Unemployment rates for US cities in the West
Jan 8, 2013, 8:51 PM
| Unemployment rates fell below 7 percent in a majority of U.S. cities in November, evidence that steady job gains are benefiting most parts of the country. |
| The Labor Department said Tuesday that rates fell in November from October in 215 of the 372 largest metro areas. Rates were unchanged in 33 and rose in 124. |
| Rates dropped below 7 percent in 192 cities. That’s the first time since the recession ended that more than half of large cities had rates below that threshold. |
| Here are unemployment rates in November for states and cities in the West: |
| Metro Unemployment, West |
| Unemployment rates by state and city |
| Figures in percentages |
| Nov. 2012 Oct. 2012 Nov. 2011 |
| Alaska 6.6 5.9 7.2 |
| Anchorage 5.5 5 6.1 |
| Fairbanks 5.7 4.9 6.4 |
| Arizona 7.5 8.1 8.7 |
| Flagstaff 7.6 7.6 8.7 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman 8.8 9.4 10.1 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale 6.5 6.9 7.7 |
| Prescott 7.9 8.5 9 |
| Tucson 6.6 7.1 7.6 |
| Yuma 27.5 29.8 26.3 |
| California 9.6 9.8 10.9 |
| Bakersfield-Delano 12.4 12.2 13.3 |
| Chico 11.1 11 12.2 |
| El Centro 26.6 29.4 28.9 |
| Fresno 14.4 13.8 15.8 |
| Hanford-Corcoran 13.9 13.7 14.8 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 9.1 9.5 10.8 |
| Madera-Chowchilla 13.6 12.5 14.7 |
| Merced 15.7 14.6 16.4 |
| Modesto 14.5 13.9 15.6 |
| Napa 7.5 6.9 8.5 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 8.6 8.7 9.6 |
| Redding 11.7 11.6 13.3 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 11.3 11.7 12.4 |
| Sacramento-Arden-Arcade 9.8 9.8 11 |
| Salinas 9.8 8.8 10.7 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 8.3 8.6 9.4 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 7.5 7.7 8.7 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 7.8 7.9 9.1 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 7.3 7.3 8.6 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta 7.3 7.3 8.2 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville 9.5 8.7 10.9 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma 7.7 7.6 9.1 |
| Stockton 14.1 13.6 15.8 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield 9.3 9.3 10.5 |
| Visalia-Porterville 14.5 14.4 15.4 |
| Yuba City 15.8 15.2 16.6 |
| Colorado 7.5 7.5 7.7 |
| Boulder 5.7 5.8 5.7 |
| Colorado Springs 8.8 8.8 8.6 |
| Denver-Aurora-Broomfield 7.4 7.4 7.7 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland 6 5.9 6.1 |
| Grand Junction 8.4 8.3 8.4 |
| Greeley 8.2 8.1 8.5 |
| Pueblo 10.1 10.3 9.6 |
| Hawaii 5.3 5.4 6.7 |
| Honolulu 4.8 5 5.8 |
| Idaho 6.6 6.4 8.1 |
| Boise City-Nampa 6.4 6.5 8.3 |
| Coeur d’Alene 7.7 7.6 9.5 |
| Idaho Falls 5.5 5.4 6.8 |
| Lewiston 5.7 5.9 7.2 |
| Pocatello 6.3 6.2 7.6 |
| Montana 5.7 5.4 6.4 |
| Billings 4 4 4.6 |
| Great Falls 4.9 4.9 5.5 |
| Missoula 5.4 5.2 6.2 |
| Nevada 10.2 10.9 12.7 |
| Carson City 10.3 10.7 12.4 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise 10.4 11.1 13 |
| Reno-Sparks 9.9 10.6 12.1 |
| New Mexico 6 6 6.6 |
| Albuquerque 6.3 6.4 7.1 |
| Farmington 6 6 6.6 |
| Las Cruces 6.1 6.2 6.6 |
| Santa Fe 4.7 4.8 5.2 |
| Oregon 8.1 8 8.6 |
| Bend 10.4 10.1 11.6 |
| Corvallis 5.7 5.8 5.8 |
| Eugene-Springfield 7.9 8 8.6 |
| Medford 9.4 9.6 10.1 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 7.4 7.6 8.3 |
| Salem 8.6 8.5 9.1 |
| Utah 4.9 5.1 5.5 |
| Logan 3.7 3.8 3.8 |
| Ogden-Clearfield 5.1 5.3 5.7 |
| Provo-Orem 4.6 4.8 5.1 |
| St George 6.2 6.3 7.1 |
| Salt Lake City 4.8 5 5.4 |
| Washington 7.3 7.3 8.4 |
| Bellingham 6.5 6.3 7.4 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale 6.5 6.4 7.2 |
| Kennewick-Pasco-Richland 8.6 7.5 8.3 |
| Longview 9.9 9.9 11 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes 8.4 7.9 9.4 |
| Olympia 6.9 6.7 7.5 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 6.8 6.9 8 |
| Spokane 7.7 7.4 8.3 |
| Wenatchee-East Wenatchee 7.3 5.8 7.9 |
| Yakima 9.1 7.4 9.4 |
| Wyoming 5.1 4.4 5.5 |
| Casper 4.5 4.1 5.2 |
| Cheyenne 5.5 5.1 6.1 |
