Last year, nearly every metropolitan area in the United States saw unemployment rise. Here are the city-by-city statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The first figure is for 2007; the second is for 2008:

Alabama 3.8% 6.4%
Anniston-Oxford 3.7% 6.5%

Auburn-Opelika 3.5% 5.4%

Birmingham-Hoover 3.4% 5.7%

Decatur 3.4% 6.5%

Dothan 3.6% 6.0%

Florence-Muscle Shoals 4.1% 7.0%

Gadsden 4.2% 6.9%

Huntsville 2.9% 4.7%

Mobile 3.9% 6.5%

Montgomery 3.7% 6.5%

Tuscaloosa 3.3% 5.6%

Alaska 6.7% 7.7%
Anchorage 5.6% 6.6%

Fairbanks 5.6% 6.9%

Arizona 4.3% 6.7%
Flagstaff 4.6% 6.4%

Lake Havasu City-Kingman 5.5% 8.5%

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale 3.8% 6.1%

Prescott 4.2% 7.0%

Tucson 4.3% 6.3%

Yuma 11.4% 15.4%

Arkansas 5.6% 6.0%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 4.0% 4.6%

Fort Smith 5.5% 6.1%

Hot Springs 5.8% 5.9%

Jonesboro 5.6% 5.5%

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway 4.7% 4.9%

Pine Bluff 7.7% 8.1%

California 5.9% 9.1%
Bakersfield 9.4% 11.8%

Chico 7.4% 10.3%

El Centro 18.7% 22.6%

Fresno 9.8% 13.2%

Hanford-Corcoran 9.9% 12.9%

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 5.0% 8.8%

Madera 8.8% 11.9%

Merced 11.9% 15.5%

Modesto 9.9% 13.6%

Napa 5.1% 7.4%

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 5.7% 8.0%

Redding 8.5% 12.2%

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 6.5% 10.1%

Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville 5.9% 8.7%

Salinas 10.9% 13.7%

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 5.0% 7.4%

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 4.6% 7.0%

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 5.1% 7.8%

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 4.7% 7.1%

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta 5.1% 7.2%

Santa Cruz-Watsonville 7.2% 10.0%

Santa Rosa-Petaluma 4.7% 7.0%

Stockton 9.4% 13.0%

Vallejo-Fairfield 5.9% 8.6%

Visalia-Porterville 10.8% 14.3%

Yuba City 11.1% 14.9%

Colorado 4.3% 5.9%
Boulder 3.7% 4.8%

Colorado Springs 4.9% 6.9%

Denver-Aurora 4.4% 6.3%

Fort Collins-Loveland 3.7% 4.9%

Grand Junction 3.5% 4.6%

Greeley 4.5% 6.3%

Pueblo 5.5% 7.4%

Connecticut 4.5% 6.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 4.0% 6.0%

Danbury 3.4% 5.1%

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford 4.6% 6.7%

New Haven 4.7% 6.6%

Norwich-New London 4.3% 6.9%

Waterbury 102.6.1% 8.6%

Delaware 3.4% 5.9%
Dover 3.4% 5.8%

District of Columbia 5.8% 8.9%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 3.0% 4.7%

Florida 4.5% 7.8%
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice 4.8% 8.4%

Cape Coral-Fort Myers 6.0% 10.0%

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach 4.8% 8.6%

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin 3.4% 6.0%

Gainesville 3.2% 5.3%

Jacksonville 4.3% 7.4%

Lakeland-Winter Haven 4.8% 8.7%

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 4.1% 7.1%

Naples-Marco Island 4.9% 8.1%

Ocala 5.4% 10.1%

Orlando-Kissimmee 4.3% 7.7%

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 5.0% 8.4%

Palm Coast 7.4% 11.7%

Panama City-Lynn Haven 4.6% 9.0%

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 4.1% 7.5%

Port StLucie 5.8% 9.7%

Punta Gorda 6.3% 9.9%

Sebastian-Vero Beach 6.1% 9.7%

Tallahassee 3.4% 5.7%

Tampa-StPetersburg-Clearwater 4.7% 8.3%

Georgia 4.6% 7.8%
Albany 5.1% 7.4%

Athens-Clarke County 3.8% 6.1%

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta 4.5% 7.6%

Augusta-Richmond County 5.5% 7.8%

Brunswick 3.9% 7.1%

Columbus 5.3% 7.7%

Dalton 5.0% 11.2%

Gainesville 3.6% 7.0%

Hinesville-Fort Stewart 4.9% 7.4%

Macon 4.9% 7.8%

Rome 4.7% 8.0%

Savannah 3.9% 6.6%

Valdosta 4.2% 7.4%

Warner Robins 3.9% 6.3%

Hawaii 2.8% 5.1%
Honolulu 2.5% 4.2%

Idaho 2.9% 6.5%
Boise City-Nampa 3.0% 7.1%

Coeur d’Alene 3.2% 7.5%

Idaho Falls 2.1% 4.8%

Lewiston 3.3% 6.4%

Pocatello 2.8% 5.4%

Illinois 5.3% 7.4%

Bloomington-Normal 4.2% 5.4%

Champaign-Urbana 4.8% 6.1%

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 5.0% 7.1%

Danville 7.1% 9.4%

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 4.8% 6.1%

Decatur 6.1% 7.9%

Kankakee-Bradley 7.6% 10.5%

Peoria 5.0% 6.3%

Rockford 7.1% 12.5%

Springfield 4.9% 6.3%

Indiana 4.5% 8.1%
Anderson 5.9% 9.2%

Bloomington 3.7% 6.6%

Columbus 3.5% 6.5%

Elkhart-Goshen 4.7% 15.3%

Evansville 4.3% 6.7%

Fort Wayne 4.7% 8.2%

Indianapolis-Carmel 3.9% 6.7%

Kokomo 5.0% 9.9%

Lafayette 3.7% 6.2%

Michigan City-La Porte 5.1% 9.2%

Muncie 5.0% 8.3%

South Bend-Mishawaka 5.0% 9.5%

Terre Haute 5.1% 8.5%

Iowa 4.2% 4.8%
Ames 3.0% 3.2%

Cedar Rapids 4.2% 4.6%

Des Moines-West Des Moines 3.9% 4.5%

Dubuque 4.7% 5.3%

Iowa City 3.0% 3.4%

Sioux City 3.9% 4.3%

Waterloo-Cedar Falls 4.1% 4.2%

Kansas 4.0% 4.9%
Lawrence 3.6% 4.0%

Topeka 4.9% 5.3%

Wichita 3.9% 4.9%

Kentucky 5.4% 7.5%

Bowling Green 4.0% 6.3%

Elizabethtown 5.0% 7.4%

Lexington-Fayette 3.9% 5.4%

Louisville-Jefferson County 5.4% 7.6%

Owensboro 4.6% 6.7%

Louisiana 3.8% 5.5%
Alexandria 3.8% 5.5%

Baton Rouge 3.7% 5.3%

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux 2.6% 3.8%

Lafayette 2.7% 3.8%

Lake Charles 3.8% 4.8%

Monroe 4.4% 6.1%

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner 3.3% 5.4%

Shreveport-Bossier City 4.3% 6.4%

Maine 5.0% 7.0%
Bangor 4.6% 6.4%

Lewiston-Auburn 4.8% 7.4%

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford 3.7% 5.5%

Maryland 3.5% 5.6%
Baltimore-Towson 3.6% 5.8%

Cumberland 4.9% 6.5%

Hagerstown-Martinsburg 4.3% 6.6%

Salisbury 4.4% 7.5%

Massachusetts 4.1% 6.5%
Barnstable Town 5 4.9% 8.2%

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 3.7% 5.8%

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner 5.3% 8.5%

New Bedford 6.2% 9.7%

Pittsfield 3.8% 6.6%

Springfield 4.7% 7.2%

Worcester 4.4% 6.8%

Michigan 7.4% 10.4%
Ann Arbor 4.7% 6.9%

Battle Creek 6.8% 9.7%

Bay City 7.0% 9.9%

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 8.0% 10.6%

Flint 8.2% 12.3%

Grand Rapids-Wyoming 5.9% 8.8%

Holland-Grand Haven 5.8% 9.2%

Jackson 7.6% 11.1%

Kalamazoo-Portage 5.7% 8.7%

Lansing-East Lansing 5.7% 8.6%

Monroe 6.6% 11.3%

Muskegon-Norton Shores 7.0% 11.5%

Niles-Benton Harbor 7.2% 10.1%

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North 7.3% 10.4%

Minnesota 4.9% 6.8%
Duluth 5.5% 7.8%

Minneapolis-StPaul-Bloomington 4.5% 6.4%

Rochester 4.1% 5.4%

StCloud 5.2% 7.2%

Mississippi 6.3% 7.6%
Gulfport-Biloxi 5.3% 6.5%

Hattiesburg 5.0% 5.8%

Jackson 5.1% 6.0%

Pascagoula 5.9% 7.5%

Missouri 5.2% 7.0%
Columbia 3.6% 4.5%

Jefferson City 4.1% 5.7%

Joplin 4.4% 5.7%

Kansas City 5.1% 6.5%

StJoseph 4.5% 5.8%

StLouis 5.5% 7.6%

Springfield 4.1% 6.0%

Montana 3.6% 5.5%
Billings 2.5% 3.5%

Great Falls 3.4% 4.4%

Missoula 3.6% 5.5%

Nebraska 2.7% 3.8%
Lincoln 2.4% 3.3%

Omaha-Council Bluffs 3.1% 4.1%

Nevada 5.6% 9.0%
Carson City 5.9% 9.4%

Las Vegas-Paradise 5.6% 9.1%

Reno-Sparks 5.3% 9.0%

New Hampshire 3.3% 4.3%
Manchester 3.2% 4.1%

Portsmouth 3.1% 3.9%

Rochester-Dover 3.2% 4.4%

New Jersey 4.1% 6.8%
Atlantic City-Hammonton 5.8% 9.6%

Ocean City 8.5% 12.4%

Trenton-Ewing 3.6% 6.0%

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 6.4% 10.4%

New Mexico 3.1% 4.5%
Albuquerque 3.1% 4.7%

Farmington 2.7% 4.0%

Las Cruces 3.4% 4.6%

Santa Fe 2.4% 3.9%

New York 4.7% 6.8%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 4.1% 5.9%

Binghamton 4.7% 7.1%

Buffalo-Niagara Falls 5.2% 7.2%

Elmira 4.6% 7.5%

Glens Falls 5.1% 7.7%

Ithaca 3.1% 4.7%

Kingston 4.6% 6.5%

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 4.4% 6.6%

New York City 3 5.2% 7.2%

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown 4.1% 6.3%

Rochester 4.8% 6.7%

Syracuse 4.6% 6.9%

Utica-Rome 4.8% 6.9%

North Carolina 4.7% 8.5%
Asheville 3.5% 6.7%

Burlington 4.9% 9.4%

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord 4.8% 8.9%

Durham 3.7% 6.1%

Fayetteville 5.1% 7.8%

Goldsboro 4.6% 7.9%

Greensboro-High Point 4.8% 8.6%

Greenville 4.8% 8.3%

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton 5.9% 10.9%

Jacksonville 4.3% 6.8%

Raleigh-Cary 3.5% 6.5%

Rocky Mount 6.3% 11.7%

Wilmington 4.4% 8.4%

Winston-Salem 4.4% 7.6%

North Dakota 3.3% 3.4%
Bismarck 61.8 62.9 2.0 2 3.3% 3.1%

Fargo 2.8% 3.4%

Grand Forks 3.3% 3.8%

Ohio 5.8% 7.6%
Akron 5.6% 7.5%

Canton-Massillon 6.2% 8.2%

Cincinnati-Middletown 5.0% 6.7%

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 6.0% 7.1%

Columbus 4.8% 6.2%

Dayton 6.0% 8.1%

Lima 6.5% 9.0%

Mansfield 6.9% 9.9%

Sandusky 7.3% 9.8%

Springfield 7.3% 7.6%

Toledo 6.5% 9.8%

Weirton-Steubenville 6.3% 8.0%

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman 6.4% 8.9%

Oklahoma 14.3% 4.8%
Lawton 4.3% 4.4%

Oklahoma City 5 4.2% 4.6%

Tulsa 4.1% 4.9%

Oregon 5.4% 8.8%
Bend 6.1% 11.3%

Corvallis 3.8% 6.2%

Eugene-Springfield 5.4% 9.5%

Medford 5.9% 9.9%

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton 4.8% 8.1%

Salem 5.5% 8.9%

Pennsylvania 4.3% 6.4%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 4.3% 6.7%

Altoona 4.3% 6.4%

Erie 4.9% 6.6%

Harrisburg-Carlisle 3.6% 5.5%

Johnstown 5.5% 7.6%

Lancaster 3.2% 5.2%

Lebanon 3.4% 4.9%

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 4.1% 6.4%

Pittsburgh 4.4% 6.0%

Reading 4.2% 6.6%

Scranton–Wilkes-Barre 4.9% 7.4%

State College 3.5% 5.0%

Williamsport 5.1% 7.6%

York-Hanover 3.7% 5.8%

Rhode Island 5.2% 9.6%
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 5.3% 9.6%

South Carolina 6.4% 9.3%
Anderson 6.4% 9.6%

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville 5.0% 7.4%

Columbia 5.4% 7.6%

Florence 7.0% 10.0%

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley 5.5% 7.9%

Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway 6.8% 11.5%

Spartanburg 6.4% 9.4%

Sumter 8.4% 10.7%

South Dakota 3.1% 3.9%
Rapid City 3.0% 4.0%

Sioux Falls 2.5% 3.7%

Tennessee 5.0% 7.6%
Chattanooga 4.2% 7.0%

Clarksville 5.3% 7.4%

Cleveland 5.0% 7.4%

Jackson 5.4% 7.6%

Johnson City 4.8% 6.9%

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol 4.4% 6.6%

Knoxville 4.0% 6.4%

Memphis 5.5% 7.6%

Morristown 5.5% 8.9%

Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin 4.2% 6.5%

Texas 4.3% 5.7%
Abilene 3.5% 4.3%

Amarillo 3.2% 3.8%

Austin-Round Rock 3.6% 5.2%

Beaumont-Port Arthur 5.9% 7.9%

Brownsville-Harlingen 6.0% 8.2%

College Station-Bryan 3.3% 4.1%

Corpus Christi 4.4% 5.5%

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 4.2% 5.8%

El Paso 5.5% 7.0%

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 4.2% 5.5%

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood 4.6% 5.6%

Laredo 4.7% 6.0%

Longview 3.8% 4.5%

Lubbock 3.3% 3.8%

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 6.8% 9.1%

Midland 2.7% 3.1%

Odessa 3.1% 3.9%

San Angelo 3.5% 4.5%

San Antonio 4.0% 5.3%

Sherman-Denison 4.7% 6.0%

Texarkana 4.6% 5.1%

Tyler 4.4% 5.6%

Victoria 3.6% 4.9%

Waco 4.0% 4.8%

Wichita Falls 3.9% 5.5%

Utah 2.8% 4.0%
Logan 1.9% 2.8%

Ogden-Clearfield 3.1% 4.4%

Provo-Orem 2.6% 3.7%

StGeorge 3.3% 6.0%

Salt Lake City 2.7% 3.8%

Vermont 3.7% 6.0%
Burlington-South Burlington 3.1% 5.1%

Virginia 3.2% 5.2%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford 3.6% 6.3%

Charlottesville 2.6% 4.2%

Danville 5.9% 11.5%

Harrisonburg 2.6% 4.3%

Lynchburg 3.4% 5.3%

Richmond 3.4% 5.5%

Roanoke 3.4% 5.1%

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 3.5% 5.3%

Winchester 3.3% 6.1%

Washington 4.8% 7.1%
Bellingham 4.1% 6.1%

Bremerton-Silverdale 4.2% 6.0%

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland 5.9% 7.3%

Longview 6.8% 11.2%

Mount Vernon-Anacortes 5.0% 7.8%

Olympia 131.2 136.3 5.8 8.4 4.4% 6.1%

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 3.9% 6.3%

Spokane 5.1% 7.4%

Wenatchee 5.8% 7.4%

Yakima .9% 9.7%

West Virginia 4.5% 4.4%
Charleston 3.7% 3.5%

Huntington-Ashland 4.5% 5.5%

Morgantown 2.9% 2.7%

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna 4.8% 5.5%

Wheeling 5.2% 5.9%

Wisconsin 4.6% 5.8%
Appleton 4.4% 5.6%

Eau Claire 4.4% 5.5%

Fond du Lac 4.4% 5.9%

Green Bay 4.6% 5.7%

Janesville 5.1% 8.1%

La Crosse 3.9% 5.2%

Madison 3.4% 4.2%

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis 4.7% 5.8%

Oshkosh-Neenah 4.0% 5.0%

Racine 5.7% 7.0%

Sheboygan 4.1% 5.9%

Wausau 3.9% 5.3%

Wyoming 3.5% 3.5%
Casper 3.2% 3.2%

Cheyenne 4.6% 4.4%

Tags: 2008, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment