Unemployment rates for US cities in the West

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(AP) – Unemployment rates fell below 7 percent in a majority of U.S. cities in November, evidence that steady job gains are benefiting most parts of the country.

The Labor Department said Tuesday that rates fell in November from October in 215 of the 372 largest metro areas. Rates were unchanged in 33 and rose in 124.

Rates dropped below 7 percent in 192 cities. That’s the first time since the recession ended that more than half of large cities had rates below that threshold.

Here are unemployment rates in November for states and cities in the West:

Metro Unemployment, West
Unemployment rates by state and city
Figures in percentages
	Nov. 2012	Oct. 2012	Nov. 2011
Alaska	6.6	5.9	7.2
Anchorage	5.5	5	6.1
Fairbanks	5.7	4.9	6.4

Arizona	7.5	8.1	8.7
Flagstaff	7.6	7.6	8.7
Lake Havasu City-Kingman	8.8	9.4	10.1
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale	6.5	6.9	7.7
Prescott	7.9	8.5	9
Tucson	6.6	7.1	7.6
Yuma	27.5	29.8	26.3

California	9.6	9.8	10.9
Bakersfield-Delano	12.4	12.2	13.3
Chico	11.1	11	12.2
El Centro	26.6	29.4	28.9
Fresno	14.4	13.8	15.8
Hanford-Corcoran	13.9	13.7	14.8
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana	9.1	9.5	10.8
Madera-Chowchilla	13.6	12.5	14.7
Merced	15.7	14.6	16.4
Modesto	14.5	13.9	15.6
Napa	7.5	6.9	8.5
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura	8.6	8.7	9.6
Redding	11.7	11.6	13.3
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario	11.3	11.7	12.4
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade	9.8	9.8	11
Salinas	9.8	8.8	10.7
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos	8.3	8.6	9.4
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont	7.5	7.7	8.7
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara	7.8	7.9	9.1
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles	7.3	7.3	8.6
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta	7.3	7.3	8.2
Santa Cruz-Watsonville	9.5	8.7	10.9
Santa Rosa-Petaluma	7.7	7.6	9.1
Stockton	14.1	13.6	15.8
Vallejo-Fairfield	9.3	9.3	10.5
Visalia-Porterville	14.5	14.4	15.4
Yuba City	15.8	15.2	16.6

Colorado	7.5	7.5	7.7
Boulder	5.7	5.8	5.7
Colorado Springs	8.8	8.8	8.6
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield	7.4	7.4	7.7
Fort Collins-Loveland	6	5.9	6.1
Grand Junction	8.4	8.3	8.4
Greeley	8.2	8.1	8.5
Pueblo	10.1	10.3	9.6

Hawaii	5.3	5.4	6.7
Honolulu	4.8	5	5.8

Idaho	6.6	6.4	8.1
Boise City-Nampa	6.4	6.5	8.3
Coeur d’Alene	7.7	7.6	9.5
Idaho Falls	5.5	5.4	6.8
Lewiston	5.7	5.9	7.2
Pocatello	6.3	6.2	7.6

Montana	5.7	5.4	6.4
Billings	4	4	4.6
Great Falls	4.9	4.9	5.5
Missoula	5.4	5.2	6.2

Nevada	10.2	10.9	12.7
Carson City	10.3	10.7	12.4
Las Vegas-Paradise	10.4	11.1	13
Reno-Sparks	9.9	10.6	12.1

New Mexico	6	6	6.6
Albuquerque	6.3	6.4	7.1
Farmington	6	6	6.6
Las Cruces	6.1	6.2	6.6
Santa Fe	4.7	4.8	5.2

Oregon	8.1	8	8.6
Bend	10.4	10.1	11.6
Corvallis	5.7	5.8	5.8
Eugene-Springfield	7.9	8	8.6
Medford	9.4	9.6	10.1
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro	7.4	7.6	8.3
Salem	8.6	8.5	9.1

Utah	4.9	5.1	5.5
Logan	3.7	3.8	3.8
Ogden-Clearfield	5.1	5.3	5.7
Provo-Orem	4.6	4.8	5.1
St George	6.2	6.3	7.1
Salt Lake City	4.8	5	5.4

Washington	7.3	7.3	8.4
Bellingham	6.5	6.3	7.4
Bremerton-Silverdale	6.5	6.4	7.2
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland	8.6	7.5	8.3
Longview	9.9	9.9	11
Mount Vernon-Anacortes	8.4	7.9	9.4
Olympia	6.9	6.7	7.5
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue	6.8	6.9	8
Spokane	7.7	7.4	8.3
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee	7.3	5.8	7.9
Yakima	9.1	7.4	9.4

Wyoming	5.1	4.4	5.5
Casper	4.5	4.1	5.2
Cheyenne	5.5	5.1	6.1