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From November 2017 to November 2018, nonfarm payroll employment increased for 54 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged for 334 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Reno, Nevada (+5.9 percent), Midland, Texas (+5.7 percent), and Colorado Springs, Colorado (+5.0 percent). The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (+114,400), New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (+113,000), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+94,700).
Metropolitan area | Over-the-year percentage change (p) | November 2017 | November 2018 (p) | Over-the-year change (p) | Statistically significant change? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ocean City, NJ |
7.0% | 38,600 | 41,300 | 2,700 | No |
Reno, NV |
5.9 | 236,500 | 250,400 | 13,900 | Yes |
Midland, TX |
5.7 | 97,600 | 103,200 | 5,600 | Yes |
Colorado Springs, CO |
5.0 | 290,600 | 305,200 | 14,600 | Yes |
St. George, UT |
5.0 | 65,600 | 68,900 | 3,300 | No |
Kokomo, IN |
4.9 | 42,900 | 45,000 | 2,100 | No |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
4.8 | 1,271,400 | 1,332,200 | 60,800 | Yes |
Gainesville, GA |
4.7 | 91,600 | 95,900 | 4,300 | No |
Kankakee, IL |
4.5 | 48,400 | 50,600 | 2,200 | No |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
4.3 | 99,000 | 103,300 | 4,300 | No |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
4.2 | 2,086,300 | 2,173,100 | 86,800 | Yes |
Provo-Orem, UT |
4.2 | 256,400 | 267,100 | 10,700 | Yes |
Tyler, TX |
4.1 | 105,800 | 110,100 | 4,300 | No |
Ocala, FL |
4.0 | 102,600 | 106,700 | 4,100 | No |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
3.9 | 140,800 | 146,300 | 5,500 | No |
Huntsville, AL |
3.9 | 236,300 | 245,400 | 9,100 | Yes |
Albany, OR |
3.8 | 45,200 | 46,900 | 1,700 | No |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
3.8 | 224,000 | 232,400 | 8,400 | Yes |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
3.8 | 991,100 | 1,029,100 | 38,000 | Yes |
Port St. Lucie, FL |
3.8 | 146,800 | 152,400 | 5,600 | No |
Sherman-Denison, TX |
3.8 | 47,300 | 49,100 | 1,800 | No |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
3.7 | 3,063,400 | 3,177,800 | 114,400 | Yes |
Lewiston, ID-WA |
3.7 | 29,400 | 30,500 | 1,100 | No |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
3.6 | 129,800 | 134,500 | 4,700 | Yes |
Bend-Redmond, OR |
3.6 | 82,500 | 85,500 | 3,000 | No |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
3.6 | 214,800 | 222,500 | 7,700 | Yes |
Fort Collins, CO |
3.5 | 168,100 | 174,000 | 5,900 | No |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
3.5 | 106,600 | 110,300 | 3,700 | No |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
3.5 | 1,119,200 | 1,158,100 | 38,900 | Yes |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
3.5 | 2,032,200 | 2,104,300 | 72,100 | Yes |
Wenatchee, WA |
3.5 | 45,100 | 46,700 | 1,600 | No |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
3.4 | 63,800 | 66,000 | 2,200 | No |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
3.3 | 1,052,800 | 1,088,000 | 35,200 | Yes |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
3.3 | 265,000 | 273,700 | 8,700 | No |
Logan, UT-ID |
3.3 | 62,900 | 65,000 | 2,100 | No |
Merced, CA |
3.3 | 69,300 | 71,600 | 2,300 | No |
Boulder, CO |
3.2 | 192,700 | 198,800 | 6,100 | No |
Chico, CA |
3.2 | 83,100 | 85,800 | 2,700 | No |
Prescott, AZ |
3.2 | 65,000 | 67,100 | 2,100 | No |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
3.2 | 240,100 | 247,900 | 7,800 | No |
Trenton, NJ |
3.2 | 272,600 | 281,400 | 8,800 | Yes |
Lake Charles, LA |
3.1 | 117,800 | 121,400 | 3,600 | No |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
3.1 | 142,900 | 147,300 | 4,400 | No |
Rapid City, SD |
3.1 | 68,200 | 70,300 | 2,100 | No |
Tucson, AZ |
3.1 | 382,700 | 394,700 | 12,000 | Yes |
Yakima, WA |
3.1 | 88,400 | 91,100 | 2,700 | No |
Ithaca, NY |
3.0 | 66,300 | 68,300 | 2,000 | No |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
3.0 | 50,600 | 52,100 | 1,500 | No |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
2.9 | 1,061,700 | 1,092,500 | 30,800 | Yes |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
2.9 | 74,900 | 77,100 | 2,200 | No |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
2.9 | 108,100 | 111,200 | 3,100 | No |
Columbus, IN |
2.8 | 53,800 | 55,300 | 1,500 | No |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC |
2.8 | 78,900 | 81,100 | 2,200 | No |
Raleigh, NC |
2.8 | 628,500 | 645,800 | 17,300 | Yes |
Salem, OR |
2.8 | 166,300 | 171,000 | 4,700 | No |
Tulsa, OK |
2.8 | 460,200 | 473,100 | 12,900 | Yes |
Valdosta, GA |
2.8 | 56,700 | 58,300 | 1,600 | No |
Charlottesville, VA |
2.7 | 119,800 | 123,000 | 3,200 | No |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
2.7 | 154,700 | 158,900 | 4,200 | No |
Yuma, AZ |
2.7 | 55,700 | 57,200 | 1,500 | No |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
2.6 | 77,600 | 79,600 | 2,000 | No |
Boise City, ID |
2.6 | 324,100 | 332,500 | 8,400 | Yes |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL |
2.6 | 115,000 | 118,000 | 3,000 | No |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
2.6 | 3,671,000 | 3,765,700 | 94,700 | Yes |
El Centro, CA |
2.6 | 53,800 | 55,200 | 1,400 | No |
Fort Wayne, IN |
2.6 | 225,200 | 231,100 | 5,900 | No |
Lubbock, TX |
2.6 | 149,600 | 153,500 | 3,900 | No |
Morristown, TN |
2.6 | 46,700 | 47,900 | 1,200 | No |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
2.6 | 179,500 | 184,200 | 4,700 | No |
Tallahassee, FL |
2.6 | 183,000 | 187,800 | 4,800 | No |
Albuquerque, NM |
2.5 | 394,100 | 404,100 | 10,000 | Yes |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
2.5 | 369,300 | 378,600 | 9,300 | Yes |
Gettysburg, PA |
2.5 | 35,800 | 36,700 | 900 | No |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
2.5 | 560,900 | 575,000 | 14,100 | Yes |
Kennewick-Richland, WA |
2.5 | 114,100 | 117,000 | 2,900 | No |
Longview, WA |
2.5 | 40,200 | 41,200 | 1,000 | No |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
2.5 | 118,100 | 121,000 | 2,900 | No |
Redding, CA |
2.5 | 67,000 | 68,700 | 1,700 | No |
Winchester, VA-WV |
2.5 | 65,100 | 66,700 | 1,600 | No |
Appleton, WI |
2.4 | 126,400 | 129,400 | 3,000 | No |
Bellingham, WA |
2.4 | 94,500 | 96,800 | 2,300 | No |
Clarksville, TN-KY |
2.4 | 91,100 | 93,300 | 2,200 | No |
Greeley, CO |
2.4 | 107,300 | 109,900 | 2,600 | No |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
2.4 | 164,500 | 168,500 | 4,000 | No |
Oklahoma City, OK |
2.4 | 646,900 | 662,200 | 15,300 | Yes |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
2.4 | 1,188,800 | 1,217,900 | 29,100 | Yes |
Roanoke, VA |
2.4 | 161,200 | 165,100 | 3,900 | No |
Worcester, MA-CT NECTA |
2.4 | 292,200 | 299,100 | 6,900 | No |
Brunswick, GA |
2.3 | 43,600 | 44,600 | 1,000 | No |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
2.3 | 1,205,800 | 1,233,100 | 27,300 | Yes |
Gainesville, FL |
2.3 | 144,700 | 148,100 | 3,400 | No |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
2.3 | 144,600 | 147,900 | 3,300 | No |
Manhattan, KS |
2.3 | 43,800 | 44,800 | 1,000 | No |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
2.3 | 59,600 | 61,000 | 1,400 | No |
Medford, OR |
2.3 | 88,800 | 90,800 | 2,000 | No |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
2.3 | 2,666,500 | 2,727,700 | 61,200 | Yes |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
2.3 | 306,400 | 313,500 | 7,100 | No |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL |
2.3 | 52,100 | 53,300 | 1,200 | No |
Winston-Salem, NC |
2.3 | 266,400 | 272,600 | 6,200 | No |
York-Hanover, PA |
2.3 | 188,200 | 192,500 | 4,300 | No |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
2.2 | 357,900 | 365,900 | 8,000 | No |
Corpus Christi, TX |
2.2 | 192,100 | 196,300 | 4,200 | No |
Jonesboro, AR |
2.2 | 58,600 | 59,900 | 1,300 | No |
Modesto, CA |
2.2 | 176,500 | 180,400 | 3,900 | No |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
2.2 | 1,000,100 | 1,022,300 | 22,200 | Yes |
Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA |
2.2 | 94,200 | 96,300 | 2,100 | No |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
2.2 | 1,497,300 | 1,530,500 | 33,200 | Yes |
Salt Lake City, UT |
2.2 | 730,400 | 746,200 | 15,800 | Yes |
Sioux Falls, SD |
2.2 | 156,200 | 159,600 | 3,400 | No |
Springfield, MO |
2.2 | 214,600 | 219,400 | 4,800 | No |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
2.2 | 50,300 | 51,400 | 1,100 | No |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2.1 | 2,770,300 | 2,829,700 | 59,400 | Yes |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
2.1 | 65,700 | 67,100 | 1,400 | No |
Burlington, NC |
2.1 | 62,100 | 63,400 | 1,300 | No |
Dalton, GA |
2.1 | 67,100 | 68,500 | 1,400 | No |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
2.1 | 1,482,200 | 1,513,000 | 30,800 | Yes |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY |
2.1 | 56,600 | 57,800 | 1,200 | No |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
2.1 | 258,400 | 263,800 | 5,400 | No |
Fresno, CA |
2.1 | 353,200 | 360,600 | 7,400 | No |
Hattiesburg, MS |
2.1 | 66,300 | 67,700 | 1,400 | No |
Missoula, MT |
2.1 | 61,700 | 63,000 | 1,300 | No |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
2.1 | 577,400 | 589,600 | 12,200 | Yes |
Santa Rosa, CA |
2.1 | 208,300 | 212,600 | 4,300 | No |
The Villages, FL |
2.1 | 28,400 | 29,000 | 600 | No |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
2.0 | 122,100 | 124,500 | 2,400 | No |
Columbus, GA-AL |
2.0 | 122,800 | 125,200 | 2,400 | No |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
2.0 | 314,400 | 320,700 | 6,300 | No |
Florence, SC |
2.0 | 88,800 | 90,600 | 1,800 | No |
Hinesville, GA |
2.0 | 20,500 | 20,900 | 400 | No |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
2.0 | 1,076,300 | 1,097,400 | 21,100 | Yes |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
2.0 | 50,400 | 51,400 | 1,000 | No |
Salinas, CA |
2.0 | 142,500 | 145,300 | 2,800 | No |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
2.0 | 103,600 | 105,700 | 2,100 | No |
Springfield, OH |
2.0 | 50,200 | 51,200 | 1,000 | No |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
2.0 | 484,100 | 493,800 | 9,700 | Yes |
Wausau, WI |
2.0 | 73,400 | 74,900 | 1,500 | No |
Bakersfield, CA |
1.9 | 262,900 | 268,000 | 5,100 | No |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA |
1.9 | 2,770,400 | 2,823,900 | 53,500 | Yes |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
1.9 | 141,700 | 144,400 | 2,700 | No |
El Paso, TX |
1.9 | 316,600 | 322,500 | 5,900 | No |
Flagstaff, AZ |
1.9 | 68,400 | 69,700 | 1,300 | No |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
1.9 | 363,900 | 370,800 | 6,900 | No |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
1.9 | 344,400 | 350,900 | 6,500 | No |
Jackson, TN |
1.9 | 69,200 | 70,500 | 1,300 | No |
Lancaster, PA |
1.9 | 255,400 | 260,300 | 4,900 | No |
Lynchburg, VA |
1.9 | 105,400 | 107,400 | 2,000 | No |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
1.9 | 261,900 | 266,900 | 5,000 | No |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
1.9 | 257,500 | 262,500 | 5,000 | No |
Salisbury, MD-DE |
1.9 | 154,400 | 157,400 | 3,000 | No |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1.9 | 2,435,700 | 2,482,400 | 46,700 | Yes |
Sheboygan, WI |
1.9 | 63,000 | 64,200 | 1,200 | No |
Wichita, KS |
1.9 | 296,700 | 302,200 | 5,500 | No |
Ames, IA |
1.8 | 56,200 | 57,200 | 1,000 | No |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
1.8 | 533,000 | 542,700 | 9,700 | Yes |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL |
1.8 | 45,500 | 46,300 | 800 | No |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
1.8 | 1,101,400 | 1,121,500 | 20,100 | Yes |
Eugene, OR |
1.8 | 161,500 | 164,400 | 2,900 | No |
Fayetteville, NC |
1.8 | 131,300 | 133,700 | 2,400 | No |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
1.8 | 57,100 | 58,100 | 1,000 | No |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA |
1.8 | 579,600 | 589,900 | 10,300 | Yes |
Homosassa Springs, FL |
1.8 | 33,400 | 34,000 | 600 | No |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
1.8 | 76,800 | 78,200 | 1,400 | No |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
1.8 | 122,700 | 124,900 | 2,200 | No |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
1.8 | 240,800 | 245,100 | 4,300 | No |
Lincoln, NE |
1.8 | 190,600 | 194,100 | 3,500 | No |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
1.8 | 362,800 | 369,300 | 6,500 | No |
Madera, CA |
1.8 | 38,600 | 39,300 | 700 | No |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1.8 | 2,008,800 | 2,044,100 | 35,300 | Yes |
New Bedford, MA NECTA |
1.8 | 68,300 | 69,500 | 1,200 | No |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
1.8 | 505,300 | 514,500 | 9,200 | Yes |
Reading, PA |
1.8 | 180,700 | 183,900 | 3,200 | No |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
1.8 | 1,477,400 | 1,503,800 | 26,400 | Yes |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
1.8 | 87,800 | 89,400 | 1,600 | No |
Sumter, SC |
1.8 | 39,600 | 40,300 | 700 | No |
Amarillo, TX |
1.7 | 121,100 | 123,200 | 2,100 | No |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
1.7 | 262,500 | 266,900 | 4,400 | No |
Green Bay, WI |
1.7 | 180,200 | 183,300 | 3,100 | No |
Hammond, LA |
1.7 | 47,000 | 47,800 | 800 | No |
Idaho Falls, ID |
1.7 | 66,400 | 67,500 | 1,100 | No |
Jacksonville, FL |
1.7 | 705,000 | 717,000 | 12,000 | No |
Saginaw, MI |
1.7 | 89,300 | 90,800 | 1,500 | No |
St. Joseph, MO-KS |
1.7 | 65,100 | 66,200 | 1,100 | No |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
1.7 | 1,343,500 | 1,367,000 | 23,500 | Yes |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
1.7 | 127,700 | 129,900 | 2,200 | No |
California-Lexington Park, MD |
1.6 | 45,100 | 45,800 | 700 | No |
Danbury, CT NECTA |
1.6 | 79,200 | 80,500 | 1,300 | No |
Decatur, AL |
1.6 | 54,700 | 55,600 | 900 | No |
Enid, OK |
1.6 | 25,600 | 26,000 | 400 | No |
Fond du Lac, WI |
1.6 | 48,900 | 49,700 | 800 | No |
Mobile, AL |
1.6 | 185,400 | 188,300 | 2,900 | No |
Morgantown, WV |
1.6 | 73,800 | 75,000 | 1,200 | No |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI |
1.6 | 62,100 | 63,100 | 1,000 | No |
Pocatello, ID |
1.6 | 37,700 | 38,300 | 600 | No |
Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA |
1.6 | 207,800 | 211,100 | 3,300 | No |
Punta Gorda, FL |
1.6 | 48,800 | 49,600 | 800 | No |
Richmond, VA |
1.6 | 675,600 | 686,500 | 10,900 | No |
San Angelo, TX |
1.6 | 49,700 | 50,500 | 800 | No |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
1.6 | 119,500 | 121,400 | 1,900 | No |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
1.6 | 781,600 | 794,300 | 12,700 | No |
Waco, TX |
1.6 | 121,300 | 123,200 | 1,900 | No |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
1.6 | 3,306,200 | 3,360,300 | 54,100 | Yes |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
1.5 | 91,700 | 93,100 | 1,400 | No |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
1.5 | 61,300 | 62,200 | 900 | No |
Columbus, OH |
1.5 | 1,095,400 | 1,112,200 | 16,800 | Yes |
Duluth, MN-WI |
1.5 | 138,700 | 140,800 | 2,100 | No |
Eau Claire, WI |
1.5 | 87,600 | 88,900 | 1,300 | No |
Grants Pass, OR |
1.5 | 26,300 | 26,700 | 400 | No |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
1.5 | 1,099,200 | 1,115,800 | 16,600 | Yes |
Madison, WI |
1.5 | 408,700 | 414,800 | 6,100 | No |
Mansfield, OH |
1.5 | 52,500 | 53,300 | 800 | No |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
1.5 | 308,000 | 312,600 | 4,600 | No |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1.5 | 2,955,700 | 2,998,900 | 43,200 | Yes |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
1.5 | 987,000 | 1,002,000 | 15,000 | Yes |
Wichita Falls, TX |
1.5 | 59,200 | 60,100 | 900 | No |
Abilene, TX |
1.4 | 69,900 | 70,900 | 1,000 | No |
Ann Arbor, MI |
1.4 | 226,700 | 229,900 | 3,200 | No |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
1.4 | 240,800 | 244,100 | 3,300 | No |
Barnstable Town, MA NECTA |
1.4 | 104,000 | 105,500 | 1,500 | No |
Baton Rouge, LA |
1.4 | 410,100 | 415,800 | 5,700 | No |
Columbia, SC |
1.4 | 397,700 | 403,300 | 5,600 | No |
Dover, DE |
1.4 | 70,100 | 71,100 | 1,000 | No |
Jacksonville, NC |
1.4 | 49,500 | 50,200 | 700 | No |
Longview, TX |
1.4 | 97,400 | 98,800 | 1,400 | No |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
1.4 | 658,300 | 667,800 | 9,500 | No |
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA |
1.4 | 131,100 | 132,900 | 1,800 | No |
Pittsfield, MA NECTA |
1.4 | 41,400 | 42,000 | 600 | No |
Pueblo, CO |
1.4 | 62,700 | 63,600 | 900 | No |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
1.4 | 1,051,900 | 1,066,200 | 14,300 | No |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
1.4 | 269,600 | 273,400 | 3,800 | No |
Walla Walla, WA |
1.4 | 29,000 | 29,400 | 400 | No |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1.3 | 1,417,100 | 1,435,800 | 18,700 | No |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA |
1.3 | 408,200 | 413,700 | 5,500 | No |
Carson City, NV |
1.3 | 30,700 | 31,100 | 400 | No |
Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA |
1.3 | 53,600 | 54,300 | 700 | No |
Macon-Bibb County, GA |
1.3 | 103,600 | 104,900 | 1,300 | No |
New Haven, CT NECTA |
1.3 | 286,200 | 290,000 | 3,800 | No |
Terre Haute, IN |
1.3 | 71,700 | 72,600 | 900 | No |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
1.3 | 140,400 | 142,200 | 1,800 | No |
Akron, OH |
1.2 | 346,800 | 351,000 | 4,200 | No |
Battle Creek, MI |
1.2 | 58,800 | 59,500 | 700 | No |
Bismarck, ND |
1.2 | 73,300 | 74,200 | 900 | No |
Bowling Green, KY |
1.2 | 78,000 | 78,900 | 900 | No |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
1.2 | 112,900 | 114,200 | 1,300 | No |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1.2 | 9,825,700 | 9,938,700 | 113,000 | Yes |
Odessa, TX |
1.2 | 75,600 | 76,500 | 900 | No |
St. Cloud, MN |
1.2 | 111,100 | 112,400 | 1,300 | No |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
1.2 | 109,300 | 110,600 | 1,300 | No |
Altoona, PA |
1.1 | 61,700 | 62,400 | 700 | No |
Cheyenne, WY |
1.1 | 46,400 | 46,900 | 500 | No |
Grand Junction, CO |
1.1 | 64,200 | 64,900 | 700 | No |
Kingston, NY |
1.1 | 63,300 | 64,000 | 700 | No |
Lawton, OK |
1.1 | 45,900 | 46,400 | 500 | No |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1.1 | 6,152,500 | 6,220,600 | 68,100 | Yes |
Warner Robins, GA |
1.1 | 74,300 | 75,100 | 800 | No |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
1.0 | 375,000 | 378,800 | 3,800 | No |
Casper, WY |
1.0 | 38,700 | 39,100 | 400 | No |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1.0 | 4,758,600 | 4,804,300 | 45,700 | Yes |
Columbia, MO |
1.0 | 102,000 | 103,000 | 1,000 | No |
Decatur, IL |
1.0 | 51,700 | 52,200 | 500 | No |
Dothan, AL |
1.0 | 58,300 | 58,900 | 600 | No |
Flint, MI |
1.0 | 142,100 | 143,500 | 1,400 | No |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
1.0 | 57,400 | 58,000 | 600 | No |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC |
1.0 | 422,000 | 426,400 | 4,400 | No |
Monroe, LA |
1.0 | 79,300 | 80,100 | 800 | No |
Rockford, IL |
1.0 | 152,500 | 154,100 | 1,600 | No |
Spartanburg, SC |
1.0 | 155,800 | 157,300 | 1,500 | No |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA |
1.0 | 248,600 | 251,000 | 2,400 | No |
Texarkana, TX-AR |
1.0 | 60,700 | 61,300 | 600 | No |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
0.9 | 175,500 | 177,100 | 1,600 | No |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
0.9 | 145,500 | 146,800 | 1,300 | No |
Corvallis, OR |
0.9 | 43,600 | 44,000 | 400 | No |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
0.9 | 188,000 | 189,700 | 1,700 | No |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
0.9 | 202,500 | 204,300 | 1,800 | No |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
0.9 | 58,400 | 58,900 | 500 | No |
Jackson, MS |
0.9 | 283,900 | 286,500 | 2,600 | No |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
0.9 | 150,400 | 151,700 | 1,300 | No |
Monroe, MI |
0.9 | 43,000 | 43,400 | 400 | No |
Peoria, IL |
0.9 | 172,900 | 174,400 | 1,500 | No |
Pittsburgh, PA |
0.9 | 1,196,600 | 1,207,300 | 10,700 | No |
Albany, GA |
0.8 | 63,900 | 64,400 | 500 | No |
Anchorage, AK |
0.8 | 172,400 | 173,700 | 1,300 | No |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL |
0.8 | 47,500 | 47,900 | 400 | No |
Farmington, NM |
0.8 | 49,500 | 49,900 | 400 | No |
Hot Springs, AR |
0.8 | 37,500 | 37,800 | 300 | No |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
0.8 | 283,900 | 286,100 | 2,200 | No |
Santa Fe, NM |
0.8 | 63,600 | 64,100 | 500 | No |
Danville, IL |
0.7 | 28,300 | 28,500 | 200 | No |
Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA |
0.7 | 55,900 | 56,300 | 400 | No |
Evansville, IN-KY |
0.7 | 164,800 | 165,900 | 1,100 | No |
Grand Island, NE |
0.7 | 42,500 | 42,800 | 300 | No |
Harrisonburg, VA |
0.7 | 68,900 | 69,400 | 500 | No |
Iowa City, IA |
0.7 | 103,400 | 104,100 | 700 | No |
Joplin, MO |
0.7 | 82,100 | 82,700 | 600 | No |
Las Cruces, NM |
0.7 | 70,900 | 71,400 | 500 | No |
Lawrence, KS |
0.7 | 55,100 | 55,500 | 400 | No |
Manchester, NH NECTA |
0.7 | 113,500 | 114,300 | 800 | No |
Napa, CA |
0.7 | 72,700 | 73,200 | 500 | No |
Rochester, NY |
0.7 | 543,000 | 547,000 | 4,000 | No |
Rome, GA |
0.7 | 41,600 | 41,900 | 300 | No |
Springfield, MA-CT NECTA |
0.7 | 342,100 | 344,600 | 2,500 | No |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
0.6 | 2,029,700 | 2,042,500 | 12,800 | No |
Great Falls, MT |
0.6 | 36,100 | 36,300 | 200 | No |
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
0.6 | 81,000 | 81,500 | 500 | No |
Lafayette, LA |
0.6 | 201,700 | 202,900 | 1,200 | No |
Lebanon, PA |
0.6 | 52,900 | 53,200 | 300 | No |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
0.6 | 99,000 | 99,600 | 600 | No |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA |
0.6 | 598,900 | 602,700 | 3,800 | No |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
0.6 | 186,100 | 187,200 | 1,100 | No |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
0.6 | 1,393,000 | 1,400,800 | 7,800 | No |
Billings, MT |
0.5 | 85,100 | 85,500 | 400 | No |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA |
0.5 | 43,200 | 43,400 | 200 | No |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
0.5 | 575,900 | 578,900 | 3,000 | No |
Cumberland, MD-WV |
0.5 | 39,900 | 40,100 | 200 | No |
Gadsden, AL |
0.5 | 38,400 | 38,600 | 200 | No |
Glens Falls, NY |
0.5 | 55,100 | 55,400 | 300 | No |
Greenville, NC |
0.5 | 80,900 | 81,300 | 400 | No |
Midland, MI |
0.5 | 37,300 | 37,500 | 200 | No |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
0.5 | 874,800 | 879,600 | 4,800 | No |
Racine, WI |
0.5 | 78,100 | 78,500 | 400 | No |
State College, PA |
0.5 | 81,700 | 82,100 | 400 | No |
Toledo, OH |
0.5 | 312,400 | 314,000 | 1,600 | No |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
0.5 | 41,300 | 41,500 | 200 | No |
Wilmington, NC |
0.5 | 127,300 | 127,900 | 600 | No |
Fort Smith, AR-OK |
0.4 | 112,800 | 113,300 | 500 | No |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS |
0.4 | 155,500 | 156,100 | 600 | No |
Montgomery, AL |
0.4 | 179,500 | 180,200 | 700 | No |
Owensboro, KY |
0.4 | 54,700 | 54,900 | 200 | No |
Sebring, FL |
0.4 | 25,900 | 26,000 | 100 | No |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
0.4 | 91,600 | 92,000 | 400 | No |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
0.3 | 478,100 | 479,600 | 1,500 | No |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
0.3 | 39,800 | 39,900 | 100 | No |
Knoxville, TN |
0.3 | 403,000 | 404,200 | 1,200 | No |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
0.3 | 179,500 | 180,000 | 500 | No |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
0.3 | 144,900 | 145,400 | 500 | No |
Alexandria, LA |
0.2 | 62,400 | 62,500 | 100 | No |
Bloomington, IL |
0.2 | 95,200 | 95,400 | 200 | No |
Dayton, OH |
0.2 | 397,600 | 398,300 | 700 | No |
Dubuque, IA |
0.2 | 60,700 | 60,800 | 100 | No |
Fargo, ND-MN |
0.2 | 143,600 | 143,900 | 300 | No |
Goldsboro, NC |
0.2 | 42,000 | 42,100 | 100 | No |
Laredo, TX |
0.2 | 105,100 | 105,300 | 200 | No |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA |
0.2 | 51,600 | 51,700 | 100 | No |
New Bern, NC |
0.2 | 44,900 | 45,000 | 100 | No |
Utica-Rome, NY |
0.2 | 128,000 | 128,300 | 300 | No |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
0.2 | 42,400 | 42,500 | 100 | No |
Janesville-Beloit, WI |
0.1 | 68,900 | 69,000 | 100 | No |
Syracuse, NY |
0.1 | 324,600 | 324,900 | 300 | No |
Jefferson City, MO |
0.0 | 77,500 | 77,500 | 0 | No |
Johnson City, TN |
0.0 | 80,800 | 80,800 | 0 | No |
Johnstown, PA |
0.0 | 56,100 | 56,100 | 0 | No |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
0.0 | 33,600 | 33,600 | 0 | No |
Wheeling, WV-OH |
0.0 | 67,500 | 67,500 | 0 | No |
Savannah, GA |
-0.1 | 179,600 | 179,400 | -200 | No |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
-0.2 | 164,200 | 163,800 | -400 | No |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
-0.2 | 678,400 | 677,300 | -1,100 | No |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
-0.2 | 40,200 | 40,100 | -100 | No |
Yuba City, CA |
-0.2 | 44,600 | 44,500 | -100 | No |
Asheville, NC |
-0.3 | 194,600 | 194,000 | -600 | No |
Bangor, ME NECTA |
-0.3 | 67,400 | 67,200 | -200 | No |
Bay City, MI |
-0.3 | 36,300 | 36,200 | -100 | No |
Binghamton, NY |
-0.3 | 105,600 | 105,300 | -300 | No |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
-0.3 | 59,900 | 59,700 | -200 | No |
Erie, PA |
-0.4 | 129,700 | 129,200 | -500 | No |
Waterbury, CT NECTA |
-0.4 | 68,100 | 67,800 | -300 | No |
Fairbanks, AK |
-0.5 | 36,900 | 36,700 | -200 | No |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
-0.5 | 140,700 | 140,000 | -700 | No |
Panama City, FL |
-0.5 | 84,400 | 84,000 | -400 | No |
Rochester, MN |
-0.5 | 120,700 | 120,100 | -600 | No |
Rocky Mount, NC |
-0.5 | 57,200 | 56,900 | -300 | No |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
-0.5 | 222,200 | 221,100 | -1,100 | No |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA |
-0.6 | 126,400 | 125,700 | -700 | No |
Muskegon, MI |
-0.6 | 65,400 | 65,000 | -400 | No |
Springfield, IL |
-0.6 | 113,400 | 112,700 | -700 | No |
Carbondale-Marion, IL |
-0.7 | 58,800 | 58,400 | -400 | No |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
-0.7 | 41,900 | 41,600 | -300 | No |
Muncie, IN |
-0.7 | 53,700 | 53,300 | -400 | No |
Elmira, NY |
-0.8 | 37,300 | 37,000 | -300 | No |
Topeka, KS |
-0.9 | 112,700 | 111,700 | -1,000 | No |
Charleston, WV |
-1.0 | 117,700 | 116,500 | -1,200 | No |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
-1.0 | 86,400 | 85,500 | -900 | No |
Jackson, MI |
-1.0 | 59,000 | 58,400 | -600 | No |
Victoria, TX |
-1.0 | 41,200 | 40,800 | -400 | No |
Beckley, WV |
-1.1 | 45,100 | 44,600 | -500 | No |
Lima, OH |
-1.3 | 54,200 | 53,500 | -700 | No |
Bloomington, IN |
-1.5 | 78,200 | 77,000 | -1,200 | No |
Pine Bluff, AR |
-1.5 | 33,300 | 32,800 | -500 | No |
Williamsport, PA |
-1.9 | 53,900 | 52,900 | -1,000 | No |
Cleveland, TN |
-2.4 | 49,700 | 48,500 | -1,200 | No |
Footnotes: (p) Preliminary |
Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 37 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, while employment was essentially unchanged in 14 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+4.8 percent), Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona (+4.2 percent), and Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (+3.8 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 — November 2018." We also have more charts on metropolitan area employment and unemployment.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment rose 5.9 percent in Reno, Nevada, from November 2017 to November 2018 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/employment-rose-5-point-9-percent-in-reno-nevada-from-november-2017-to-november-2018.htm (visited December 13, 2024).