Unemployment rates in Southern US states, cities

Unemployment rates rose in nearly 90 percent of large U.S. cities in June, mostly because of seasonal trends. Many young people launch job searches in the summer post-graduation, and that can push up unemployment rates. The metro data isn't seasonally adjusted for such trends.

Here are unemployment rates for states and cities in the South:

Metro Area Unemployment Rates, South

Unemployment rates by state and city

Figures in percentages

June 2012

May 2012

June 2011

Alabama

8.9

7.5

9.8

Anniston-Oxford

9.2

7.9

10

Auburn-Opelika

8.2

6.6

8.4

Birmingham-Hoover

7.9

6.8

9.1

Decatur

8.6

7.5

9.4

Dothan

8.3

7

9.2

Florence-Muscle Shoals

8.6

6.9

9.4

Gadsden

8.7

7.3

10

Huntsville

7.6

6.5

8.3

Mobile

10

8.6

11

Montgomery

8.9

7.6

9.8

Tuscaloosa

9.1

7.3

9.8

Arkansas

7.3

7.3

8.5

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers

5.6

5.7

6.7

Fort Smith

7.7

7.7

8.8

Hot Springs

7.6

7.8

8.6

Jonesboro

7

7

8.2

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway

6.6

6.7

7.5

Pine Bluff

9.2

9.2

10.9

Delaware

6.9

6.3

7.7

Dover

7.4

6.5

7.8

Washington, D.C.

9.1

9

11.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria-Md.

5.7

5.3

6.2

Florida

9

8.5

10.9

Cape Coral-Fort Myers

9.3

8.8

11.7

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin

6.1

5.9

7.4

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach

9.1

8.7

11.1

Gainesville

7.3

6.8

8.3

Jacksonville

8.5

8

10.5

Lakeland-Winter Haven

10

9.2

11.9

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach

9.2

8.7

11.2

Naples-Marco Island

8.8

7.8

11

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota

8.8

8.4

11

Ocala

10.2

9.8

12.6

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford

8.7

8.3

10.7

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville

9.4

9

11.1

Palm Coast

12.3

11.7

14.4

Panama City-Lynn Haven

8.1

7.8

9.6

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent

8.6

8.1

10.1

Port St Lucie

10.9

10

12.7

Punta Gorda

9

8.7

11

Sebastian-Vero Beach

11.3

10.4

13.4

Tallahassee

7.7

7.2

8.8

Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater

9

8.6

11.2

Georgia

9.6

8.8

10.3

Albany

10.3

9.6

10.9

Athens-Clarke County

7.5

6.5

8

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta

9.3

8.6

10.2

Augusta-Richmond County

9.9

9

9.9

Brunswick

10.5

9.7

10.9

Columbus

9.8

8.7

10

Dalton

12.3

11.4

12.6

Gainesville

7.5

6.9

8.6

Hinesville-Fort Stewart

9.6

8.8

9.8

Macon

10.1

9.4

10.6

Rome

10.6

10.2

11.2

Savannah

9.1

8.4

9.6

Valdosta

9.3

8.4

10

Warner Robins

8.1

7.4

8.2

Kentucky

8.4

8.1

9.9

Bowling Green

7.4

7

8.6

Elizabethtown

7.9

7.6

8.7

Lexington-Fayette

6.8

6.5

8.1

Louisville-Jefferson County

8.3

8.1

9.9

Owensboro

7.1

6.6

8.4

Louisiana

8.6

7.1

8.2

Alexandria

8.7

7.1

8.1

Baton Rouge

8.7

7.1

8.4

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux

6.2

5.1

6

Lafayette

6.2

5.1

6.5

Lake Charles

8.1

6.9

7.3

Monroe

9.6

7.7

8.6

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner

8.7

7.1

8

Shreveport-Bossier City

8.4

7

7.4

Maryland

7.2

6.6

7.5

Baltimore-Towson

7.8

7.1

7.9

Cumberland

8.2

7.6

8.9

Hagerstown-Martinsburg

8.1

8

9.3

Salisbury

9

8.4

9.5

Mississippi

9.8

8.9

11.6

Gulfport-Biloxi

8.9

8.2

10.3

Hattiesburg

8.8

7.7

10.6

Jackson

7.9

7.2

9.1

Pascagoula

10

9.3

12.2

North Carolina

9.9

9.5

10.9

Asheville

7.9

7.6

8.7

Burlington

10

9.9

11.3

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill

10

9.6

11.4

Durham-Chapel Hill

7.9

7.4

8.5

Fayetteville

10.3

9.8

10.6

Goldsboro

9

8.6

9.8

Greensboro-High Point

10.3

9.8

11.4

Greenville

10.6

9.8

11.6

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton

11.2

10.9

13

Jacksonville

9.2

8.6

9.6

Raleigh-Cary

8

7.8

9

Rocky Mount

13.2

12.5

14.7

Wilmington

10

9.7

10.8

Winston-Salem

9.3

8.9

10.4

Oklahoma

5.3

4.9

6.4

Lawton

6.8

6.2

7

Oklahoma City

5

4.5

6

Tulsa

5.7

5.3

7.1

South Carolina

10

9.3

10.8

Anderson

9.8

9.2

10.9

Charleston-Summerville

8.5

7.9

9.2

Columbia

9.1

8.4

9.8

Florence

10.9

10

12.3

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley

8.6

7.9

9.3

Myrtle Beach-Conway

10.1

9.9

10.7

Spartanburg

10.4

9.4

11.4

Sumter

11.4

10.7

12.3

Tennessee

8.7

7.8

9.8

Chattanooga

8.2

7.4

9

Clarksville

9.2

8.4

10.5

Cleveland

9

8.1

10.1

Jackson

9.2

8.2

10.5

Johnson City

8

7.2

9.1

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol

7.9

7

8.6

Knoxville

7

6.3

7.9

Memphis

9.6

8.8

10.6

Morristown

10.4

9.6

11.8

Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro

7.3

6.7

8.5

Texas

7.6

6.9

8.6

Abilene

6.3

5.7

7.1

Amarillo

5.5

4.8

6.1

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos

6.4

5.8

7.3

Beaumont-Port Arthur

11.4

10.2

11.6

Brownsville-Harlingen

11.4

10.5

12.5

College Station-Bryan

6.8

5.8

7.6

Corpus Christi

7

6.4

8.5

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

7.4

6.8

8.4

El Paso

10.1

9.3

11.2

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown

7.5

6.9

8.8

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood

8.5

7.6

8.8

Laredo

7.9

7

9.1

Longview

6.6

5.9

7.5

Lubbock

6.5

5.4

7.3

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission

12

10.7

13

Midland

4.3

3.8

4.9

Odessa

4.9

4.3

6.5

San Angelo

6

5.4

7

San Antonio-New Braunfels

7.3

6.5

8.1

Sherman-Denison

7.9

7.3

9

Texarkana

6.8

6.6

8

Tyler

7.5

6.8

8.1

Victoria

6.4

5.8

7.5

Waco

7.4

6.5

8.1

Wichita Falls

7.2

6.3

7.9

Virginia

6

5.5

6.5

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford

7

6.2

7.5

Charlottesville

5.3

4.6

5.7

Danville

8.7

8

10

Harrisonburg

6.3

5.9

6.7

Lynchburg

7.1

6.3

7.6

Richmond

6.6

6.1

7.1

Roanoke

6.4

5.8

6.9

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News

6.7

6.3

7.1

Winchester

6

5.7

6.6

West Virginia

7.3

7.3

8.2

Charleston

6.9

7

7.4

Huntington-Ashland

7.5

7.1

8.7

Morgantown

5.4

5.3

6.4

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna

7.1

7.1

8.7

Wheeling

7.1

7

8.8