El Centro, California, has highest percentage decrease in manufacturing employment since 2006
March 24, 2016
From January 2006 to January 2016, employment in manufacturing decreased for most metropolitan areas. Over that period, El Centro, California, had the largest percentage decrease in manufacturing employment among areas (−60.0 percent). Lewiston, Idaho, had the largest percentage increase (41.9 percent).
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Percent change in metropolitan area employment in manufacturing, not seasonally adjusted, January 2006–January 2016
Metropolitan area
Percent change(p)
Jan. 2006 employment
Jan. 2016 employment(p)
Lewiston, ID
41.9%
3,100
4,400
Mobile, AL
37.2
14,500
19,900
Kennewick-Richland, WA
37.0
5,400
7,400
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
33.3
7,200
9,600
Midland, TX
33.3
2,700
3,600
Greeley, CO
30.0
10,000
13,000
Flagstaff, AZ
29.4
3,400
4,400
Savannah, GA
27.0
14,100
17,900
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
26.1
21,100
26,600
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
25.7
3,500
4,400
Odessa, TX
25.6
3,900
4,900
Columbus, IN
24.7
15,400
19,200
Idaho Falls, ID
24.2
3,300
4,100
Lake Charles, LA
22.7
8,800
10,800
Portsmouth, NH
22.4
6,700
8,200
Morgantown, WV
21.1
3,800
4,600
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
20.0
2,000
2,400
Madera, CA
15.6
3,200
3,700
Baton Rouge, LA
14.9
25,500
29,300
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
14.6
10,300
11,800
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
14.1
7,100
8,100
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
13.3
20,300
23,000
Coeur d'Alene, ID
13.0
4,600
5,200
Wenatchee, WA
13.0
2,300
2,600
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
11.5
5,200
5,800
Napa, CA
11.3
10,600
11,800
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
10.9
23,000
25,500
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
10.2
214,900
236,900
Cleveland, TN
10.0
9,000
9,900
Pueblo, CO
9.8
4,100
4,500
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
9.5
6,300
6,900
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
9.4
3,200
3,500
Fort Collins, CO
9.2
11,900
13,000
Logan, UT
8.7
10,400
11,300
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
8.5
29,400
31,900
Bellingham, WA
8.1
8,600
9,300
Bakersfield, CA
7.9
12,700
13,700
Kankakee, IL
7.8
5,100
5,500
Medford, OR
6.9
7,200
7,700
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
6.7
3,000
3,200
Fargo, ND
6.7
9,000
9,600
Columbia, SC
6.5
31,000
33,000
Muskegon, MI
6.1
13,100
13,900
Walla Walla, WA
5.9
3,400
3,600
Anchorage, AK
5.3
1,900
2,000
Lafayette, LA
5.3
15,200
16,000
Waco, TX
5.1
15,600
16,400
Sioux Falls, SD
4.7
12,800
13,400
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
4.6
177,400
185,600
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
4.2
106,600
111,100
Visalia-Porterville, CA
4.2
11,900
12,400
Amarillo, TX
4.1
12,200
12,700
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
3.6
103,300
107,000
Salt Lake City, UT
3.2
53,300
55,000
Grand Forks, ND
2.6
3,900
4,000
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE
2.5
32,300
33,100
Dover, DE
2.1
4,700
4,800
Merced, CA
2.1
9,500
9,700
Sioux City, IA
1.3
15,000
15,200
Appleton, WI
1.3
23,300
23,600
Provo-Orem, UT
1.1
18,000
18,200
Rockford, IL
0.9
31,700
32,000
Bowling Green, KY
0.9
11,500
11,600
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
0.7
54,900
55,300
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
0.5
19,700
19,800
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
0.0
6,300
6,300
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
0.0
17,400
17,400
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY
-0.1
77,800
77,700
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
-0.6
16,100
16,000
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
-0.7
162,500
161,400
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
-0.8
47,200
46,800
Fond du Lac, WI
-0.9
10,700
10,600
Spartanburg, SC
-1.0
29,800
29,500
Bloomington, IN
-1.1
8,800
8,700
Yakima, WA
-1.2
8,400
8,300
Altoona, PA
-1.3
7,900
7,800
Cedar Rapids, IA
-1.5
20,600
20,300
Racine, WI
-1.6
19,100
18,800
Madison, WI
-1.7
35,100
34,500
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
-1.7
23,200
22,800
Raleigh, NC
-2.0
34,800
34,100
Tulsa, OK
-2.1
48,200
47,200
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR
-2.2
124,200
121,500
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
-2.2
13,500
13,200
Green Bay, WI
-2.3
29,800
29,100
Tuscaloosa, AL
-2.5
16,200
15,800
Panama City, FL
-2.6
3,900
3,800
Reading, PA
-2.8
32,000
31,100
Jackson, MI
-3.0
10,100
9,800
Santa Rosa, CA
-3.6
22,100
21,300
Trenton, NJ
-3.7
8,200
7,900
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
-3.8
44,600
42,900
Modesto, CA
-3.8
20,800
20,000
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
-3.9
71,700
68,900
East Stroudsburg, PA
-3.9
5,100
4,900
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
-4.0
19,800
19,000
Fresno, CA
-4.6
26,200
25,000
Oklahoma City, OK
-4.9
38,800
36,900
Cincinnati, OH
-5.1
121,500
115,300
Urban Honolulu, HI
-5.2
11,600
11,000
College Station-Bryan, TX
-5.3
5,700
5,400
Saginaw, MI
-5.3
13,300
12,600
Stockton-Lodi, CA
-5.4
20,300
19,200
Battle Creek, MI
-5.4
12,900
12,200
San Angelo, TX
-5.6
3,600
3,400
Fort Wayne, IN
-5.9
37,600
35,400
Kansas City, MO
-5.9
80,200
75,500
Montgomery, AL
-5.9
20,200
19,000
Barnstable Town, MA
-6.1
3,300
3,100
St. George, UT
-6.1
3,300
3,100
Asheville, NC
-6.1
21,200
19,900
Eau Claire, WI
-6.2
11,200
10,500
Abilene, TX
-6.5
3,100
2,900
Bay City, MI
-6.5
4,600
4,300
Hattiesburg, MS
-6.8
4,400
4,100
Boulder, CO
-7.0
18,700
17,400
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN
-7.0
206,600
192,100
Canton-Massillon, OH
-7.3
30,000
27,800
Lubbock, TX
-7.5
5,300
4,900
Topeka, KS
-7.7
7,800
7,200
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
-7.7
2,600
2,400
Toledo, OH
-7.7
48,100
44,400
Chico, CA
-8.1
3,700
3,400
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
-8.2
137,000
125,800
Gadsden, AL
-8.2
6,100
5,600
Auburn-Opelika, AL
-8.2
7,300
6,700
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
-8.3
25,400
23,300
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
-8.4
11,900
10,900
Dover-Durham, NH
-8.5
5,900
5,400
Wausau, WI
-8.5
17,700
16,200
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
-8.6
65,000
59,400
Yuba City, CA
-8.7
2,300
2,100
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
-8.7
18,300
16,700
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
-9.1
262,300
238,400
Lincoln, NE
-9.2
15,200
13,800
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
-9.3
132,400
120,100
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA
-9.4
40,300
36,500
Longview, WA
-9.7
7,200
6,500
Decatur, IL
-9.9
11,100
10,000
Reno, NV
-10.0
14,000
12,600
Lawton, OK
-10.3
3,900
3,500
Columbus, OH
-10.3
79,900
71,700
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
-10.3
9,700
8,700
Glens Falls, NY
-10.4
6,700
6,000
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
-10.5
10,500
9,400
Prescott, AZ
-10.5
3,800
3,400
Sheboygan, WI
-10.5
22,800
20,400
Austin-Round Rock, TX
-10.6
63,200
56,500
Victoria, TX
-10.7
2,800
2,500
Terre Haute, IN
-10.7
12,100
10,800
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
-10.8
179,800
160,400
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI
-10.9
9,200
8,200
Huntington-Ashland, WV
-10.9
11,900
10,600
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
-11.1
23,500
20,900
Punta Gorda, FL
-11.1
900
800
Casper, WY
-11.1
1,800
1,600
Decatur, AL
-11.1
13,500
12,000
Chattanooga, TN
-11.2
34,900
31,000
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
-11.2
24,100
21,400
Lebanon, PA
-11.2
9,800
8,700
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA
-11.2
58,700
52,100
St. Cloud, MN
-11.3
16,800
14,900
Lima, OH
-11.3
10,600
9,400
Owensboro, KY
-11.6
9,500
8,400
Port St. Lucie, FL
-11.6
6,900
6,100
Elmira, NY
-11.7
6,000
5,300
Roanoke, VA
-11.7
18,800
16,600
Grants Pass, OR
-11.8
3,400
3,000
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
-11.8
92,000
81,100
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
-11.9
21,900
19,300
Salem, OR
-12.1
14,100
12,400
Jacksonville, FL
-12.1
33,900
29,800
Springfield, IL
-12.1
3,300
2,900
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
-12.2
295,000
259,000
Lexington-Fayette, KY
-12.2
35,200
30,900
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT
-12.5
18,400
16,100
Erie, PA
-12.6
24,600
21,500
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
-12.7
24,400
21,300
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
-12.8
138,000
120,400
State College, PA
-13.0
4,600
4,000
Greenville, NC
-13.0
6,900
6,000
Cheyenne, WY
-13.3
1,500
1,300
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
-13.4
14,900
12,900
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
-13.8
63,900
55,100
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-13.8
35,400
30,500
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
-13.9
15,100
13,000
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
-13.9
19,400
16,700
Pittsburgh, PA
-14.1
99,100
85,100
Albany, OR
-14.3
8,400
7,200
Killeen-Temple, TX
-14.3
8,400
7,200
Portland-South Portland, ME
-14.5
14,500
12,400
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
-14.5
42,800
36,600
Salinas, CA
-14.5
6,200
5,300
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC
-14.5
121,800
104,100
Sherman-Denison, TX
-14.7
6,800
5,800
Pittsfield, MA
-14.9
4,700
4,000
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
-14.9
43,600
37,100
Gettysburg, PA
-15.0
8,000
6,800
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA
-15.0
222,700
189,200
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
-15.1
25,800
21,900
Grand Junction, CO
-15.2
3,300
2,800
Wilmington, NC
-15.2
6,600
5,600
Springfield, OH
-15.2
7,900
6,700
Salisbury, MD-DE
-15.3
16,300
13,800
Wichita, KS
-15.5
62,000
52,400
Akron, OH
-15.5
47,700
40,300
Greensboro-High Point, NC
-15.6
64,200
54,200
Corpus Christi, TX
-15.7
10,800
9,100
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
-15.8
19,600
16,500
Kokomo, IN
-15.9
14,500
12,200
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL
-15.9
488,900
411,100
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
-16.1
106,500
89,400
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN
-16.1
25,500
21,400
Carson City, NV
-16.1
3,100
2,600
Utica-Rome, NY
-16.3
13,500
11,300
York-Hanover, PA
-16.5
37,600
31,400
Jackson, TN
-16.5
12,100
10,100
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
-16.6
101,900
85,000
Boise City, ID
-16.6
30,700
25,600
Fairbanks, AK
-16.7
600
500
Bend-Redmond, OR
-16.7
6,000
5,000
Jackson, MS
-16.7
22,800
19,000
Gainesville, FL
-16.7
5,400
4,500
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
-17.0
148,500
123,200
Knoxville, TN
-17.1
44,400
36,800
Memphis, TN
-17.1
54,300
45,000
Lancaster, PA
-17.4
43,800
36,200
Ithaca, NY
-17.5
4,000
3,300
Worcester, MA
-17.6
33,500
27,600
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
-17.8
7,300
6,000
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
-17.8
7,300
6,000
Evansville, IN
-17.9
27,300
22,400
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
-18.1
62,600
51,300
Augusta-Richmond County, GA
-18.1
24,900
20,400
Santa Fe, NM
-18.2
1,100
900
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN
-18.3
20,800
17,000
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
-18.5
6,500
5,300
New Bedford, MA
-18.6
9,700
7,900
Charleston, WV
-18.6
4,300
3,500
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
-18.7
36,900
30,000
Springfield, MO
-18.8
17,600
14,300
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
-18.9
9,500
7,700
Joplin, MO
-19.3
16,100
13,000
Danville, IL
-19.4
6,200
5,000
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
-19.4
25,300
20,400
Tucson, AZ
-19.6
28,500
22,900
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
-20.0
1,500
1,200
St. Louis, MO
-20.3
139,600
111,300
Johnstown, PA
-20.4
4,900
3,900
Charlottesville, VA
-20.4
4,900
3,900
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC
-20.5
65,300
51,900
Winston-Salem, NC
-20.9
41,600
32,900
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA
-21.0
229,100
181,100
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
-21.0
122,300
96,600
Rome, GA
-21.1
7,600
6,000
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
-21.1
78,300
61,800
Rochester, MN
-21.2
13,700
10,800
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
-21.2
646,200
509,300
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
-21.3
7,500
5,900
Champaign-Urbana, IL
-21.4
10,300
8,100
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
-21.7
34,100
26,700
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
-21.7
2,300
1,800
Springfield, MA
-22.1
37,100
28,900
Fayetteville, NC
-22.2
9,900
7,700
Peoria, IL
-22.3
31,000
24,100
Duluth, MN
-22.4
8,500
6,600
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
-22.4
8,500
6,600
Burlington, NC
-22.4
11,600
9,000
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
-22.7
33,900
26,200
Dayton, OH
-22.8
52,100
40,200
Ocala, FL
-23.0
10,000
7,700
El Paso, TX
-23.1
22,100
17,000
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
-23.1
40,200
30,900
Kingston, NY
-23.3
4,300
3,300
Redding, CA
-23.3
3,000
2,300
Morristown, TN
-23.6
14,400
11,000
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY
-23.7
482,000
367,700
Dalton, GA
-23.8
31,100
23,700
Providence-Warwick, RI
-23.9
68,700
52,300
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
-24.0
73,800
56,100
Columbus, GA
-24.1
13,300
10,100
Sumter, SC
-24.1
8,700
6,600
Rochester, NY
-24.2
77,600
58,800
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
-24.3
7,000
5,300
Syracuse, NY
-24.3
32,900
24,900
Manchester, NH
-24.5
9,800
7,400
Waterbury, CT
-24.5
10,200
7,700
Lynchburg, VA
-24.6
19,100
14,400
Texarkana, TX
-24.6
6,900
5,200
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
-24.8
52,400
39,400
Huntsville, AL
-26.0
31,900
23,600
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
-26.4
38,700
28,500
Rocky Mount, NC
-26.4
14,400
10,600
Clarksville, TN
-26.4
14,000
10,300
Pocatello, ID
-26.9
2,600
1,900
Monroe, LA
-27.0
8,900
6,500
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
-27.5
4,000
2,900
Williamsport, PA
-27.5
10,900
7,900
Mansfield, OH
-27.9
13,600
9,800
New Haven, CT
-28.1
33,500
24,100
Richmond, VA
-28.7
42,900
30,600
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH
-28.7
40,800
29,100
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD
-28.8
11,100
7,900
Monroe, MI
-28.9
7,600
5,400
Rapid City, SD
-28.9
3,800
2,700
Colorado Springs, CO
-29.0
16,200
11,500
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
-29.0
6,200
4,400
Leominster-Gardner, MA
-29.2
8,900
6,300
Tyler, TX
-29.3
9,200
6,500
Wheeling, WV
-29.5
4,400
3,100
Johnson City, TN
-29.6
10,800
7,600
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
-29.9
7,700
5,400
Longview, TX
-30.1
13,600
9,500
Muncie, IN
-30.6
6,200
4,300
Las Cruces, NM
-31.3
3,200
2,200
Albuquerque, NM
-31.8
23,300
15,900
Yuma, AZ
-32.4
3,400
2,300
Ann Arbor, MI
-32.6
22,100
14,900
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-32.9
16,100
10,800
Tallahassee, FL
-34.1
4,400
2,900
Eugene, OR
-34.2
20,200
13,300
Janesville-Beloit, WI
-34.5
14,800
9,700
Binghamton, NY
-34.9
17,500
11,400
Bangor, ME
-35.3
3,400
2,200
Bismarck, ND
-35.7
2,800
1,800
Fort Smith, AR
-36.7
28,100
17,800
Wichita Falls, TX
-36.7
7,900
5,000
Bloomington, IL
-37.1
7,000
4,400
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
-37.5
800
500
Albany, GA
-38.6
7,000
4,300
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
-38.6
4,400
2,700
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
-39.7
5,800
3,500
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
-40.7
9,100
5,400
Corvallis, OR
-40.8
4,900
2,900
Flint, MI
-43.1
20,900
11,900
Laredo, TX
-46.2
1,300
700
Dothan, AL
-47.6
8,200
4,300
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
-52.4
4,200
2,000
El Centro, CA
-60.0
2,500
1,000
Alexandria, LA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Ames, IA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Athens-Clarke County, GA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Beckley, WV
(1)
(1)
(1)
Billings, MT
(1)
(1)
(1)
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Brunswick, GA
(1)
(1)
(1)
California-Lexington Park, MD
(1)
(1)
(1)
Cape Girardeau, MO
(1)
(1)
(1)
Carbondale-Marion, IL
(1)
(1)
(1)
Columbia, MO
(1)
(1)
(1)
Cumberland, MD
(1)
(1)
(1)
Danbury, CT
(1)
(1)
(1)
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
(1)
(1)
(1)
Dubuque, IA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Farmington, NM
(1)
(1)
(1)
Florence, SC
(1)
(1)
(1)
Gainesville, GA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Goldsboro, NC
(1)
(1)
(1)
Grand Island, NE
(1)
(1)
(1)
Great Falls, MT
(1)
(1)
(1)
Hammond, LA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Harrisonburg, VA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
(1)
(1)
(1)
Hinesville, GA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Homosassa Springs, FL
(1)
(1)
(1)
Hot Springs, AR
(1)
(1)
(1)
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Iowa City, IA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Jacksonville, NC
(1)
(1)
(1)
Jefferson City, MO
(1)
(1)
(1)
Jonesboro, AR
(1)
(1)
(1)
Lawrence, KS
(1)
(1)
(1)
Macon, GA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Manhattan, KS
(1)
(1)
(1)
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
(1)
(1)
(1)
Midland, MI
(1)
(1)
(1)
Missoula, MT
(1)
(1)
(1)
New Bern, NC
(1)
(1)
(1)
Ocean City, NJ
(1)
(1)
(1)
Pine Bluff, AR
(1)
(1)
(1)
Sebring, FL
(1)
(1)
(1)
St. Joseph, MO
(1)
(1)
(1)
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
(1)
(1)
(1)
The Villages, FL
(1)
(1)
(1)
Valdosta, GA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Warner Robins, GA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Winchester, VA
(1)
(1)
(1)
Other areas with decreases in manufacturing employment larger than 40 percent from January 2006 to January 2016 were Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (−52.4 percent); Dothan, Alabama (−47.6 percent); Laredo, Texas (−46.2 percent); Flint, Michigan (−43.1 percent); Corvallis, Oregon (−40.8 percent); and Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia-Ohio (−40.7 percent).
From January 2006 to January 2016, other areas with an increase in manufacturing employment of more than 30 percent were Mobile, Alabama (37.2 percent); Kennewick-Richland, Washington (37.0 percent); Florence-Muscle-Shoals, Alabama (33.3 percent); and Midland, Texas (33.3 percent).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — January 2016" (HTML ) (PDF ).
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