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METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- MAY 2010 [30 June 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 May than a year earlier in 222 of

the 372 metropolitan areas, lower in 141 areas, and unchanged in 9

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

areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 9 areas

registered rates below 5.0 percent. The national unemployment rate in

May was 9.3 percent, not seasonally adjusted, compared with 9.1

percent a year earlier.

 

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

In May, 124 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least 10.0

percent, up from 107 areas a year earlier, while 70 areas posted rates

below 7.0 percent, down from 91 areas in May 2009. El Centro, Calif.,

and Yuma, Ariz., again recorded the highest unemployment rates, 27.5

and 27.2 percent, respectively. Among the 13 areas with jobless rates

of at least 15.0 percent, 11 were located in California. Bismarck, N.D.,

registered the lowest unemployment rate in May, 3.1 percent, followed

by Fargo, N.D.-Minn., 3.5 percent, and Grand Forks, N.D.-Minn., 3.8

percent. Overall, 149 areas recorded unemployment rates above the U.S.

figure of 9.3 percent, 218 areas reported rates below it, and 5 areas

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

 

Yuma, Ariz., and Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., registered the largest over-

the-year jobless rate increases in May (+2.9 and +2.8 percentage points,

respectively). The areas with the next largest rate increases were Yuba

City, Calif. (+2.6 percentage points), and Carson City, Nev. (+2.5

points). Seven other areas reported rate increases of 2.0 percentage

points or more. Two Indiana areas posted the largest over-the-year

unemployment rate decreases: Kokomo (-6.6 percentage points) and Elk-

hart-Goshen (-4.8 points). Four additional areas reported rate decreases

of at least 2.0 percentage points.

 

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

or more, Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., registered the highest unemployment

rate in May, 14.1 percent. The areas with the next highest rates were

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., 13.9 percent, and Detroit-

Warren-Livonia, Mich., 13.7 percent. Fourteen additional large areas

posted rates of 10.0 percent or more. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,

D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., registered the lowest jobless rate among the large

areas, 6.0 percent. Three other large areas had rates below 7.0 per-

cent: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis., 6.4 percent; Okla-

homa City, Okla., 6.5 percent; and Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas,

6.9 percent. Thirty-three of the large areas reported over-the-year

unemployment rate increases, while 14 areas recorded rate decreases

and 2 had no rate change. Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., experienced the

largest rate increase from May 2009 (+2.8 percentage points), followed

by Pittsburgh, Pa., and Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, Calif.

(+1.4 percentage points each). Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-

Wis., and Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., were the only large areas to

post jobless rate decreases of 1.0 percentage point or more over the

year (-1.5 and -1.2 points, respectively).

 

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

 

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Institute for Workplace Studies 
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