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METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- APRIL 2014 [28 May 2014]

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

or

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

 

 

Unemployment rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 357 of the 372

metropolitan areas, higher in 12 areas, and unchanged in 3 areas, the U.S.

Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Fourteen areas had jobless rates

of at least 10.0 percent and 118 areas had rates of less than 5.0 percent.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 302 metropolitan areas,

decreased in 63 areas, and was unchanged in 7 areas. The national unemployment

rate in April was 5.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 7.1 percent

a year earlier.

 

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

Yuma, Ariz., and El Centro, Calif., had the highest unemployment rates in

April, 23.8 percent and 21.6 percent, respectively. Midland, Texas, had the

lowest unemployment rate, 2.3 percent. A total of 214 areas had April

unemployment rates below the U.S. figure of 5.9 percent, 148 areas had rates

above it, and 10 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. (See table 1.)

 

Yuma, Ariz., had the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease in April

(-3.0 percentage points). Fifty-one other areas had rate declines of at least

2.0 percentage points, and an additional 201 areas had declines of at least

1.0 point. Florence-Muscle Shoals, Ala., had the largest over-the-year jobless

rate increase (+1.0 percentage point).

 

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

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., had the highest unemployment rate in

April, 8.3 percent. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Okla.,

had the lowest jobless rates among the large areas, 3.8 percent each. Forty-eight

of the large areas had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, while one had

an increase. The largest unemployment rate decline occurred in Las Vegas-Paradise,

Nev. (-2.5 percentage points). Birmingham-Hoover, Ala., had the only jobless rate

increase (+0.4 percentage point).

 

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

 

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