Cities With the Lowest Unemployment Rates
Posted on | July 2, 2009 | No Comments
The national unemployment rate is up to 9.5%, but there are still quite a few cities/metros with lower unemployment rates, making them fertile ground for job-hunting (or, at least, good bets for job retention). Below is a list of the 40 metros with unemployment rates less than 6.0%.
- Bismarck, ND 3.5%
- Iowa City, IA 3.7%
- Ames, IA – 3.8%
- Billings, MT – 4.1%
- Logan, UT – 4.1%
- Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 4.3%
- Fargo, ND – 4.4%
- Great Falls, MT – 4.4%
- Lincoln, NE – 4.4%
- Manhattan, KS – 4.4%
- Grand Forks, ND – 4.6%
- Lubbock, TX – 4.6%
- Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE – 4.6%
- Amarillo, TX – 4.7%
- Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA – 4.7%
- Provo-Orem, UT – 4.8%
- Rapid City, SD – 4.8%
- Sioux Falls, SD – 4.8%
- College Station-Bryan, TX – 4.7%
- Lawton, OK – 4.9%
- Cheyenne, WY – 4.9%
- Idaho Falls, ID – 5.0%
- Lafayette, LA – 5.0%
- Sioux City, IA – 5.0%
- Abilene, TX – 5.2%
- Midland, TX – 5.2%
- Salt Lake City, UT – 5.2%
- Ithaca, NY – 5.4%
- Morgantown, WV – 5.4%
- Portsmouth, NH – 5.4%
- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR – 5.5%
- Lawrence, KS – 5.5%
- Santa Fe, NM – 5.5%
- Pocatello, ID – 5.6%
- State College, PA – 5.6%
- Columbia, MO – 5.7%
- Oklahoma City, OK – 5.7%
- Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR – 5.9%
- Alexandria, LA – 5.9%
- Lake Charles, LA – 5.9%
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