Unemployment rates in May in Western US cities

By The Associated Press
Unemployment rates rose in more than two-thirds of U.S. cities last month, evidence that the slowdown in hiring last month was felt nationwide.
Here are unemployment rates in states and cities in the West:

Metro Unemployment, West

Unemployment rates by state and city

Figures in percentages

May 2012
April 2012
May 2011

Alaska
7.1
7.2
7.3

Anchorage
6.2
6.3
6.6

Fairbanks
6.3
6.5
6.3

Arizona
8.2
7.5
9.1

Flagstaff
7.7
7.3
8.5

Lake Havasu City-Kingman
9.5
8.8
10.5

Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale
7.2
6.6
8.2

Prescott
8.5
7.9
9.5

Tucson
7.2
6.6
8

Yuma
28.9
26
29.5

California
10.4
10.5
11.4

Bakersfield-Delano
13.6
14.5
14.6

Chico
12.2
12.5
13.1

El Centro
26.8
28.1
29

Fresno
14.9
15.8
16

Hanford-Corcoran
14.8
15.6
15.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
10.2
10.1
11.1

Madera-Chowchilla
14.3
15.5
15

Merced
17.3
18.5
18

Modesto
15.6
16.3
16.8

Napa
7.5
8.3
8.4

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
8.6
8.7
9.5

Redding
12.7
13.4
14.6

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
11.8
11.7
13.1

Sacramento-Arden-Arcade
10.4
10.5
11.6

Salinas
9.9
11.5
10.7

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
8.8
8.8
9.8

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
8.2
8.1
9.3

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
8.4
8.4
9.8

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
7.8
7.9
8.8

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
7.4
7.7
8.1

Santa Cruz-Watsonville
10.4
11.9
11.4

Santa Rosa-Petaluma
8.3
8.7
9.4

Stockton
14.5
15.3
16

Vallejo-Fairfield
10.1
10.2
11.3

Visalia-Porterville
14.7
16.1
15.3

Yuba City
17.9
18.7
18.8

Colorado
8.2
8
8.3

Boulder
6.2
5.9
6

Colorado Springs
9.3
9.2
9.1

Denver-Aurora-Broomfield
8.1
7.9
8.3

Fort Collins-Loveland
6.4
6.3
6.6

Grand Junction
9
9.1
9.6

Greeley
8.8
8.8
9.1

Pueblo
10.5
10.4
10

Hawaii
6.3
6
6.5

Honolulu
5.6
5.3
5.5

Idaho
7.4
7.8
8.1

Boise City-Nampa
7.4
7.5
8.2

Coeur d'Alene
8.5
9.3
9.7

Idaho Falls
6.3
6.6
6.3

Lewiston
6.4
7.1
6.9

Pocatello
7.1
7.4
7.2

Montana
6.1
6.3
6.4

Billings
4.6
4.5
4.7

Great Falls
5.6
5.5
5.6

Missoula
6
6.2
6

Nevada
11.6
11.5
13.3

Carson City
11.7
11.8
12.6

Las Vegas-Paradise
11.8
11.6
13.6

Reno-Sparks
11.5
11.4
12.9

New Mexico
6.4
6.2
7.2

Albuquerque
6.8
6.5
7.6

Farmington
6.4
6.2
7.5

Las Cruces
6.7
6.6
7.4

Santa Fe
4.9
4.7
5.8

Oregon
8.2
8.5
9.1

Bend
10.3
11.2
11.8

Corvallis
5.7
5.7
6.2

Eugene-Springfield
8.1
8.3
9

Medford
10.2
10.9
11.5

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro
7.7
8
9

Salem
8.7
9.1
9.7

Utah
5.8
6
6.8

Logan
4.3
4.5
4.9

Ogden-Clearfield
5.9
6.1
6.8

Provo-Orem
5.7
5.9
6.7

St George
7.1
7.5
8.4

Salt Lake City
5.7
5.7
6.7

Washington
8.4
7.9
9.2

Bellingham
7.9
7.1
8.1

Bremerton-Silverdale
7.8
7.2
8

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland
9
8.6
7.5

Longview
11.2
10.8
12.1

Mount Vernon-Anacortes
9.9
9.1
10

Olympia
8.1
7.5
8.3

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue
7.6
6.9
8.7

Spokane
9.1
8.7
9.1

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee
9.2
8.5
9

Yakima
10.8
10.4
10.2

Wyoming
5
5.6
5.8

Casper
4.6
4.9
5.7

Cheyenne
5.7
6.1
6.3

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