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California Area Posts Highest Jobless Rate

June 29, 2011

The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area in Southern California continued to post the highest unemployment among all large U.S. metropolitan areas with populations of 1 million or more, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The region’s unemployment rate stood at 13.2 percent in May, down from 13.4 percent posted in April. The Las Vegas area continued to post the second-highest, at 12.4 percent, up 30 basis points from April.

In all, 10 large metropolitan areas posted rates of 10.0 percent or more in May.

Oklahoma City registered the lowest jobless rate among all large metropolitan areas in March, at 4.9 percent, followed by the Washington, D.C., area, at 5.7 percent.

Among U.S. metropolitan areas of all sizes, Yuma, Ariz., posted the highest rate, at 27.9 percent, displacing El Centro, Calif., from the top spot with its 27.7 percent. Eight other metro areas posted rates above 15 percent in May, all in California.

Bismarck, N.D., recorded the lowest unemployment rate among metropolitan areas of all sizes, at 2.9 percent in May.