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Unemployment Rate by Metropolitan Area

The November 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 November 2023
Unemployment Rate		 1 Month
Unemployment
Rate Change		 November 2023
Unemployed		 1 Month
Unemployed Change
Anniston, AL 2.7% 0.1% 1,265 67
Auburn, AL 2.2% 0.1% 1,794 61
Birmingham, AL 2.2% 0.1% 12,627 648
Daphne, AL 2.2% 0.1% 2,332 87
Decatur, AL 2.1% 0.1% 1,589 68
Dothan, AL 2.5% 0.1% 1,691 77
Florence, AL 2.7% 0.2% 1,788 86
Gadsden, AL 2.8% 0.2% 1,097 63
Huntsville, AL 2.0% 0.1% 5,109 286
Mobile, AL 2.9% 0.2% 5,703 391
Montgomery, AL 2.4% 0.1% 4,324 211
Tuscaloosa, AL 2.4% 0.1% 2,880 112
Anchorage, AK 3.9% 0.1% 7,866 137
Fairbanks, AK 3.9% 0.0% 1,773 25
Flagstaff, AZ 4.5% 0.1% 3,432 70
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.7% 0.1% 4,308 65
Phoenix, AZ 3.8% 0.1% 101,070 1,450
Prescott, AZ 3.9% 0.0% 4,262 -29
Sierra Vista, AZ 4.8% 0.0% 2,384 52
Tucson, AZ 4.1% 0.0% 20,660 136
Yuma, AZ 13.6% 0.3% 13,673 313
Fayetteville, AR 2.3% 0.1% 7,304 317
Fort Smith, AR 3.7% 0.2% 4,414 191
Hot Springs, AR 3.5% 0.1% 1,483 54
Jonesboro, AR 2.9% 0.2% 1,960 84
Little Rock, AR 3.0% 0.2% 10,949 556
Pine Bluff, AR 4.3% 0.2% 1,398 68
Bakersfield, CA 8.5% 0.0% 33,865 317
Chico, CA 5.5% 0.1% 5,073 66
El Centro, CA 17.4% 0.2% 12,673 259
Fresno, CA 7.6% 0.1% 35,129 504
Hanford, CA 8.5% 0.0% 4,910 39
Los Angeles, CA 4.9% 0.0% 323,544 2,130
Madera, CA 7.6% 0.0% 4,906 34
Merced, CA 9.5% 0.1% 10,821 52
Modesto, CA 6.8% 0.0% 16,761 110
Napa, CA 3.7% 0.0% 2,623 12
Oxnard, CA 4.4% 0.1% 18,463 488
Redding, CA 5.5% 0.1% 3,935 46
Riverside, CA 5.0% 0.1% 107,626 2,462
Sacramento, CA 4.4% 0.1% 50,280 979
Salinas, CA 6.6% 0.0% 15,260 15
San Diego, CA 4.1% 0.1% 65,386 1,811
San Francisco, CA 3.9% 0.1% 98,691 2,827
San Jose, CA 3.8% 0.1% 41,242 1,281
San Luis Obispo, CA 3.5% 0.1% 4,883 91
Santa Cruz, CA 5.9% 0.1% 7,940 114
Santa Maria, CA 4.1% 0.1% 9,235 96
Santa Rosa, CA 3.7% 0.0% 9,393 173
Stockton, CA 6.4% 0.1% 22,407 376
Vallejo, CA 4.8% 0.1% 9,732 193
Visalia, CA 10.3% 0.2% 21,627 374
Yuba City, CA 7.4% -0.1% 5,911 -29
Boulder, CO 3.0% 0.0% 6,271 99
Colorado Springs, CO 3.6% 0.0% 13,669 129
Denver, CO 3.4% 0.1% 58,730 625
Fort Collins, CO 3.0% 0.0% 6,547 97
Grand Junction, CO 3.7% 0.1% 2,858 30
Greeley, CO 3.6% 0.1% 6,110 71
Pueblo, CO 4.5% 0.0% 3,488 31
Bridgeport, CT 3.8% 0.1% 17,580 402
Danbury, CT 3.3% 0.1% 3,463 88
Hartford, CT 3.5% 0.1% 21,653 688
New Haven, CT 3.3% 0.1% 11,173 274
Norwich, CT 3.3% 0.0% 4,664 120
Waterbury, CT 4.4% 0.1% 4,906 115
Dover, DE 4.8% 0.0% 3,972 17
Salisbury, MD 3.5% 0.0% 7,005 -28
Washington, DC 2.6% 0.0% 91,566 1,757
Cape Coral, FL 3.0% 0.0% 11,976 263
Crestview, FL 2.7% 0.1% 3,881 99
Deltona, FL 3.4% 0.1% 11,141 199
Gainesville, FL 3.2% 0.1% 4,906 136
Homosassa Springs, FL 4.5% 0.1% 2,361 53
Jacksonville, FL 3.0% 0.1% 26,370 466
Lakeland, FL 3.7% 0.1% 12,877 252
Miami, FL 2.4% 0.0% 77,993 461
Naples, FL 2.8% 0.0% 5,432 85
North Port, FL 3.1% 0.0% 12,447 271
Ocala, FL 3.7% 0.0% 5,748 81
Orlando, FL 3.0% 0.0% 44,819 750
Palm Bay, FL 3.1% 0.1% 9,449 208
Panama City, FL 2.8% 0.1% 2,718 58
Pensacola, FL 3.1% 0.1% 7,537 178
Port St Lucie, FL 3.3% 0.1% 7,990 182
Punta Gorda, FL 3.5% 0.1% 2,777 56
Sebastian, FL 3.6% 0.1% 2,506 67
Sebring, FL 4.4% 0.1% 1,625 21
Tallahassee, FL 3.1% 0.0% 6,542 159
Tampa, FL 3.0% 0.0% 52,628 1,175
The Villages, FL 4.4% 0.1% 1,739 28
Albany, GA 3.9% 0.0% 2,585 19
Athens, GA 3.2% -0.1% 3,270 -24
Atlanta, GA 3.4% 0.1% 109,958 1,086
Augusta, GA 3.8% 0.0% 10,111 23
Brunswick, GA 3.1% 0.0% 1,722 1
Columbus, GA 3.7% 0.0% 4,656 33
Dalton, GA 4.1% 0.0% 2,408 -39
Gainesville, GA 2.6% 0.0% 2,890 -13
Hinesville, GA 3.4% 0.0% 1,197 -6
Macon, GA 3.8% 0.0% 3,846 -13
Rome, GA 3.4% 0.0% 1,547 -26
Savannah, GA 3.0% 0.0% 6,072 -16
Valdosta, GA 3.7% 0.0% 2,325 -19
Warner Robins, GA 3.2% 0.0% 2,801 -35
Kahului, HI 5.7% 0.5% 5,009 498
Urban Honolulu, HI 2.6% 0.0% 11,676 -178
Boise City, ID 3.1% 0.0% 13,350 326
Coeur dAlene, ID 3.8% 0.1% 3,258 78
Idaho Falls, ID 2.7% 0.0% 2,257 8
Lewiston, ID 3.1% 0.0% 1,002 11
Pocatello, ID 3.3% 0.1% 1,488 24
Bloomington, IL 4.3% -0.1% 4,176 -126
Carbondale, IL 4.7% -0.2% 2,753 -82
Champaign, IL 4.5% -0.1% 5,683 -182
Chicago, IL 4.7% 0.1% 230,883 6,676
Danville, IL 6.1% -0.2% 1,992 -60
Davenport, IA 4.7% -0.1% 8,884 -163
Decatur, IL 6.4% -0.1% 2,899 -54
Kankakee, IL 6.2% -0.3% 3,256 -106
Peoria, IL 5.2% -0.1% 8,941 -223
Rockford, IL 6.7% -0.2% 10,634 -279
Springfield, IL 4.5% -0.1% 4,719 -125
Bloomington, IN 3.7% 0.0% 3,003 44
Columbus, IN 3.1% 0.1% 1,378 26
Elkhart, IN 4.1% -0.1% 4,630 -139
Evansville, IN 3.5% 0.0% 5,588 49
Fort Wayne, IN 3.4% 0.0% 7,612 3
Indianapolis, IN 3.3% 0.0% 37,567 58
Kokomo, IN 5.3% 0.4% 1,739 128
Lafayette, IN 3.3% 0.1% 3,587 36
Michigan City, IN 4.4% 0.0% 2,074 -3
Muncie, IN 4.2% 0.0% 2,169 18
South Bend, IN 4.3% 0.0% 6,708 -30
Terre Haute, IN 4.1% 0.0% 3,017 12
Ames, IA 2.3% 0.0% 1,383 19
Cedar Rapids, IA 3.8% 0.1% 5,483 -4
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 0.0% 11,497 182
Dubuque, IA 3.1% 0.0% 1,761 30
Iowa City, IA 2.7% 0.1% 2,680 43
Sioux City, IA 2.9% 0.1% 2,720 40
Waterloo, IA 3.4% 0.0% 3,020 19
Lawrence, KS 2.7% 0.0% 1,842 -37
Manhattan, KS 2.5% -0.1% 1,282 -36
Topeka, KS 2.9% -0.1% 3,541 -95
Wichita, KS 3.2% 0.0% 10,191 -156
Bowling Green, KY 4.1% 0.1% 3,500 83
Elizabethtown, KY 4.4% 0.1% 2,798 69
Lexington, KY 3.5% 0.1% 9,699 152
Louisville, KY 3.8% 0.2% 25,001 723
Owensboro, KY 4.5% 0.1% 2,371 36
Alexandria, LA 3.3% 0.2% 2,129 104
Baton Rouge, LA 3.1% 0.1% 13,402 443
Hammond, LA 4.1% 0.1% 2,333 59
Houma, LA 3.2% 0.1% 2,687 78
Lafayette, LA 3.3% 0.1% 7,081 264
Lake Charles, LA 3.2% 0.1% 3,085 115
Monroe, LA 3.6% 0.1% 2,888 91
New Orleans, LA 3.5% 0.1% 20,908 688
Shreveport, LA 3.7% 0.1% 6,815 250
Bangor, ME 2.9% 0.2% 2,036 131
Lewiston, ME 3.0% 0.1% 1,633 76
Portland, ME 2.5% 0.1% 5,346 294
Baltimore, MD 1.9% 0.1% 28,224 766
California, MD 1.8% 0.1% 1,024 22
Cumberland, MD 3.0% 0.1% 1,313 40
Hagerstown, MD 2.8% 0.0% 3,693 67
Barnstable Town, MA 3.5% 0.1% 4,278 123
Boston, MA 2.6% 0.1% 72,082 3,538
Leominster, MA 3.2% 0.1% 2,494 128
New Bedford, MA 4.1% 0.1% 3,448 139
Pittsfield, MA 3.3% 0.1% 1,314 51
Springfield, MA 3.2% 0.1% 11,703 549
Worcester, MA 3.0% 0.2% 10,520 518
Ann Arbor, MI 3.4% 0.0% 6,982 62
Battle Creek, MI 4.6% 0.0% 2,821 15
Bay City, MI 5.0% 0.0% 2,548 -8
Detroit, MI 4.1% 0.3% 89,701 6,562
Flint, MI 5.2% 0.0% 9,677 30
Grand Rapids, MI 3.4% -0.1% 20,991 -132
Jackson, MI 4.2% 0.0% 3,189 26
Kalamazoo, MI 4.0% 0.0% 6,963 36
Lansing, MI 3.9% 0.0% 9,865 67
Midland, MI 4.0% 0.0% 1,683 -1
Monroe, MI 4.5% 0.1% 3,433 87
Muskegon, MI 4.7% 0.0% 3,713 40
Niles, MI 4.4% 0.0% 3,311 15
Saginaw, MI 5.2% -0.1% 4,505 19
Duluth, MN 3.7% -0.2% 5,242 -247
Mankato, MN 2.4% -0.1% 1,525 -70
Minneapolis, MN 2.9% -0.2% 59,809 -3,047
Rochester, MN 2.5% -0.1% 3,226 -189
St Cloud, MN 3.2% -0.2% 3,594 -209
Gulfport, MS 3.1% -0.1% 5,080 -87
Hattiesburg, MS 2.8% 0.0% 1,929 -24
Jackson, MS 2.8% 0.0% 7,266 -101
Cape Girardeau, MO 3.0% 0.0% 1,476 12
Columbia, MO 2.6% 0.1% 2,643 32
Jefferson City, MO 2.7% 0.0% 2,126 28
Joplin, MO 3.1% 0.0% 2,680 42
Kansas City, MO 3.0% 0.0% 35,499 371
St Joseph, MO 2.9% 0.0% 1,772 10
St Louis, MO 3.4% 0.0% 50,945 376
Springfield, MO 2.8% 0.0% 6,861 58
Billings, MT 2.7% 0.1% 2,539 99
Great Falls, MT 2.9% 0.1% 1,145 45
Missoula, MT 3.0% 0.1% 2,079 81
Grand Island, NE 2.1% 0.0% 958 0
Lincoln, NE 2.1% 0.0% 4,035 98
Omaha, NE 2.5% 0.0% 12,926 310
Carson City, NV 4.8% -0.1% 1,264 -26
Las Vegas, NV 5.6% -0.1% 67,187 -823
Reno, NV 4.3% -0.1% 11,698 -149
Dover, NH 2.3% 0.2% 1,934 127
Manchester, NH 2.3% 0.2% 2,775 249
Portsmouth, NH 2.1% 0.1% 1,633 99
Atlantic City, NJ 6.1% 0.0% 7,743 89
Ocean City, NJ 7.4% 0.0% 3,700 57
Trenton, NJ 4.1% 0.1% 9,112 125
Vineland, NJ 6.7% 0.0% 4,807 57
Albuquerque, NM 3.7% 0.0% 16,881 385
Farmington, NM 4.3% 0.0% 2,185 27
Las Cruces, NM 4.5% 0.1% 4,537 31
Santa Fe, NM 3.6% 0.1% 2,637 58
Albany, NY 3.2% 0.1% 15,224 690
Binghamton, NY 3.9% 0.1% 4,148 171
Buffalo, NY 3.9% 0.2% 21,829 1,108
Elmira, NY 4.0% 0.2% 1,395 63
Glens Falls, NY 3.6% 0.1% 2,167 90
Ithaca, NY 3.1% 0.2% 1,561 61
Kingston, NY 3.5% 0.2% 3,126 178
New York, NY 4.6% 0.0% 478,819 3,368
Rochester, NY 3.6% 0.2% 19,251 981
Syracuse, NY 3.6% 0.1% 11,554 527
Utica, NY 3.9% 0.2% 4,988 207
Watertown, NY 4.4% 0.2% 1,950 76
Asheville, NC 2.8% 0.0% 6,782 106
Burlington, NC 3.4% 0.0% 2,888 21
Charlotte, NC 3.2% 0.1% 46,811 526
Durham, NC 2.9% 0.0% 9,607 84
Fayetteville, NC 4.6% 0.0% 6,781 -3
Goldsboro, NC 3.7% 0.0% 1,895 13
Greensboro, NC 3.7% 0.0% 13,782 134
Greenville, NC 3.8% 0.0% 3,434 31
Hickory, NC 3.4% 0.1% 5,934 25
Jacksonville, NC 3.9% 0.0% 2,743 -2
New Bern, NC 3.3% 0.0% 1,753 7
Raleigh, NC 3.0% 0.0% 24,070 293
Rocky Mount, NC 4.8% 0.0% 3,007 2
Wilmington, NC 3.2% 0.0% 5,164 31
Winston, NC 3.3% 0.0% 11,132 117
Bismarck, ND 2.0% 0.0% 1,402 -48
Fargo, ND 1.9% 0.0% 2,789 -85
Grand Forks, ND 2.2% -0.1% 1,197 -36
Akron, OH 3.8% 0.0% 13,343 81
Canton, OH 3.8% 0.0% 7,480 30
Cincinnati, OH 3.4% 0.0% 39,376 114
Cleveland, OH 3.7% -0.1% 39,101 15
Columbus, OH 3.2% 0.0% 36,240 -175
Dayton, OH 3.7% 0.0% 14,281 -64
Lima, OH 3.8% 0.0% 1,747 -15
Mansfield, OH 4.2% -0.1% 2,145 -11
Springfield, OH 3.7% 0.0% 2,359 32
Toledo, OH 4.1% 0.0% 12,239 190
Weirton, WV 5.5% 0.1% 2,762 42
Youngstown, OH 4.4% 0.0% 9,962 17
Lawton, OK 4.0% 0.1% 2,054 45
Oklahoma City, OK 3.1% 0.1% 23,024 902
Tulsa, OK 3.3% 0.0% 16,953 531
Albany, OR 3.9% 0.1% 2,331 25
Bend, OR 3.6% 0.0% 3,641 -28
Corvallis, OR 3.0% 0.0% 1,493 31
Eugene, OR 3.8% 0.0% 6,780 80
Grants Pass, OR 4.8% 0.0% 1,741 27
Medford, OR 4.1% 0.0% 4,265 -4
Portland, OR 3.5% 0.1% 47,937 1,059
Salem, OR 3.6% 0.0% 7,689 133
Allentown, PA 3.9% 0.0% 17,818 -16
Altoona, PA 3.5% -0.1% 2,074 -65
Bloomsburg, PA 3.5% 0.0% 1,518 -9
Chambersburg, PA 3.0% 0.0% 2,319 -23
East Stroudsburg, PA 4.5% -0.1% 3,713 -52
Erie, PA 4.0% -0.1% 4,989 -80
Gettysburg, PA 2.7% 0.0% 1,483 -18
Harrisburg, PA 3.1% 0.0% 9,661 -149
Johnstown, PA 4.4% 0.0% 2,393 -36
Lancaster, PA 2.8% 0.0% 8,103 -59
Lebanon, PA 3.0% -0.1% 2,274 -64
Philadelphia, PA 3.7% 0.0% 122,542 227
Pittsburgh, PA 3.5% 0.0% 40,738 -632
Reading, PA 3.7% -0.1% 7,980 -87
Scranton, PA 4.2% 0.0% 11,615 -52
State College, PA 2.7% -0.1% 2,152 -27
Williamsport, PA 3.7% -0.1% 2,061 -25
York, PA 3.1% 0.0% 7,331 -5
Providence, RI 3.0% 0.1% 21,004 852
Charleston, SC 2.5% 0.1% 10,636 255
Columbia, SC 2.8% 0.1% 11,446 251
Florence, SC 3.0% 0.0% 3,023 57
Greenville, SC 2.7% 0.0% 12,323 256
Hilton Head Island, SC 2.8% 0.0% 2,584 37
Myrtle Beach, SC 3.7% 0.0% 7,932 -17
Spartanburg, SC 3.0% 0.1% 5,058 97
Sumter, SC 3.6% 0.0% 1,551 30
Rapid City, SD 2.1% 0.0% 1,668 -6
Sioux Falls, SD 1.8% 0.0% 3,017 33
Chattanooga, TN 3.4% 0.0% 9,463 36
Clarksville, TN 4.3% 0.1% 5,137 130
Cleveland, TN 3.7% 0.0% 2,157 37
Jackson, TN 3.4% 0.1% 2,197 63
Johnson City, TN 3.6% 0.0% 3,397 85
Kingsport, TN 3.6% 0.1% 4,959 135
Knoxville, TN 3.2% 0.1% 14,437 332
Memphis, TN 4.2% 0.0% 26,189 173
Morristown, TN 3.7% 0.0% 1,993 30
Nashville, TN 2.8% 0.1% 32,009 1,051
Abilene, TX 3.5% -0.1% 2,879 -85
Amarillo, TX 3.1% -0.1% 4,271 -151
Austin, TX 3.5% -0.1% 50,971 -1,041
Beaumont, TX 5.9% -0.2% 10,003 -300
Brownsville, TX 5.4% -0.2% 9,926 -248
College Station, TX 3.2% -0.1% 4,835 -128
Corpus Christi, TX 4.5% -0.1% 9,206 -234
Dallas, TX 3.8% -0.1% 168,314 -3,067
El Paso, TX 4.5% -0.2% 17,278 -398
Houston, TX 4.4% 0.0% 157,966 -3,116
Killeen, TX 4.5% -0.1% 8,377 -193
Laredo, TX 4.1% -0.1% 4,892 -94
Longview, TX 4.3% -0.1% 4,260 -60
Lubbock, TX 3.4% -0.1% 5,808 -133
McAllen, TX 6.1% -0.2% 23,552 -434
Midland, TX 2.5% -0.1% 2,875 -69
Odessa, TX 3.3% -0.1% 2,891 -44
San Angelo, TX 3.6% -0.1% 2,048 -72
San Antonio, TX 3.8% -0.1% 48,670 -1,319
Sherman, TX 3.9% -0.1% 2,631 -74
Texarkana, TX 3.9% 0.0% 2,449 -25
Tyler, TX 3.8% -0.1% 4,325 -101
Victoria, TX 4.0% -0.2% 1,833 -52
Waco, TX 3.7% -0.1% 5,045 -132
Wichita Falls, TX 3.9% -0.1% 2,509 -68
Logan, UT 2.4% 0.1% 1,932 35
Ogden, UT 2.7% 0.1% 9,901 200
Provo, UT 2.8% 0.1% 9,960 224
St George, UT 3.0% 0.1% 2,687 38
Salt Lake City, UT 2.7% 0.0% 20,552 332
Burlington, VT 1.7% 0.1% 2,146 42
Blacksburg, VA 3.1% 0.1% 3,032 94
Charlottesville, VA 2.6% 0.1% 3,355 74
Harrisonburg, VA 2.9% 0.1% 2,070 62
Lynchburg, VA 3.6% 0.1% 4,501 125
Richmond, VA 3.1% 0.0% 23,118 602
Roanoke, VA 2.9% 0.1% 4,830 140
Staunton, VA 2.7% 0.0% 1,756 39
Virginia Beach, VA 3.2% 0.0% 28,552 674
Winchester, VA 2.7% 0.1% 2,148 44
Bellingham, WA 4.1% 0.2% 4,674 147
Bremerton, WA 3.9% 0.2% 5,091 255
Kennewick, WA 4.6% 0.1% 6,917 117
Longview, WA 4.7% 0.1% 2,340 70
Mount Vernon, WA 4.4% 0.2% 2,721 104
Olympia, WA 3.9% 0.2% 5,910 275
Seattle, WA 3.8% 0.2% 86,233 3,515
Spokane, WA 4.0% 0.0% 11,819 210
Walla Walla, WA 3.8% 0.0% 1,241 11
Wenatchee, WA 4.2% 0.1% 2,755 38
Yakima, WA 5.4% 0.1% 7,010 119
Beckley, WV 4.2% 0.0% 1,967 18
Charleston, WV 4.2% 0.1% 3,749 86
Huntington, WV 4.4% 0.1% 6,429 92
Morgantown, WV 3.3% 0.0% 2,373 49
Parkersburg, WV 4.3% 0.1% 1,687 35
Wheeling, WV 4.6% 0.0% 2,736 25
Appleton, WI 2.8% 0.0% 3,816 41
Eau Claire, WI 3.2% 0.0% 3,039 33
Fond du Lac, WI 2.8% 0.0% 1,621 20
Green Bay, WI 3.2% 0.0% 5,657 35
Janesville, WI 3.6% 0.1% 3,143 51
La Crosse, WI 2.8% 0.1% 2,178 16
Madison, WI 2.5% 0.0% 10,327 94
Milwaukee, WI 3.5% 0.1% 28,826 586
Oshkosh, WI 2.9% 0.1% 2,700 32
Racine, WI 4.0% 0.1% 4,040 71
Sheboygan, WI 2.7% 0.0% 1,698 24
Wausau, WI 3.0% 0.1% 2,181 13
Casper, WY 3.2% 0.0% 1,306 13
Cheyenne, WY 3.1% 0.1% 1,538 21

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