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Employment down in 206 metro areas, up in 1, over the year ended February 2021
April 09, 2021
Over the year ended in February 2021, nonfarm payroll employment decreased significantly in 206 metropolitan areas, increased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 182 areas.
Metropolitan areas with significant employment changes from February 2020 to February 2021, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
12-month change
Employment
Percent
Employment
Feb. 2020
Feb. 2021
Alabama
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
-3.0%
-16,300
544,600
528,300
Gadsden, AL
-7.1
-2,600
36,400
33,800
Montgomery, AL
-4.6
-8,200
176,600
168,400
Tuscaloosa, AL
-7.0
-8,000
114,000
106,000
Alaska
Anchorage, AK
-6.4
-11,100
172,400
161,300
Fairbanks, AK
-8.2
-3,000
36,700
33,700
Arizona
Flagstaff, AZ
-8.0
-5,400
67,400
62,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
-3.6
-79,600
2,233,500
2,153,900
Tucson, AZ
-5.8
-23,000
397,500
374,500
Yuma, AZ
-8.1
-4,900
60,600
55,700
Arkansas
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
-4.8
-17,500
366,000
348,500
California
Bakersfield, CA
-7.6
-21,100
278,800
257,700
Chico, CA
-9.8
-7,800
80,000
72,200
El Centro, CA
-8.7
-4,700
54,200
49,500
Fresno, CA
-6.9
-25,300
367,900
342,600
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
-8.8
-3,600
41,100
37,500
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
-11.7
-738,400
6,303,000
5,564,600
Madera, CA
-6.7
-2,700
40,400
37,700
Modesto, CA
-5.7
-10,400
181,600
171,200
Napa, CA
-12.9
-9,500
73,800
64,300
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
-8.8
-27,600
315,400
287,800
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
-5.7
-90,600
1,587,100
1,496,500
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
-6.2
-64,200
1,032,100
967,900
Salinas, CA
-10.4
-15,000
144,700
129,700
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
-8.7
-131,700
1,515,200
1,383,500
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
-11.3
-283,500
2,500,800
2,217,300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
-8.8
-101,900
1,161,200
1,059,300
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
-12.6
-15,100
120,000
104,900
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
-13.4
-13,900
103,500
89,600
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
-9.3
-18,300
197,100
178,800
Santa Rosa, CA
-12.9
-26,900
209,100
182,200
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
-8.4
-12,100
143,200
131,100
Visalia-Porterville, CA
-7.6
-10,000
131,400
121,400
Yuba City, CA
-9.5
-4,500
47,600
43,100
Colorado
Boulder, CO
-7.5
-15,000
200,700
185,700
Colorado Springs, CO
-4.5
-13,500
301,200
287,700
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
-4.9
-75,500
1,539,700
1,464,200
Greeley, CO
-7.5
-8,500
112,800
104,300
Connecticut
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
-8.4
-33,300
397,300
364,000
Danbury, CT
-7.9
-6,000
76,300
70,300
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
-7.0
-41,100
584,700
543,600
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI
-10.6
-13,300
125,200
111,900
Delaware
Dover, DE
-6.1
-4,300
70,400
66,100
District of Columbia
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
-6.8
-227,200
3,352,800
3,125,600
Florida
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
-5.6
-16,200
287,200
271,000
Jacksonville, FL
-3.0
-22,000
732,000
710,000
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
-7.6
-209,600
2,765,400
2,555,800
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
-12.5
-168,500
1,344,800
1,176,300
Tallahassee, FL
-3.9
-7,300
188,800
181,500
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
-3.1
-43,600
1,411,100
1,367,500
Georgia
Albany, GA
-6.6
-4,200
63,200
59,000
Athens-Clarke County, GA
-6.4
-6,300
98,300
92,000
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
-5.6
-161,600
2,867,900
2,706,300
Columbus, GA-AL
-5.7
-7,000
123,500
116,500
Hawaii
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
-26.2
-21,100
80,400
59,300
Urban Honolulu, HI
-15.5
-74,200
478,900
404,700
Illinois
Bloomington, IL
-6.8
-6,300
92,500
86,200
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
-8.4
-394,300
4,699,100
4,304,800
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL (2)
-6.1
-11,200
183,100
171,900
Kankakee, IL
-8.1
-3,700
45,400
41,700
Peoria, IL
-7.6
-12,800
168,200
155,400
Rockford, IL
-7.2
-10,600
146,800
136,200
Springfield, IL
-6.3
-6,800
107,100
100,300
Indiana
Bloomington, IN
-8.1
-6,600
81,200
74,600
Columbus, IN
-6.2
-3,300
52,900
49,600
Evansville, IN-KY
-6.1
-9,600
158,000
148,400
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
-4.3
-46,800
1,087,200
1,040,400
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
-6.6
-7,100
107,900
100,800
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
-7.5
-10,700
143,000
132,300
Terre Haute, IN
-6.6
-4,400
66,800
62,400
Iowa
Ames, IA
-12.0
-6,600
54,800
48,200
Cedar Rapids, IA
-6.3
-9,000
144,000
135,000
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
-4.6
-17,000
371,600
354,600
Iowa City, IA
-7.4
-7,500
100,900
93,400
Kansas
Lawrence, KS
-10.3
-5,500
53,600
48,100
Manhattan, KS
-10.9
-4,700
43,000
38,300
Wichita, KS
-8.0
-24,400
306,700
282,300
Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette, KY
-6.1
-17,100
279,100
262,000
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
-5.1
-34,200
671,300
637,100
Owensboro, KY
-6.8
-3,600
52,600
49,000
Louisiana
Baton Rouge, LA
-5.5
-22,400
410,900
388,500
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-6.6
-5,700
86,800
81,100
Lafayette, LA
-8.0
-16,300
204,500
188,200
Lake Charles, LA
-17.1
-18,800
110,200
91,400
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-11.2
-66,000
590,600
524,600
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-7.5
-13,500
179,200
165,700
Maine
Bangor, ME
-6.7
-4,600
68,400
63,800
Portland-South Portland, ME
-6.7
-13,900
208,500
194,600
Maryland
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
-6.0
-85,300
1,411,900
1,326,600
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
-6.7
-6,900
102,900
96,000
Massachusetts
Barnstable Town, MA
-6.2
-6,000
96,200
90,200
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
-9.1
-256,700
2,809,500
2,552,800
Leominster-Gardner, MA
-9.3
-4,900
52,900
48,000
New Bedford, MA
-9.6
-6,400
67,000
60,600
Pittsfield, MA
-9.8
-3,800
38,900
35,100
Springfield, MA-CT
-11.2
-37,600
335,900
298,300
Worcester, MA-CT
-9.2
-26,700
290,000
263,300
Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
-8.7
-20,200
231,000
210,800
Battle Creek, MI
-6.9
-3,900
56,600
52,700
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
-7.8
-157,100
2,025,400
1,868,300
Flint, MI
-6.9
-9,500
138,200
128,700
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
-6.9
-39,400
567,700
528,300
Jackson, MI
-8.9
-5,200
58,700
53,500
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
-8.5
-12,800
150,900
138,100
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
-9.5
-22,700
239,200
216,500
Monroe, MI
-9.1
-3,700
40,600
36,900
Muskegon, MI
-7.6
-4,800
62,800
58,000
Saginaw, MI
-6.5
-5,600
85,600
80,000
Minnesota
Duluth, MN-WI
-6.5
-8,900
136,400
127,500
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
-7.5
-4,400
58,800
54,400
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
-8.5
-171,600
2,020,600
1,849,000
Mississippi
Jackson, MS
-4.7
-13,100
278,000
264,900
Missouri
Kansas City, MO-KS
-4.5
-49,500
1,093,500
1,044,000
St. Louis, MO-IL (1)
-6.0
-84,300
1,399,900
1,315,600
Nebraska
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
-4.2
-21,200
502,800
481,600
Nevada
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
-13.8
-145,100
1,049,700
904,600
New Hampshire
Manchester, NH
-7.8
-9,100
117,300
108,200
Portsmouth, NH-ME
-5.6
-5,200
92,800
87,600
New Jersey
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
-12.0
-15,600
130,300
114,700
Ocean City, NJ
11.9
4,100
34,400
38,500
Trenton, NJ
-6.2
-17,400
281,700
264,300
New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
-7.1
-28,300
401,000
372,700
Farmington, NM
-10.1
-4,700
46,500
41,800
Las Cruces, NM
-6.1
-4,600
75,000
70,400
Santa Fe, NM
-12.4
-7,800
63,000
55,200
New York
Albany-Schedy-Troy, NY
-6.9
-32,400
468,100
435,700
Binghamton, NY
-8.3
-8,400
100,600
92,200
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
-8.9
-49,400
558,000
508,600
Elmira, NY
-9.2
-3,400
37,000
33,600
Ithaca, NY
-10.4
-6,700
64,700
58,000
Kingston, NY
-9.8
-6,000
61,100
55,100
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
-11.2
-1,113,600
9,933,200
8,819,600
Rochester, NY
-6.8
-36,100
533,400
497,300
Syracuse, NY
-8.5
-26,900
316,500
289,600
Utica-Rome, NY
-8.1
-10,300
126,400
116,100
North Carolina
Asheville, NC
-6.2
-12,300
197,800
185,500
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
-4.2
-52,100
1,251,600
1,199,500
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
-4.2
-14,100
332,900
318,800
Fayetteville, NC
-5.0
-6,600
132,500
125,900
Goldsboro, NC
-5.8
-2,400
41,500
39,100
Greensboro-High Point, NC
-5.9
-21,600
364,800
343,200
Raleigh, NC
-3.2
-21,000
655,700
634,700
Wilmington, NC
-4.1
-5,500
133,500
128,000
Winston-Salem, NC
-4.7
-12,800
273,100
260,300
North Dakota
Fargo, ND-MN
-4.1
-5,900
145,200
139,300
Ohio
Akron, OH
-5.8
-19,800
338,700
318,900
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
-5.7
-62,800
1,110,400
1,047,600
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
-7.4
-78,300
1,064,900
986,600
Columbus, OH
-4.0
-44,400
1,111,800
1,067,400
Dayton, OH
-5.0
-19,700
390,100
370,400
Toledo, OH
-7.9
-24,300
309,000
284,700
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
-6.9
-14,700
211,900
197,200
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
-6.1
-40,600
660,200
619,600
Tulsa, OK
-6.7
-30,500
458,600
428,100
Oregon
Corvallis, OR
-10.4
-4,600
44,100
39,500
Eugene, OR
-10.5
-17,400
165,600
148,200
Medford, OR
-5.1
-4,600
90,200
85,600
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
-8.4
-103,700
1,232,500
1,128,800
Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
-5.9
-22,200
378,900
356,700
East Stroudsburg, PA
-9.3
-5,500
59,100
53,600
Erie, PA
-8.1
-10,300
126,900
116,600
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
-5.1
-17,700
348,700
331,000
Johnstown, PA
-8.0
-4,200
52,800
48,600
Lancaster, PA
-6.9
-17,800
259,000
241,200
Lebanon, PA
-6.3
-3,400
53,700
50,300
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
-7.2
-214,600
2,976,400
2,761,800
Pittsburgh, PA
-7.5
-87,800
1,177,400
1,089,600
Reading, PA
-8.3
-14,900
180,100
165,200
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
-6.9
-18,100
261,400
243,300
State College, PA
-13.1
-10,600
80,900
70,300
Rhode Island
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
-8.6
-50,800
593,900
543,100
South Carolina
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
-5.3
-20,000
376,400
356,400
Columbia, SC
-3.9
-15,900
403,600
387,700
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
-4.9
-8,200
168,600
160,400
South Dakota
Sioux Falls, SD
-3.3
-5,300
159,500
154,200
Tennessee
Chattanooga, TN-GA
-4.6
-12,300
268,500
256,200
Knoxville, TN
-2.5
-10,100
409,300
399,200
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
-3.8
-25,000
653,400
628,400
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
-4.4
-46,200
1,058,900
1,012,700
Texas
Austin-Round Rock, TX
-3.0
-34,600
1,142,400
1,107,800
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
-7.2
-11,900
165,900
154,000
Corpus Christi, TX
-6.5
-12,500
191,600
179,100
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
-3.7
-142,900
3,838,800
3,695,900
El Paso, TX
-3.8
-12,600
327,300
314,700
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
-7.3
-233,000
3,192,200
2,959,200
Laredo, TX
-7.5
-8,100
108,200
100,100
Longview, TX
-6.8
-6,700
98,700
92,000
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
-4.2
-11,500
275,800
264,300
Midland, TX
-17.5
-19,800
113,100
93,300
Odessa, TX
-17.9
-14,700
82,200
67,500
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
-3.3
-36,000
1,082,700
1,046,700
Vermont
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
-8.5
-10,700
126,400
115,700
Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
-8.3
-10,100
122,200
112,100
Richmond, VA
-6.6
-45,000
686,200
641,200
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
-4.7
-37,400
793,700
756,300
Washington
Bellingham, WA
-8.0
-7,700
96,500
88,800
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
-7.2
-6,900
95,600
88,700
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
-6.6
-138,900
2,104,700
1,965,800
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
-5.5
-14,100
256,400
242,300
West Virginia
Beckley, WV
-6.5
-2,800
43,300
40,500
Charleston, WV
-7.0
-7,600
108,300
100,700
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
-4.6
-6,100
133,600
127,500
Morgantown, WV
-5.4
-3,900
71,700
67,800
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
-7.4
-2,800
37,700
34,900
Wisconsin
Madison, WI
-6.4
-26,400
412,700
386,300
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
-7.1
-61,600
865,900
804,300
Wyoming
Casper, WY
-8.5
-3,300
39,000
35,700
Note: Data for the most recent month are preliminary.
The largest over-the-year percentage losses in employment occurred in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii (where employment decreased 21,100, or −26.2 percent), Odessa, Texas (−14,700, or −17.9 percent), and Midland, Texas (−19,800, or −17.5 percent). Employment in 25 other metro areas decreased by least 10.0 percent over the year ending February 2021.
The one significant over-the-year increase in employment occurred in Ocean City, New Jersey (+4,100, or +11.9 percent).
Among large metropolitan areas (those with a population of 1 million or more in 2010 Census ), nonfarm employment declined over the year in 50 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 1 area. The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (−13.8 percent), Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (−12.5 percent), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (−11.7 percent).
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