US Unemployment - Ames, Iowa Has Lowest Rate at 1.5% Percent - Bureau of Labor Statistics

In April 2018, Ames, Iowa, had the lowest unemployment rate, 1.5 percent. Yuma, Arizona, had the highest unemployment rate, 15.7 percent. Eighty-eight areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and three areas had rates of at least 10.0 percent.

A total of 204 metropolitan areas had April jobless rates below the U.S. rate of 3.7 percent, 167 areas had rates above it, and 17 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. In addition to Ames, Iowa, other areas with low unemployment rates include Iowa City, Iowa; Madison, Wisconsin; and Urban Honolulu, Hawaii, (1.9 percent each). After Yuma, Arizona, El Centro, California (14.4 percent), Ocean City, New Jersey (10.1 percent), and Visalia-Porterville, California (9.2 percent), had the highest unemployment rates in April.

ABC Note: U.S. job openings reached a https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20180605">record high of 6.7 million, and – for the first time – the number of job openings exceeds the number of job seekers.

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