5 large metro areas with low, high unemployment

Nashville, Tenn., and San Jose, Calif., had the lowest unemployment rate among large U.S. metropolitan areas in January, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tenn., metro area and the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif., metro area had an unemployment rate of 2.7 percent in January.

On the other end of the spectrum was the Cleveland-Elyria, Ohio, area, which had the highest unemployment rate in January among the large metro areas, at 5.2 percent, according to the BLS.

The bureau considers about 50 metro areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more.

Five metro areas with the lowest unemployment rate in January:

1. Nashville, Tenn. — 2.7 percent

2. San Jose, Calif. — 2.7 percent

3. San Francisco — 2.8 percent

4. Minneapolis — 2.8 percent

5. Denver — 2.9 percent

Five metro areas with the highest unemployment in January:

1. Cleveland — 5.2 percent

2. Las Vegas — 4.9 percent

3. Buffalo, N.Y. — 4.8 percent

4. Rochester, N.Y. — 4.5 percent

5. New Orleans — 4.5 percent

 

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