Which metro area has the lowest unemployment rate?

McPherson, KS ranks #1 with 1.3% (2020 Decennial Census).

What are the top 5 metro areas by unemployment rate?

McPherson, KS, Pierre, SD, Carroll, IA, Spirit Lake, IA, Heber, UT.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2020 Decennial Census data.

How is unemployment rate measured?

Share of the labor force that is unemployed. Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Decennial Census.

RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Lowest unemployment, US metro areas · 2020

US metro areas ranked by the lowest unemployment rate (2020 ACS).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR2020 2024

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501Morehead City, NCNC70,4695.3%–

502Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,1185.3%–

503Tulsa, OKOK1,069,2735.3%–

504Montrose, COCO44,5915.3%–

505Moscow, IDID41,8425.3%–

506Slidell, LALA279,1085.3%–

507Kokomo, ININ83,9045.3%–

508Cedartown, GAGA45,5145.4%–

509Bowling Green, KYKY197,1805.4%–

510Kingston, NYNY183,3305.4%–

511Huntingdon, PAPA43,0015.4%–

512Lakeland, FLFL874,7905.4%–

513Jesup, GAGA32,4815.4%–

514Salem, OROR445,8145.4%–

515Brevard, NCNC34,2115.4%–

516Goldsboro, NCNC122,2785.4%–

517Erie, PAPA265,8325.4%–

518Greenfield, MAMA70,6985.4%–

519Longview, TXTX297,3155.4%–

520Tampa, FLFL3,418,8955.4%–

521Huntington, WVWV365,9655.4%–

522La Grande, OROR25,9005.4%–

523Pocatello, IDID91,5915.4%–

524Kennewick, WAWA324,3345.4%–

525Monroe, LALA222,3905.4%–

526Mountain Home, ARAR42,9825.4%–

527Cookeville, TNTN152,4775.4%–

528Kankakee, ILIL105,5255.4%–

529Orlando, FLFL2,957,6725.5%–

530Montgomery, ALAL388,7475.5%–

531Spokane, WAWA608,0125.5%–

532Michigan City, ININ111,2945.5%–

533Blackfoot, IDID51,1535.5%–

534Tyler, TXTX252,5495.5%–

535Bucyrus, OHOH41,8965.5%–

536Allentown, PAPA887,6155.5%–

537Jamestown, NYNY124,1265.5%–

538San Antonio, TXTX2,813,1405.5%–

539Providence, RIRI1,708,1615.5%–

540Enterprise, ALAL56,9535.5%–

541Cleveland, TNTN134,0575.5%–

542Walla Walla, WAWA62,3615.5%–

543Ontario, OROR60,0855.5%–

544Reno, NVNV578,7345.5%–

545New Philadelphia, OHOH92,3735.5%–

546Cañon City, COCO50,0395.5%–

547Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,2135.5%–

548Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,0835.5%–

549Spartanburg, SCSC407,6565.6%–

550Ketchikan, AKAK13,5495.6%–

551Miami, FLFL6,391,0725.6%–

552Malvern, ARAR33,4515.6%–

553Rome, GAGA101,3785.6%–

554Alexandria, LALA147,9525.6%–

555Reading, PAPA440,0725.6%–

556Olean, NYNY75,3905.6%–

557Wilmington, OHOH42,3015.6%–

558Cortland, NYNY45,8505.6%–

559Columbia, SCSC879,9185.6%–

560Mobile, ALAL411,6585.6%–

561Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,2455.6%–

562Amherst, MAMA164,0655.6%–

563Sanford, NCNC70,2585.6%–

564Brownsville, TXTX433,9465.6%–

565Lima, OHOH100,8815.6%–

566Ottawa, ILIL145,9025.6%–

567Jonesboro, ARAR139,4405.6%–

568Hudson, NYNY60,1685.7%–

569Durant, OKOK51,3675.7%–

570Fairmont, WVWV55,5845.7%–

571Laredo, TXTX281,2245.7%–

572Greensboro, NCNC805,9455.7%–

573Terre Haute, ININ169,2415.7%–

574Marion, NCNC45,1985.7%–

575Syracuse, NYNY652,2735.7%–

576Lansing, MIMI479,7225.7%–

577Corning, NYNY91,8555.7%–

578Gadsden, ALAL103,8865.7%–

579Santa Maria, CACA442,0655.7%–

580Mansfield, OHOH124,8935.7%–

581Valdosta, GAGA153,2765.7%–

582Lincoln, ILIL27,1825.7%–

583Hagerstown, MDMD315,2805.7%–

584Birmingham, ALAL1,197,7665.7%–

585Dayton, OHOH826,5545.7%–

586Oneonta, NYNY60,5895.7%–

587Watertown, NYNY111,5405.8%–

588Moses Lake, WAWA105,7275.8%–

589Angola, ININ34,7995.8%–

590Lock Haven, PAPA37,8705.8%–

591Wilmington, NCNC492,7725.8%–

592Peoria, ILIL363,5055.8%–

593Greenwood, SCSC95,2155.8%–

594Urbana, OHOH38,8205.8%–

595Oak Harbor, WAWA85,6575.8%–

596Hermitage, PAPA107,8605.8%–

597Akron, OHOH701,7805.8%–

598Sacramento, CACA2,477,2745.8%–

599Grand Rapids, MNMN45,4045.8%–

600Tallahassee, FLFL397,4425.8%–

601Meadville, PAPA81,7925.8%–

602Punta Gorda, FLFL217,2125.8%–

603Marquette, MIMI68,0645.8%–

604Danville, ILIL71,2595.8%–

605Martinsville, VAVA63,0915.8%–

606Nantucket, MAMA14,7585.8%–

607Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,5525.8%–

608Athens, OHOH63,1975.8%–

609Mineral Wells, TXTX30,7915.8%–

610Houghton, MIMI40,0285.8%–

611Elmira, NYNY80,4155.9%–

612Colorado Springs, COCO781,7965.9%–

613Franklin, KYKY20,7885.9%–

614Corpus Christi, TXTX451,1915.9%–

615Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,0765.9%–

616Vallejo, CACA455,3765.9%–

617Ocean Pines, MDMD54,4595.9%–

618Storm Lake, IAIA20,4495.9%–

619Weirton, WVWV112,4685.9%–

620Bend, OROR266,3765.9%–

621Houston, TXTX7,904,6275.9%–

622Redding, CACA181,6485.9%–

623New York, NYNY20,112,4485.9%–

624Picayune, MSMS59,3635.9%–

625Bay City, MIMI102,1235.9%–

626Fallon, NVNV25,8515.9%–

627Roseburg, OROR111,9515.9%–

628Lake Charles, LALA244,6556.0%–

629Granbury, TXTX70,5016.0%–

630Florence, SCSC201,3926.0%–

631Salem, OHOH99,3776.0%–

632Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,5516.0%–

633Albuquerque, NMNM925,2796.0%–

634Amsterdam, NYNY50,0466.0%–

635Forrest City, ARAR21,8006.0%–

636Trenton, NJNJ399,2896.0%–

637St. Marys, PAPA29,9266.0%–

638Texarkana, TXTX146,8166.0%–

639Kingsville, TXTX30,3156.0%–

640Chillicothe, OHOH76,4296.0%–

641Somerset, KYKY67,3846.0%–

642Glasgow, KYKY56,2246.0%–

643Pensacola, FLFL544,9496.1%–

644Bemidji, MNMN47,0556.1%–

645Seneca, SCSC83,7756.1%–

646Marion, OHOH65,1156.1%–

647Danville, VAVA101,1376.1%–

648Santa Cruz, CACA258,8526.1%–

649Corvallis, OROR97,7286.1%–

650Dublin, GAGA60,3516.1%–

651Los Angeles, CACA12,844,4416.1%–

652Warner Robins, GAGA208,0916.1%–

653Dalton, GAGA147,8196.1%–

654Kingsport, TNTN314,8346.1%–

655Ellensburg, WAWA48,8036.1%–

656Coshocton, OHOH37,1886.1%–

657Fitzgerald, GAGA17,0996.1%–

658Lacey, WAWA304,2616.1%–

659Susanville, CACA28,1176.1%–

660Union City, TNTN30,0676.2%–

661Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,1186.2%–

662New Bern, NCNC127,3586.2%–

663Elizabethtown, KYKY128,6666.2%–

664San Diego, CACA3,282,2486.2%–

665Rochelle, ILIL51,3996.2%–

666Las Vegas, NMNM30,3116.2%–

667Niles, MIMI152,4446.2%–

668Dover, DEDE194,7866.2%–

669Grenada, MSMS30,2226.2%–

670Chicago, ILIL9,434,1236.2%–

671Cleveland, OHOH2,165,7756.2%–

672Mount Vernon, ILIL36,1476.2%–

673Springfield, MAMA464,3386.2%–

674Big Rapids, MIMI42,3206.2%–

675Dyersburg, TNTN36,3206.2%–

676El Paso, TXTX881,2916.2%–

677Bloomington, ININ165,2316.2%–

678East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,1796.2%–

679Kalamazoo, MIMI263,7956.2%–

680Crossville, TNTN66,3006.2%–

681Corinth, MSMS34,5696.2%–

682Rock Springs, WYWY41,2676.2%–

683Hickory, NCNC376,8906.2%–

684Corbin, KYKY150,0406.2%–

685Jackson, MIMI159,5526.3%–

686Sebastian, FLFL172,7996.3%–

687Othello, WAWA21,4886.3%–

688Jackson, TNTN184,5696.3%–

689Athens, TXTX88,5956.3%–

690Hot Springs, ARAR99,6956.3%–

691Lafayette, LALA423,7586.3%–

692Shawnee, OKOK75,1026.3%–

693Hilo, HIHI210,0436.3%–

694Payson, AZAZ53,8016.3%–

695Muncie, ININ113,1066.4%–

696Shelton, WAWA71,1656.4%–

697Lewisburg, TNTN38,0716.4%–

698Aberdeen, WAWA78,1446.4%–

699Lebanon, MOMO36,9436.4%–

700Toccoa, GAGA27,8546.4%–

701Crescent City, CACA26,4106.4%–

702Battle Creek, MIMI133,4086.4%–

703Muskogee, OKOK66,7086.4%–

704Bay City, TXTX36,4636.4%–

705Kenosha, WIWI168,4486.4%–

706Clarksburg, WVWV88,1426.4%–

707Yakima, WAWA259,1856.4%–

708Madisonville, KYKY45,1276.4%–

709Clarksville, TNTN349,0016.4%–

710Bainbridge, GAGA29,4326.5%–

711Youngstown, OHOH423,6786.5%–

712Longview, WAWA114,8856.5%–

713Toledo, OHOH599,3766.5%–

714Hermiston, OROR93,7216.5%–

715Anchorage, AKAK405,8216.5%–

716Bradford, PAPA38,9846.5%–

717Jacksonville, TXTX53,3376.5%–

718Duncan, OKOK44,3106.5%–

719Gaffney, SCSC58,2756.5%–

720McComb, MSMS52,6406.5%–

721Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,8506.5%–

722Danville, KYKY56,9856.5%–

723Baton Rouge, LALA888,6996.5%–

724Saginaw, MIMI187,6886.5%–

725Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,5536.5%–

726Mountain Home, IDID29,4656.5%–

727Magnolia, ARAR21,8946.5%–

728Shreveport, LALA383,4746.5%–

729Talladega, ALAL91,7646.5%–

730Ponca City, OKOK43,4906.6%–

731Oil City, PAPA49,3466.6%–

732Odessa, TXTX173,8016.6%–

733Kingsland, GAGA60,1436.6%–

734Anderson Creek, NCNC150,1376.6%–

735The Dalles, OROR26,3106.6%–

736Port Angeles, WAWA78,2026.6%–

737Cadillac, MIMI49,7196.6%–

738McAlester, OKOK43,3206.6%–

739Detroit, MIMI4,390,9136.6%–

740Centralia, WAWA88,0626.6%–

741Bluefield, WVWV96,1386.7%–

742Price, UTUT20,6806.7%–

743Houma, LALA199,6686.7%–

744Charleston, WVWV200,1706.7%–

745Elizabeth City, NCNC42,2016.7%–

746Americus, GAGA33,3946.7%–

747Lawton, OKOK127,5906.7%–

748Lufkin, TXTX88,1546.7%–

749Athens, TNTN71,5906.7%–

750Vicksburg, MSMS41,7596.7%–

751Morgan City, LALA46,5526.7%–

752Forest City, NCNC65,7456.7%–

753Freeport, ILIL43,2206.8%–

754Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,3326.8%–

755Big Spring, TXTX30,5046.8%–

756Albany, OROR132,8436.8%–

757Springfield, OHOH135,3406.8%–

758Charleston, ILIL46,6076.8%–

759Canton, ILIL32,9016.8%–

760Memphis, TNTN1,341,4126.8%–

761Massena, NYNY105,4886.8%–

762Tucson, AZAZ1,074,6856.8%–

763New Orleans, LALA970,8496.8%–

764Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,0256.9%–

765Washington, NCNC44,6706.9%–

766Baker City, OROR16,6586.9%–

767Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,9126.9%–

768Grand Junction, COCO162,8456.9%–

769Pueblo, COCO169,2776.9%–

770Hobbs, NMNM74,7496.9%–

771Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,9046.9%–

772Ocala, FLFL442,6606.9%–

773Safford, AZAZ40,1576.9%–

774Vernon, TXTX12,4816.9%–

775Portsmouth, OHOH71,3656.9%–

776Vernal, UTUT38,2786.9%–

777Borger, TXTX19,6337.0%–

778Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,2267.0%–

779Port Townsend, WAWA33,9707.0%–

780Morristown, TNTN128,8677.0%–

781Coos Bay, OROR63,9927.0%–

782Española, NMNM39,8327.0%–

783Beckley, WVWV109,9407.0%–

784Savannah, GAGA438,3147.1%–

785Hammond, LALA141,3467.1%–

786Newport, OROR50,6367.1%–

787Eugene, OROR381,5847.1%–

788Elkins, WVWV26,8827.1%–

789Fairbanks, AKAK93,9727.1%–

790Augusta, GAGA641,2317.1%–

791Muskegon, MIMI177,9017.2%–

792Indiana, PAPA82,8787.2%–

793Rexburg, IDID69,3807.2%–

794Morgantown, WVWV141,9957.2%–

795Richmond, KYKY131,8067.2%–

796Binghamton, NYNY243,1897.2%–

797Stockton, CACA823,8157.2%–

798Cambridge, MDMD33,6287.3%–

799Monticello, NYNY80,5867.3%–

800Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,6917.3%–

801Riverside, CACA4,769,0077.3%–

802Marion, ININ66,5247.3%–

803Oxford, ALAL115,8347.3%–

804Sonora, CACA53,1607.3%–

805Jackson, MSMS609,8477.3%–

806Killeen, TXTX511,4977.3%–

807McAllen, TXTX921,5497.3%–

808Lumberton, NCNC119,9417.4%–

809Milledgeville, GAGA44,0297.4%–

810Vidalia, GAGA36,1807.4%–

811Cleveland, MSMS28,2627.4%–

812DuBois, PAPA78,1007.4%–

813Riverton, WYWY39,4647.4%–

814Chico, CACA209,2117.4%–

815Shelby, NCNC103,3257.4%–

816Yuba City, CACA187,4787.4%–

817Cumberland, MDMD93,6407.4%–

818Paragould, ARAR47,4117.5%–

819Klamath Falls, OROR70,2747.5%–

820Grants Pass, OROR87,8677.5%–

821Alpena, MIMI28,8537.5%–

822Kennett, MOMO26,8557.5%–

823Camden, ARAR26,3637.6%–

824Moultrie, GAGA47,4387.6%–

825Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,1027.6%–

826Nacogdoches, TXTX66,0357.7%–

827Las Cruces, NMNM229,0917.7%–

828Tahlequah, OKOK49,1967.7%–

829Eagle Pass, TXTX58,8237.7%–

830Decatur, ILIL99,3007.7%–

831Rockford, ILIL337,2427.7%–

832Clewiston, FLFL61,5467.8%–

833Rocky Mount, NCNC148,4867.8%–

834Columbus, GAGA324,8307.8%–

835Fayetteville, NCNC395,4127.8%–

836Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,8087.8%–

837DeRidder, LALA36,6737.9%–

838Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,6667.9%–

839Sweetwater, TXTX14,1177.9%–

840Jacksonville, NCNC217,1758.0%–

841Alamosa, COCO27,8968.0%–

842Henderson, NCNC42,6388.0%–

843Vineland, NJNJ157,1488.0%–

844Silver City, NMNM27,2528.0%–

845Pine Bluff, ARAR70,2118.0%–

846Starkville, MSMS62,0638.0%–

847Hattiesburg, MSMS158,0148.1%–

848Flagstaff, AZAZ144,3688.1%–

849Clovis, NMNM65,2708.1%–

850Greenville, NCNC182,9368.1%–

851Eufaula, ALAL26,8618.1%–

852Atlantic City, NJNJ372,0478.2%–

853Salisbury, MDMD131,8728.2%–

854Pullman, WAWA48,5128.2%–

855Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,9148.2%–

856Taos, NMNM34,5648.2%–

857Columbus, MSMS67,1448.2%–

858Rockingham, NCNC42,0418.2%–

859Farmington, NMNM120,3408.2%–

860Zapata, TXTX13,7538.3%–

861Nogales, AZAZ50,0208.3%–

862Beeville, TXTX32,5158.3%–

863Albany, GAGA145,5108.4%–

864Sebring, FLFL111,1228.4%–

865Hanford, CACA154,3278.4%–

866Pikeville, KYKY89,1228.5%–

867Vermillion, SDSD15,0318.5%–

868Sumter, SCSC105,0678.5%–

869Palatka, FLFL77,7348.5%–

870Gulfport, MSMS431,3298.6%–

871Newport, TNTN37,8898.6%–

872Wilson, NCNC81,1508.6%–

873Yuma, AZAZ224,4498.6%–

874Ukiah, CACA88,1228.6%–

875Pahrump, NVNV57,3368.7%–

876Brookings, OROR22,6218.7%–

877New Iberia, LALA66,8468.7%–

878Boone, NCNC54,7868.7%–

879Arcadia, FLFL37,0788.8%–

880Centralia, ILIL36,3828.8%–

881Lake City, FLFL74,0948.8%–

882Modesto, CACA557,7198.8%–

883Red Bluff, CACA64,6658.9%–

884Carbondale, ILIL52,5018.9%–

885Statesboro, GAGA97,9778.9%–

886Blytheville, ARAR37,8288.9%–

887Kinston, NCNC55,8378.9%–

888Flint, MIMI401,0938.9%–

889Fresno, CACA1,203,3839.0%–

890Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,0819.0%–

891Ozark, ALAL49,9129.0%–

892Eureka, CACA131,6479.0%–

893Bakersfield, CACA927,0689.1%–

894Alamogordo, NMNM70,3689.1%–

895Macomb, ILIL25,9169.1%–

896Natchez, MSMS54,7229.3%–

897Bogalusa, LALA44,9379.5%–

898Deming, NMNM25,4079.5%–

899Middlesborough, KYKY22,8299.6%–

900Orangeburg, SCSC83,1779.9%–

901Visalia, CACA485,1469.9%–

902Hinesville, GAGA91,8709.9%–

903Greenville, MSMS40,44610.1%–

904Selma, ALAL35,14010.4%–

905Raymondville, TXTX19,97110.4%–

906Greenwood, MSMS34,91210.5%–

907Clearlake, CACA67,77210.5%–

908Merced, CACA297,26010.7%–

909Alexander City, ALAL40,95311.0%–

910Show Low, AZAZ109,94611.0%–

911Town of Pecos, TXTX12,13811.1%–

912Laurinburg, NCNC33,32211.7%–

913Cordele, GAGA19,23712.0%–

914Clarksdale, MSMS19,84912.0%–

915Gallup, NMNM68,11912.4%–

916Natchitoches, LALA36,08913.1%–

917Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31913.1%–

918El Centro, CACA181,41113.7%–

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