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Metro Areas by Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate is the share of the labor force that is jobless and actively seeking work — the standard measure of labor market health.

All 935 metro areas ranked by Unemployment Rate, from lowest to highest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs
# Metro Areas Unemployment Rate ↑
501 ZIP Code 25540 4.8%
502 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area 4.8%
503 Durant, OK Micro Area 4.8%
504 Mansfield, OH Metro Area 4.8%
505 Midland, MI Metro Area 4.8%
506 ZIP Code 28740 4.8%
507 Woodward, OK Micro Area 4.8%
508 Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area 4.8%
509 ZIP Code 28580 4.8%
510 Salem, OH Micro Area 4.8%
511 Cambridge, MD Micro Area 4.8%
512 Monticello, IN Micro Area 4.8%
513 Alexandria, LA Metro Area 4.8%
514 ZIP Code 13460 4.8%
515 ZIP Code 43140 4.8%
516 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area 4.8%
517 Summerville, GA Micro Area 4.8%
518 Tifton, GA Micro Area 4.8%
519 Del Rio, TX Micro Area 4.8%
520 Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area 4.9%
521 Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area 4.9%
522 Glasgow, KY Micro Area 4.9%
523 Farmington, MO Micro Area 4.9%
524 Marquette, MI Micro Area 4.9%
525 Crossville, TN Micro Area 4.9%
526 ZIP Code 49660 4.9%
527 Anchorage, AK Metro Area 4.9%
528 ZIP Code 30620 4.9%
529 North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area 4.9%
530 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area 4.9%
531 Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area 4.9%
532 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area 4.9%
533 Kirksville, MO Micro Area 4.9%
534 ZIP Code 35660 4.9%
535 ZIP Code 17540 4.9%
536 Meadville, PA Micro Area 4.9%
537 Burlington, NC Metro Area 4.9%
538 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area 5.0%
539 Mount Airy, NC Micro Area 5.0%
540 Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area 5.0%
541 Danville, VA Micro Area 5.0%
542 Monroe, MI Metro Area 5.0%
543 Sandusky, OH Metro Area 5.0%
544 Big Spring, TX Micro Area 5.0%
545 Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area 5.0%
546 Wilmington, NC Metro Area 5.0%
547 Cambridge, OH Micro Area 5.0%
548 Bowling Green, KY Metro Area 5.0%
549 Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area 5.0%
550 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area 5.0%
551 Storm Lake, IA Micro Area 5.0%
552 Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area 5.0%
553 Bellingham, WA Metro Area 5.1%
554 ZIP Code 24340 5.1%
555 Española, NM Micro Area 5.1%
556 Salinas, CA Metro Area 5.1%
557 Seaford, DE Micro Area 5.1%
558 Reno, NV Metro Area 5.1%
559 Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area 5.1%
560 Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area 5.1%
561 Searcy, AR Micro Area 5.1%
562 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area 5.1%
563 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area 5.1%
564 Peoria, IL Metro Area 5.1%
565 Pampa, TX Micro Area 5.1%
566 Grand Junction, CO Metro Area 5.1%
567 Kankakee, IL Metro Area 5.1%
568 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area 5.1%
569 Ellensburg, WA Micro Area 5.1%
570 Napa, CA Metro Area 5.1%
571 ZIP Code 28660 5.1%
572 Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area 5.1%
573 Pottsville, PA Micro Area 5.2%
574 Altus, OK Micro Area 5.2%
575 Morgantown, WV Metro Area 5.2%
576 ZIP Code 42140 5.2%
577 Ocala, FL Metro Area 5.2%
578 Somerset, KY Micro Area 5.2%
579 Huntingdon, PA Micro Area 5.2%
580 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area 5.2%
581 Urbana, OH Micro Area 5.2%
582 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area 5.2%
583 ZIP Code 24540 5.2%
584 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area 5.2%
585 Alice, TX Micro Area 5.2%
586 Jacksonville, IL Micro Area 5.2%
587 ZIP Code 47660 5.2%
588 Sturgis, MI Micro Area 5.2%
589 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area 5.2%
590 Akron, OH Metro Area 5.2%
591 Salem, OR Metro Area 5.2%
592 Hammond, LA Metro Area 5.3%
593 Mobile, AL Metro Area 5.3%
594 ZIP Code 33460 5.3%
595 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area 5.3%
596 Palestine, TX Micro Area 5.3%
597 Syracuse, NY Metro Area 5.3%
598 ZIP Code 13820 5.3%
599 Hudson, NY Micro Area 5.3%
600 Las Vegas, NM Micro Area 5.3%