BLS: Unemployment Rates Higher in 217 Metro Areas From June 2024 to June 2025
August 14, 2025
August 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Aug. 13, 2025, from Economics Daily:
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Unemployment rates higher in 217 metro areas from June 2024 to June 2025
Unemployment rates were higher in June 2025 than a year earlier in 217 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 147 areas, and unchanged in 23 areas. A total of 27 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 9 areas . . .
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Unemployment rates higher in 217 metro areas from June 2024 to June 2025
Unemployment rates were higher in June 2025 than a year earlier in 217 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 147 areas, and unchanged in 23 areas. A total of 27 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 9 areas . . .