An arrow chart showing the change in unemployment rates from November 2024 to 2025 in U.S. metro areas with populations over 1 million. The national rate rose 0.3 percentage points, from 4.2% to 4.6%. The metro area with the largest increase was Jacksonville, Florida, which rose 1.6 percentage points from 3.5% to 5.1%. The metro area with the largest decrease was Denver, which fell 1 percentage point from 4.6% to 3.6%. Unemployment rates in the Seattle metro area rose 1.1 percentage points, from 4% to 5.1%.