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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- MARCH 2010 [28 April 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm

 

 

Unemployment rates were higher in March than a year earlier in 321 of

the 372 metropolitan areas, lower in 41 areas, and unchanged in 10

areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-

eight areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 3

areas registered rates below 5.0 percent. The national unemployment

rate in March was 10.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from 9.0

percent a year earlier.

 

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

In March, 164 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least

10.0 percent, up from 108 areas a year earlier, while 46 areas posted

rates below 7.0 percent, down from 89 areas in March 2009. Three areas

in California again registered the highest unemployment rates: El

Centro, 27.0 percent; Merced, 22.1 percent; and Yuba City, 21.7 per-

cent. Among the 28 areas with jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent,

15 were located in California and 5 were in Michigan. Houma-Bayou Cane-

Thibodaux, La., registered the lowest unemployment rate in March, 4.6

percent. Overall, 151 areas recorded unemployment rates above the U.S.

figure of 10.2 percent, 215 areas reported rates below it, and 6 areas

had rates equal to that of the nation. (See table 1.)

 

Farmington, N.M., again registered the largest over-the-year jobless

rate increase (+5.0 percentage points). The areas with the next largest

rate increases were Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-W.Va. (+4.5 percentage

points) and Yuma, Ariz. (+4.1 points). Thirteen additional areas re-

corded jobless rate increases of 3.0 percentage points or more. Four

areas reported over-the-year jobless rate decreases of at least 1.0 per-

centage point in March, the largest of which was Elkhart-Goshen, Ind.

(-4.9 points).

 

Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million

or more, Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., and Riverside-San Bernardino-

Ontario, Calif., reported the highest unemployment rates in March, 15.5

and 15.0 percent, respectively. Twenty additional large areas posted

rates of 10.0 percent or more. The large areas with the lowest jobless

rates in March were New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., 6.0 percent; Okla-

homa City, Okla., 6.1 percent; and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.

-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 6.7 percent. Forty-six of the large areas registered

over-the-year unemployment rate increases, the largest of which oc-

curred in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+3.2 percentage points). The next

largest rate increases were recorded in Jacksonville, Fla. (+2.9 per-

centage points), and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (+2.7

points). Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis., and Buffalo-

Niagara Falls, N.Y., were the only large areas to post jobless rate de-

creases over the year (-0.6 and -0.2 percentage point, respectively).

 

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

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Institute for Workplace Studies 
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