Naples-Marco Island, Florida has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment
February 06, 2014
From December 2012 to December 2013, the largest percentage gain in employment occurred in Naples-Marco Island, Florida (+7.7 percent), followed by Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida (+6.5 percent), and Columbus, Indiana (+6.0 percent).
Over-the-year percent change in nonfarm employment, states and metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted, December 2012–December 2013 Mouse over states to change chart data. Click on a state for more about employment and unemployment.
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area State Area Change from December 2012–December 2013 Alabama
Alabama 0.6 Alabama
Anniston-Oxford -0.8 Alabama
Auburn-Opelika 0.2 Alabama
Birmingham-Hoover 0.3 Alabama
Decatur -0.4 Alabama
Dothan 0.9 Alabama
Florence-Muscle Shoals 1.4 Alabama
Gadsden 3.0 Alabama
Huntsville -0.7 Alabama
Mobile 0.0 Alabama
Montgomery 1.2 Alabama
Tuscaloosa 3.4 Alaska
Alaska -0.6 Alaska
Anchorage -0.4 Alaska
Fairbanks 0.5 Arizona
Arizona 2.0 Arizona
Flagstaff 5.6 Arizona
Lake Havasu City-Kingman -0.4 Arizona
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale 2.5 Arizona
Prescott 0.2 Arizona
Tucson 0.1 Arizona
Yuma -1.9 Arkansas
Arkansas 1.1 Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 4.1 Arkansas
Fort Smith 2.9 Arkansas
Hot Springs -0.5 Arkansas
Jonesboro 3.8 Arkansas
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway 1.0 Arkansas
Pine Bluff -0.5 California
California 1.6 California
Bakersfield-Delano 2.5 California
Chico 2.3 California
El Centro 3.0 California
Fresno 1.0 California
Hanford-Corcoran 2.8 California
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 1.5 California
Madera-Chowchilla 1.8 California
Merced 0.2 California
Modesto 0.9 California
Napa 2.3 California
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 2.0 California
Redding 2.3 California
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 1.2 California
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville 2.2 California
Salinas 1.6 California
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 1.8 California
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 1.4 California
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 3.4 California
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 1.7 California
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta 1.3 California
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 0.4 California
Santa Rosa-Petaluma 2.7 California
Stockton 1.7 California
Vallejo-Fairfield 2.9 California
Visalia-Porterville 0.0 California
Yuba City 4.5 Colorado
Colorado 1.9 Colorado
Boulder 2.0 Colorado
Colorado Springs 0.5 Colorado
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield 2.4 Colorado
Fort Collins-Loveland 0.8 Colorado
Grand Junction 1.1 Colorado
Greeley 4.0 Colorado
Pueblo 2.0 Connecticut
Connecticut 0.7 Connecticut
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 1.5 Connecticut
Danbury 1.3 Connecticut
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford 1.3 Connecticut
New Haven 0.7 Connecticut
Norwich-New London -0.7 Connecticut
Waterbury -0.5 Delaware
Delaware 2.1 Delaware
Dover 2.0 District of Columbia
District of Columbia -0.1 District of Columbia
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 0.8 Florida
Florida 2.6 Florida
Cape Coral-Fort Myers 1.9 Florida
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 3.8 Florida
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach 0.9 Florida
Gainesville 1.4 Florida
Jacksonville 1.4 Florida
Lakeland-Winter Haven 0.3 Florida
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 2.4 Florida
Naples-Marco Island 7.7 Florida
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota 2.5 Florida
Ocala 3.0 Florida
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 3.1 Florida
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 1.3 Florida
Palm Coast -3.0 Florida
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach -0.9 Florida
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 2.1 Florida
Port St. Lucie 5.4 Florida
Punta Gorda 2.8 Florida
Sebastian-Vero Beach 6.5 Florida
Tallahassee 2.6 Florida
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 3.0 Georgia
Georgia 2.3 Georgia
Albany 0.8 Georgia
Athens-Clarke County 1.9 Georgia
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta 2.5 Georgia
Augusta-Richmond County -0.1 Georgia
Brunswick -1.7 Georgia
Columbus 0.5 Georgia
Dalton -0.5 Georgia
Gainesville 1.5 Georgia
Hinesville-Fort Stewart -0.5 Georgia
Macon 1.6 Georgia
Rome 0.8 Georgia
Savannah 0.2 Georgia
Valdosta 0.2 Georgia
Warner Robins -0.7 Hawaii
Hawaii 1.6 Hawaii
Honolulu 0.8 Idaho
Idaho 1.4 Idaho
Boise City-Nampa 1.9 Idaho
Coeur d’Alene 1.9 Idaho
Idaho Falls 1.8 Idaho
Lewiston 0.0 Idaho
Pocatello 0.8 Illinois
Illinois 1.1 Illinois
Bloomington-Normal -1.5 Illinois
Champaign-Urbana -1.0 Illinois
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1.5 Illinois
Danville -0.3 Illinois
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 0.6 Illinois
Decatur -1.9 Illinois
Kankakee-Bradley -0.4 Illinois
Peoria -0.7 Illinois
Rockford -0.2 Illinois
Springfield 0.7 Indiana
Indiana 1.8 Indiana
Anderson 2.0 Indiana
Bloomington 0.7 Indiana
Columbus 6.0 Indiana
Elkhart-Goshen 0.2 Indiana
Evansville -0.5 Indiana
Fort Wayne 1.9 Indiana
Indianapolis-Carmel 1.4 Indiana
Kokomo 1.8 Indiana
Lafayette 2.1 Indiana
Michigan City-La Porte 0.5 Indiana
Muncie 0.0 Indiana
South Bend-Mishawaka -1.1 Indiana
Terre Haute 1.0 Iowa
Iowa 0.8 Iowa
Ames 3.5 Iowa
Cedar Rapids 0.4 Iowa
Des Moines-West Des Moines 1.1 Iowa
Dubuque 2.0 Iowa
Iowa City 2.0 Iowa
Sioux City 2.7 Iowa
Waterloo-Cedar Falls 0.0 Kansas
Kansas 0.7 Kansas
Lawrence 1.2 Kansas
Manhattan -1.9 Kansas
Topeka -0.7 Kansas
Wichita -0.7 Kentucky
Kentucky 0.4 Kentucky
Bowling Green 1.6 Kentucky
Elizabethtown 0.4 Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette 1.9 Kentucky
Louisville-Jefferson County 1.7 Kentucky
Owensboro 1.9 Louisiana
Louisiana 1.0 Louisiana
Alexandria 1.0 Louisiana
Baton Rouge 0.2 Louisiana
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux 2.4 Louisiana
Lafayette 2.8 Louisiana
Lake Charles 5.0 Louisiana
Monroe -0.3 Louisiana
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner 0.2 Louisiana
Shreveport-Bossier City 0.2 Maine
Maine 1.0 Maine
Bangor 1.2 Maine
Lewiston-Auburn -0.4 Maine
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford 2.4 Maryland
Maryland 1.4 Maryland
Baltimore-Towson 1.4 Maryland
Cumberland 0.0 Maryland
Hagerstown-Martinsburg 1.1 Maryland
Salisbury -3.1 Massachusetts
Massachusetts 1.7 Massachusetts
Barnstable Town 0.7 Massachusetts
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 2.1 Massachusetts
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner 0.4 Massachusetts
New Bedford 0.9 Massachusetts
Pittsfield 0.6 Massachusetts
Springfield 0.1 Massachusetts
Worcester 1.0 Michigan
Michigan 1.6 Michigan
Ann Arbor 1.3 Michigan
Battle Creek 1.1 Michigan
Bay City -0.8 Michigan
Detroit-Warren-Livonia 0.8 Michigan
Flint 1.1 Michigan
Grand Rapids-Wyoming 4.9 Michigan
Holland-Grand Haven 2.4 Michigan
Jackson 1.1 Michigan
Kalamazoo-Portage 3.2 Michigan
Lansing-East Lansing 1.6 Michigan
Monroe 1.6 Michigan
Muskegon-Norton Shores 1.8 Michigan
Niles-Benton Harbor 0.0 Michigan
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North 0.6 Minnesota
Minnesota 1.7 Minnesota
Duluth 1.3 Minnesota
Mankato-North Mankato 0.7 Minnesota
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington 1.9 Minnesota
Rochester 1.0 Minnesota
St. Cloud 0.9 Mississippi
Mississippi 1.7 Mississippi
Gulfport-Biloxi -0.3 Mississippi
Hattiesburg 0.2 Mississippi
Jackson 0.5 Mississippi
Pascagoula 2.4 Missouri
Missouri 1.3 Missouri
Cape Girardeau-Jackson -0.7 Missouri
Columbia 2.1 Missouri
Jefferson City 1.0 Missouri
Joplin 1.5 Missouri
Kansas City 0.7 Missouri
St. Joseph 2.1 Missouri
St. Louis 0.6 Missouri
Springfield 1.0 Montana
Montana 0.7 Montana
Billings 2.4 Montana
Great Falls 1.4 Montana
Missoula 2.5 Nebraska
Nebraska 1.0 Nebraska
Lincoln 0.9 Nebraska
Omaha-Council Bluffs 0.8 Nevada
Nevada 1.8 Nevada
Carson City -1.8 Nevada
Las Vegas-Paradise 2.0 Nevada
Reno-Sparks 1.3 New Hampshire
New Hampshire 0.8 New Hampshire
Manchester -0.2 New Hampshire
Portsmouth 1.2 New Hampshire
Rochester-Dover 1.4 New Jersey
New Jersey 0.3 New Jersey
Atlantic City-Hammonton 0.0 New Jersey
Ocean City 0.3 New Jersey
Trenton-Ewing 1.8 New Jersey
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 0.5 New Mexico
New Mexico 0.4 New Mexico
Albuquerque 0.9 New Mexico
Farmington 1.2 New Mexico
Las Cruces 0.0 New Mexico
Santa Fe 0.3 New York
New York 1.1 New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 0.5 New York
Binghamton -0.9 New York
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 0.9 New York
Elmira -0.5 New York
Glens Falls 1.9 New York
Ithaca -0.3 New York
Kingston 0.3 New York
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 1.6 New York
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown -2.0 New York
Rochester 0.7 New York
Syracuse 1.3 New York
Utica-Rome 1.0 North Carolina
North Carolina 1.6 North Carolina
Asheville 1.8 North Carolina
Burlington 0.7 North Carolina
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 2.6 North Carolina
Durham-Chapel Hill 2.3 North Carolina
Fayetteville 0.3 North Carolina
Goldsboro 1.2 North Carolina
Greensboro-High Point 1.6 North Carolina
Greenville 1.6 North Carolina
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton 0.6 North Carolina
Jacksonville 0.8 North Carolina
Raleigh-Cary 2.5 North Carolina
Rocky Mount -1.4 North Carolina
Wilmington 1.8 North Carolina
Winston-Salem 0.8 North Dakota
North Dakota 3.9 North Dakota
Bismarck 3.1 North Dakota
Fargo 2.3 North Dakota
Grand Forks 2.1 Ohio
Ohio 0.5 Ohio
Akron 1.6 Ohio
Canton-Massillon -0.2 Ohio
Cincinnati-Middletown 0.7 Ohio
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor -0.6 Ohio
Columbus 1.2 Ohio
Dayton -0.3 Ohio
Lima -0.2 Ohio
Mansfield 0.4 Ohio
Sandusky 0.6 Ohio
Springfield 1.0 Ohio
Steubenville-Weirton 0.5 Ohio
Toledo -0.2 Ohio
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman -0.1 Oklahoma
Oklahoma 1.1 Oklahoma
Lawton 0.9 Oklahoma
Oklahoma City 3.0 Oklahoma
Tulsa 2.1 Oregon
Oregon 2.3 Oregon
Bend -0.2 Oregon
Corvallis 0.5 Oregon
Eugene-Springfield 0.5 Oregon
Medford 0.0 Oregon
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 2.3 Oregon
Salem 0.6 Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania 0.3 Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 1.1 Pennsylvania
Altoona -0.5 Pennsylvania
Erie 2.1 Pennsylvania
Harrisburg-Carlisle -0.5 Pennsylvania
Johnstown -1.0 Pennsylvania
Lancaster 1.0 Pennsylvania
Lebanon 1.2 Pennsylvania
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 0.4 Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh 1.2 Pennsylvania
Reading 0.5 Pennsylvania
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre -0.8 Pennsylvania
State College 2.5 Pennsylvania
Williamsport 2.1 Pennsylvania
York-Hanover 0.2 Rhode Island
Rhode Island 0.8 Rhode Island
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 1.2 South Carolina
South Carolina 2.0 South Carolina
Anderson 1.6 South Carolina
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville 1.2 South Carolina
Columbia 1.7 South Carolina
Florence 1.1 South Carolina
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley 1.5 South Carolina
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway 2.8 South Carolina
Spartanburg 0.6 South Carolina
Sumter 0.5 South Dakota
South Dakota 1.5 South Dakota
Rapid City -0.3 South Dakota
Sioux Falls 2.2 Tennessee
Tennessee 1.2 Tennessee
Chattanooga 0.3 Tennessee
Clarksville 1.0 Tennessee
Cleveland 0.9 Tennessee
Jackson 0.5 Tennessee
Johnson City 0.1 Tennessee
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol 0.7 Tennessee
Knoxville 1.1 Tennessee
Memphis 0.0 Tennessee
Morristown 0.2 Tennessee
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin 2.3 Texas
Texas 2.3 Texas
Abilene 1.9 Texas
Amarillo 1.5 Texas
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 2.8 Texas
Beaumont-Port Arthur 1.2 Texas
Brownsville-Harlingen 1.3 Texas
College Station-Bryan 2.2 Texas
Corpus Christi 3.6 Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 2.2 Texas
El Paso 0.0 Texas
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 3.0 Texas
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood 2.1 Texas
Laredo 1.5 Texas
Longview 3.0 Texas
Lubbock 2.9 Texas
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 1.1 Texas
Midland 5.7 Texas
Odessa 4.0 Texas
San Angelo 1.5 Texas
San Antonio-New Braunfels 0.7 Texas
Sherman-Denison -0.2 Texas
Texarkana -1.4 Texas
Tyler 2.0 Texas
Victoria 2.3 Texas
Waco 1.3 Texas
Wichita Falls 0.7 Utah
Utah 1.8 Utah
Logan -0.2 Utah
Ogden-Clearfield 1.9 Utah
Provo-Orem 4.3 Utah
St. George 3.6 Utah
Salt Lake City 1.5 Vermont
Vermont 1.0 Vermont
Burlington-South Burlington 1.0 Virginia
Virginia 0.8 Virginia
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford 1.3 Virginia
Charlottesville -0.5 Virginia
Danville -0.2 Virginia
Harrisonburg 0.3 Virginia
Lynchburg -0.3 Virginia
Richmond 1.5 Virginia
Roanoke 1.0 Virginia
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 1.2 Virginia
Winchester 2.6 Washington
Washington 1.9 Washington
Bellingham 2.5 Washington
Bremerton-Silverdale 0.4 Washington
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland 3.5 Washington
Longview -1.4 Washington
Mount Vernon-Anacortes 1.1 Washington
Olympia 0.6 Washington
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 2.6 Washington
Spokane 1.0 Washington
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee 1.5 Washington
Yakima 0.5 West Virginia
West Virginia 1.0 West Virginia
Charleston -0.7 West Virginia
Huntington-Ashland -0.3 West Virginia
Morgantown 2.9 West Virginia
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna -0.1 West Virginia
Wheeling 0.4 Wisconsin
Wisconsin 1.6 Wisconsin
Appleton 0.9 Wisconsin
Eau Claire 0.4 Wisconsin
Fond du Lac 1.3 Wisconsin
Green Bay 0.9 Wisconsin
Janesville 1.9 Wisconsin
La Crosse 1.3 Wisconsin
Madison 1.2 Wisconsin
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis 0.6 Wisconsin
Oshkosh-Neenah 2.1 Wisconsin
Racine 0.8 Wisconsin
Sheboygan -0.2 Wisconsin
Wausau -0.4 Wyoming
Wyoming 1.3 Wyoming
Casper 0.2 Wyoming
Cheyenne 0.7
Over-the-year percent change in nonfarm employment, states and metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted, December 2012–December 2013 Metropolitan Statistical Area Percent change from December 2012–December 2013(p) Alabama
0.6 Anniston-Oxford
-0.8 Auburn-Opelika
0.2 Birmingham-Hoover
0.3 Decatur
-0.4 Dothan
0.9 Florence-Muscle Shoals
1.4 Gadsden
3.0 Huntsville
-0.7 Mobile
0.0 Montgomery
1.2 Tuscaloosa
3.4 Alaska
-0.6 Anchorage
-0.4 Fairbanks
0.5 Arizona
2.0 Flagstaff
5.6 Lake Havasu City-Kingman
-0.4 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale
2.5 Prescott
0.2 Tucson
0.1 Yuma
-1.9 Arkansas
1.1 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers
4.1 Fort Smith
2.9 Hot Springs
-0.5 Jonesboro
3.8 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway
1.0 Pine Bluff
-0.5 California
1.6 Bakersfield-Delano
2.5 Chico
2.3 El Centro
3.0 Fresno
1.0 Hanford-Corcoran
2.8 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
1.5 Madera-Chowchilla
1.8 Merced
0.2 Modesto
0.9 Napa
2.3 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
2.0 Redding
2.3 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
1.2 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville
2.2 Salinas
1.6 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
1.8 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
1.4 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
3.4 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
1.7 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
1.3 Santa Cruz-Watsonville
0.4 Santa Rosa-Petaluma
2.7 Stockton
1.7 Vallejo-Fairfield
2.9 Visalia-Porterville
0.0 Yuba City
4.5 Colorado
1.9 Boulder
2.0 Colorado Springs
0.5 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield
2.4 Fort Collins-Loveland
0.8 Grand Junction
1.1 Greeley
4.0 Pueblo
2.0 Connecticut
0.7 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk
1.5 Danbury
1.3 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford
1.3 New Haven
0.7 Norwich-New London
-0.7 Waterbury
-0.5 Delaware
2.1 Dover
2.0 District of Columbia
-0.1 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria
0.8 Florida
2.6 Cape Coral-Fort Myers
1.9 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin
3.8 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach
0.9 Gainesville
1.4 Jacksonville
1.4 Lakeland-Winter Haven
0.3 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach
2.4 Naples-Marco Island
7.7 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota
2.5 Ocala
3.0 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
3.1 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
1.3 Palm Coast
-3.0 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach
-0.9 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent
2.1 Port St. Lucie
5.4 Punta Gorda
2.8 Sebastian-Vero Beach
6.5 Tallahassee
2.6 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
3.0 Georgia
2.3 Albany
0.8 Athens-Clarke County
1.9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta
2.5 Augusta-Richmond County
-0.1 Brunswick
-1.7 Columbus
0.5 Dalton
-0.5 Gainesville
1.5 Hinesville-Fort Stewart
-0.5 Macon
1.6 Rome
0.8 Savannah
0.2 Valdosta
0.2 Warner Robins
-0.7 Hawaii
1.6 Honolulu
0.8 Idaho
1.4 Boise City-Nampa
1.9 Coeur d’Alene
1.9 Idaho Falls
1.8 Lewiston
0.0 Pocatello
0.8 Illinois
1.1 Bloomington-Normal
-1.5 Champaign-Urbana
-1.0 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville
1.5 Danville
-0.3 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island
0.6 Decatur
-1.9 Kankakee-Bradley
-0.4 Peoria
-0.7 Rockford
-0.2 Springfield
0.7 Indiana
1.8 Anderson
2.0 Bloomington
0.7 Columbus
6.0 Elkhart-Goshen
0.2 Evansville
-0.5 Fort Wayne
1.9 Indianapolis-Carmel
1.4 Kokomo
1.8 Lafayette
2.1 Michigan City-La Porte
0.5 Muncie
0.0 South Bend-Mishawaka
-1.1 Terre Haute
1.0 Iowa
0.8 Ames
3.5 Cedar Rapids
0.4 Des Moines-West Des Moines
1.1 Dubuque
2.0 Iowa City
2.0 Sioux City
2.7 Waterloo-Cedar Falls
0.0 Kansas
0.7 Lawrence
1.2 Manhattan
-1.9 Topeka
-0.7 Wichita
-0.7 Kentucky
0.4 Bowling Green
1.6 Elizabethtown
0.4 Lexington-Fayette
1.9 Louisville-Jefferson County
1.7 Owensboro
1.9 Louisiana
1.0 Alexandria
1.0 Baton Rouge
0.2 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux
2.4 Lafayette
2.8 Lake Charles
5.0 Monroe
-0.3 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner
0.2 Shreveport-Bossier City
0.2 Maine
1.0 Bangor
1.2 Lewiston-Auburn
-0.4 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford
2.4 Maryland
1.4 Baltimore-Towson
1.4 Cumberland
0.0 Hagerstown-Martinsburg
1.1 Salisbury
-3.1 Massachusetts
1.7 Barnstable Town
0.7 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
2.1 Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner
0.4 New Bedford
0.9 Pittsfield
0.6 Springfield
0.1 Worcester
1.0 Michigan
1.6 Ann Arbor
1.3 Battle Creek
1.1 Bay City
-0.8 Detroit-Warren-Livonia
0.8 Flint
1.1 Grand Rapids-Wyoming
4.9 Holland-Grand Haven
2.4 Jackson
1.1 Kalamazoo-Portage
3.2 Lansing-East Lansing
1.6 Monroe
1.6 Muskegon-Norton Shores
1.8 Niles-Benton Harbor
0.0 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North
0.6 Minnesota
1.7 Duluth
1.3 Mankato-North Mankato
0.7 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington
1.9 Rochester
1.0 St. Cloud
0.9 Mississippi
1.7 Gulfport-Biloxi
-0.3 Hattiesburg
0.2 Jackson
0.5 Pascagoula
2.4 Missouri
1.3 Cape Girardeau-Jackson
-0.7 Columbia
2.1 Jefferson City
1.0 Joplin
1.5 Kansas City
0.7 St. Joseph
2.1 St. Louis
0.6 Springfield
1.0 Montana
0.7 Billings
2.4 Great Falls
1.4 Missoula
2.5 Nebraska
1.0 Lincoln
0.9 Omaha-Council Bluffs
0.8 Nevada
1.8 Carson City
-1.8 Las Vegas-Paradise
2.0 Reno-Sparks
1.3 New Hampshire
0.8 Manchester
-0.2 Portsmouth
1.2 Rochester-Dover
1.4 New Jersey
0.3 Atlantic City-Hammonton
0.0 Ocean City
0.3 Trenton-Ewing
1.8 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton
0.5 New Mexico
0.4 Albuquerque
0.9 Farmington
1.2 Las Cruces
0.0 Santa Fe
0.3 New York
1.1 Albany-Schenectady-Troy
0.5 Binghamton
-0.9 Buffalo-Niagara Falls
0.9 Elmira
-0.5 Glens Falls
1.9 Ithaca
-0.3 Kingston
0.3 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
1.6 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
-2.0 Rochester
0.7 Syracuse
1.3 Utica-Rome
1.0 North Carolina
1.6 Asheville
1.8 Burlington
0.7 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
2.6 Durham-Chapel Hill
2.3 Fayetteville
0.3 Goldsboro
1.2 Greensboro-High Point
1.6 Greenville
1.6 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton
0.6 Jacksonville
0.8 Raleigh-Cary
2.5 Rocky Mount
-1.4 Wilmington
1.8 Winston-Salem
0.8 North Dakota
3.9 Bismarck
3.1 Fargo
2.3 Grand Forks
2.1 Ohio
0.5 Akron
1.6 Canton-Massillon
-0.2 Cincinnati-Middletown
0.7 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor
-0.6 Columbus
1.2 Dayton
-0.3 Lima
-0.2 Mansfield
0.4 Sandusky
0.6 Springfield
1.0 Steubenville-Weirton
0.5 Toledo
-0.2 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman
-0.1 Oklahoma
1.1 Lawton
0.9 Oklahoma City
3.0 Tulsa
2.1 Oregon
2.3 Bend
-0.2 Corvallis
0.5 Eugene-Springfield
0.5 Medford
0.0 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro
2.3 Salem
0.6 Pennsylvania
0.3 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
1.1 Altoona
-0.5 Erie
2.1 Harrisburg-Carlisle
-0.5 Johnstown
-1.0 Lancaster
1.0 Lebanon
1.2 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
0.4 Pittsburgh
1.2 Reading
0.5 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre
-0.8 State College
2.5 Williamsport
2.1 York-Hanover
0.2 Rhode Island
0.8 Providence-Fall River-Warwick
1.2 South Carolina
2.0 Anderson
1.6 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville
1.2 Columbia
1.7 Florence
1.1 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley
1.5 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway
2.8 Spartanburg
0.6 Sumter
0.5 South Dakota
1.5 Rapid City
-0.3 Sioux Falls
2.2 Tennessee
1.2 Chattanooga
0.3 Clarksville
1.0 Cleveland
0.9 Jackson
0.5 Johnson City
0.1 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol
0.7 Knoxville
1.1 Memphis
0.0 Morristown
0.2 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin
2.3 Texas
2.3 Abilene
1.9 Amarillo
1.5 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
2.8 Beaumont-Port Arthur
1.2 Brownsville-Harlingen
1.3 College Station-Bryan
2.2 Corpus Christi
3.6 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
2.2 El Paso
0.0 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
3.0 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
2.1 Laredo
1.5 Longview
3.0 Lubbock
2.9 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
1.1 Midland
5.7 Odessa
4.0 San Angelo
1.5 San Antonio-New Braunfels
0.7 Sherman-Denison
-0.2 Texarkana
-1.4 Tyler
2.0 Victoria
2.3 Waco
1.3 Wichita Falls
0.7 Utah
1.8 Logan
-0.2 Ogden-Clearfield
1.9 Provo-Orem
4.3 St. George
3.6 Salt Lake City
1.5 Vermont
1.0 Burlington-South Burlington
1.0 Virginia
0.8 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford
1.3 Charlottesville
-0.5 Danville
-0.2 Harrisonburg
0.3 Lynchburg
-0.3 Richmond
1.5 Roanoke
1.0 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News
1.2 Winchester
2.6 Washington
1.9 Bellingham
2.5 Bremerton-Silverdale
0.4 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland
3.5 Longview
-1.4 Mount Vernon-Anacortes
1.1 Olympia
0.6 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue
2.6 Spokane
1.0 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee
1.5 Yakima
0.5 West Virginia
1.0 Charleston
-0.7 Huntington-Ashland
-0.3 Morgantown
2.9 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna
-0.1 Wheeling
0.4 Wisconsin
1.6 Appleton
0.9 Eau Claire
0.4 Fond du Lac
1.3 Green Bay
0.9 Janesville
1.9 La Crosse
1.3 Madison
1.2 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis
0.6 Oshkosh-Neenah
2.1 Racine
0.8 Sheboygan
-0.2 Wausau
-0.4 Wyoming
1.3 Casper
0.2 Cheyenne
0.7
The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Salisbury, Maryland (−3.1 percent), Palm Coast, Florida (-3.0 percent), and Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York (−2.0 percent).
In December, 294 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 67 had decreases, and 11 had no change.
Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 36 of the 37 metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2012. The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (+3.4 percent), followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+3.1 percent), and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas, and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida (+3.0 percent each). The only large area that had an over-the-year percentage decrease in employment was Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio (−0.6 percent).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — December 2013" ( HTML ) ( PDF ), news release USDL‑14‑0166.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily , Naples-Marco Island, Florida has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140206.htm (visited December 12, 2024 ).
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