RANKING · 2024 ACS · 500 SHOWN OF 925

Highest unemployment, US metro areas

US metro areas ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). El Centro, CA leads at 12.5%. 925 metro areas qualify in total. California carries 8 of the top 25 entries. The median across all 925 is 4.8%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Alice, TX, up 811 places to #35.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

USUnited States334,922,4995.2%–

01El Centro, CACA181,41112.5%−1.2 pts

02▲56Nogales, AZAZ50,02012.2%+3.8 pts

03▲9Clearlake, CACA67,77211.1%+0.5 pts

04▲11Selma, ALAL35,14011.0%+0.6 pts

05▲2Laurinburg, NCNC33,32210.9%−0.8 pts

06▲48Hanford, CACA154,32710.8%+2.4 pts

07▲4Merced, CACA297,26010.6%−0.1 pts

08▼6Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31910.4%−2.7 pts

09▲11Middlesborough, KYKY22,82910.1%+0.5 pts

10▼5Clarksdale, MSMS19,8499.9%−2.1 pts

11▲11Bogalusa, LALA44,9379.9%+0.4 pts

12▲49Rockingham, NCNC42,0419.8%+1.6 pts

13▲55Eufaula, ALAL26,8619.5%+1.4 pts

14▲26Arcadia, FLFL37,0789.5%+0.7 pts

15▲3Visalia, CACA485,1469.3%−0.6 pts

16▲129Vernon, TXTX12,4819.3%+2.3 pts

17▲267Forrest City, ARAR21,8009.2%+3.2 pts

18▼14Gallup, NMNM68,1199.0%−3.4 pts

19▲13Kinston, NCNC55,8379.0%+0.1 pts

20▲25Ukiah, CACA88,1229.0%+0.4 pts

21▲6Eureka, CACA131,6479.0%0.0 pts

22▼9Greenwood, MSMS34,9129.0%−1.5 pts

23▲132Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,0259.0%+2.1 pts

24▲796Huntsville, TXTX83,8428.9%+5.5 pts

25▲5Fresno, CACA1,203,3838.9%−0.1 pts

26▼17Show Low, AZAZ109,9468.8%−2.2 pts

27▲188Bay City, TXTX36,4638.7%+2.3 pts

28▼2Bakersfield, CACA927,0688.6%−0.5 pts

29▼4Alamogordo, NMNM70,3688.6%−0.6 pts

30▲45Silver City, NMNM27,2528.4%+0.3 pts

31▲229Susanville, CACA28,1178.3%+2.2 pts

32▼13Orangeburg, SCSC83,1778.3%−1.6 pts

33▲82Sonora, CACA53,1608.2%+0.9 pts

34▲43Henderson, NCNC42,6388.2%+0.2 pts

35▲811Alice, TXTX45,3838.2%+4.9 pts

36▲8Pahrump, NVNV57,3368.1%−0.6 pts

37▼6Flint, MIMI401,0938.1%−0.9 pts

38▲95Newport, OROR50,6368.0%+0.9 pts

39▼2Modesto, CACA557,7198.0%−0.8 pts

40▲27Atlantic City, NJNJ372,0477.9%−0.3 pts

41▼17Macomb, ILIL25,9167.9%−1.3 pts

42▼1Boone, NCNC54,7867.9%−0.9 pts

43▲601Elk City, OKOK22,1597.9%+3.5 pts

44▲25Greenville, NCNC182,9367.8%−0.3 pts

45▼11Statesboro, GAGA97,9777.8%−1.1 pts

46▲10Albany, GAGA145,5107.8%−0.6 pts

47▲99Safford, AZAZ40,1577.7%+0.8 pts

48▼31Hinesville, GAGA91,8707.7%−2.2 pts

49▲231Kingsville, TXTX30,3157.7%+1.7 pts

50▲134The Dalles, OROR26,3107.7%+1.1 pts

51▲39Eagle Pass, TXTX58,8237.7%0.0 pts

52▲11Taos, NMNM34,5647.6%−0.6 pts

53▲59McAllen, TXTX921,5497.6%+0.3 pts

54▲87Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,2267.6%+0.6 pts

55▲136Shreveport, LALA383,4747.6%+1.0 pts

56▼33Natchez, MSMS54,7227.6%−1.7 pts

57▲65Stockton, CACA823,8157.6%+0.3 pts

58▼44Raymondville, TXTX19,9717.5%−2.9 pts

59▲15Pine Bluff, ARAR70,2117.5%−0.5 pts

60▲24Fayetteville, NCNC395,4127.5%−0.3 pts

61▲22Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,8087.5%−0.4 pts

62▼27Carbondale, ILIL52,5017.5%−1.4 pts

63▼57Cordele, GAGA19,2377.5%−4.5 pts

64▲41Chico, CACA209,2117.5%0.0 pts

65▲66Elkins, WVWV26,8827.4%+0.3 pts

66▲99Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,3327.4%+0.6 pts

67▲39Riverton, WYWY39,4647.4%0.0 pts

68▲2Clovis, NMNM65,2707.4%−0.7 pts

69▼19Palatka, FLFL77,7347.4%−1.1 pts

70▲56Rexburg, IDID69,3807.4%+0.2 pts

71▲592Port Lavaca, TXTX19,5997.4%+3.1 pts

72▼13Zapata, TXTX13,7537.3%−1.0 pts

73▲139Yakima, WAWA259,1857.3%+0.9 pts

74▲14Rockford, ILIL337,2427.3%−0.5 pts

75▼15Farmington, NMNM120,3407.3%−1.0 pts

76▼34New Iberia, LALA66,8467.3%−1.5 pts

77▲17Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,1027.3%−0.4 pts

78▲252Angola, ININ34,7997.2%+1.5 pts

79▲327Jesup, GAGA32,4817.2%+1.8 pts

80▲20Klamath Falls, OROR70,2747.2%−0.3 pts

81▲27Cleveland, MSMS28,2627.1%−0.3 pts

82▲143Payson, AZAZ53,8017.1%+0.7 pts

83▲10Nacogdoches, TXTX66,0357.0%−0.6 pts

84▲19Yuba City, CACA187,4787.0%−0.4 pts

85▲136Aberdeen, WAWA78,1447.0%+0.6 pts

86▼34Vermillion, SDSD15,0317.0%−1.5 pts

87▲183Corvallis, OROR97,7287.0%+0.9 pts

88▼23Pullman, WAWA48,5127.0%−1.2 pts

89▼43Yuma, AZAZ224,4496.9%−1.7 pts

90▲82Lawton, OKOK127,5906.9%+0.2 pts

91▼58Blytheville, ARAR37,8286.9%−2.0 pts

92▲149East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,1796.9%+0.7 pts

93▲301Monroe, LALA222,3906.9%+1.5 pts

94▲62New Orleans, LALA970,8496.9%0.0 pts

95▲54Hobbs, NMNM74,7496.9%0.0 pts

96▼45Sumter, SCSC105,0676.9%−1.6 pts

97▼48Gulfport, MSMS431,3296.9%−1.7 pts

98▲198New York, NYNY20,112,4486.8%+0.9 pts

99▼17DeRidder, LALA36,6736.8%−1.0 pts

100▲168Los Angeles, CACA12,844,4416.8%+0.7 pts

101▲17Riverside, CACA4,769,0076.8%−0.5 pts

102▲21Binghamton, NYNY243,1896.8%−0.5 pts

103▼14Decatur, ILIL99,3006.8%−0.9 pts

104▲310Moscow, IDID41,8426.8%+1.4 pts

105▼29Vineland, NJNJ157,1486.8%−1.2 pts

106▼14Las Cruces, NMNM229,0916.8%−0.9 pts

107▲83Talladega, ALAL91,7646.8%+0.2 pts

108▲19Indiana, PAPA82,8786.7%−0.5 pts

109▲4Killeen, TXTX511,4976.7%−0.6 pts

110▲52Springfield, OHOH135,3406.7%−0.1 pts

111▲191Ocean Pines, MDMD54,4596.7%+0.8 pts

112▲48Canton, ILIL32,9016.7%−0.1 pts

113▼51Columbus, MSMS67,1446.7%−1.6 pts

114▲26Port Townsend, WAWA33,9706.6%−0.3 pts

115▼87Ozark, ALAL49,9126.6%−2.4 pts

116▲107Shelton, WAWA71,1656.6%+0.2 pts

117▲360Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,2196.6%+1.5 pts

118▲407Peru, ININ34,4876.6%+1.7 pts

119▲61Detroit, MIMI4,390,9136.5%−0.1 pts

120▲191Athens, OHOH63,1976.5%+0.7 pts

121▲210Moses Lake, WAWA105,7276.5%+0.7 pts

122▲37Memphis, TNTN1,341,4126.5%−0.4 pts

123▲71Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,5536.5%0.0 pts

124▲72Baton Rouge, LALA888,6996.5%0.0 pts

125▲178Vallejo, CACA455,3766.5%+0.6 pts

126▲2Muskegon, MIMI177,9016.4%−0.8 pts

127▲5Eugene, OROR381,5846.4%−0.7 pts

128▲212Santa Maria, CACA442,0656.4%+0.7 pts

129▲88Battle Creek, MIMI133,4086.4%0.0 pts

130▲65Saginaw, MIMI187,6886.4%−0.1 pts

131▼32Grants Pass, OROR87,8676.4%−1.1 pts

132▲86Crescent City, CACA26,4106.4%0.0 pts

133▲245Cleveland, TNTN134,0576.4%+0.9 pts

134▼15Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,6916.4%−0.9 pts

135▲36Lufkin, TXTX88,1546.4%−0.3 pts

136▲197Oneonta, NYNY60,5896.4%+0.6 pts

137▼82Sebring, FLFL111,1226.4%−2.1 pts

138▼57Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,6666.4%−1.5 pts

139▲28Forest City, NCNC65,7456.3%−0.4 pts

140▲69Bainbridge, GAGA29,4326.3%−0.1 pts

141▲409Sayre, PAPA59,6006.3%+1.6 pts

142▲302Opelousas, LALA80,7656.3%+1.1 pts

143▲250Mountain Home, ARAR42,9826.3%+0.9 pts

144▲129Marion, OHOH65,1156.3%+0.3 pts

145▲152Redding, CACA181,6486.3%+0.4 pts

146▲137Trenton, NJNJ399,2896.3%+0.3 pts

147▲117Ellensburg, WAWA48,8036.3%+0.2 pts

148▼132Greenville, MSMS40,4466.3%−3.8 pts

149▼20Augusta, GAGA641,2316.3%−0.9 pts

150▼33Marion, ININ66,5246.3%−1.0 pts

151▲49Gaffney, SCSC58,2756.3%−0.2 pts

152▲225Walla Walla, WAWA62,3616.2%+0.7 pts

153▼67Rocky Mount, NCNC148,4866.2%−1.6 pts

154▲57Madisonville, KYKY45,1276.2%−0.2 pts

155▼70Columbus, GAGA324,8306.2%−1.6 pts

156▼90Salisbury, MDMD131,8726.2%−2.0 pts

157▲530Woodward, OKOK19,8276.2%+2.0 pts

158▼60Alpena, MIMI28,8536.2%−1.3 pts

159▲139Houston, TXTX7,904,6276.2%+0.3 pts

160▲92Niles, MIMI152,4446.2%0.0 pts

161▲14Charleston, WVWV200,1706.2%−0.5 pts

162▼52Milledgeville, GAGA44,0296.2%−1.2 pts

163▲86Chicago, ILIL9,434,1236.2%0.0 pts

164▲157Sacramento, CACA2,477,2746.2%+0.3 pts

165▲143Elmira, NYNY80,4156.1%+0.3 pts

166▲149Danville, ILIL71,2596.1%+0.3 pts

167▼114Pikeville, KYKY89,1226.1%−2.3 pts

168▲29Danville, KYKY56,9856.1%−0.4 pts

169▲274Beaumont, TXTX399,3106.1%+0.9 pts

170▲101Santa Cruz, CACA258,8526.1%0.0 pts

171▼10Charleston, ILIL46,6076.1%−0.7 pts

172▲83San Diego, CACA3,282,2486.1%−0.1 pts

173▲122Picayune, MSMS59,3636.1%+0.2 pts

174▲136Mineral Wells, TXTX30,7916.1%+0.3 pts

175▲125Weirton, WVWV112,4686.1%+0.2 pts

176▲17Mountain Home, IDID29,4656.0%−0.5 pts

177New Haven, CTCT578,7416.0%–

178▲21McComb, MSMS52,6406.0%−0.5 pts

179▲268Meridian, MSMS85,4196.0%+0.8 pts

180▲66Springfield, MAMA464,3386.0%−0.2 pts

181▲62El Paso, TXTX881,2916.0%−0.2 pts

182▼19Albany, OROR132,8436.0%−0.8 pts

183▲43Hilo, HIHI210,0436.0%−0.3 pts

184Bridgeport, CTCT978,1796.0%–

185Putnam, CTCT98,0966.0%–

186▼48Coos Bay, OROR63,9926.0%−1.0 pts

187▲69Elizabethtown, KYKY128,6666.0%−0.2 pts

188▼108Sweetwater, TXTX14,1176.0%−1.9 pts

189▲436Bloomsburg, PAPA66,1936.0%+1.5 pts

190Waterbury, CTCT463,3496.0%–

191▼75Oxford, ALAL115,8346.0%−1.3 pts

192▲150Corning, NYNY91,8556.0%+0.3 pts

193▼50Vernal, UTUT38,2786.0%−1.0 pts

194▼83Lumberton, NCNC119,9416.0%−1.4 pts

195▼61Hammond, LALA141,3466.0%−1.1 pts

196▲629Palestine, TXTX59,8056.0%+2.6 pts

197▲522Del Rio, TXTX47,8355.9%+1.9 pts

198▲160Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,2455.9%+0.3 pts

199▲59Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,1185.9%−0.2 pts

200▲89Florence, SCSC201,3925.9%0.0 pts

201▲119Grand Rapids, MNMN45,4045.9%+0.1 pts

202▲180Jamestown, NYNY124,1265.9%+0.4 pts

203▼130Starkville, MSMS62,0635.9%−2.1 pts

204▲151Brownsville, TXTX433,9465.9%+0.3 pts

205▲2Longview, WAWA114,8855.9%−0.6 pts

206▼99DuBois, PAPA78,1005.9%−1.5 pts

207▲134Gadsden, ALAL103,8865.9%+0.2 pts

208▲477Sturgis, MIMI60,9685.9%+1.7 pts

209▲202Cedartown, GAGA45,5145.9%+0.6 pts

210▲552McMinnville, TNTN43,7175.9%+2.1 pts

211▼34Price, UTUT20,6805.9%−0.8 pts

212▼25Odessa, TXTX173,8015.9%−0.7 pts

213▲61Seneca, SCSC83,7755.9%−0.2 pts

214▼113Paragould, ARAR47,4115.9%−1.6 pts

215▲117Watertown, NYNY111,5405.9%+0.1 pts

216▼177Centralia, ILIL36,3825.9%−2.9 pts

217▲14Jackson, TNTN184,5695.9%−0.5 pts

218▼74Portsmouth, OHOH71,3655.9%−1.1 pts

219▼45Elizabeth City, NCNC42,2015.9%−0.8 pts

220▼184Red Bluff, CACA64,6655.9%−3.0 pts

221▼101Monticello, NYNY80,5865.8%−1.4 pts

222▼108Jackson, MSMS609,8475.8%−1.5 pts

223▲189Kokomo, ININ83,9045.8%+0.5 pts

224▲284Searcy, ARAR80,0855.8%+0.9 pts

225▲343Brainerd, MNMN100,5625.8%+1.2 pts

226▼91Savannah, GAGA438,3145.8%−1.3 pts

227▼38Ponca City, OKOK43,4905.8%−0.8 pts

228▲540Winnemucca, NVNV17,2675.8%+2.0 pts

229▲18Mount Vernon, ILIL36,1475.8%−0.4 pts

230▼6Muncie, ININ113,1065.8%−0.6 pts

231▲20Dover, DEDE194,7865.8%−0.4 pts

232▼189Brookings, OROR22,6215.8%−2.9 pts

233▲252Campbellsville, KYKY38,4075.8%+0.7 pts

234▲120Lima, OHOH100,8815.7%+0.1 pts

235▼53Cadillac, MIMI49,7195.7%−0.9 pts

236▼55McAlester, OKOK43,3205.7%−0.9 pts

237▲516Stillwater, OKOK83,8895.7%+1.9 pts

238▲263Greeneville, TNTN73,8315.7%+0.8 pts

239▲158La Grande, OROR25,9005.7%+0.3 pts

240▼34Toledo, OHOH599,3765.7%−0.7 pts

241▲224Oxnard, CACA830,8515.7%+0.6 pts

242▲303San Francisco, CACA4,630,0415.7%+1.0 pts

243▼45Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,8505.7%−0.8 pts

244▼123Cambridge, MDMD33,6285.7%−1.5 pts

245▲107Jonesboro, ARAR139,4405.7%+0.1 pts

246▲333Santa Rosa, CACA486,4445.7%+1.1 pts

247▲208Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,7215.7%+0.5 pts

248▲249Stephenville, TXTX43,9115.7%+0.7 pts

249▼20Hot Springs, ARAR99,6955.7%−0.6 pts

250▲130Providence, RIRI1,708,1615.7%+0.2 pts

251▲201Coldwater, MIMI45,9935.7%+0.5 pts

252▼36Muskogee, OKOK66,7085.7%−0.8 pts

253▼18Corbin, KYKY150,0405.7%−0.6 pts

254▲28St. Marys, PAPA29,9265.7%−0.4 pts

255▼184Flagstaff, AZAZ144,3685.6%−2.4 pts

256▲73Lock Haven, PAPA37,8705.6%−0.1 pts

257▼210Wilson, NCNC81,1505.6%−3.0 pts

258▲32Granbury, TXTX70,5015.6%−0.3 pts

259▲186Pottsville, PAPA145,0855.6%+0.4 pts

260▼107Baker City, OROR16,6585.6%−1.2 pts

261▼258Natchitoches, LALA36,0895.6%−7.5 pts

262▼74Oil City, PAPA49,3465.6%−1.0 pts

263▼26Rock Springs, WYWY41,2675.6%−0.7 pts

264▲482Altus, OKOK24,7645.6%+1.7 pts

265▼57Youngstown, OHOH423,6785.6%−0.9 pts

266▼194Hattiesburg, MSMS158,0145.6%−2.5 pts

267▲34Storm Lake, IAIA20,4495.5%−0.3 pts

268▲437Ithaca, NYNY104,0475.5%+1.5 pts

269▼35Jackson, MIMI159,5525.5%−0.8 pts

270▲39Houghton, MIMI40,0285.5%−0.3 pts

271▼2Dublin, GAGA60,3515.5%−0.6 pts

272▼24Cleveland, OHOH2,165,7755.5%−0.7 pts

273▲309Carson, NVNV58,5715.5%+0.9 pts

274▼34Kalamazoo, MIMI263,7955.5%−0.7 pts

275▲11Albuquerque, NMNM925,2795.5%−0.5 pts

276▼119Tucson, AZAZ1,074,6855.5%−1.3 pts

277▲390Carlsbad, NMNM62,5095.5%+1.2 pts

278▲82Columbia, SCSC879,9185.5%−0.1 pts

279▲69Laredo, TXTX281,2245.5%−0.2 pts

280▲178Kahului, HIHI160,6745.5%+0.4 pts

281▲339San Luis Obispo, CACA282,3675.5%+1.0 pts

282▲473El Dorado, ARAR36,9265.5%+1.6 pts

283▲36Tallahassee, FLFL397,4425.5%−0.4 pts

284▲97San Antonio, TXTX2,813,1405.5%0.0 pts

285▲270The Villages, FLFL157,7725.4%+0.8 pts

286▲100Blackfoot, IDID51,1535.4%0.0 pts

287▲64Hudson, NYNY60,1685.4%−0.2 pts

288▼186Cumberland, MDMD93,6405.4%−2.0 pts

289▲146Sterling, COCO20,6545.4%+0.2 pts

290▲438Truckee, CACA101,9115.4%+1.5 pts

291▼10Texarkana, TXTX146,8165.4%−0.6 pts

292▲51Lansing, MIMI479,7225.4%−0.3 pts

293▲71Reading, PAPA440,0725.4%−0.2 pts

294▲126Scranton, PAPA574,4185.4%+0.1 pts

295▲88Allentown, PAPA887,6155.4%−0.1 pts

296▲330Richmond, ININ66,1695.4%+1.0 pts

297▲367Winchester, VAVA152,3325.4%+1.1 pts

298▲46Syracuse, NYNY652,2735.4%−0.3 pts

299▼148Grand Junction, COCO162,8455.4%−1.5 pts

300▼279Deming, NMNM25,4075.4%−4.1 pts

301▲108Kingston, NYNY183,3305.4%0.0 pts

302Torrington, CTCT114,6905.4%–

303▲102Salem, OROR445,8145.4%0.0 pts

304▲35Mansfield, OHOH124,8935.4%−0.3 pts

305▲97Erie, PAPA265,8325.4%0.0 pts

306▲220Summerville, GAGA25,3005.4%+0.5 pts

307▼44Coshocton, OHOH37,1885.4%−0.7 pts

308▲402Plainview, TXTX36,7005.4%+1.3 pts

309▲92Greenfield, MAMA70,6985.4%0.0 pts

310▼124Kingsland, GAGA60,1435.4%−1.2 pts

311▼19Roseburg, OROR111,9515.4%−0.6 pts

312▲212Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,3775.4%+0.5 pts

313▲4Punta Gorda, FLFL217,2125.4%−0.5 pts

314▲175Pampa, TXTX21,7865.4%+0.4 pts

315▼147Morgan City, LALA46,5525.4%−1.4 pts

316▼152Big Spring, TXTX30,5045.4%−1.4 pts

317▼238Jacksonville, NCNC217,1755.4%−2.6 pts

318▼11Colorado Springs, COCO781,7965.4%−0.5 pts

319▲137Medford, OROR221,7955.4%+0.2 pts

320▲137Pittsfield, MAMA128,2245.4%+0.2 pts

321▼102Toccoa, GAGA27,8545.4%−1.0 pts

322▲73Kennewick, WAWA324,3345.4%−0.1 pts

323▲105Wheeling, WVWV134,0895.4%+0.1 pts

324▼48Pensacola, FLFL544,9495.3%−0.7 pts

325▼97Lafayette, LALA423,7585.3%−1.0 pts

326▼3Hermitage, PAPA107,8605.3%−0.5 pts

327▼107Lebanon, MOMO36,9435.3%−1.0 pts

328▼149Centralia, WAWA88,0625.3%−1.3 pts

329▲164Parkersburg, WVWV87,2645.3%+0.3 pts

330▲205Seaford, DEDE277,1405.3%+0.5 pts

331▲57Spokane, WAWA608,0125.3%−0.1 pts

332▼294Lake City, FLFL74,0945.3%−3.4 pts

333▼40Fallon, NVNV25,8515.3%−0.6 pts

334▼67Warner Robins, GAGA208,0915.3%−0.8 pts

335▲164Springfield, ILIL206,0335.3%+0.4 pts

336▲346Fort Morgan, COCO30,3065.3%+1.1 pts

337▼207Fairbanks, AKAK93,9725.3%−1.8 pts

338▲37Reno, NVNV578,7345.3%−0.2 pts

339▼112Shawnee, OKOK75,1025.3%−1.0 pts

340▼49Lake Charles, LALA244,6555.3%−0.7 pts

341▲191Worcester, MAMA888,5025.3%+0.4 pts

342▲311Brownwood, TXTX38,7115.3%+0.9 pts

343▲16Mobile, ALAL411,6585.3%−0.4 pts

344▼186Massena, NYNY105,4885.3%−1.6 pts

345▲172Santa Fe, NMNM156,9075.3%+0.4 pts

346▲141Cambridge, OHOH38,3795.3%+0.2 pts

347▲136LaGrange, GAGA107,0975.2%+0.2 pts

348▼252Camden, ARAR26,3635.2%−2.3 pts

349▼148Duncan, OKOK44,3105.2%−1.3 pts

350▼321Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,0815.2%−3.8 pts

351▼86Kingsport, TNTN314,8345.2%−0.9 pts

352▼228Richmond, KYKY131,8065.2%−2.0 pts

353▼143Clarksville, TNTN349,0015.2%−1.2 pts

354▲49Goldsboro, NCNC122,2785.2%−0.2 pts

355▼298Beeville, TXTX32,5155.2%−3.1 pts

356▲482Dixon, ILIL32,9145.2%+1.9 pts

357▼155Jacksonville, TXTX53,3375.2%−1.3 pts

358▲249Napa, CACA132,9495.2%+0.7 pts

359▲113Salinas, CACA433,7295.2%+0.1 pts

360▼224Beckley, WVWV109,9405.2%−1.9 pts

361▼257Shelby, NCNC103,3255.2%−2.2 pts

362▲119South Bend, ININ324,5385.2%+0.1 pts

363▼121Bloomington, ININ165,2315.2%−1.1 pts

364▲26Orlando, FLFL2,957,6725.2%−0.3 pts

365▲269Defiance, OHOH38,2925.2%+0.7 pts

366▼105Lacey, WAWA304,2615.2%−1.0 pts

367▲153Minden, LALA34,9485.1%+0.3 pts

368▼259Vidalia, GAGA36,1805.1%−2.2 pts

369▼278Tahlequah, OKOK49,1965.1%−2.5 pts

370▲101Williamsport, PAPA112,5875.1%+0.1 pts

371▼49Akron, OHOH701,7805.1%−0.7 pts

372▲126Monroe, MIMI156,0045.1%+0.2 pts

373▲43Tulsa, OKOK1,069,2735.1%−0.2 pts

374▼201Americus, GAGA33,3945.1%−1.6 pts

375▲66Johnson City, TNTN216,4165.1%−0.1 pts

376▲58Galesburg, ILIL47,7675.1%−0.1 pts

377▼51Greenwood, SCSC95,2155.1%−0.7 pts

378▼195Port Angeles, WAWA78,2025.1%−1.5 pts

379Enterprise, ALAL56,9535.1%−0.4 pts

380▲9Montgomery, ALAL388,7475.1%−0.4 pts

381▼13Miami, FLFL6,391,0725.1%−0.5 pts

382▼48Dayton, OHOH826,5545.1%−0.7 pts

383▼37Terre Haute, ININ169,2415.1%−0.6 pts

384▲89Ruidoso, NMNM19,8445.1%0.0 pts

385▲47Burlington, NCNC186,1775.1%−0.2 pts

386▲137Buffalo, NYNY1,155,6535.1%+0.2 pts

387▼34Ottawa, ILIL145,9025.1%−0.6 pts

388▲171Dodge City, KSKS33,9935.1%+0.4 pts

389▼150Crossville, TNTN66,3005.1%−1.2 pts

390▲48Atlanta, GAGA6,482,1825.0%−0.2 pts

391▼119Danville, VAVA101,1375.0%−1.0 pts

392▼138Rochelle, ILIL51,3995.0%−1.1 pts

393▲143Portland, OROR2,542,2825.0%+0.2 pts

394▲202Lubbock, TXTX368,4315.0%+0.5 pts

395▲32Jacksonville, ILIL37,3815.0%−0.2 pts

396▲43Roswell, NMNM63,3645.0%−0.2 pts

397Hartford, CTCT1,171,4265.0%–

398▲25North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,2335.0%−0.3 pts

399▲309Barnstable, MAMA233,5395.0%+1.0 pts

400▼313Clewiston, FLFL61,5465.0%−2.8 pts

401▼83Meadville, PAPA81,7925.0%−0.8 pts

402Norwich, CTCT284,0155.0%–

403▲28Marion, ILIL67,2255.0%−0.2 pts

404▲70Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,9925.0%−0.1 pts

405▼139Dalton, GAGA147,8195.0%−1.1 pts

406▼49Amherst, MAMA164,0655.0%−0.6 pts

407▼102Corpus Christi, TXTX451,1915.0%−0.9 pts

408▲158Bonham, TXTX39,2655.0%+0.3 pts

409▼239Athens, TNTN71,5905.0%−1.7 pts

410▼47Olean, NYNY75,3905.0%−0.6 pts

411▲218West Plains, MOMO40,7985.0%+0.5 pts

412▲67Fort Smith, ARAR234,1405.0%−0.1 pts

413▼274Morristown, TNTN128,8675.0%−2.0 pts

414▼404Alexander City, ALAL40,9534.9%−6.0 pts

415▲381Liberal, KSKS21,0734.9%+1.3 pts

416▼138Somerset, KYKY67,3844.9%−1.1 pts

417▼26Kankakee, ILIL105,5254.9%−0.5 pts

418▼53Alexandria, LALA147,9524.9%−0.6 pts

419▲154College Station, TXTX287,4764.9%+0.3 pts

420▲55Thomasville, GAGA72,9584.9%−0.1 pts

421▼284Española, NMNM39,8324.9%−2.1 pts

422▼12Bowling Green, KYKY197,1804.9%−0.4 pts

423▼85Valdosta, GAGA153,2764.9%−0.8 pts

424▲113Somerset, PAPA72,0044.9%+0.1 pts

425▼221Anchorage, AKAK405,8214.9%−1.6 pts

426▼127Bend, OROR266,3764.9%−1.0 pts

427▼197Athens, TXTX88,5954.9%−1.4 pts

428▼364Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,9144.9%−3.3 pts

429▲221San Jose, CACA1,984,4734.9%+0.5 pts

430▼143Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,5514.9%−1.1 pts

431▲97Boston, MAMA5,034,2214.9%0.0 pts

432▼229Bradford, PAPA38,9844.9%−1.6 pts

433▲27Mount Vernon, WAWA132,9754.9%−0.3 pts

434▼36Huntington, WVWV365,9654.9%−0.6 pts

435▲35Enid, OKOK61,7794.9%−0.2 pts

436▼14El Campo, TXTX42,0604.9%−0.4 pts

437▼312Morgantown, WVWV141,9954.9%−2.4 pts

438▼188Grenada, MSMS30,2224.9%−1.3 pts

439▲53Wichita, KSKS663,8094.9%−0.1 pts

440▼68Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,2134.8%−0.7 pts

441▼294Ocala, FLFL442,6604.8%−2.1 pts

442▲17Palm Bay, FLFL663,9824.8%−0.3 pts

443▲137Pinehurst, NCNC110,6194.8%+0.2 pts

444▼117Peoria, ILIL363,5054.8%−0.9 pts

445▲191Seattle, WAWA4,161,8834.8%+0.4 pts

446▲117Paris, TNTN32,8964.8%+0.2 pts

447▲159Boulder, COCO328,5604.8%+0.3 pts

448▼41Lakeland, FLFL874,7904.8%−0.6 pts

449▼301Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,9044.8%−2.1 pts

450▲406Fort Dodge, IAIA36,8384.8%+1.7 pts

451▲265Sandpoint, IDID54,4204.8%+0.8 pts

452▼283Vicksburg, MSMS41,7594.8%−1.9 pts

453▼240Clarksburg, WVWV88,1424.8%−1.6 pts

454▼67Michigan City, ININ111,2944.8%−0.7 pts

455▼106Fairmont, WVWV55,5844.8%−0.9 pts

456▲62Washington, DCDC6,465,7244.8%−0.1 pts

457▲287Fergus Falls, MNMN61,0414.8%+0.9 pts

458▼308Pueblo, COCO169,2774.8%−2.1 pts

459▼11Bellingham, WAWA236,3924.8%−0.4 pts

460▲18Greeley, COCO378,4264.8%−0.3 pts

461▼136Urbana, OHOH38,8204.8%−1.0 pts

462▼49Slidell, LALA279,1084.8%−0.6 pts

463▲94Tupelo, MSMS133,1674.8%+0.1 pts

464▼367Kennett, MOMO26,8554.8%−2.8 pts

465▲176Brattleboro, VTVT45,2044.8%+0.4 pts

466▲2Fort Collins, COCO377,2924.8%−0.3 pts

467▲130Marietta, OHOH58,3894.8%+0.2 pts

468▲79Albany, NYNY915,8354.7%0.0 pts

469▲135Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,8134.7%+0.2 pts

470▲275Edwards, COCO54,2914.7%+0.8 pts

471▲286Fayetteville, TNTN36,8534.7%+0.9 pts

472▼187Amsterdam, NYNY50,0464.7%−1.3 pts

473▼36Frankfort, KYKY77,8744.7%−0.5 pts

474▲114Warrensburg, MOMO56,6704.7%+0.1 pts

475▼26Russellville, ARAR84,9324.7%−0.5 pts

476▲58Adrian, MIMI97,7794.7%−0.1 pts

477▲54Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,4424.7%−0.1 pts

478▼94Bucyrus, OHOH41,8964.7%−0.8 pts

479▲173Astoria, OROR40,9264.7%+0.4 pts

480▲212Honolulu, HIHI988,7034.7%+0.5 pts

481▲30Rochester, NYNY1,056,1494.7%−0.2 pts

482▼297Anderson Creek, NCNC150,1374.7%−1.9 pts

483▼278Hermiston, OROR93,7214.7%−1.8 pts

484▲133Waycross, GAGA57,6704.7%+0.2 pts

485▼210Bemidji, MNMN47,0554.7%−1.4 pts

486▼242Dyersburg, TNTN36,3204.7%−1.5 pts

487▼61Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,9384.7%−0.6 pts

488▼2Winston-Salem, NCNC712,2064.7%−0.4 pts

489▲148Bremerton, WAWA283,3744.7%+0.3 pts

490▲52Glens Falls, NYNY124,3734.7%−0.1 pts

491▲38Louisville, KYKY1,402,5094.7%−0.2 pts

492▼239Las Vegas, NMNM30,3114.7%−1.5 pts

493▼43Johnstown, PAPA128,9684.7%−0.5 pts

494▼86Huntingdon, PAPA43,0014.6%−0.7 pts

495▲268Salina, KSKS59,1214.6%+0.8 pts

496▼258Corinth, MSMS34,5694.6%−1.6 pts

497▲295Weatherford, OKOK39,0594.6%+1.0 pts

498▲78Dallas, TXTX8,477,1574.6%0.0 pts

499▼183Marquette, MIMI68,0644.6%−1.2 pts

500▼101Tampa, FLFL3,418,8954.6%−0.8 pts

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Frequently asked

Which metro area has the highest unemployment rate?

El Centro, CA ranks #1 with 12.5% (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by unemployment rate?

El Centro, CA, Nogales, AZ, Clearlake, CA, Selma, AL, Laurinburg, NC.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

925 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 ACS 5-year data.

How is unemployment rate measured?

Share of the labor force that is unemployed. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024).