Tables

Economic Benchmarks

8. UNEMPLOYMENT, 50 LARGEST CITIES, 1996 ANNUAL AVERAGE.

1

Mesa city, AZ

187,991

182,167

5,824

3.1

2

Charlotte city, NC

263,472

254,915

8,557

3.2

3

Nashville-Davidson (remainder), TN

292,625

283,247

9,378

3.2

4

Austin city, TX

351,427

339,462

11,965

3.4

5

Columbus city, OH

377,750

364,997

12,753

3.4

6

Omaha city, NE

198,866

192,131

6,735

3.4

7

Tulsa city, OK

204,895

197,851

7,044

3.4

8

Indianapolis city (remainder), IN

416,005

400,623

15,382

3.7

9

Oklahoma City city, OK

239,584

230,680

8,904

3.7

10

Jacksonville city (remainder), FL

345,540

332,307

13,233

3.8

11

Minneapolis city, MN

206,126

197,972

8,154

4.0

12

Phoenix city, AZ

673,542

636,442

27,100

4.0

13

Tucson city, AZ

237,695

227,882

9,813

4.1

14

Virginia Beach city, VA

206,969

198,521

8,448

4.1

15

San Jose city, CA

456,231

436,870

19,361

4.2

16

Boston city, MA

288,267

275,388

12,879

4.5

17

Colorado Springs city, CO

177,376

169,107

8,269

4.7

18

San Francisco city, CA

403,001

384,055

18,946

4.7

19

Denver city, CO

274,032

260,526

13,506

4.9

20

Kansas City city, MO

255,994

243,353

12,641

4.9

21

San Antonio city, TX

508,864

484,106

24,758

4.9

22

Fort Worth city, TX

256,037

242,864

13,173

5.1

23

Milwaukee city, WI

301,926

286,448

15,478

5.1

24

Albuquerque city, NM

231,711

219,712

11,999

5.2

25

Dallas city, TX

633,314

600,378

32,936

5.2

26

Honolulu CDP, HI

427,341

404,739

22,602

5.3

27

Memphis city, TN

311,696

295,304

16,392

5.3

28

Pittsburgh city, PA

163,737

155,080

8,657

5.3

29

San Diego city, CA

567,123

536,491

30,632

5.4

30

Portland city, OR

274,517

259,525

14,992

5.5

31

Seattle city, WA

333,880

314,713

19,167

5.7

32

Cincinnati city, OH

175,253

165,033

10,220

5.8

33

Houston city, TX

979,340

916,238

63,102

6.4

34

Atlanta city, GA

211,613

197,531

14,082

6.7

35

Chicago city, IL

1,290,992

1,204,185

86,807

6.7

36

Philadelphia city, PA

652,145

606,938

45,207

6.9

37

Sacramento city, CA

185,076

171,419

13,657

7.4

38

St. Louis city, MO

172,178

159,307

12,871

7.5

39

Long Beach city, CA

205,775

190,027

15,748

7.7

40

New Orleans city, LA

204,989

188,917

16,072

7.8

41

Oakland city, CA

180,399

166,301

14,098

7.8

42

Baltimore city, MD

321,230

295,387

25,843

8.0

43

Washington city, DC

272,167

248,963

23,204

8.5

44

New York city, NY

3,293,327

3,004,195

289,132

8.8

45

Detroit city, MI

379,902

345,324

34,578

9.1

46

Los Angeles city, CA

1,775,638

1,610,392

165,246

9.3

47

Cleveland city, OH

206,611

186,358

20,253

9.8

48

Miami city, FL

179,182

160,410

18,772

10.5

49

El Paso city, TX

260,594

231,609

28,985

11.1

50

Fresno city, CA

191,099

168,838

22,261

11.6

Median

5.25

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment.

September 1998

University of Pittsburgh