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Unemployment rate by metro area

Stockton-Lodi, CA ranks highest at 6.5%; Portland-South Portland, ME is lowest at 2.7% (98 metro areas, October 2026).

Official Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment rate for the metro area (not seasonally adjusted), shown for the metro areas in this dataset.

#Metro areaUnemployment rate, latest month (BLS)Postings
1Stockton-Lodi, CA6.5%110
2Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA5.9%1,003
3Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI5.7%1,882
4Tucson, AZ5.7%256
5Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL5.6%156
6Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN5.2%5,914
7Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA5.2%808
8Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL5.2%256
9Port St. Lucie, FL5.2%120
10Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX5%2,480
11Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ4.9%2,893
12San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA4.9%1,452
13Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA4.9%1,291
14North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL4.9%216
15Trenton-Princeton, NJ4.9%197
16Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4.8%10,784
17Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA4.8%4,540
18Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV4.8%958
19Jacksonville, FL4.8%575
20Albuquerque, NM4.8%397
21Corpus Christi, TX4.8%161
22New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4.7%12,642
23Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI4.7%2,032
24Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL4.7%993
25Colorado Springs, CO4.7%410
26San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4.6%17,941
27Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO4.6%2,988
28Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL4.6%1,137
29Memphis, TN-MS-AR4.6%686
30Boulder, CO4.6%302
31Wichita, KS4.6%175
32El Paso, TX4.6%156
33Lansing-East Lansing, MI4.6%133
34San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX4.5%837
35Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY4.5%238
36Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA4.5%103
37Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4.4%5,058
38Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD4.4%2,652
39San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA4.3%5,981
40Toledo, OH4.3%245
41Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ4.3%212
42Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI4.2%572
43Rochester, NY4.2%294
44Providence-Warwick, RI-MA4.2%260
45Ann Arbor, MI4.2%241
46Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA4.2%183
47Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH4.1%5,962
48Tulsa, OK4.1%400
49Syracuse, NY4.1%372
50Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT4.1%326
51Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN4.1%143
52Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY4.1%129
53Greensboro-High Point, NC4%202
54Peoria, IL4%131
55College Station-Bryan, TX4%117
56Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX3.9%3,705
57St. Louis, MO-IL3.9%1,401
58Kansas City, MO-KS3.9%1,228
59Pittsburgh, PA3.9%1,128
60Oklahoma City, OK3.9%530
61New Orleans-Metairie, LA3.9%159
62Lubbock, TX3.9%100
63Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV3.8%3,856
64Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI3.8%796
65Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY3.8%227
66Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL3.7%2,312
67Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC3.7%1,937
68Salt Lake City-Murray, UT3.7%725
69Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC3.7%610
70Charleston-North Charleston, SC3.7%434
71Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH3.7%340
72Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA3.7%259
73Akron, OH3.7%143
74Amarillo, TX3.7%122
75Winston-Salem, NC3.7%112
76Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN3.6%815
77Springfield, MO3.6%166
78Ogden, UT3.6%108
79Reno, NV3.5%347
80Baton Rouge, LA3.5%183
81Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA3.4%3,771
82Birmingham, AL3.4%308
83Chattanooga, TN-GA3.4%142
84Columbus, OH3.3%1,389
85Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN3.3%1,297
86Fort Wayne, IN3.3%177
87Boise City, ID3.3%111
88Knoxville, TN3.2%223
89Raleigh-Cary, NC3.1%856
90Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN3.1%326
91Green Bay, WI3.1%130
92Asheville, NC3.1%101
93Omaha, NE-IA3%629
94Manchester-Nashua, NH3%153
95Jackson, MS3%121
96Madison, WI2.9%340
97Savannah, GA2.9%142
98Portland-South Portland, ME2.7%163

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