Unemployment Rates Plunge Across the Nation (metropolitan, metro, 2014)

[18Montclair]

This is incredible.

Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas

[animatedmartian]

The y-o-y numbers look pretty great. Only 4 metros with no change or increased rates though not more than 1%.

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas

[Jack Lance]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

This is incredible.

Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas

Fantastic, but I do wonder why they use the 2000 census figures. Its been almost 4 years since the 2010 census and I would think a couple more metros would have been included if they had used those figures...

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by animatedmartian

The y-o-y numbers look pretty great. Only 4 metros with no change or increased rates though not more than 1%.

Over-the-Year Change in Unemployment Rates for Large Metropolitan Areas

Thank you for posting this!

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by Jack Lance

Fantastic, but I do wonder why they use the 2000 census figures. Its been almost 4 years since the 2010 census and I would think a couple more metros would have been included if they had used those figures...

Agreed. They are so slow in updating.

[Ant131531]

I'd rather wait until the Jan 2014 numbers come out where it's unemployment rates aren't decreased by seasonal jobs before I get excited.

[ApartmentNomad]

The unemployment rate needs to be looked at in a larger context, including the labor participation rate:

What Caused the Crash In the Labor Participation Rate? Washington's Blog

[elnina]

The U-6 rate looks a bit different - 13.1%

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Dyadic]

Originally Posted by elnina

The U-6 rate looks a bit different - 13.1%

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

Historically U-6 rates have always been higher.

[elnina]

^^^ But that seems to be the real unemployment number.