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%
