Unemployment rates rose in nearly 90 percent of large U.S. cities in June, mostly because of seasonal trends. Many young people launch job searches in the summer post-graduation, and that can push up unemployment rates. The metro data isn't seasonally adjusted for such trends.
Here are unemployment rates for states and cities in the South:
| Metro Area Unemployment Rates, South | |||
| Unemployment rates by state and city | |||
| Figures in percentages | |||
| June 2012 | May 2012 | June 2011 | |
| Alabama | 8.9 | 7.5 | 9.8 |
| Anniston-Oxford | 9.2 | 7.9 | 10 |
| Auburn-Opelika | 8.2 | 6.6 | 8.4 |
| Birmingham-Hoover | 7.9 | 6.8 | 9.1 |
| Decatur | 8.6 | 7.5 | 9.4 |
| Dothan | 8.3 | 7 | 9.2 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals | 8.6 | 6.9 | 9.4 |
| Gadsden | 8.7 | 7.3 | 10 |
| Huntsville | 7.6 | 6.5 | 8.3 |
| Mobile | 10 | 8.6 | 11 |
| Montgomery | 8.9 | 7.6 | 9.8 |
| Tuscaloosa | 9.1 | 7.3 | 9.8 |
| Arkansas | 7.3 | 7.3 | 8.5 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.7 |
| Fort Smith | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.8 |
| Hot Springs | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.6 |
| Jonesboro | 7 | 7 | 8.2 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.5 |
| Pine Bluff | 9.2 | 9.2 | 10.9 |
| Delaware | 6.9 | 6.3 | 7.7 |
| Dover | 7.4 | 6.5 | 7.8 |
| Washington, D.C. | 9.1 | 9 | 11.3 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria-Md. | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.2 |
| Florida | 9 | 8.5 | 10.9 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers | 9.3 | 8.8 | 11.7 |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.4 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach | 9.1 | 8.7 | 11.1 |
| Gainesville | 7.3 | 6.8 | 8.3 |
| Jacksonville | 8.5 | 8 | 10.5 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven | 10 | 9.2 | 11.9 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach | 9.2 | 8.7 | 11.2 |
| Naples-Marco Island | 8.8 | 7.8 | 11 |
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota | 8.8 | 8.4 | 11 |
| Ocala | 10.2 | 9.8 | 12.6 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford | 8.7 | 8.3 | 10.7 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville | 9.4 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Palm Coast | 12.3 | 11.7 | 14.4 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven | 8.1 | 7.8 | 9.6 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent | 8.6 | 8.1 | 10.1 |
| Port St Lucie | 10.9 | 10 | 12.7 |
| Punta Gorda | 9 | 8.7 | 11 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach | 11.3 | 10.4 | 13.4 |
| Tallahassee | 7.7 | 7.2 | 8.8 |
| Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater | 9 | 8.6 | 11.2 |
| Georgia | 9.6 | 8.8 | 10.3 |
| Albany | 10.3 | 9.6 | 10.9 |
| Athens-Clarke County | 7.5 | 6.5 | 8 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta | 9.3 | 8.6 | 10.2 |
| Augusta-Richmond County | 9.9 | 9 | 9.9 |
| Brunswick | 10.5 | 9.7 | 10.9 |
| Columbus | 9.8 | 8.7 | 10 |
| Dalton | 12.3 | 11.4 | 12.6 |
| Gainesville | 7.5 | 6.9 | 8.6 |
| Hinesville-Fort Stewart | 9.6 | 8.8 | 9.8 |
| Macon | 10.1 | 9.4 | 10.6 |
| Rome | 10.6 | 10.2 | 11.2 |
| Savannah | 9.1 | 8.4 | 9.6 |
| Valdosta | 9.3 | 8.4 | 10 |
| Warner Robins | 8.1 | 7.4 | 8.2 |
| Kentucky | 8.4 | 8.1 | 9.9 |
| Bowling Green | 7.4 | 7 | 8.6 |
| Elizabethtown | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.7 |
| Lexington-Fayette | 6.8 | 6.5 | 8.1 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | 8.3 | 8.1 | 9.9 |
| Owensboro | 7.1 | 6.6 | 8.4 |
| Louisiana | 8.6 | 7.1 | 8.2 |
| Alexandria | 8.7 | 7.1 | 8.1 |
| Baton Rouge | 8.7 | 7.1 | 8.4 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux | 6.2 | 5.1 | 6 |
| Lafayette | 6.2 | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| Lake Charles | 8.1 | 6.9 | 7.3 |
| Monroe | 9.6 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner | 8.7 | 7.1 | 8 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City | 8.4 | 7 | 7.4 |
| Maryland | 7.2 | 6.6 | 7.5 |
| Baltimore-Towson | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.9 |
| Cumberland | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.9 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg | 8.1 | 8 | 9.3 |
| Salisbury | 9 | 8.4 | 9.5 |
| Mississippi | 9.8 | 8.9 | 11.6 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi | 8.9 | 8.2 | 10.3 |
| Hattiesburg | 8.8 | 7.7 | 10.6 |
| Jackson | 7.9 | 7.2 | 9.1 |
| Pascagoula | 10 | 9.3 | 12.2 |
| North Carolina | 9.9 | 9.5 | 10.9 |
| Asheville | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.7 |
| Burlington | 10 | 9.9 | 11.3 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill | 10 | 9.6 | 11.4 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill | 7.9 | 7.4 | 8.5 |
| Fayetteville | 10.3 | 9.8 | 10.6 |
| Goldsboro | 9 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| Greensboro-High Point | 10.3 | 9.8 | 11.4 |
| Greenville | 10.6 | 9.8 | 11.6 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton | 11.2 | 10.9 | 13 |
| Jacksonville | 9.2 | 8.6 | 9.6 |
| Raleigh-Cary | 8 | 7.8 | 9 |
| Rocky Mount | 13.2 | 12.5 | 14.7 |
| Wilmington | 10 | 9.7 | 10.8 |
| Winston-Salem | 9.3 | 8.9 | 10.4 |
| Oklahoma | 5.3 | 4.9 | 6.4 |
| Lawton | 6.8 | 6.2 | 7 |
| Oklahoma City | 5 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Tulsa | 5.7 | 5.3 | 7.1 |
| South Carolina | 10 | 9.3 | 10.8 |
| Anderson | 9.8 | 9.2 | 10.9 |
| Charleston-Summerville | 8.5 | 7.9 | 9.2 |
| Columbia | 9.1 | 8.4 | 9.8 |
| Florence | 10.9 | 10 | 12.3 |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley | 8.6 | 7.9 | 9.3 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway | 10.1 | 9.9 | 10.7 |
| Spartanburg | 10.4 | 9.4 | 11.4 |
| Sumter | 11.4 | 10.7 | 12.3 |
| Tennessee | 8.7 | 7.8 | 9.8 |
| Chattanooga | 8.2 | 7.4 | 9 |
| Clarksville | 9.2 | 8.4 | 10.5 |
| Cleveland | 9 | 8.1 | 10.1 |
| Jackson | 9.2 | 8.2 | 10.5 |
| Johnson City | 8 | 7.2 | 9.1 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol | 7.9 | 7 | 8.6 |
| Knoxville | 7 | 6.3 | 7.9 |
| Memphis | 9.6 | 8.8 | 10.6 |
| Morristown | 10.4 | 9.6 | 11.8 |
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro | 7.3 | 6.7 | 8.5 |
| Texas | 7.6 | 6.9 | 8.6 |
| Abilene | 6.3 | 5.7 | 7.1 |
| Amarillo | 5.5 | 4.8 | 6.1 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | 6.4 | 5.8 | 7.3 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | 11.4 | 10.2 | 11.6 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen | 11.4 | 10.5 | 12.5 |
| College Station-Bryan | 6.8 | 5.8 | 7.6 |
| Corpus Christi | 7 | 6.4 | 8.5 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | 7.4 | 6.8 | 8.4 |
| El Paso | 10.1 | 9.3 | 11.2 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | 7.5 | 6.9 | 8.8 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood | 8.5 | 7.6 | 8.8 |
| Laredo | 7.9 | 7 | 9.1 |
| Longview | 6.6 | 5.9 | 7.5 |
| Lubbock | 6.5 | 5.4 | 7.3 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | 12 | 10.7 | 13 |
| Midland | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| Odessa | 4.9 | 4.3 | 6.5 |
| San Angelo | 6 | 5.4 | 7 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | 7.3 | 6.5 | 8.1 |
| Sherman-Denison | 7.9 | 7.3 | 9 |
| Texarkana | 6.8 | 6.6 | 8 |
| Tyler | 7.5 | 6.8 | 8.1 |
| Victoria | 6.4 | 5.8 | 7.5 |
| Waco | 7.4 | 6.5 | 8.1 |
| Wichita Falls | 7.2 | 6.3 | 7.9 |
| Virginia | 6 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford | 7 | 6.2 | 7.5 |
| Charlottesville | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| Danville | 8.7 | 8 | 10 |
| Harrisonburg | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.7 |
| Lynchburg | 7.1 | 6.3 | 7.6 |
| Richmond | 6.6 | 6.1 | 7.1 |
| Roanoke | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.9 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
| Winchester | 6 | 5.7 | 6.6 |
| West Virginia | 7.3 | 7.3 | 8.2 |
| Charleston | 6.9 | 7 | 7.4 |
| Huntington-Ashland | 7.5 | 7.1 | 8.7 |
| Morgantown | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.4 |
| Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8.7 |
| Wheeling | 7.1 | 7 | 8.8 |
Add comment
File Claims and Check Your Status! Download the Unemployment Toolbar.
www.online-reference-tools.com
Looking for Jobs?
All the Jobs, From all the sites under one page, Just for you!
www.exactme.com/careers
I'm Unemployed-Now What?
Exhausted from dealing w/ the stress of unemployment? Learn how to cop
peacewithgod.jesus.net/Unemployment
Top Rates on Money Market
Compare USA's Top Money Market Rates and Account. FDIC insure guarantee
http://banktruth.org/MM/