Metro areas unemployment rate U.S. February 2023

In the February 2023 ranking of the unemployment rates in the United States' larger metropolitan areas, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Florida and Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama metro areas had the lowest rate, at 2.2 percent. In the same period, the unemployment rate was highest in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV metropolitan area, and stood at six percent.

Monthly ranking of unemployment rates in the United States for larger metropolitan areas in February 2023

Characteristic	Unemployment rate
Birmingham-Hoover, AL	2.2%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	2.2%
Jacksonville, FL	2.5%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	2.5%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	2.6%
Salt Lake City, UT	2.6%
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	2.7%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	2.8%
St. Louis, MO-IL	2.8%
Kansas City, MO-KS	2.9%
Oklahoma City, OK	2.9%
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	2.9%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	2.9%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	3%
Richmond, VA	3%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	3.1%
Raleigh, NC	3.1%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	3.2%
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	3.2%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	3.2%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	3.2%
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	3.2%
Columbus, OH	3.4%
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	3.4%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	3.4%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	3.5%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	3.6%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	3.6%
Austin-Round Rock, TX	3.7%
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA	3.7%
Rochester, NY	3.7%
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA	3.7%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	3.8%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY	4%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	4%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	4.1%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	4.2%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	4.2%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA	4.2%
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA	4.3%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	4.3%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	4.4%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	4.4%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	4.5%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	4.5%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA	4.6%
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	4.8%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	4.8%
Cleveland-Elyria, OH	4.9%
Pittsburgh, PA	4.9%
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	6%

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April 2023

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Survey time period

February 2023

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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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