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Unemployment rate
Alabama…………………………… 6
Anniston-Oxford………………….. 6.5
Auburn-Opelika…………………… 4.9
Birmingham-Hoover………………… 5.2
Decatur…………………………. 5.8
Dothan………………………….. 5.8
Florence-Muscle Shoals……………. 5.5
Gadsden…………………………. 6.1
Huntsville………………………. 5.2
Mobile………………………….. 7
Montgomery………………………. 6.1
Tuscaloosa………………………. 5.6
Alaska……………………………. 6.3
Anchorage……………………….. 5.4
Fairbanks……………………….. 5.5
Arizona…………………………… 7.8
Flagstaff……………………….. 7.7
Lake Havasu City-Kingman………….. 9.6
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale…………….. 6.6
Prescott………………………… 8.1
Tucson………………………….. 6.7
Yuma……………………………. 30.3
Arkansas………………………….. 6.9
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers…….. 5.1
Fort Smith………………………. 7.2
Hot Springs……………………… 7.1
Jonesboro……………………….. 6.5
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway.. 6.2
Pine Bluff………………………. 9.2
California………………………… 8.5
Bakersfield-Delano……………….. 12.1
Chico…………………………… 10
El Centro……………………….. 24
Fresno………………………….. 13.4
Hanford-Corcoran…………………. 13.8
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana…… 8.4
Madera-Chowchilla………………… 12.4
Merced………………………….. 15.5
Modesto…………………………. 13.4
Napa……………………………. 5.9
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura………. 6.9
Redding…………………………. 11.1
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario…… 9.6
Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville… 8.3
Salinas…………………………. 10
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos……… 7
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont……… 6.2
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara…….. 6.6
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles……….. 6.1
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta…… 6
Santa Cruz-Watsonville……………. 9.9
Santa Rosa-Petaluma………………. 6.5
Stockton………………………… 12.9
Vallejo-Fairfield………………… 8.1
Visalia-Porterville………………. 13.7
Yuba City……………………….. 15.3
Colorado.…………………………. 6.8
Boulder…………………………. 5.1
Colorado Springs…………………. 8.1
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield………….. 6.7
Fort Collins-Loveland…………….. 5.5
Grand Junction…………………… 8.2
Greeley…………………………. 7.5
Pueblo………………………….. 9.5
Connecticut……………………….. 7.8
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk……….. 7.3
Danbury…………………………. 6.2
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford.. 7.8
New Haven……………………….. 8.1
Norwich-New London……………….. 8
Waterbury……………………….. 10.6
Delaware.…………………………. 7
Dover…………………………… 7.3
District of Columbia……………….. 8
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria……. 5
Florida…………………………… 6.8
Cape Coral-Fort Myers…………….. 6.7
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin…. 4.6
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach…. 6.8
Gainesville……………………… 4.9
Jacksonville…………………….. 6.3
Lakeland-Winter Haven…………….. 7.4
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach… 7.2
Naples-Marco Island………………. 6
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota……… 6.5
Ocala…………………………… 7.5
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford…………. 6.4
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville……… 7.3
Palm Coast………………………. 9.3
Panama City-Lynn Haven-
Panama City Beach………………. 6.2
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent………… 6.2
Port St. Lucie…………………… 8.2
Punta Gorda……………………… 6.7
Sebastian-Vero Beach……………… 8.1
Tallahassee……………………… 5.6
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater……. 6.7
Georgia…………………………... 7.9
Albany………………………….. 8.6
Athens-Clarke County……………… 5.6
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta…….. 7.6
Augusta-Richmond County…………… 7.6
Brunswick……………………….. 8.8
Columbus………………………… 7.9
Dalton………………………….. 10.2
Gainesville……………………… 6.9
Hinesville-Fort Stewart…………… 8.4
Macon…………………………… 8.2
Rome……………………………. 8.5
Savannah………………………… 7.1
Valdosta………………………… 7.3
Warner Robins……………………. 6.7
Hawaii……………………………. 4.5
Honolulu………………………… 3.9
Idaho…………………………….. 6.3
Boise City-Nampa…………………. 5.8
Coeur d’Alene……………………. 7.3
Idaho Falls……………………… 5.4
Lewiston………………………… 5.7
Pocatello……………………….. 6.7
Illinois………………………….. 8.7
Bloomington-Normal……………….. 5.8
Champaign-Urbana…………………. 6.6
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville…………. 9.1
Danville………………………… 8.9
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island………. 6.2
Decatur…………………………. 10.3
Kankakee-Bradley…………………. 9.8
Peoria………………………….. 7.9
Rockford………………………… 9.9
Springfield……………………… 6.4
Indiana…………………………… 8
Anderson………………………… 9.6
Bloomington……………………… 7.3
Columbus………………………… 6.1
Elkhart-Goshen…………………… 8.2
Evansville………………………. 6.8
Fort Wayne………………………. 7.6
Indianapolis-Carmel………………. 7.4
Kokomo………………………….. 8.8
Lafayette……………………….. 6.8
Michigan City-La Porte……………. 10.2
Muncie………………………….. 8.8
South Bend-Mishawaka……………… 9.1
Terre Haute……………………… 10.2
Iowa……………………………… 4.5
Ames……………………………. 3.2
Cedar Rapids…………………….. 4.8
Des Moines-West Des Moines………… 4.5
Dubuque…………………………. 4.7
Iowa City……………………….. 3.1
Sioux City………………………. 4.6
Waterloo-Cedar Falls……………… 4.4
Kansas……………………………. 5.3
Lawrence………………………… 5
Manhattan……………………….. 4.8
Topeka………………………….. 6
Wichita…………………………. 6
Kentucky………………………….. 7.7
Bowling Green……………………. 6.9
Elizabethtown……………………. 7
Lexington-Fayette………………… 6
Louisville-Jefferson County……….. 7.4
Owensboro……………………….. 6.2
Louisiana…………………………. 6.2
Alexandria………………………. 6.2
Baton Rouge……………………… 5.9
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux………… 4.4
Lafayette……………………….. 4.6
Lake Charles…………………….. 5.6
Monroe………………………….. 6.7
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner……….. 6.2
Shreveport-Bossier City…………… 6.6
Maine…………………………….. 7.1
Bangor………………………….. 6.6
Lewiston-Auburn………………….. 6.7
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford….. 5.7
Maryland..………………………… 6.4
Baltimore-Towson…………………. 6.7
Cumberland………………………. 7.3
Hagerstown-Martinsburg……………. 7.1
Salisbury……………………….. 8.5
Massachusetts……………………… 6.3
Barnstable Town………………….. 6.8
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy…………… 5.7
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner………. 8.7
New Bedford……………………… 10.1
Pittsfield………………………. 6.9
Springfield……………………… 7.5
Worcester……………………….. 7
Michigan………..………………… 8.2
Ann Arbor……………………….. 5.1
Battle Creek…………………….. 6.6
Bay City………………………… 8.5
Detroit-Warren-Livonia……………. 8.9
Flint…………………………… 8.8
Grand Rapids-Wyoming……………… 5.9
Holland-Grand Haven………………. 5.9
Jackson…………………………. 7.9
Kalamazoo-Portage………………… 6.7
Lansing-East Lansing……………… 7
Monroe………………………….. 7.3
Muskegon-Norton Shores……………. 8.1
Niles-Benton Harbor………………. 8.2
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North…….. 8.3
Minnesota……….………………… 5.4
Duluth………………………….. 6.6
Mankato-North Mankato…………….. 4.3
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington…… 4.9
Rochester……………………….. 4.6
St. Cloud……………………….. 5.8
Mississippi………..……………… 8.2
Gulfport-Biloxi………………….. 7.7
Hattiesburg……………………… 6.9
Jackson…………………………. 6.4
Pascagoula………………………. 9
Missouri……………..…………… 6.3
Cape Girardeau-Jackson……………. 5.9
Columbia………………………… 4.4
Jefferson City…………………… 5.2
Joplin………………………….. 5.4
Kansas City……………………… 6.1
St. Joseph………………………. 5.1
St. Louis (1)……………………. 6.7
Springfield……………………… 5.4
Montana…………………………… 5.5
Billings………………………… 3.9
Great Falls……………………… 5
Missoula………………………… 5.2
Nebraska……………….…………. 3.7
Lincoln…………………………. 3.4
Omaha-Council Bluffs……………… 4
Nevada……………………………. 9.5
Carson City……………………… 10.1
Las Vegas-Paradise……………….. 9.6
Reno-Sparks……………………… 9.7
New Hampshire………………….….. 5.2
Manchester………………………. 4.9
Portsmouth………………………. 4.5
Rochester-Dover………………….. 4.9
New Jersey…………………..……. 8.4
Atlantic City-Hammonton…………… 12.6
Ocean City………………………. 13.8
Trenton-Ewing……………………. 6.8
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton………. 12.9
New Mexico………………………… 6.2
Albuquerque……………………… 6.4
Farmington………………………. 5.8
Las Cruces………………………. 7.1
Santa Fe………………………… 4.9
New York………………………..… 7.3
Albany-Schenectady-Troy…………… 6.5
Binghamton………………………. 7.8
Buffalo-Niagara Falls…………….. 7.7
Elmira………………………….. 8.4
Glens Falls……………………… 7.8
Ithaca………………………….. 4.8
Kingston………………………… 7.7
New York-Northern New Jersey-
Long Island…………………. 7.5
New York City…………………. 7.7
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown…… 7
Rochester……………………….. 7.2
Syracuse………………………… 7.7
Utica-Rome………………………. 8.2
North Carolina…………………….. 8.5
Asheville……………………….. 6.6
Burlington………………………. 8.6
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill………. 8.4
Durham-Chapel Hill……………….. 6.3
Fayetteville…………………….. 9.2
Goldsboro……………………….. 8.5
Greensboro-High Point…………….. 8.9
Greenville………………………. 8.5
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton………….. 9.6
Jacksonville…………………….. 7.8
Raleigh-Cary…………………….. 6.8
Rocky Mount……………………… 12.3
Wilmington………………………. 8.7
Winston-Salem……………………. 8
North Dakota………………………. 3.5
Bismarck………………………… 3.1
Fargo…………………………… 3.9
Grand Forks……………………… 4.4
Ohio……………………………... 6.7
Akron…………………………… 6.4
Canton-Massillon…………………. 7
Cincinnati-Middletown…………….. 6.5
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor…………… 6.6
Columbus………………………… 5.7
Dayton………………………….. 7
Lima……………………………. 7.4
Mansfield……………………….. 7.8
Sandusky………………………… 7
Springfield……………………… 6.7
Steubenville-Weirton……………… 9.2
Toledo………………………….. 7.7
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman………… 7.7
Oklahoma………………………..… 4.4
Lawton………………………….. 5.5
Oklahoma City……………………. 4.1
Tulsa…………………………… 4.7
Oregon……………………………. 7.8
Bend……………………………. 9.8
Corvallis……………………….. 5.5
Eugene-Springfield……………….. 7.6
Medford…………………………. 9.7
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro………. 7.1
Salem…………………………… 8.4
Pennsylvania………………………. 7.2
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton………… 7.6
Altoona…………………………. 6.5
Erie……………………………. 7.2
Harrisburg-Carlisle………………. 6.4
Johnstown……………………….. 8.3
Lancaster……………………….. 5.9
Lebanon…………………………. 5.9
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington…….. 7.7
Pittsburgh………………………. 6.4
Reading…………………………. 7.3
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre……………. 8.8
State College……………………. 5.4
Williamsport…………………….. 7.6
York-Hanover…………………….. 6.9
Rhode Island……………….……… 8.7
Providence-Fall River-Warwick……… 9
South Carolina……………….……. 7.4
Anderson………………………… 6.8
Charleston-North Charleston-
Summerville……………………. 6
Columbia………………………… 6.5
Florence………………………… 8.5
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley…………. 6
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway 8.1
Spartanburg……………………… 7.3
Sumter………………………….. 8.4
South Dakota………………………. 4
Rapid City………………………. 4.2
Sioux Falls……………………… 3.5
Tennessee………………..……….. 8
Chattanooga……………………… 7.4
Clarksville……………………… 8.4
Cleveland……………………….. 7.5
Jackson…………………………. 8.2
Johnson City…………………….. 7.4
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol…………. 7.1
Knoxville……………………….. 6.7
Memphis…………………………. 9
Morristown………………………. 9.7
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–
Franklin………………………. 6.4
Texas…………………………….. 6.1
Abilene…………………………. 4.8
Amarillo………………………… 4.4
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos………. 5.1
Beaumont-Port Arthur……………… 9.8
Brownsville-Harlingen…………….. 9.9
College Station-Bryan…………….. 5
Corpus Christi…………………… 5.7
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington……….. 6
El Paso…………………………. 8.7
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown………… 5.9
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood………….. 6.9
Laredo………………………….. 6.6
Longview………………………… 5.4
Lubbock…………………………. 4.8
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission………….. 10.5
Midland…………………………. 3
Odessa………………………….. 3.7
San Angelo………………………. 5
San Antonio-New Braunfels…………. 5.9
Sherman-Denison………………….. 6.7
Texarkana……………………….. 6.7
Tyler…………………………… 6.2
Victoria………………………… 5.1
Waco……………………………. 5.8
Wichita Falls……………………. 5.7
Utah……………………………... 4.4
Logan…………………………… 3.6
Ogden-Clearfield…………………. 4.5
Provo-Orem………………………. 4.3
St. George………………………. 5.1
Salt Lake City…………………… 4.2
Vermont…………………………... 4.6
Burlington-South Burlington……….. 3.5
Virginia………………………….. 5
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford….. 5.2
Charlottesville………………….. 4.1
Danville………………………… 7.4
Harrisonburg…………………….. 4.6
Lynchburg……………………….. 5.6
Richmond………………………… 5.4
Roanoke…………………………. 5.3
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News… 5.4
Winchester………………………. 4.9
Washington………………………... 6.5
Bellingham………………………. 6.9
Bremerton-Silverdale……………… 6.8
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland………….. 8.5
Longview………………………… 9.7
Mount Vernon-Anacortes……………. 8.3
Olympia…………………………. 7
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue…………… 5.2
Spokane…………………………. 7.7
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee………….. 7.7
Yakima………………………….. 9.7
West Virginia……………………… 6.6
Charleston………………………. 6.2
Huntington-Ashland……………….. 6.8
Morgantown………………………. 4.6
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna……….. 6.5
Wheeling………………………… 6.9
Wisconsin…………………………. 7.2
Appleton………………………… 6.7
Eau Claire………………………. 6.6
Fond du Lac……………………… 6.8
Green Bay……………………….. 6.7
Janesville………………………. 8.5
La Crosse……………………….. 5.5
Madison…………………………. 5.2
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis……… 7.5
Oshkosh-Neenah…………………… 6.5
Racine………………………….. 9
Sheboygan……………………….. 6.5
Wausau………………………….. 7.4
Wyoming…………………………… 4.9
Casper………………………….. 4.3
Cheyenne………………………… 

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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