The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent during the month of August. This represents a sizable decrease from the record-high rate of 14.7 percent notched in April during the middle of the economic shutdown, but still millions of Americans remain unemployed.

The hospitality industry has been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of last year, over 14 million people (or 9.4 percent of all workers) were employed in accommodation and food services, which includes hotels, casinos, restaurants, and bars. However, the industry accounted for almost one-third of all job losses due to the pandemic. BLS data shows that the industry has gained back over 3.7 million jobs since April, but unemployment remains high, at 20.8 percent.

The share of workers in restaurants and hospitality varies considerably on a geographic basis. Popular destinations among tourists like Nevada and Hawaii have the largest shares of workers in the sector. Over 22 percent of non-farm workers in Nevada are employed in the accommodation and food services industry, while Hawaii has over 17 percent. Nebraska and Connecticut have the lowest shares of workers in accommodation and food services, both at 7.6 percent.

To find the metropolitan areas that are most reliant on tourism, researchers at seoClarity analyzed the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The researchers ranked metro areas according to share of non-farm employment in the accommodation and food services industry. Researchers also calculated the total number of accommodation and food services workers, total (non-farm) workers across all industries, the overall unemployment rate in April, and the cost of living.

To improve relevance, only metropolitan areas with at least 100,000 people were included in the analysis. Additionally, metro areas were grouped into cohorts based on population size. In the report, small metros have between 100,000–349,999 residents; midsize metros have between 350,000–999,999 residents; large metros have at least 1,000,000 residents.

Here are the large metropolitan areas that are most reliant on tourism.

Metro	Rank	Share of employment in Accommodation and Food Services	Total Accommodation and Food Services workers	Total workers across all industries	Overall unemployment rate (April 2020)	Cost of living*
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	1	26.2%	270,600	1,034,100	34.0%	3.2% below average
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	2	14.0%	185,700	1,327,100	16.8%	1.3% below average
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	3	13.5%	78,900	583,400	19.0%	5.9% below average
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	4	11.4%	171,700	1,503,900	15.0%	16.4% above average
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	5	11.2%	121,300	1,078,700	13.3%	6.1% below average
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX	6	10.8%	120,500	1,116,000	12.2%	0.2% above average
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL	7	10.4%	283,700	2,718,100	13.4%	9.9% above average
Jacksonville, FL	8	10.2%	74,200	724,400	11.2%	4.5% below average
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	9	10.1%	155,200	1,541,800	14.7%	7.0% above average
Tucson, AZ	10	10.1%	39,500	389,600	12.8%	6.1% below average
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	11	10.0%	621,400	6,239,500	18.8%	17.1% above average
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	12	10.0%	79,700	795,300	12.1%	3.0% below average
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	13	9.9%	136,600	1,384,700	13.2%	1.0% below average
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	14	9.4%	295,700	3,156,200	14.3%	1.8% above average
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	15	9.4%	144,800	1,536,000	12.3%	4.9% above average
United States	–	9.4%	14,142,600	150,939,000	14.4%	N/A

For more information, a detailed methodology, and complete results, you can find the original report on seoClarity’s website: https://www.seoclarity.net/blog/us-cities-most-reliant-on-tourism

This article originally appeared on seoClarity. Republished with permission.