
5.9
4,831
Alexandria, LA
5.9
3,697
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
5.9
2,311
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
5.8
196,277
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
5.8
58,214
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
5.8
12,313
Mobile, AL
5.8
10,919
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
5.8
8,919
Fort Smith, AR-OK
5.8
6,734
Springfield, IL
5.8
6,002
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
5.8
3,786
New Bern, NC
5.8
2,862
Carson City, NV
5.8
1,499
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
5.7
88,812
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
5.7
19,597
Asheville, NC
5.7
12,773
Port St. Lucie, FL
5.7
12,493
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
5.7
10,739
Salisbury, MD-DE
5.7
10,460
Lawton, OK
5.7
2,921
Grants Pass, OR
5.7
1,983
Walla Walla, WA
5.7
1,800
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
5.6
176,049
Rochester, NY
5.6
28,041
Toledo, OH
5.6
16,640
Syracuse, NY
5.6
16,112
Savannah, GA
5.6
10,731
Tallahassee, FL
5.6
10,567
Flint, MI
5.6
9,981
College Station-Bryan, TX
5.6
7,740
Utica-Rome, NY
5.6
6,948
Columbus, GA-AL
5.6
6,748
Kokomo, IN
5.6
2,039
Enid, OK
5.6
1,482
Oklahoma City, OK
5.5
38,368
Santa Rosa, CA
5.5
13,757
Wilmington, NC
5.5
8,152
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
5.5
7,944
Albany, OR
5.5
3,243
Altoona, PA
5.5
3,152
Mansfield, OH
5.5
2,888
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
5.4
44,496
Akron, OH
5.4
18,715
Jackson, MS
5.4
14,702
Reno, NV
5.4
13,737
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
5.4
7,110
Amarillo, TX
5.4
6,906
Clarksville, TN-KY
5.4
6,543
Topeka, KS
5.4
6,530
Medford, OR
5.4
5,650
Binghamton, NY
5.4
5,570
Bend-Redmond, OR
5.4
5,178
Saginaw, MI
5.4
4,505
Punta Gorda, FL
5.4
3,943
Brunswick, GA
5.4
2,600
Raleigh, NC
5.3
37,622
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
5.3
15,077
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
5.3
11,840
Canton-Massillon, OH
5.3
10,108
Lawrence, KS
5.3
3,549
Jackson, TN
5.3
3,530
Lima, OH
5.3
2,486
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
5.3
2,182
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
5.2
43,479
Jacksonville, FL
5.2
40,867
Dayton, OH
5.2
20,338
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
5.2
18,726
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
5.2
15,592
Fort Collins, CO
5.2
10,478
Salem, OR
5.2
10,210
Eugene, OR
5.2
9,729
Montgomery, AL
5.2
8,967
Racine, WI
5.2
5,305
Terre Haute, IN
5.2
3,837
Hattiesburg, MS
5.2
3,783
Battle Creek, MI
5.2
3,193
Dalton, GA
5.2
3,007
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
5.1
107,862
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
5.1
55,276
Boulder, CO
5.1
9,723
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
5.1
6,485
Panama City, FL
5.1
4,449
Lebanon, PA
5.1
3,671
Springfield, OH
5.1
3,228
Carbondale-Marion, IL
5.1
3,063
Richmond, VA
5.0
33,055
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
5.0
32,815
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
5.0
15,127
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
5.0
6,867
Johnson City, TN
5.0
4,725
Kingston, NY
5.0
4,288
Dover, DE
5.0
3,964
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
5.0
3,233
Glens Falls, NY
5.0
2,802
Muncie, IN
5.0
2,627
Sumter, SC
5.0
2,059
Columbus, OH
4.9
53,190
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
4.9
53,159
Albany-Schedy-Troy, NY
4.9
20,982
Boise City, ID
4.9
18,889
York-Hanover, PA
4.9
11,509
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
4.9
8,871
Valdosta, GA
4.9
3,281
Bay City, MI
4.9
2,298
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
4.8
53,795
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
4.8
12,315
Fort Wayne, IN
4.8
10,342
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
4.8
8,701
Janesville-Beloit, WI
4.8
4,041
Owensboro, KY
4.8
2,557
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
4.8
2,134
Hinesville, GA
4.8
1,711
Gainesville, FL
4.7
6,814
Duluth, MN-WI
4.7
6,426
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
4.7
3,603
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
4.7
3,382
Jonesboro, AR
4.7
3,110
Cleveland, TN
4.7
3,003
Morristown, TN
4.7
2,599
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
4.7
2,598
Manhattan, KS
4.7
2,253
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
4.7
2,006
Pocatello, ID
4.7
1,932
Kansas City, MO-KS
4.6
51,448
Bloomington, IL
4.6
4,248
Warner Robins, GA
4.6
3,896
Jackson, MI
4.6
3,373
California-Lexington Park, MD
4.6
2,445
Gadsden, AL
4.6
1,908
Champaign-Urbana, IL
4.5
5,649
Lynchburg, VA
4.5
5,241
Bowling Green, KY
4.5
3,593
Great Falls, MT
4.5
1,686
Lancaster, PA
4.4
12,614
Lexington-Fayette, KY
4.4
12,037
Portland-South Portland, ME
4.4
8,970
Tuscaloosa, AL
4.4
5,231
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
4.4
4,922
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
4.4
4,793
Athens-Clarke County, GA
4.4
4,329
Rome, GA
4.4
1,993
Lewiston, ID-WA
4.4
1,321
St. Louis, MO-IL
4.3
61,532
Knoxville, TN
4.3
19,548
Chattanooga, TN-GA
4.3
12,365
Evansville, IN-KY
4.3
7,191
Spartanburg, SC
4.3
6,887
Roanoke, VA
4.3
6,514
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
4.3
5,391
Florence, SC
4.3
4,119
St. George, UT
4.3
3,404
Twin Falls, ID
4.3
2,410
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
4.2
46,670
Salt Lake City, UT
4.2
28,617
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
4.2
11,826
Monroe, MI
4.2
3,006
Morgantown, WV
4.2
2,950
Cheyenne, WY
4.2
2,059
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
4.1
6,857
Bangor, ME
4.1
2,872
Missoula, MT
4.1
2,661
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
4.0
15,118
Green Bay, WI
4.0
6,996
St. Cloud, MN
4.0
4,509
Eau Claire, WI
4.0
3,715
Billings, MT
4.0
3,469
Ithaca, NY
4.0
1,967
Grand Island, NE
4.0
1,741
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
3.9
77,165
Columbia, SC
3.9
15,362
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
3.9
9,407
Gettysburg, PA
3.9
2,121
Columbus, IN
3.9
1,728
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
3.8
21,195
Cedar Rapids, IA
3.8
5,179
Charlottesville, VA
3.8
4,615
Bloomington, IN
3.8
3,025
Portsmouth, NH-ME
3.8
2,719
Dothan, AL
3.8
2,448
Corvallis, OR
3.8
1,814
Midland, MI
3.8
1,505
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
3.7
21,499
Dover-Durham, NH-ME
3.7
2,924
State College, PA
3.7
2,801
Rapid City, SD
3.7
2,669
Sheboygan, WI
3.7
2,299
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
3.6
15,541
Madison, WI
3.6
13,993
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
3.6
12,356
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
3.6
3,442
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
3.6
3,375
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
3.6
3,151
Idaho Falls, ID
3.6
2,717
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
3.6
2,339
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
3.6
2,192
Fond du Lac, WI
3.6
2,136
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
3.6
1,591
Appleton, WI
3.5
4,582
Manchester, NH
3.5
4,208
Gainesville, GA
3.5
3,583
Joplin, MO
3.5
2,951
Winchester, VA-WV
3.5
2,423
Ann Arbor, MI
3.4
6,764
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
3.4
2,613
Auburn-Opelika, AL
3.4
2,587
Wausau, WI
3.4
2,514
Bismarck, ND
3.4
2,325
Harrisonburg, VA
3.4
2,181
Grand Forks, ND-MN
3.4
1,868
Provo-Orem, UT
3.3
10,647
Rochester, MN
3.3
4,021
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
3.3
2,974
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
3.3
2,803
Dubuque, IA
3.3
1,750
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
3.2
10,879
Springfield, MO
3.2
7,335
St. Joseph, MO-KS
3.2
2,012
Huntsville, AL
3.1
7,150
Decatur, AL
3.1
2,233
Fargo, ND-MN
3.0
4,263
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
3.0
1,896
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
2.9
14,342
Sioux Falls, SD
2.9
4,553
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
2.9
2,681
Iowa City, IA
2.8
2,583
Jefferson City, MO
2.8
1,993
Lincoln, NE
2.7
5,189
Columbia, MO
2.7
2,631
Logan, UT-ID
2.6
1,952
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
2.5
3,004
Ames, IA
2.0
1,182
In November 2020, the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, metropolitan area had the largest number of unemployed people at 916,650 people. This was followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California, which had 629,073 unemployed people. A total of 19 metropolitan areas each had over 100,000 unemployed people.
United States Department of Labor
