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25 Largest Rust Belt and Sun Belt Metropolitan Areas with Central City and Metropolitan Land Areas and 2006 Unemployment Rates
Metropolitan Area (Rust Belt)
Metropolitan Land Area (sq.mi.)
Central City Land Area (sq.mi.)
2006 Central City Unemployment (%)
November 2006 Metropolitan Area Unemployment (%)
City Land  Area over Metro Land Area (proportion)
City Unemployment over Metropolitan Unemployment
Rochester, NY 4870.1 35.8 10.2% 3.9 0.01 0.03
Duluth, MN 9215.1 68.0 7.5% 4.6 0.01 0.02
Syracuse, NY 2779.4 25.0 9.3% 4.0 0.01 0.02
Holland, MI 1632.0 16.6 5.0% 5.0 0.01 0.01
Erie, PA 1558.4 22.0 8.1% 4.8 0.01 0.02
Kalamazoo, MI 1670.4 24.7 12.5% 5.1 0.01 0.02
Green Bay, WI 2849.0 43.9 5.0% 4.2 0.02 0.01
Grand Rapids, MI 2890.7 44.6 6.3% 5.5 0.02 0.01
Buffalo, NY 2366.7 40.6 12.5% 4.3 0.02 0.03
Cleveland, OH 3978.9 77.6 11.2% 5.1 0.02 0.02
Racine, WI 791.9 15.5 7.0% 5.1 0.02 0.01
Appleton, WI 1041.4 20.9 3.4% 4.0 0.02 0.01
Lansing, MI 1714.5 35.0 6.4% 5.2 0.02 0.01
Saginaw, MI 815.8 17.4 13.1% 6.5 0.02 0.02
Chicago, IL 9579.2 227.2 10.1% 3.8 0.02 0.03
Milwaukee, WI 3322.3 96.0 9.4% 4.5 0.03 0.02
Detroit, MI 4235.1 138.8 13.8% 7.2 0.03 0.02
Toledo, OH 2208.9 80.6 7.7% 5.7 0.04 0.01
Dallas, TX 9,284.2 343 6.7% 4.3 0.04 0.02
Ann Arbor, MI 722.5 27.0 4.2% 4.2 0.04 0.01
South Bend, IN 969.4 38.7 8.3% 4.8 0.04 0.02
Elkhart, IN 467.9 21.4 6.0% 5.2 0.05 0.01
Flint, MI 649.3 33.6 12.9% 7.6 0.05 0.02
Fort Wayne, IN 1368.4 79.0 6.2% 4.4 0.06 0.01
Akron, OH 927.2 62.1 7.4% 5.0 0.07 0.01
Metropolitan Area (Sun Belt)
Metropolitan Land Area (sq.mi.)
Central City Land Area (sq.mi.)
2006 Central City Unemployment (%)
November 2006 Metropolitan Area Unemployment (%)
City Land  Area over Metro Land Area (proportion)
City Unemployment over Metropolitan Unemployment
Riverside, CA 27,408.5 78 0.079 4.9 0.00 0.02
Miami, FL 6,137.2 36 0.117 3.3 0.01 0.04
Oxnard, CA 2,208.2 25 0.075 4.5 0.01 0.02
Atlanta, GA 8,480.3 132 0.140 4.2 0.02 0.03
Las Vegas, NV 8,090.7 131 0.070 4.1 0.02 0.02
Albuerquerque, NM 9,297.0 181 0.058 3.5 0.02 0.02
Tucson, AZ 9,188.8 195 0.059 3.8 0.02 0.02
Orlando, FL 4,011.8 94 0.050 3.1 0.02 0.02
Birmingham, AL 5,369.8 150 0.108 3 0.03 0.04
Tulsa, OK 6,460.2 183 0.054 3.5 0.03 0.02
Tampa, FL 3,330.9 112 0.086 3.3 0.03 0.03
Phoenix, AZ 14,598.4 515 0.056 3.3 0.04 0.02
Raleigh, NC 2,147.6 115 0.053 3.8 0.05 0.01
San Antonio, TX 7,384.7 408 0.062 4.2 0.06 0.01
Houston, TX 10,061.9 579 0.076 4.3 0.06 0.02
Austin, TX 4,279.9 252 0.044 3.6 0.06 0.01
Memphis, TN 4,699.6 302 0.086 5.5 0.06 0.02
New Orleans, LA 7,097.0 468 0.095 4.2 0.07 0.02
San Diego, CA 4,525.5 324 0.061 4 0.07 0.02
Los Angeles, CA 5,700.3 469 0.093 4 0.08 0.02
Nashville, TN 5,762.7 502 0.053 4 0.09 0.01
Charlotte, NC 3,147.2 280 0.055 4.8 0.09 0.01
Oklahoma City, OK 5,581.8 607 0.053 3.6 0.11 0.01
Jacksonville, FL 3,698.1 767 0.051 3.2 0.21 0.02

 

Sources: 
1.) www.city-data.com
2.) Bureau of Labor Statistics: "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment: December 2007". Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area.
3.) State and Metropolitan Area Data Book: 2006. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Area Data Tables. Accessed at www.census.gov, March 3, 2008.
4.) US Census Bureau. Ranking Tables for Population of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, Combined Statistical Areas, New England City 
and Town Areas, and Combined New England City and Town Areas:
 1990 and 2000 (Areas defined by the Office of Management and Budget as of June 6, 2003.) (PHC-T-29). Table 3b. Accessed at www.census.gov, March 3, 2008.