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Employment increased in 280 metropolitan areas over the 12 months ending in December 2015

February 05, 2016

From December 2014 to December 2015, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 280 metropolitan areas, decreased in 94 areas, and was unchanged in 13 areas. The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+156,400); Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+135,100); and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+98,900). The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Idaho Falls, Idaho (+4.5 percent), followed by Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware; and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (+4.4 percent each).

Percentage change in metropolitan area employment, December 2014–December 2015

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Percentage change in metropolitan area employment, December 2014–December 2015
Metropolitan area	December 2014 employment	December 2015 employment^(p)	Numerical change from December 2014 to December 2015^(p)	Percentage change from December 2014 to December 2015^(p)
Abilene, TX	69,400	69,700	300	0.4%
Akron, OH	335,300	342,400	7,100	2.1
Albany, GA	61,800	60,800	-1,000	-1.6
Albany, OR	41,100	42,200	1,100	2.7
Albany-Schedy-Troy, NY	461,800	465,200	3,400	0.7
Albuquerque, NM	383,100	388,100	5,000	1.3
Alexandria, LA	64,700	63,700	-1,000	-1.5
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	357,700	354,900	-2,800	-0.8
Altoona, PA	61,600	61,100	-500	-0.8
Amarillo, TX	117,600	118,600	1,000	0.9
Ames, IA	54,200	54,400	200	0.4
Anchorage, AK	178,900	180,200	1,300	0.7
Ann Arbor, MI	213,000	217,700	4,700	2.2
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL	46,500	46,600	100	0.2
Appleton, WI	122,500	126,300	3,800	3.1
Asheville, NC	182,800	186,000	3,200	1.8
Athens-Clarke County, GA	93,700	95,200	1,500	1.6
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	2,566,700	2,644,500	77,800	3.0
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	132,300	131,200	-1,100	-0.8
Auburn-Opelika, AL	61,100	61,800	700	1.1
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	229,400	232,600	3,200	1.4
Austin-Round Rock, TX	928,800	963,700	34,900	3.8
Bakersfield, CA	263,800	266,100	2,300	0.9
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	1,368,400	1,399,400	31,000	2.3
Bangor, ME	67,200	67,700	500	0.7
Barnstable Town, MA	98,400	101,100	2,700	2.7
Baton Rouge, LA	401,600	410,400	8,800	2.2
Battle Creek, MI	59,100	59,800	700	1.2
Bay City, MI	37,500	37,600	100	0.3
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	169,100	174,300	5,200	3.1
Beckley, WV	47,400	47,300	-100	-0.2
Bellingham, WA	88,600	90,100	1,500	1.7
Bend-Redmond, OR	70,400	72,300	1,900	2.7
Billings, MT	83,700	85,600	1,900	2.3
Binghamton, NY	107,000	105,200	-1,800	-1.7
Birmingham-Hoover, AL	519,000	524,400	5,400	1.0
Bismarck, ND	74,400	76,000	1,600	2.2
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	78,800	80,600	1,800	2.3
Bloomington, IL	95,000	95,100	100	0.1
Bloomington, IN	77,400	77,800	400	0.5
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA	43,300	43,100	-200	-0.5
Boise City, ID	285,500	291,800	6,300	2.2
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	2,629,800	2,675,600	45,800	1.7
Boulder, CO	179,200	180,500	1,300	0.7
Bowling Green, KY	73,500	74,900	1,400	1.9
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA	87,200	88,300	1,100	1.3
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	413,900	420,500	6,600	1.6
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	138,600	141,000	2,400	1.7
Brunswick, GA	41,900	41,900	0	0.0
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY	561,600	567,700	6,100	1.1
Burlington, NC	61,200	62,000	800	1.3
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	125,200	127,900	2,700	2.2
California-Lexington Park, MD	44,600	45,600	1,000	2.2
Canton-Massillon, OH	173,900	175,700	1,800	1.0
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	239,400	247,500	8,100	3.4
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	45,100	43,400	-1,700	-3.8
Carbondale-Marion, IL	55,200	54,500	-700	-1.3
Carson City, NV	28,000	28,000	0	0.0
Casper, WY	43,200	41,900	-1,300	-3.0
Cedar Rapids, IA	141,300	143,300	2,000	1.4
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA	60,200	60,500	300	0.5
Champaign-Urbana, IL	109,700	110,600	900	0.8
Charleston, WV	124,300	123,500	-800	-0.6
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	327,200	334,800	7,600	2.3
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	1,093,900	1,130,000	36,100	3.3
Charlottesville, VA	113,100	113,900	800	0.7
Chattanooga, TN-GA	243,600	250,300	6,700	2.8
Cheyenne, WY	47,600	47,300	-300	-0.6
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	4,563,500	4,591,000	27,500	0.6
Chico, CA	77,300	79,300	2,000	2.6
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	1,055,900	1,075,600	19,700	1.9
Clarksville, TN-KY	89,300	90,600	1,300	1.5
Cleveland, TN	46,500	46,500	0	0.0
Cleveland-Elyria, OH	1,044,800	1,068,100	23,300	2.2
Coeur d'Alene, ID	58,500	61,100	2,600	4.4
College Station-Bryan, TX	107,500	108,200	700	0.7
Colorado Springs, CO	265,000	267,100	2,100	0.8
Columbia, MO	100,300	101,900	1,600	1.6
Columbia, SC	376,300	390,800	14,500	3.9
Columbus, GA-AL	123,600	126,400	2,800	2.3
Columbus, IN	52,400	54,100	1,700	3.2
Columbus, OH	1,035,700	1,056,000	20,300	2.0
Corpus Christi, TX	197,500	200,400	2,900	1.5
Corvallis, OR	40,600	40,700	100	0.2
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	104,100	104,100	0	0.0
Cumberland, MD-WV	40,200	40,200	0	0.0
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	3,359,300	3,458,200	98,900	2.9
Dalton, GA	67,700	68,500	800	1.2
Danbury, CT	80,600	80,100	-500	-0.6
Danville, IL	29,500	29,700	200	0.7
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	67,000	69,000	2,000	3.0
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	184,000	179,500	-4,500	-2.4
Dayton, OH	377,500	385,000	7,500	2.0
Decatur, AL	54,100	54,400	300	0.6
Decatur, IL	51,200	50,300	-900	-1.8
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	184,900	190,200	5,300	2.9
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	1,374,000	1,398,200	24,200	1.8
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	347,300	357,300	10,000	2.9
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	1,928,500	1,968,100	39,600	2.1
Dothan, AL	57,700	58,000	300	0.5
Dover, DE	68,500	68,000	-500	-0.7
Dover-Durham, NH-ME	53,900	53,900	0	0.0
Dubuque, IA	60,800	60,600	-200	-0.3
Duluth, MN-WI	135,000	135,800	800	0.6
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	296,600	302,900	6,300	2.1
East Stroudsburg, PA	55,800	55,000	-800	-1.4
Eau Claire, WI	85,800	86,200	400	0.5
El Centro, CA	55,500	56,600	1,100	2.0
El Paso, TX	298,400	303,500	5,100	1.7
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY	54,700	55,500	800	1.5
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	124,800	129,700	4,900	3.9
Elmira, NY	39,900	39,800	-100	-0.3
Erie, PA	131,500	132,000	500	0.4
Eugene, OR	152,100	154,200	2,100	1.4
Evansville, IN-KY	158,900	160,700	1,800	1.1
Fairbanks, AK	37,800	37,500	-300	-0.8
Fargo, ND-MN	141,400	142,800	1,400	1.0
Farmington, NM	53,800	52,800	-1,000	-1.9
Fayetteville, NC	129,700	128,500	-1,200	-0.9
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	229,300	234,100	4,800	2.1
Flagstaff, AZ	64,100	64,600	500	0.8
Flint, MI	143,400	143,100	-300	-0.2
Florence, SC	85,800	86,600	800	0.9
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	57,400	56,100	-1,300	-2.3
Fond du Lac, WI	48,600	48,400	-200	-0.4
Fort Collins, CO	149,700	155,100	5,400	3.6
Fort Smith, AR-OK	113,800	112,600	-1,200	-1.1
Fort Wayne, IN	214,800	217,600	2,800	1.3
Fresno, CA	320,900	327,300	6,400	2.0
Gadsden, AL	37,700	37,700	0	0.0
Gainesville, FL	135,500	137,000	1,500	1.1
Gainesville, GA	82,300	83,300	1,000	1.2
Gettysburg, PA	35,100	34,700	-400	-1.1
Glens Falls, NY	53,900	54,300	400	0.7
Goldsboro, NC	42,900	41,700	-1,200	-2.8
Grand Forks, ND-MN	58,300	58,800	500	0.9
Grand Island, NE	43,200	43,000	-200	-0.5
Grand Junction, CO	62,500	62,100	-400	-0.6
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	522,800	542,600	19,800	3.8
Grants Pass, OR	24,800	25,000	200	0.8
Great Falls, MT	35,900	35,000	-900	-2.5
Greeley, CO	102,100	105,900	3,800	3.7
Green Bay, WI	174,400	178,000	3,600	2.1
Greensboro-High Point, NC	356,900	367,100	10,200	2.9
Greenville, NC	78,800	78,600	-200	-0.3
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC	397,000	408,200	11,200	2.8
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS	152,200	152,900	700	0.5
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	104,500	103,800	-700	-0.7
Hammond, LA	45,100	44,800	-300	-0.7
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	37,800	38,000	200	0.5
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	331,500	341,200	9,700	2.9
Harrisonburg, VA	65,900	66,400	500	0.8
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	576,300	582,200	5,900	1.0
Hattiesburg, MS	63,100	62,400	-700	-1.1
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	147,900	147,200	-700	-0.5
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC	72,200	72,100	-100	-0.1
Hinesville, GA	19,900	19,700	-200	-1.0
Homosassa Springs, FL	32,600	32,700	100	0.3
Hot Springs, AR	38,000	38,600	600	1.6
Houma-Thibodaux, LA	102,600	99,000	-3,600	-3.5
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	2,992,600	3,015,800	23,200	0.8
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	142,800	143,200	400	0.3
Huntsville, AL	218,500	221,300	2,800	1.3
Idaho Falls, ID	60,500	63,200	2,700	4.5
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	1,015,900	1,043,300	27,400	2.7
Iowa City, IA	99,000	100,600	1,600	1.6
Ithaca, NY	72,200	71,200	-1,000	-1.4
Jackson, MI	56,100	56,500	400	0.7
Jackson, MS	275,000	277,500	2,500	0.9
Jackson, TN	66,300	67,100	800	1.2
Jacksonville, FL	639,500	656,800	17,300	2.7
Jacksonville, NC	50,400	49,900	-500	-1.0
Janesville-Beloit, WI	67,500	68,300	800	1.2
Jefferson City, MO	76,300	75,700	-600	-0.8
Johnson City, TN	79,100	79,900	800	1.0
Johnstown, PA	58,300	57,300	-1,000	-1.7
Jonesboro, AR	54,800	56,500	1,700	3.1
Joplin, MO	81,600	83,300	1,700	2.1
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI	72,700	73,800	1,100	1.5
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	141,500	146,200	4,700	3.3
Kankakee, IL	45,700	45,700	0	0.0
Kansas City, MO-KS	1,040,000	1,042,700	2,700	0.3
Kennewick-Richland, WA	104,700	106,600	1,900	1.8
Killeen-Temple, TX	137,000	137,500	500	0.4
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA	122,800	125,300	2,500	2.0
Kingston, NY	61,600	61,800	200	0.3
Knoxville, TN	384,800	397,500	12,700	3.3
Kokomo, IN	41,100	42,100	1,000	2.4
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	78,000	78,500	500	0.6
Lafayette, LA	222,900	217,400	-5,500	-2.5
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	103,400	104,200	800	0.8
Lake Charles, LA	102,000	104,300	2,300	2.3
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	46,900	46,200	-700	-1.5
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	206,100	214,800	8,700	4.2
Lancaster, PA	241,700	249,600	7,900	3.3
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	226,200	228,700	2,500	1.1
Laredo, TX	100,900	102,800	1,900	1.9
Las Cruces, NM	72,100	71,000	-1,100	-1.5
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	901,200	919,400	18,200	2.0
Lawrence, KS	53,500	54,300	800	1.5
Lawton, OK	45,500	45,200	-300	-0.7
Lebanon, PA	52,000	50,900	-1,100	-2.1
Leominster-Gardner, MA	50,900	51,300	400	0.8
Lewiston, ID-WA	27,500	28,100	600	2.2
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	51,100	51,000	-100	-0.2
Lexington-Fayette, KY	270,200	278,100	7,900	2.9
Lima, OH	52,900	55,100	2,200	4.2
Lincoln, NE	187,100	191,400	4,300	2.3
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	350,100	353,900	3,800	1.1
Logan, UT-ID	58,900	60,000	1,100	1.9
Longview, TX	105,900	106,400	500	0.5
Longview, WA	39,600	39,200	-400	-1.0
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	5,853,100	5,988,200	135,100	2.3
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN	646,700	662,100	15,400	2.4
Lubbock, TX	139,000	142,000	3,000	2.2
Lynchburg, VA	104,400	103,800	-600	-0.6
Macon, GA	103,400	102,900	-500	-0.5
Madera, CA	36,500	37,100	600	1.6
Madison, WI	389,200	395,300	6,100	1.6
Manchester, NH	109,600	110,500	900	0.8
Manhattan, KS	44,700	45,900	1,200	2.7
Mankato-North Mankato, MN	56,400	56,400	0	0.0
Mansfield, OH	53,100	52,900	-200	-0.4
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	249,800	255,800	6,000	2.4
Medford, OR	82,600	85,300	2,700	3.3
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	628,200	636,700	8,500	1.4
Merced, CA	65,200	63,700	-1,500	-2.3
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	2,500,300	2,555,600	55,300	2.2
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	42,300	42,000	-300	-0.7
Midland, MI	37,900	38,400	500	1.3
Midland, TX	98,800	100,600	1,800	1.8
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	849,700	856,600	6,900	0.8
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	1,913,600	1,947,600	34,000	1.8
Missoula, MT	57,800	58,300	500	0.9
Mobile, AL	175,400	176,500	1,100	0.6
Modesto, CA	163,900	168,000	4,100	2.5
Monroe, LA	79,200	78,000	-1,200	-1.5
Monroe, MI	42,100	42,800	700	1.7
Montgomery, AL	171,100	172,000	900	0.5
Morgantown, WV	70,900	70,400	-500	-0.7
Morristown, TN	44,700	45,900	1,200	2.7
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	48,400	47,700	-700	-1.4
Muncie, IN	51,400	52,500	1,100	2.1
Muskegon, MI	63,200	64,800	1,600	2.5
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC	148,200	152,200	4,000	2.7
Napa, CA	69,500	70,700	1,200	1.7
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL	137,200	140,300	3,100	2.3
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN	899,400	928,500	29,100	3.2
New Bedford, MA	67,100	67,600	500	0.7
New Bern, NC	44,100	43,800	-300	-0.7
New Haven, CT	284,600	287,100	2,500	0.9
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	569,500	568,600	-900	-0.2
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	9,312,800	9,469,200	156,400	1.7
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI	60,500	62,400	1,900	3.1
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL	279,000	283,400	4,400	1.6
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI	128,700	128,000	-700	-0.5
Ocala, FL	99,000	99,900	900	0.9
Ocean City, NJ	37,200	36,500	-700	-1.9
Odessa, TX	82,300	83,500	1,200	1.5
Ogden-Clearfield, UT	235,300	241,400	6,100	2.6
Oklahoma City, OK	629,600	636,500	6,900	1.1
Olympia-Tumwater, WA	109,100	110,300	1,200	1.1
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	488,800	497,700	8,900	1.8
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	1,145,200	1,183,300	38,100	3.3
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	95,100	97,200	2,100	2.2
Owensboro, KY	53,400	53,900	500	0.9
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	297,600	303,800	6,200	2.1
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	201,000	205,300	4,300	2.1
Panama City, FL	78,700	78,500	-200	-0.3
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	43,600	43,300	-300	-0.7
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	167,500	169,800	2,300	1.4
Peoria, IL	178,400	178,700	300	0.2
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	2,831,200	2,866,700	35,500	1.3
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	1,912,500	1,967,800	55,300	2.9
Pine Bluff, AR	34,300	31,900	-2,400	-7.0
Pittsburgh, PA	1,172,600	1,186,600	14,000	1.2
Pittsfield, MA	41,700	42,100	400	1.0
Pocatello, ID	35,500	36,600	1,100	3.1
Port St. Lucie, FL	136,000	139,100	3,100	2.3
Portland-South Portland, ME	195,600	199,500	3,900	2.0
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	1,096,100	1,137,800	41,700	3.8
Portsmouth, NH-ME	84,200	86,200	2,000	2.4
Prescott, AZ	60,700	61,700	1,000	1.6
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	573,100	585,000	11,900	2.1
Provo-Orem, UT	221,100	230,100	9,000	4.1
Pueblo, CO	61,300	61,200	-100	-0.2
Punta Gorda, FL	44,900	46,200	1,300	2.9
Racine, WI	76,500	75,900	-600	-0.8
Raleigh, NC	576,700	587,100	10,400	1.8
Rapid City, SD	65,400	65,200	-200	-0.3
Reading, PA	178,100	179,000	900	0.5
Redding, CA	63,300	64,500	1,200	1.9
Reno, NV	206,100	212,400	6,300	3.1
Richmond, VA	643,100	646,300	3,200	0.5
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	1,324,500	1,372,300	47,800	3.6
Roanoke, VA	162,800	162,200	-600	-0.4
Rochester, MN	115,500	115,200	-300	-0.3
Rochester, NY	533,100	537,700	4,600	0.9
Rockford, IL	152,300	152,000	-300	-0.2
Rocky Mount, NC	58,200	58,300	100	0.2
Rome, GA	40,500	41,100	600	1.5
Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA	904,500	927,400	22,900	2.5
Saginaw, MI	89,600	91,500	1,900	2.1
Salem, OR	152,800	156,100	3,300	2.2
Salinas, CA	132,800	137,300	4,500	3.4
Salisbury, MD-DE	143,900	150,300	6,400	4.4
Salt Lake City, UT	671,300	691,200	19,900	3.0
San Angelo, TX	49,600	49,900	300	0.6
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	965,300	998,900	33,600	3.5
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA	1,378,400	1,415,900	37,500	2.7
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	2,244,200	2,310,500	66,300	3.0
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	1,037,200	1,083,300	46,100	4.4
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA	110,000	114,500	4,500	4.1
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	94,900	94,200	-700	-0.7
Santa Fe, NM	62,200	62,100	-100	-0.2
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	180,400	186,100	5,700	3.2
Santa Rosa, CA	194,000	199,800	5,800	3.0
Savannah, GA	168,300	175,200	6,900	4.1
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton, PA	265,200	269,000	3,800	1.4
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	1,875,100	1,931,900	56,800	3.0
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL	48,700	48,900	200	0.4
Sebring, FL	26,100	26,300	200	0.8
Sheboygan, WI	61,100	62,500	1,400	2.3
Sherman-Denison, TX	46,100	46,000	-100	-0.2
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	184,500	181,500	-3,000	-1.6
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	35,000	34,600	-400	-1.1
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	88,800	89,300	500	0.6
Sioux Falls, SD	147,700	153,700	6,000	4.1
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	139,100	138,900	-200	-0.1
Spartanburg, SC	141,700	146,000	4,300	3.0
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	235,700	241,500	5,800	2.5
Springfield, IL	112,400	112,900	500	0.4
Springfield, MA-CT	327,300	333,600	6,300	1.9
Springfield, MO	206,200	211,600	5,400	2.6
Springfield, OH	52,600	52,000	-600	-1.1
St. Cloud, MN	107,900	107,500	-400	-0.4
St. George, UT	55,100	56,000	900	1.6
St. Joseph, MO-KS	63,500	62,400	-1,100	-1.7
St. Louis, MO-IL	1,325,700	1,341,200	15,500	1.2
State College, PA	78,300	78,700	400	0.5
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA	48,700	48,500	-200	-0.4
Stockton-Lodi, CA	213,200	219,900	6,700	3.1
Sumter, SC	39,200	39,000	-200	-0.5
Syracuse, NY	320,800	324,400	3,600	1.1
Tallahassee, FL	177,100	177,800	700	0.4
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	1,233,000	1,271,800	38,800	3.1
Terre Haute, IN	71,500	71,300	-200	-0.3
Texarkana, TX-AR	59,500	59,000	-500	-0.8
The Villages, FL	26,200	26,700	500	1.9
Toledo, OH	301,500	307,300	5,800	1.9
Topeka, KS	112,000	112,400	400	0.4
Trenton, NJ	255,300	263,100	7,800	3.1
Tucson, AZ	373,200	382,100	8,900	2.4
Tulsa, OK	448,400	446,700	-1,700	-0.4
Tuscaloosa, AL	104,500	107,000	2,500	2.4
Tyler, TX	101,200	101,200	0	0.0
Urban Honolulu, HI	471,400	482,600	11,200	2.4
Utica-Rome, NY	128,800	130,100	1,300	1.0
Valdosta, GA	55,700	54,600	-1,100	-2.0
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA	130,900	135,500	4,600	3.5
Victoria, TX	45,800	46,600	800	1.7
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ	57,000	57,100	100	0.2
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	758,400	765,700	7,300	1.0
Visalia-Porterville, CA	116,700	119,200	2,500	2.1
Waco, TX	112,700	113,700	1,000	0.9
Walla Walla, WA	27,000	27,400	400	1.5
Warner Robins, GA	71,000	69,900	-1,100	-1.5
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	3,156,300	3,224,800	68,500	2.2
Waterbury, CT	69,200	69,200	0	0.0
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	93,300	92,800	-500	-0.5
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	41,900	41,900	0	0.0
Wausau, WI	72,000	73,100	1,100	1.5
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	43,000	43,200	200	0.5
Wenatchee, WA	41,100	40,900	-200	-0.5
Wheeling, WV-OH	69,600	69,100	-500	-0.7
Wichita Falls, TX	59,000	57,500	-1,500	-2.5
Wichita, KS	295,400	298,600	3,200	1.1
Williamsport, PA	57,300	55,200	-2,100	-3.7
Wilmington, NC	117,200	117,200	0	0.0
Winchester, VA-WV	60,900	62,400	1,500	2.5
Winston-Salem, NC	256,200	263,700	7,500	2.9
Worcester, MA-CT	279,300	284,800	5,500	2.0
Yakima, WA	80,300	81,500	1,200	1.5
York-Hanover, PA	180,900	182,300	1,400	0.8
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	227,200	230,100	2,900	1.3
Yuba City, CA	40,700	41,100	400	1.0
Yuma, AZ	53,400	53,200	-200	-0.4
Footnotes: Note: Data are not seasonally adjusted. ^(p) preliminary.

The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Lafayette, Louisiana (–5,500); Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Illinois (–4,500); and Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana (–3,600). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (–7.0 percent); Cape Girardeau, Missouri-Illiniois (–3.8 percent); and Williamsport, Pennsylvania (–3.7 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 — December 2015” (HTML) (PDF).

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment increased in 280 metropolitan areas over the 12 months ending in December 2015 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/employment-increased-in-280-metropolitan-areas-over-the-12-months-ending-in-december-2015.htm (visited April 16, 2024).

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