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45 metro areas had increases in nonfarm employment from December 2018 to December 2019
February 13, 2020
Forty-five metro areas had increases in nonfarm employment from December 2018 to December 2019, and 344 were essentially unchanged. The largest statistically significant over-the-year percentage increases in employment occurred in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Wilmington, North Carolina (4.8 percent each), and Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina-North Carolina (4.7 percent).
Change in nonfarm employment by metropolitan area, December 2018 to December 2019, by top ten largest percent gains and losses, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Employment change
Ocean City, NJ
6.6%
2,500
Idaho Falls, ID
4.8
3,300
Wilmington, NC
4.8
6,200
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
4.7
8,000
Yuba City, CA
4.4
2,000
Punta Gorda, FL
4.2
2,100
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
4.0
10,300
St. George, UT
4.0
2,800
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
3.9
10,300
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
3.7
3,000
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-1.5
-1,300
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-1.6
-2,900
Glens Falls, NY
-1.8
-1,000
Pine Bluff, AR
-1.8
-600
Akron, OH
-1.9
-6,400
Enid, OK
-1.9
-500
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
-2.0
-800
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
-2.0
-4,400
Bay City, MI
-2.8
-1,000
Cleveland, TN
-5.0
-2,600
The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (127,600), New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (97,300), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (93,200).
United States Department of Labor
