While unemployment rates have improved in most metro areas compared to a year ago, there is still significant geographic variation. The Minneapolis area had the lowest unemployment rate in November at 5.1%, while Las Vegas continued to have the highest at 12.5%. Twenty-six of the 27 metro areas reviewed saw decreases in their unemployment rates over the last year, with only Chicago seeing an increase. Las Vegas saw the greatest improvement, with its unemployment rate falling 2.4 percentage points from 14.9% to 12.5% over the year.