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All metro divisions had over-the-year gains in employment, February 2015
April 10, 2015
From February 2014 to February 2015, all 38 metropolitan divisions had over-the-year gains in nonfarm employment. The largest percentage increase occurred in San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, California (+4.6 percent). Large gains also occurred in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+4.5 percent), and Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida (+4.2 percent).
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing the first principal city. Metropolitan divisions are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are listed. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.
In February, 355 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm employment, 29 had decreases, and 3 had no change. The largest increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+162,300), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+152,400), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+132,400). The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Midland, Texas (+8.8 percent), followed by Ocean City, New Jersey (+8.6 percent), and Lake Charles, Louisiana (+8.5 percent).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Area) program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — February 2015" (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
