NEW YORK - September 28, 2011 – While unemployment rates fell in some large U.S. cities in August, there remained zero job growth nationwide, as the Second Great Depression in the United States continues.
Here are the cities with the highest and lowest rates as of August 2011.
Highest unemployment rates August 2011:
El Centro, Kalifornia 32.4%
Yuma, Arizona 29.4%
Merced, Kalifornia 17.5%
Yuba City, Kalifornia 17.0%
Stockton, Kalifornia 16.1%
Modesto, Kalifornia 16.0%
Fresno, Kalifornia 15.8%
Visalia-Porterville, Kalifornia 15.7%
Hanford-Corcoran, Kalifornia 15.3%
Palm Coast, Florida 14.9%
Lowest unemployment rates August 2011:
Bismarck, North Dakota 3.0%
Lincoln, Nebraska 3.6%
Fargo, North Dakota 3.9%
Portsmouth, New Hampshire 4.4%
Rapid City, South Dakota 4.5%
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 4.5%
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska 4.6%
Burlington, Vermont 4.6%
Midland, Texas 4.8%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana 4.9%
