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Bureau of Labor Statistics Data for Sep 2011 and Sep 2010(the latest 12 month period available)
Metro Areas where unemployment declined in the past 12 months: Metro Sep 2011 rate/Sep 2010 rate percentage change
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 7.1% 9.1% -2.0%
Las Vegas-Paradise 13.6% 15.6% -2.0%
Detroit-Warren-Livonia 10.8% 12.6% -1.8%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 8.4% 9.9% -1.5%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 9.6% 11.0% -1.4%
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater 10.8% 12.2% -1.4%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 10.2% 11.6% -1.4%
Jacksonville 10.0% 11.2% -1.2%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 14.6% 13.4% -1.2%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 6.3% 7.4% -1.1%
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 10.6% 11.7% 1.1%
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale 9.1% 8.1% -1.0%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 9.2% 10.2% -1.0%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington 6.0% 6.9% -0.9%
St Louis 8.7% 9.6% -0.9%
Tulsa 6.4% 7.9% -0.9%
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield 7.8% 8.6% -0.8%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 11.9% 12.7% -0.8%
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner 6.9% 7.7% -0.8%
Sacramento-Arden Arcade-Roseville 11.5% 12.3% -0.8%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 9.7% 10.5% -0.8%
Kansas City 8.2% 8.9% -0.7%
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 7.3% 7.9% -0.6%
Oklahoma City 5.5% 6.1% -0.6%
Rochester 7.1% 7.7% -0.6%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 8.5% 9.1% -0.6%
Cincinatti-Middletown 8.7% 9.2% -0.5%
Indianapolis-Carmel 8.1% 8.6% -0.5%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford 8.4% 8.8% -0.4%
Pittsburgh 6.8% 7.2% -0.4%
Columbus 7.8% 8.1% -0.3%
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 8.3% 8.6% -0.3%
Salt Lake City 6.7% 7.0% -0.3%
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis 7.6% 7.8% -0.2%
Metro Areas that had no change in unemployment in the past 12 months
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marrieta 10.3% 10.3% No change
Baltimore-Towson 7.6% 7.6% No change
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 10.7% 10.7% no change
Metro Areas where unemployment rates increased in the past 12 months
Dallas-Ft Worth-Arlington 8.3% 8.1% +0.2%
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 7.1% 7.3% +0.2%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 6.2% 6.0% +0.2%
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 8.6% 8.3% +0.3%
Nashville Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin 8.5% 8.2% +0.3%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 7.4% 7.0% +0.4%
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 9.8% 9.3% +0.5%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 9.1% 8.6% +0.5%
Raleigh-Durham 8.4% 7.9% +0.5%
San Antonio-New Braunfels 7.9% 7.3% +0.6%
Memphis 10.5% 9.7% +0.7%
I have seen so many contradictory stories and reports on unemployment that I don't know what to believe anymore. For Raleigh, I hear that the rate is getting lower but this shows it getting higher. Just last week, I saw two different reports on the same day that showed a pecentage point variance of .7 for Raleigh. Alas, neither of these reported rates match what is posted here.
For Miami, I hear it's getting higher (or staying high) yet this shows it getting lower.
Am curious, does this factor in those who stopped looking or are some of these movements true, if so some good movers
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