The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area in Minnesota and Wisconsin posted the lowest unemployment rates among all large, US metropolitan areas in June at 2.8%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today.

The Cleveland-Elyria area in Ohio posted highest jobless rate among large metropolitan areas in May at 6.1%.

The lowest unemployment rates among metropolitan areas of all sizes was in Ames, Iowa, at 2.0%. Yuma, Ariz., and El Centro, Calif., had the highest unemployment rates at 19.1% and 18.0%, respectively.