METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- MARCH 2010
Unemployment rates were higher in March than a year earlier in 321 of
the 372 metropolitan areas, lower in 41 areas, and unchanged in 10
areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-
eight areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 3
areas registered rates below 5.0 percent. The national unemployment
rate in March was 10.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from 9.0
percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In March, 164 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least
10.0 percent, up from 108 areas a year earlier, while 46 areas posted
rates below 7.0 percent, down from 89 areas in March 2009. Three areas
in California again registered the highest unemployment rates: El
Centro, 27.0 percent; Merced, 22.1 percent; and Yuba City, 21.7 per-
cent. Among the 28 areas with jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent,
15 were located in California and 5 were in Michigan. Houma-Bayou Cane-
Thibodaux, La., registered the lowest unemployment rate in March, 4.6
percent. Overall, 151 areas recorded unemployment rates above the U.S.
figure of 10.2 percent, 215 areas reported rates below it, and 6 areas
had rates equal to that of the nation. (See table 1.)
Farmington, N.M., again registered the largest over-the-year jobless
rate increase (+5.0 percentage points). The areas with the next largest
rate increases were Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-W.Va. (+4.5 percentage
points) and Yuma, Ariz. (+4.1 points). Thirteen additional areas re-
corded jobless rate increases of 3.0 percentage points or more. Four
areas reported over-the-year jobless rate decreases of at least 1.0 per-
centage point in March, the largest of which was Elkhart-Goshen, Ind.
(-4.9 points).
Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million
or more, Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., and Riverside-San Bernardino-
Ontario, Calif., reported the highest unemployment rates in March, 15.5
and 15.0 percent, respectively. Twenty additional large areas posted
rates of 10.0 percent or more. The large areas with the lowest jobless
rates in March were New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., 6.0 percent; Okla-
homa City, Okla., 6.1 percent; and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.
-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 6.7 percent. Forty-six of the large areas registered
over-the-year unemployment rate increases, the largest of which oc-
curred in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+3.2 percentage points). The next
largest rate increases were recorded in Jacksonville, Fla. (+2.9 per-
centage points), and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (+2.7
points). Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis., and Buffalo-
Niagara Falls, N.Y., were the only large areas to post jobless rate de-
creases over the year (-0.6 and -0.2 percentage point, respectively).
Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are composed of 34
metropolitan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable
employment centers. In March, the two divisions that comprise the
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., metropolitan area registered the
highest jobless rates: Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, 16.4 percent, and
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, 14.9 percent. Bethesda-Rockville-
Frederick, Md., reported the lowest unemployment rate among the
divisions, 5.9 percent, followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,
D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 6.9 percent. These two divisions make up the
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., metropolitan
area. (See table 2.)作者: 老卖年糕 时间: 2010-5-11 14:10
In March, 33 of the 34 metropolitan divisions recorded over-the-year
jobless rate increases. Lake County-Kenosha County, Ill.-Wis., and
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Fla., experienced the
largest rate increases (+2.7 and +2.5 percentage points,
respectively). Three other divisions had rate increases of 2.0
percentage points or more. The jobless rate in Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y.,
was unchanged from a year earlier.
In 5 of the 11 metropolitan areas that contain divisions, the ranges
between the highest and lowest division jobless rates were 2.0
percentage points or more in March. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-
N.H., posted the largest rate difference among its divisions, 6.0
percentage points (Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 13.3 percent,
compared with Framingham, Mass., 7.3 percent).
Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In March, 322 metropolitan areas reported over-the-year decreases in
nonfarm payroll employment, 45 reported increases, and 5 remained
unchanged. The largest over-the-year employment decrease was recorded
in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (-150,800), followed by
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (-150,500),
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. (-132,200), Detroit-Warren-
Livonia, Mich. (-82,000), and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.
(-75,500). The largest over-the-year percentage losses in employment
were reported in Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-W.Va. (-7.4 percent);
Farmington, N.M., and Odessa, Texas (-6.8 percent each); and Grand
Junction, Colo., and Yuma, Ariz. (-6.6 percent each). (See table 3.)
The largest over-the-year increases in employment occurred in
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Wash. (+5,100), Lawrence, Kan. (+2,900),
Yakima, Wash. (+2,400), and Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway,
S.C. (+2,000). The largest over-the-year percentage increases in
employment were reported in Lawrence, Kan. (+5.9 percent), Kennewick-
Pasco-Richland, Wash. (+5.5 percent), Ocean City, N.J. (+3.6 percent),
Manhattan, Kan. (+3.4 percent), and Yakima, Wash. (+3.2 percent).
Over-the-year, nonfarm employment declined in all 36 metropolitan
areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2009.
The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment in these
large metropolitan areas were posted in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (-5.7
percent), Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-4.7 percent), Riverside-San
Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (-4.5 percent), San Francisco-Oakland-
Fremont, Calif. (-3.9 percent), and Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--
Roseville, Calif. (-3.5 percent).作者: 老卖年糕 时间: 2010-5-11 14:11
Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in March 2010 for 32
metropolitan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable
employment centers within a metropolitan area. Thirty-one metro-
politan divisions reported over-the-year employment losses and 1
reported an over-the-year employment gain. The largest over-the-year
employment decrease in the metropolitan divisions occurred in Chicago-
Joliet-Naperville, Ill. (-112,100), followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-
Glendale, Calif. (-111,100), New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J.
(-86,200), Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-47,500), and Seattle-
Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (-44,700). Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury,
Mass., was the only metropolitan division with an over-the-year
increase in employment (+500). (See table 4.)
The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment among the
metropolitan divisions was reported in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich.
(-4.8 percent), followed by Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-4.5
percent), Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, Calif., and San Francisco-San Mateo-
Redwood City, Calif. (-3.9 percent each), and West Palm Beach-Boca
Raton-Boynton Beach, Fla. (-3.7 percent). Haverhill-North Andover-
Amesbury, Mass., experienced the only over-the-year percentage increase
in employment (+0.7 percent).
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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release for
April is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 21, 2010, at 10:00
a.m. (EDT). The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news
release for April is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 2,
2010, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).作者: 老卖年糕 时间: 2010-5-11 14:12
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area
1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current
Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02, dated December 1, 2009, and are
available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs),
while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that
appears first in their titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill., is the exception in that it is listed under Illinois for
operational reasons. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.作者: 老卖年糕 时间: 2010-5-11 14:13
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division (1)
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division(1)
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
State, area, and division Number Percent of labor force
1 These 11 areas contain all of the 34 metropolitan divisions.
2 Part of the area (or division) is in one or more adjacent states.
3 All of the division is in one or more adjacent states.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02, dated
December 1, 2009, and are available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City
and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed
under the state that corresponds to the first city in their title. Metropolitan divisions are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some
divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are
listed. Three sets of metropolitan areas and divisions have similar or identical titles. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.
-W.Va., the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. For the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H., and Chicago-Joliet-Naperville,
Ill.-Ind.-Wis., metropolitan areas, the division titles are similar but include only Massachusetts and Illinois, respectively. Data for
2009 have been revised to incorporate updated inputs and adjustments to new state controls. Estimates for the latest month are subject to
revision the following month.作者: 老卖年糕 时间: 2010-5-11 14:13
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by State and metropolitan area
(Numbers in thousands)
Change from March
February March 2009 to
State and area March 2010 p
1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are
provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available. Area definitions are based on
Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02, dated December 1, 2009, and available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City
and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie
in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their titles. Davenport-
Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill. is the exception since it is listed under Illinois for operational reasons.作者: 梅儿 时间: 2010-5-11 14:40
