August 30, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, July 2012

Over-the-year nonfarm employment changes, selected metropolitan areas, July 2011–July 2012
Metropolitan area	Change from July 2011 to July 2012 (p)
Metropolitan area	Number	Percent
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA	90,400	1.1
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	86,300	1.7
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX	83,700	3.2
Lafayette, LA	15,400	10.3
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR	3,900	7.0
Columbus, IN	3,800	8.3
Footnotes: (p) Preliminary

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