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%