Be Glad You Don't Live in These 10 U.S. Cities With the Highest Unemployment

(TheBlaze/AP) -- Unemployment rates declined last month in more than half of the 372 largest U.S. cities, however, some cities are still struggling to shake shockingly high unemployment rates. For example, Yuma, Ariz. currently has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 29.8 percent. Yuma has a population of roughly 95,000 people.

The Labor Department says rates fell in 201 metro areas. They rose in 116 and were unchanged in 55. The number of cities with unemployment below 7 percent rose to 180 last month, up from 107 a year ago.

If you want to know how well far-left, progressive policies work, consider this: Eight of the ten cities with the highest unemployment rates are located in California, a leftist "utopia."

Here are the 10 cities with the highest unemployment as of Oct. 2012:

1. Yuma, Ariz. 29.8
2. El Centro, Calif. 28.1
3. Yuba City, Calif. 15.3
4. Merced, Calif. 14.7
5. Visalia-Porterville, Calif. 14.4
6. Modesto, Calif. 13.9
7. Fresno, Calif. 13.9
8. Hanford-Corcoran, Calif. 13.9
9. Stockton, Calif. 13.6
10. Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, N.J. 13.3

Lowest unemployment rates as of Oct. 2012:

1. Bismarck, N.D. 2.2
2. Fargo, N.D. 2.8
3. Grand Forks, N.D. 3.1
4. Lincoln, Neb. 3.2
5. Midland, Texas 3.3
6. Iowa City, Iowa 3.4
7. Ames, Iowa 3.4
8. Sioux Falls, S.D. 3.7
9. Burlington-South Burlington, Vt. 3.8
10. Logan, Utah 3.8