Metro areas with the biggest increases and drops in unemployment last month, at a glance
By APWednesday, September 29, 2010
Metro areas with biggest changes in unemployment
The unemployment rate fell in two-thirds of the nation’s 372 metro areas last month, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s an improvement from July, when the rate fell in only 152 areas. Below are the 20 areas with the biggest increases in their unemployment rates from July to August, and the 20 areas with the biggest drops.
| Metro areas with largest increases in unemployment rate | |||
| Figures in percentages | |||
| Jul-10 | Aug-10 | Change | |
| Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 5.8 | 7.6 | 1.8 |
| Yuma, AZ | 28.8 | 30.2 | 1.4 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 15.0 | 16.2 | 1.2 |
| Yakima, WA | 7.8 | 8.9 | 1.1 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 12.1 | 12.8 | 0.7 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 5.2 | 5.9 | 0.7 |
| Alexandria, LA | 7.1 | 7.8 | 0.7 |
| Lafayette, LA | 5.9 | 6.6 | 0.7 |
| Palm Coast, FL | 15.7 | 16.4 | 0.7 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 5.6 | 6.2 | 0.6 |
| Morgantown, WV | 5.5 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 7.4 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 7.5 | 8.1 | 0.6 |
| Charleston, WV | 7.5 | 8.1 | 0.6 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 7.6 | 8.2 | 0.6 |
| Monroe, LA | 8.0 | 8.6 | 0.6 |
| Pocatello, ID | 8.1 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC | 9.4 | 10.0 | 0.6 |
| Columbia, SC | 9.4 | 10.0 | 0.6 |
| Casper, WY | 6.7 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
| Metro areas with biggest drops | |||
| Jul-10 | Aug-10 | Change | |
| Jackson, MS | 9.2 | 6.8 | -2.4 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 9.4 | 7.2 | -2.2 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 10.0 | 7.9 | -2.1 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 9.5 | 7.4 | -2.1 |
| El Centro, CA | 32.1 | 30.4 | -1.7 |
| Battle Creek, MI | 13.0 | 11.3 | -1.7 |
| Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 14.0 | 12.4 | -1.6 |
| Flint, MI | 15.4 | 13.9 | -1.5 |
| Monroe, MI | 14.4 | 12.9 | -1.5 |
| Jackson, MI | 14.3 | 12.8 | -1.5 |
| Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 14.9 | 13.5 | -1.4 |
| Yuba City, CA | 19.0 | 17.6 | -1.4 |
| Merced, CA | 18.7 | 17.4 | -1.3 |
| Rockford, IL | 15.8 | 14.5 | -1.3 |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | 13.1 | 11.8 | -1.3 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | 12.6 | 11.3 | -1.3 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 12.2 | 10.9 | -1.3 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 11.9 | 10.7 | -1.2 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 11.3 | 10.1 | -1.2 |
| Bay City, MI | 12.7 | 11.5 | -1.2 |
Filed under: Economy
Tags: Jackson, Labor Economy, Louisiana, Michigan, Monroe, North America, Saginaw, United States
Tags: Jackson, Labor Economy, Louisiana, Michigan, Monroe, North America, Saginaw, United States
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