The Denver metropolitan area posted the lowest unemployment rate among all large, US metropolitan areas at 2.5% in June, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today.

The highest jobless rate among large metropolitan areas in May was posted by the Cleveland-Elyria area in Ohio, at 6.4%.

The lowest unemployment rates among metropolitan areas of all sizes was in Fort Collins, Colo., at 2.1%, followed closely by Boulder, Colo.; Elkhart-Goshen, Ind.; Fargo, N.D.-Minn.; and Idaho Falls, Idaho, all at 2.3% each. El Centro, Calif., had the highest unemployment rate at 20.8%, followed by Yuma, Ariz., at 20.5%.