Table 8
Many Central Cities (and Most Are Small or Mid-Sized)
Show Unacceptably High Unemployment Rates
Relative to the Nation as a Whole
List of High Unemployment Central Cities, 1998
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Population |
Average Unemployment Rate* |
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City |
State |
1996 |
1992 |
1998 |
1 |
Anniston |
AL |
25,774 |
17.4% |
8.7% |
2 |
Florence |
AL |
38,999 |
9.7% |
8.3% |
3 |
Yuma |
AZ |
60,519 |
19.0% |
18.8% |
4 |
Pine Bluff |
AR |
54,165 |
12.8% |
8.7% |
5 |
Bakersfield |
CA |
205,508 |
11.6% |
8.9% |
6 |
Chico |
CA |
45,965 |
11.3% |
8.0% |
7 |
Fresno |
CA |
396,011 |
14.1% |
12.5% |
8 |
Hemet |
CA |
51,350 |
15.9% |
9.3% |
9 |
Lodi |
CA |
54,585 |
10.4% |
7.8% |
10 |
Los Angeles |
CA |
3,553,638 |
11.1% |
7.3% |
11 |
Madera |
CA |
35,648 |
23.6% |
18.3% |
12 |
Merced |
CA |
58,099 |
16.4% |
15.2% |
13 |
Modesto |
CA |
178,559 |
14.8% |
10.8% |
14 |
Porterville |
CA |
34,518 |
19.7% |
18.5% |
15 |
Redding |
CA |
76,616 |
13.1% |
8.9% |
16 |
Salinas |
CA |
111,757 |
16.0% |
14.0% |
17 |
San Bernardino |
CA |
183,474 |
13.4% |
8.0% |
18 |
Stockton |
CA |
232,660 |
16.3% |
12.4% |
19 |
Tulare |
CA |
39,927 |
14.3% |
13.4% |
20 |
Turlock |
CA |
48,994 |
14.6% |
10.6% |
21 |
Visalia |
CA |
87,787 |
10.9% |
10.2% |
22 |
Watsonville |
CA |
32,752 |
19.6% |
14.6% |
23 |
Yuba City |
CA |
32,433 |
21.7% |
17.7% |
24 |
Pueblo |
CO |
99,406 |
9.7% |
6.8% |
25 |
Hartford |
CT |
133,086 |
12.6% |
7.5% |
26 |
Washington |
DC |
543,213 |
8.6% |
8.6% |
27 |
Fort Pierce |
FL |
36,876 |
25.1% |
17.6% |
28 |
Miami |
FL |
365,127 |
15.0% |
9.6% |
29 |
Miami Beach |
FL |
94,540 |
12.2% |
7.8% |
30 |
Panama City |
FL |
35,986 |
10.9% |
8.2% |
31 |
Port St. Lucie |
FL |
75,532 |
12.5% |
8.3% |
32 |
West Palm Beach |
FL |
79,305 |
12.9% |
7.4% |
33 |
Albany |
GA |
78,591 |
11.2% |
8.9% |
34 |
Alton |
IL |
31,562 |
9.3% |
7.0% |
35 |
Belleville |
IL |
41,608 |
13.8% |
8.5% |
36 |
Decatur |
IL |
81,369 |
11.0% |
6.8% |
37 |
East St. Louis |
IL |
38,595 |
14.0% |
9.6% |
38 |
Granite City |
IL |
31,449 |
12.6% |
6.8% |
39 |
Joliet |
IL |
86,749 |
13.2% |
7.4% |
40 |
Kankakee |
IL |
27,217 |
13.1% |
9.6% |
41 |
North Chicago |
IL |
31,665 |
10.7% |
10.3% |
42 |
East Chicago |
IN |
31,761 |
14.5% |
6.9% |
43 |
Gary |
IN |
110,975 |
17.0% |
8.2% |
44 |
Kansas City |
KS |
142,654 |
8.5% |
7.3% |
45 |
Alexandria |
LA |
46,051 |
10.1% |
6.9% |
46 |
Monroe |
LA |
54,588 |
9.3% |
7.3% |
47 |
Baltimore |
MD |
675,401 |
11.0% |
8.7% |
48 |
Lawrence |
MA |
68,807 |
14.4% |
8.5% |
49 |
New Bedford |
MA |
96,903 |
14.8% |
8.1% |
50 |
Detroit |
MI |
1,000,272 |
17.0% |
7.0% |
51 |
Flint |
MI |
134,881 |
20.0% |
9.8% |
52 |
Pontiac |
MI |
70,471 |
19.0% |
7.2% |
53 |
Saginaw |
MI |
65,014 |
14.5% |
7.9% |
54 |
St. Louis |
MO |
351,565 |
8.3% |
7.2% |
55 |
Atlantic City |
NJ |
38,361 |
17.4% |
13.7% |
56 |
Camden |
NJ |
84,844 |
24.3% |
13.5% |
57 |
Jersey City |
NJ |
229,039 |
13.7% |
9.3% |
58 |
Millville |
NJ |
26,366 |
10.6% |
8.0% |
59 |
Newark |
NJ |
268,510 |
16.6% |
9.9% |
60 |
Trenton |
NJ |
85,437 |
13.7% |
9.1% |
61 |
Vineland |
NJ |
55,906 |
11.8% |
8.9% |
62 |
Las Cruces |
NM |
74,779 |
7.4% |
8.4% |
63 |
Buffalo |
NY |
310,548 |
12.2% |
8.7% |
64 |
Newburgh |
NY |
26,248 |
13.4% |
7.5% |
65 |
New York |
NY |
7,380,906 |
11.0% |
8.0% |
66 |
Niagara Falls |
NY |
58,357 |
13.0% |
10.4% |
67 |
Rocky Mount |
NC |
52,635 |
9.0% |
7.7% |
68 |
Cleveland |
OH |
498,246 |
13.7% |
8.4% |
69 |
Dayton |
OH |
172,947 |
10.9% |
7.0% |
70 |
Lima |
OH |
42,913 |
12.8% |
7.7% |
71 |
Lorain |
OH |
69,800 |
12.9% |
7.4% |
72 |
Mansfield |
OH |
50,906 |
11.4% |
7.5% |
73 |
Warren |
OH |
48,347 |
15.1% |
8.9% |
74 |
Youngstown |
OH |
87,405 |
16.1% |
10.6% |
75 |
Erie |
PA |
105,270 |
9.7% |
7.0% |
76 |
Johnstown |
PA |
26,149 |
12.5% |
8.5% |
77 |
Wilkes-Barre |
PA |
44,407 |
9.9% |
6.9% |
78 |
Williamsport |
PA |
30,537 |
9.3% |
6.8% |
79 |
Brownsville |
TX |
132,091 |
16.8% |
14.4% |
80 |
Edinburg |
TX |
37,742 |
20.1% |
15.6% |
81 |
El Paso |
TX |
599,865 |
11.2% |
9.6% |
82 |
Galveston |
TX |
60,048 |
11.5% |
8.5% |
83 |
Harlingen |
TX |
56,893 |
10.7% |
9.1% |
84 |
Killeen |
TX |
78,022 |
11.1% |
6.9% |
85 |
Laredo |
TX |
164,899 |
10.7% |
9.2% |
86 |
Longview |
TX |
74,572 |
10.5% |
7.2% |
87 |
McAllen |
TX |
103,352 |
16.5% |
12.7% |
88 |
Mission |
TX |
37,777 |
19.3% |
15.0% |
89 |
Port Arthur |
TX |
57,701 |
13.9% |
10.8% |
90 |
Texarkana |
TX |
32,462 |
11.1% |
9.4% |
91 |
Texas City |
TX |
42,368 |
10.4% |
7.7% |
92 |
Bremerton |
WA |
41,580 |
9.4% |
7.9% |
93 |
Kennewick |
WA |
51,184 |
8.5% |
7.4% |
94 |
Yakima |
WA |
65,110 |
13.7% |
10.2% |
95 |
Parkersburg |
WV |
32,766 |
11.7% |
7.5% |
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
* NOTE: Unemployment Rate Data is not available for Central Cities of less than 25,000 population. |
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