Charlotte, NC’s unemployment rate improved from a year ago by 1.2% but still remained at 11.1%. This is an improvement but still above the national average of 9.6% as of June 2010.
Unemployment rates were lower in June than a year earlier in 185 of
the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 168 areas, and unchanged in 19
areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twelve
areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 6 areas
registered rates below 5.0 percent. The national unemployment rate in
June was 9.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted, compared with 9.7 per-
cent a year earlier.
Unemployment Rates, by Metro Area
| Metro Area | June 2009 Jobless Rate | June 2010 Jobless Rate | Year-to-year change |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 10.2% | 10.3% | 0.1 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 7.4% | 7.4% | 0 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 7.8% | 7.9% | 0.1 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 10.3% | 10.0% | -0.3 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 8.2% | 8.2% | 0 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 8.5% | 7.7% | -0.8 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC | 12.3% | 11.1% | -1.2 |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI | 10.8% | 10.6% | -0.2 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 9.8% | 10.0% | 0.2 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 9.8% | 9.3% | -0.5 |
| Columbus, OH | 8.8% | 9.2% | 0.4 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 8.5% | 8.5% | 0 |
| Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO | 8.7% | 8.4% | -0.3 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 16.3% | 14.3% | -2 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 8.6% | 9.1% | 0.5 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 8.2% | 8.8% | 0.6 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 8.9% | 9.3% | 0.4 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 10.4% | 11.2% | 0.8 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 8.9% | 8.5% | -0.4 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 12.4% | 14.5% | 2.1 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 11.1% | 11.6% | 0.5 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 10.5% | 9.8% | -0.7 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 10.5% | 10.4% | -0.1 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 10.8% | 11.7% | 0.9 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 9.6% | 8.7% | -0.9 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 8.5% | 6.8% | -1.7 |
| Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 10.1% | 9.0% | -1.1 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 7.8% | 8.2% | 0.4 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 9.0% | 8.8% | -0.2 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 6.4% | 6.7% | 0.3 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 10.6% | 11.4% | 0.8 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 8.6% | 9.5% | 0.9 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ | 9.0% | 9.0% | 0 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 7.5% | 8.5% | 1 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 11.2% | 10.2% | -1 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 11.2% | 11.5% | 0.3 |
| Richmond, VA | 8.0% | 7.9% | -0.1 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 13.6% | 14.4% | 0.8 |
| Rochester, NY | 8.2% | 7.5% | -0.7 |
| Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA | 11.4% | 12.4% | 1 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 7.3% | 7.7% | 0.4 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 10.0% | 10.5% | 0.5 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 10.2% | 10.5% | 0.3 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 11.7% | 11.4% | -0.3 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 9.3% | 8.6% | -0.7 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL 1 | 10.4% | 9.9% | -0.5 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 11.1% | 12.0% | 0.9 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 7.2% | 7.6% | 0.4 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 6.4% | 6.4% | 0 |
Source: Labor Department
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