The Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tenn., metro area and the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif., metro area had an unemployment rate of 2.7 percent in January.
On the other end of the spectrum was the Cleveland-Elyria, Ohio, area, which had the highest unemployment rate in January among the large metro areas, at 5.2 percent, according to the BLS.
The bureau considers about 50 metro areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more.
Five metro areas with the lowest unemployment rate in January:
1. Nashville, Tenn. — 2.7 percent
2. San Jose, Calif. — 2.7 percent
3. San Francisco — 2.8 percent
4. Minneapolis — 2.8 percent
5. Denver — 2.9 percent
Five metro areas with the highest unemployment in January:
1. Cleveland — 5.2 percent
2. Las Vegas — 4.9 percent
3. Buffalo, N.Y. — 4.8 percent
4. Rochester, N.Y. — 4.5 percent
5. New Orleans — 4.5 percent
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