METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT MARCH 2010

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1 For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, April 28, 2010 USDL Technical information: Employment: Unemployment: Media contact: (202) (202) (202) METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT MARCH 2010 Unemployment rates were higher in 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 was 10.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from 9.0 percent a year earlier. Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) In, 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 Three areas in California again registered the highest unemployment rates: El Centro, 27.0 percent; Merced, 22.1 percent; and Yuba City, 21.7 percent. 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, 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 and the map.) 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 recorded jobless rate increases of 3.0 percentage points or more. Four areas reported over-the-year jobless rate decreases of at least 1.0 percentage point in, 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, 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 were New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., 6.0 percent; Oklahoma 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 occurred in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+3.2 percentage points). The next largest rate increases were recorded in Jacksonville, Fla. (+2.9 percentage points), and Riverside-San Bernardino- Ontario, Calif. (+2.7 points). Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis., and Buffalo-Niagara

2 Falls, N.Y., were the only large areas to post jobless rate decreases over the year (-0.6 and -0.2 percentage point, respectively). Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are composed of 34 metropolitan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In, 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.) In, 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. 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, 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 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)

3 Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in 2010 for 32 metropolitan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. Thirty-one metropolitan 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). 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)

4 Technical Note This release presents labor force and unemployment data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1 and 2) for 372 metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), plus 8 areas in Puerto Rico. Estimates for 34 metropolitan and NECTA divisions also are presented. Nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 3 and 4) are provided for most of the same areas. State estimates were previously published in the news release, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment, and are republished in this release for ease of reference. The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative endeavors. Labor force and unemployment from the LAUS program Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for the official national estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age and over. Employed persons are those who did any work at all for pay or profit in the reference week (the week including the 12th of the month) or worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family business or farm, plus those not working who had a job from which they were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who were not employed during the reference week (based on the definition above), had actively looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with the reference week, and were currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent of the labor force. Method of estimation. Estimates for states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, and New York City are produced using time-series models with real-time benchmarking to national CPS totals. Model-based estimation was extended to the following areas and their respective balances of state in 2005: the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metropolitan Division; Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area; Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area; Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division; New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area; and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division. (Model-based estimation of the New Orleans- Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area was suspended following Hurricane Katrina; the indirect estimation methods described below will be used for this area until further notice.) Modeling improves the statistical basis of the estimation for these areas and provides important tools for analysis, such as measures of errors and seasonally adjusted series. For all other substate areas in this release, estimates are prepared through indirect estimation procedures using a building-block approach. Employment estimates, which are based largely on place of work estimates from the CES program, are adjusted to refer to place of residence as used in the CPS. Unemployment estimates are aggregates of persons previously employed in industries covered by state unemployment insurance (UI) laws and entrants to the labor force data from the CPS. The substate estimates of employment and unemployment, which geographically exhaust the entire state, are adjusted proportionally to ensure that they add to the independently estimated state or balanceof-state totals. A detailed description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon request. Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data shown for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end of each year, usually implemented with January estimates. The adjusted model-based estimates reflect updated population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources, and model reestimation. All substate estimates are reestimated and adjusted to add to the revised model-based estimates. Employment from the CES program Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated using a link relative technique in which a ratio (link relative) of current-month employment to that of the previous month is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous month by these ratios. Small-domain models are used as the official estimators for the approximately 39 percent of CES published series which have insufficient sample for direct sample-based estimates. Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to

5 adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months. Reliability of the estimates The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the particular estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of rounding. Unemployment rates are computed from unrounded data and thus may differ slightly from rates computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables. Labor force and unemployment estimates. Modelbased error measures are available for states on the Internet at Measures of nonsampling error are not available, but additional information on the subject is provided in Employment and Earnings Online at Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for state CES data at the supersector level and for metropolitan area CES data at the total nonfarm level are available online at Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is available on the BLS Web site at Area definitions The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on December 1, Data reflect New England City and Town Area (NECTA) definitions, rather than county-based definitions, in the six New England States. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available at Additional information More complete information on the technical procedures used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in Employment and Earnings Online. Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor force and unemployment data for states, census regions and divisions, and seven substate areas are available in the news release, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor force and unemployment for all states, metropolitan areas, labor market areas, counties, cities with a population of 25,000 or more, and other areas used in the administration of various federal economic assistance programs are available on the Internet at Employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS Web site at Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) ; Federal Relay Service: (800)

6 LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area Civilian labor force p Unemployed Number Percent of labor force p p Alabama... 2, , , , Anniston-Oxford Auburn-Opelika Birmingham-Hoover Decatur Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Gadsden Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Alaska Anchorage Fairbanks Arizona... 3, , , , Flagstaff Lake Havasu City-Kingman Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale... 2, , , , Prescott Tucson Yuma Arkansas... 1, , , , Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Fort Smith Hot Springs Jonesboro Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Pine Bluff California... 18, , , , , , , , Bakersfield-Delano Chico El Centro Fresno Hanford-Corcoran Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana... 6, , , , Madera-Chowchilla Merced Modesto Napa Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Redding Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario... 1, , , , Sacramento Arden-Arcade Roseville... 1, , , , Salinas San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos... 1, , , , San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont... 2, , , , San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta Santa Cruz-Watsonville Santa Rosa-Petaluma Stockton Vallejo-Fairfield Visalia-Porterville Yuba City Colorado... 2, , , , Boulder Colorado Springs Denver-Aurora-Broomfield... 1, , , , Fort Collins-Loveland Grand Junction Greeley Pueblo Connecticut... 1, , , , Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Danbury Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford New Haven Norwich-New London Waterbury Delaware Dover

7 LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area Continued Civilian labor force p Unemployed Number Percent of labor force p p District of Columbia Washington-Arlington-Alexandria... 3, , , , Florida... 9, , , , , , Cape Coral-Fort Myers Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach Gainesville Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach... 2, , , , Naples-Marco Island North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota Ocala Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford... 1, , , , Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville Palm Coast Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Port St. Lucie Punta Gorda Sebastian-Vero Beach Tallahassee Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater... 1, , , , Georgia... 4, , , , Albany Athens-Clarke County Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta... 2, , , , Augusta-Richmond County Brunswick Columbus Dalton Gainesville Hinesville-Fort Stewart Macon Rome Savannah Valdosta Warner Robins Hawaii Honolulu Idaho Boise City-Nampa Coeur d Alene Idaho Falls Lewiston Pocatello Illinois... 6, , , , Bloomington-Normal Champaign-Urbana Chicago-Joliet-Naperville... 4, , , , Danville Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Decatur Kankakee-Bradley Peoria Rockford Springfield Indiana... 3, , , , Anderson Bloomington Columbus Elkhart-Goshen Evansville Fort Wayne Indianapolis-Carmel Kokomo Lafayette Michigan City-La Porte Muncie South Bend-Mishawaka Terre Haute

8 LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area Continued Civilian labor force p Unemployed Number Percent of labor force p p Iowa... 1, , , , Ames Cedar Rapids Des Moines-West Des Moines Dubuque Iowa City Sioux City Waterloo-Cedar Falls Kansas... 1, , , , Lawrence Manhattan Topeka Wichita Kentucky... 2, , , , Bowling Green Elizabethtown Lexington-Fayette Louisville-Jefferson County Owensboro Louisiana... 2, , , , Alexandria Baton Rouge Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux Lafayette Lake Charles Monroe New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner Shreveport-Bossier City Maine Bangor Lewiston-Auburn Portland-South Portland-Biddeford Maryland... 2, , , , Baltimore-Towson... 1, , , , Cumberland Hagerstown-Martinsburg Salisbury Massachusetts... 3, , , , Barnstable Town Boston-Cambridge-Quincy... 2, , , , Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner New Bedford Pittsfield Springfield Worcester Michigan... 4, , , , Ann Arbor Battle Creek Bay City Detroit-Warren-Livonia... 2, , , , Flint Grand Rapids-Wyoming Holland-Grand Haven Jackson Kalamazoo-Portage Lansing-East Lansing Monroe Muskegon-Norton Shores Niles-Benton Harbor Saginaw-Saginaw Township North Minnesota... 2, , , , Duluth Mankato-North Mankato Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington... 1, , , , Rochester St. Cloud

9 LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area Continued Civilian labor force p Unemployed Number Percent of labor force p p Mississippi... 1, , , , Gulfport-Biloxi Hattiesburg Jackson Pascagoula Missouri... 3, , , , Cape Girardeau-Jackson Columbia Jefferson City Joplin Kansas City... 1, , , , St. Joseph St. Louis , , , , Springfield Montana Billings Great Falls Missoula Nebraska Lincoln Omaha-Council Bluffs Nevada... 1, , , , Carson City Las Vegas-Paradise Reno-Sparks New Hampshire Manchester Portsmouth Rochester-Dover New Jersey... 4, , , , Atlantic City-Hammonton Ocean City Trenton-Ewing Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton New Mexico Albuquerque Farmington Las Cruces Santa Fe New York... 9, , , , Albany-Schenectady-Troy Binghamton Buffalo-Niagara Falls Elmira Glens Falls Ithaca Kingston New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island... 9, , , , New York City... 3, , , , Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown Rochester Syracuse Utica-Rome North Carolina... 4, , , , Asheville Burlington Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill Durham-Chapel Hill Fayetteville Goldsboro Greensboro-High Point Greenville Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Jacksonville Raleigh-Cary Rocky Mount Wilmington Winston-Salem

10 LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area Continued Civilian labor force p Unemployed Number Percent of labor force p p North Dakota Bismarck Fargo Grand Forks Ohio... 5, , , , Akron Canton-Massillon Cincinnati-Middletown... 1, , , , Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor... 1, , , , Columbus Dayton Lima Mansfield Sandusky Springfield Steubenville-Weirton Toledo Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Oklahoma... 1, , , , Lawton Oklahoma City Tulsa Oregon... 1, , , , Bend Corvallis Eugene-Springfield Medford Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro... 1, , , , Salem Pennsylvania... 6, , , , Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Altoona Erie Harrisburg-Carlisle Johnstown Lancaster Lebanon Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington... 3, , , , Pittsburgh... 1, , , , Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre State College Williamsport York-Hanover Rhode Island Providence-Fall River-Warwick South Carolina... 2, , , , Anderson Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville Columbia Florence Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway Spartanburg Sumter South Dakota Rapid City Sioux Falls Tennessee... 3, , , , Chattanooga Clarksville Cleveland Jackson Johnson City

11 LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area Continued Civilian labor force p Unemployed Number Percent of labor force p p Tennessee Continued Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol Knoxville Memphis Morristown Nashville-Davidson Murfreesboro Franklin Texas... 11, , , , , Abilene Amarillo Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Beaumont-Port Arthur Brownsville-Harlingen College Station-Bryan Corpus Christi Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington... 3, , , , El Paso Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown... 2, , , , Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood Laredo Longview Lubbock McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Midland Odessa San Angelo San Antonio-New Braunfels Sherman-Denison Texarkana Tyler Victoria Waco Wichita Falls Utah... 1, , , , Logan Ogden-Clearfield Provo-Orem St. George Salt Lake City Vermont Burlington-South Burlington Virginia... 4, , , , Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford Charlottesville Danville Harrisonburg Lynchburg Richmond Roanoke Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Winchester Washington... 3, , , , Bellingham Bremerton-Silverdale Kennewick-Pasco-Richland Longview Mount Vernon-Anacortes Olympia Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue... 1, , , , Spokane Wenatchee-East Wenatchee Yakima West Virginia Charleston Huntington-Ashland Morgantown Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna Wheeling