In 2022, El Centro in California had the highest unemployment rate of any metro area at 14.7 percent unemployment. Yuma metro area in Arizona had the second highest unemployment rate. Nine of top 20 areas by unemployment rate were in California.
Leading metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment rate in the United States in 2022
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (April 21, 2023). Leading metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment rate in the United States in 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/432965/top-20-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-unemployment-rate-in-the-us/
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Leading metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment rate in the United States in 2022 [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/432965/top-20-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-unemployment-rate-in-the-us/
