This CNN-CareerBuilder listing uses statistics provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
1. Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Unemployment rate: 2.4 percent
Last year: 2.3 percent
Job growth: 2.1 percent
2. Rapid City, South Dakota
Unemployment rate: 2.5 percent
Last year: 2.6 percent
Job growth: 1 percent
3. Idaho Falls, Idaho
Unemployment rate: 2.5 percent
Last year: 1.6 percent
Job growth: N/A
4. Bismarck, North Dakota
Unemployment rate: 2.6 percent
Last year: 2.5 percent
Job growth: 2.2 percent
5. Houma, Louisiana
Unemployment rate: 2.7 percent
Last year: 2.9 percent
Job growth: 1.1 percent
6. Morgantown, West Virginia
Unemployment rate: 2.8 percent
Last year: 3.4 percent
Job growth: 1.8 percent
7. Logan, Utah
Unemployment rate: 2.8 percent
Last year: 2.3 percent
Job growth: N/A
8. Fargo, North Dakota
Unemployment rate: 2.9 percent
Last year: 2.6 percent
Job growth: 1.6 percent
9. Casper, Wyoming
Unemployment rate: 2.9 percent
Last year: 2.7 percent
Job growth: N/A
10. Billings, Montana
Unemployment rate: 3.0 percent
Last year: 2.3 percent
Job growth: 2.9 percent
11. Ames, Iowa
Unemployment rate: 3.1 percent
Last year: 2.8 percent
Job growth: N/A
12. Lafayette, Louisiana
Unemployment rate: 3.1 percent
Last year: 3.1 percent
Job growth: 2.8 percent
13. Midland, Texas
Unemployment rate: 3.1 percent
Last year: 3.2 percent
Job growth: 2.4 percent
14. Iowa City, Iowa
Unemployment rate: 3.2 percent
Last year: 2.8 percent
Job growth: 0.7 percent
15. Lincoln, Nebraska
Unemployment rate: 3.3 percent
Last year: 3.2 percent
Job growth: 1.4 percent
16. Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Unemployment rate: 3.3 percent
Last year: 3.1 percent
Job growth: 2.8 percent
17. Great Falls, Montana
Unemployment rate: 3.4 percent
Last year: 2.7 percent
Job growth: N/A
18. Charlestown, West Virginia
Unemployment rate: 3.4 percent
Last year: 4.1 percent
Job growth: 1 percent
19. Des Moines, Iowa
Unemployment rate: 3.5 percent
Last year: 3.1 percent
Job growth: 1.2 percent
20. Missoula, Montana
Unemployment rate: 3.5 percent
Last year: 2.6 percent
Job growth: -0.3 percent
21. Salt Lake City, Utah
Unemployment rate: 3.5 percent
Last year: 2.7 percent
Job growth: 2.2 percent
22. Provo, Utah
Unemployment rate: 3.6 percent
Last year: 2.8 percent
Job growth: 1.2 percent
23. Odessa, Texas
Unemployment rate: 3.7 percent
Last year: 3.8 percent
Job growth: 4.4 percent
24. Pocatello, Idaho
Unemployment rate: 3.7 percent
Last year: 2.4 percent
Job growth: N/A
25. Sioux City, Iowa
Unemployment rate: 3.7 percent
Last year: 3.6 percent
Job growth: -1.9 percent
*Preliminary unemployment rate for July 2008, according to the BLS.
** Unemployment rate for July 2007, according to the BLS.
*** Job growth based on numbers from April 2008.
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