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Metropolitan Area Employment And Unemployment: JUNE 2006
Unemployment rates were lower in June than a year earlier in 292 of the 367 metropolitan areas, higher in 52 areas, and unchanged in 23 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nineteen metropolitan areas registered jobless rates below 3.0 percent, while three areas recorded rates of 10.0 percent or more. The national un- employment rate was 4.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 5.2 per- cent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In June, 90 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates below 4.0 per- cent, up from 55 areas a year earlier, while 26 areas posted rates of at least 7.0 percent, down slightly from 29 areas in June 2005. Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Fla., and Sioux Falls, S.D., had the lowest unemploy- ment rates, 2.5 percent each. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., Fargo, N.D.-Minn., and Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, Fla., registered the next lowest rates, 2.6 per- cent each. The areas with the highest jobless rates were Yuma, Ariz., 17.2 per- cent, El Centro, Calif., 14.7 percent, and Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss., 12.5 percent. Yuma and El Centro are adjacent, highly agricultural areas on the Mexican border with extreme weather. Gulfport-Biloxi was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Over- all, 180 areas recorded unemployment rates below the U.S. figure of 4.8 percent, 173 areas had higher rates, and 14 areas had the same rate. (See table 1.)
The largest over-the-year jobless rate decreases in June were posted in Yuma, Ariz. (-2.2 percentage points), Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.- Wis. (-1.7 points), Monroe, La. (-1.6 points), and Alexandria, La. (-1.5 points). Thirty-one additional areas registered rate declines of at least 1.0 percentage point. The largest unemployment rate increases from June 2005 were recorded in Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. (+5.6 percentage points), Pascagoula, Miss. (+2.0 points), Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, N.J. (+1.2 points), and New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. (+1.1 points). No other area had a rate increase greater than 0.8 percentage point.
Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, those reporting the lowest jobless rates in June were Orlando- Kissimmee, Fla., 3.1 percent, and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla., and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 3.3 percent each. The large areas recording the highest rates were New Orleans-Metairie- Kenner, La., 7.2 percent, Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., 6.9 percent, and Memphis, Tenn.-Miss.-Ark., 6.7 percent. Forty-one large areas reported lower unemployment rates than in June 2005, five registered higher rates, and three had no change. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis., posted the largest over-the-year rate decrease (-1.7 percentage points). Cleve- land-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio, and Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Conn., reported the next largest rate decreases (-1.0 percentage point each). New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., again experienced the largest over-the-year unemployment rate increase (+1.1 percentage points). No other large area had a rate increase greater than 0.3 percentage point.
Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are composed of 34 metro- politan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Fla., posted the lowest division unemployment rate in June, 3.1 percent. The two divisions that compose the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., metro- politan area recorded the next lowest rates: Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, Md., 3.2 percent, and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 3.3 percent. Five additional divisions registered rates below 4.0 percent. The divisions reporting the highest unemployment rates were Detroit-Livonia- Dearborn, Mich., 8.1 percent, and Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 7.2 per- cent. (See table 2.)
Twenty-three of the 34 metropolitan divisions recorded over-the-year unem- ployment rate decreases in June, 9 had rate increases, and 2 had rates that were unchanged from those of June 2005. The divisions reporting the largest rate declines were Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill. (-2.0 percentage points), and West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Fla. (-0.9 point). The largest jobless rate increases from a year earlier were registered in Camden, N.J. (+0.7 percentage point), Newark-Union, N.J.-Pa. (+0.6 point), and Edison, N.J., and Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Mass. (+0.5 point each).
In 6 of the 11 metropolitan areas that contain divisions, the ranges bet- ween the highest and lowest division unemployment rates were 1.0 percentage point or more in June. The metropolitan areas that had the widest rate ranges between their divisions were Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (Lawrence- Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 7.2 percent, compared with Nashua, N.H.-Mass., 3.5 percent), and Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, 8.1 percent, compared with Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, 6.0 percent).
Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In June, 309 metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 51 recorded decreases, and 7 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment gain was posted in Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. (+94,400), followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+88,900), New York- Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+78,200), Washington-Arlington- Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+76,800), and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+66,600). The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment were reported in Morgantown, W.Va. (+8.9 percent), St. George, Utah (+8.4 percent), Yuma, Ariz. (+7.8 percent), Laredo, Texas (+6.5 percent), and Jacksonville, N.C., and Prescott, Ariz. (+5.9 percent each).
The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in New Orleans- Metairie-Kenner, La. (-183,800), Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. (-22,200), Detroit- Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-13,700), and Rochester, N.Y. (-6,000). The declines in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., and Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss., reflect the impact of Hurricane Katrina. The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment were reported in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. (-29.7 per- cent), Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. (-19.0 percent), Danville, Va. (-4.1 percent), and Jackson, Mich., and Kokomo, Ind. (-2.3 percent each).
Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 35 of the 36 metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2005. The largest over- the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas were posted in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+5.4 percent), Phoenix-Mesa-Scotts- dale, Ariz. (+5.3 percent), Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+4.1 percent), and Orlando-Kissimmee, Fla. (+4.0 percent). Among the largest areas, the only re- ported percentage decrease in employment was in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-0.7 percent).
Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in June 2006 for 32 metro- politan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. Twenty-eight of the 32 metropolitan divi- sions reported over-the-year employment gains, while 4 reported losses. The largest over-the-year increase in the metropolitan divisions occurred in Dal- las-Plano-Irving, Texas (+68,400), followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+65,100), New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. (+59,000), Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+56,300), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale (+50,800). Over-the-year employment losses were reported in Detroit-Livonia- Dearborn, Mich. (-7,200), Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-6,500), Newark- Union, N.J.-Pa. (-4,200), and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. (-100).
The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment among the metro- politan divisions were reported in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+4.1 per- cent), Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Fla., and Tacoma, Wash. (+3.9 percent each), Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+3.5 percent), and West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Fla. (+2.9 percent). Over-the-year percentage decreases in employment were reported in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-0.9 percent), Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-0.5 percent), Newark-Union, N.J.- Pa. (-0.4 percent), and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. (-0.1 percent).
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