Metro areas unemployment rate U.S. 2024

In the August 2024 ranking of the unemployment rates in the United States' larger metropolitan areas, the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee metro area had the lowest rate, at 2.9 percent. In the same period, the unemployment rate was highest in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California metro area at 6.2 percent.

Monthly ranking of unemployment rates in the United States for larger metropolitan areas in August 2024

Characteristic	Unemployment rate
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	6.2
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	6.1
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	6
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	5.6
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	5.3
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA	5.3
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA	5.2
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA	5
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	4.8
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	4.7
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	4.7
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	4.6
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	4.5
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	4.5
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	4.5
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY	4.4
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	4.4
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA	4.3
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	4.3
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	4.3
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	4.2
Pittsburgh, PA	4.2
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	4.1
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	4.1
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	4.1
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	4
Columbus, OH	4
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	4
Rochester, NY	4
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	4
Cleveland-Elyria, OH	3.9
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	3.9
St. Louis, MO-IL (1)	3.9
Raleigh, NC	3.8
Salt Lake City, UT	3.8
Austin-Round Rock, TX	3.7
Jacksonville, FL	3.7
Kansas City, MO-KS	3.7
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	3.7
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	3.7
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	3.7
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	3.6
Richmond, VA	3.6
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	3.5
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA	3.5
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	3.5
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	3.4
Oklahoma City, OK	3.3
Birmingham-Hoover, AL	3.1
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	3.1
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	2.9

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October 2024

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August2024

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Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.

Depicted are metropolitan areas with a Census 2010 population of 1 million or more.

Rates are not seasonally adjusted.

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