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Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 108 metropolitan areas in the year ended December 2021
February 11, 2022
In December, 108 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment and 281 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Yuma, Arizona (+10.1 percent), Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (+9.1 percent), and Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama, and Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii (+9.0 percent each). The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+427,300), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+387,900), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+196,900).
Change in metropolitan area employment, December 2020 to December 2021
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Total change
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
1.5%
700
Auburn-Opelika, AL
0.9
600
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
3.7
19,600
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
9.0
6,900
Decatur, AL
1.9
1,100
Dothan, AL
3.7
2,200
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
1.8
1,000
Gadsden, AL
-0.6
-200
Huntsville, AL
2.3
5,700
Mobile, AL
0.7
1,200
Montgomery, AL
1.5
2,500
Tuscaloosa, AL
2.1
2,200
Anchorage, AK
2.4
3,900
Fairbanks, AK
1.2
400
Flagstaff, AZ
6.3
4,000
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
5.6
2,900
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
5.7
122,700
Prescott, AZ
7.4
4,800
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
2.8
1,000
Tucson, AZ
4.0
15,200
Yuma, AZ
10.1
5,700
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
5.6
15,100
Fort Smith, AR-OK
2.5
2,800
Hot Springs, AR
-1.0
-400
Jonesboro, AR
3.7
2,200
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
1.4
5,100
Pine Bluff, AR
1.6
500
Bakersfield, CA
2.7
6,900
Chico, CA
7.2
5,100
El Centro, CA
6.7
3,300
Fresno, CA
3.6
12,700
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
4.9
1,900
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
6.9
387,900
Madera, CA
2.6
1,000
Merced, CA
3.6
2,400
Modesto, CA
3.4
5,900
Napa, CA
4.1
2,700
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
4.7
13,600
Redding, CA
4.6
3,000
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
4.4
66,000
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
3.9
37,900
Salinas, CA
6.7
8,800
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
4.9
67,600
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
5.9
131,600
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
6.0
64,500
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
4.3
4,500
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
4.4
4,000
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
4.7
8,600
Santa Rosa, CA
7.7
14,100
Stockton-Lodi, CA
2.1
5,200
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
3.2
4,300
Visalia-Porterville, CA
6.3
7,600
Yuba City, CA
7.0
3,100
Boulder, CO
6.0
11,200
Colorado Springs, CO
7.2
20,900
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
6.3
91,800
Fort Collins, CO
3.8
6,300
Grand Junction, CO
4.2
2,600
Greeley, CO
4.7
4,900
Pueblo, CO
3.1
1,900
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
3.4
12,700
Danbury, CT
3.3
2,400
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
1.6
8,800
New Haven, CT
4.0
11,500
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI
2.4
2,800
Waterbury, CT
1.5
1,000
Dover, DE
3.1
2,100
Salisbury, MD-DE
4.1
6,300
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
4.3
134,700
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
5.0
13,600
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
2.0
2,400
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
3.1
6,300
Gainesville, FL
3.2
4,600
Homosassa Springs, FL
3.1
1,000
Jacksonville, FL
4.0
29,200
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
3.6
8,800
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
5.1
132,400
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
4.8
7,300
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
5.6
17,200
Ocala, FL
2.8
3,000
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
7.7
91,400
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
5.3
12,000
Panama City, FL
4.7
3,700
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
4.0
7,400
Port St. Lucie, FL
6.5
10,000
Punta Gorda, FL
5.0
2,500
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
5.5
2,900
Sebring, FL
3.1
800
Tallahassee, FL
3.1
5,500
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
5.4
74,100
The Villages, FL
0.6
200
Albany, GA
1.8
1,100
Athens-Clarke County, GA
3.0
2,800
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
5.1
141,100
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
0.4
900
Brunswick, GA
4.0
1,700
Columbus, GA-AL
2.8
3,300
Dalton, GA
2.5
1,600
Gainesville, GA
4.6
4,300
Hinesville, GA
2.4
500
Macon-Bibb County, GA
4.0
4,000
Rome, GA
2.5
1,000
Savannah, GA
6.3
11,800
Valdosta, GA
2.5
1,400
Warner Robins, GA
4.4
3,400
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
9.0
5,400
Urban Honolulu, HI
6.5
26,500
Boise City, ID
1.3
4,500
Coeur d'Alene, ID
4.0
2,700
Idaho Falls, ID
2.3
1,700
Lewiston, ID-WA
1.8
500
Pocatello, ID
6.3
2,400
Twin Falls, ID
0.8
400
Bloomington, IL
-0.7
-600
Carbondale-Marion, IL
5.9
3,300
Champaign-Urbana, IL
3.8
4,400
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
4.4
191,400
Danville, IL
2.7
700
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
3.5
6,200
Decatur, IL
3.9
1,800
Kankakee, IL
5.7
2,400
Peoria, IL
3.5
5,600
Rockford, IL
4.8
6,600
Springfield, IL
3.0
3,000
Bloomington, IN
5.3
3,900
Columbus, IN
3.5
1,800
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
6.6
9,000
Evansville, IN-KY
-0.5
-700
Fort Wayne, IN
2.1
4,600
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
2.7
29,300
Kokomo, IN
2.4
900
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
5.0
5,100
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
2.5
1,000
Muncie, IN
1.6
800
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
5.6
7,500
Terre Haute, IN
1.6
1,000
Ames, IA
5.0
2,500
Cedar Rapids, IA
1.0
1,400
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
4.0
14,600
Dubuque, IA
3.3
1,900
Iowa City, IA
1.2
1,100
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
0.6
500
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
1.9
1,600
Lawrence, KS
6.4
3,100
Manhattan, KS
-1.3
-500
Topeka, KS
-0.3
-300
Wichita, KS
2.4
7,000
Bowling Green, KY
3.3
2,400
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
3.8
2,000
Lexington-Fayette, KY
2.5
6,600
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
4.0
25,600
Owensboro, KY
4.3
2,100
Alexandria, LA
-0.3
-200
Baton Rouge, LA
2.8
10,800
Hammond, LA
4.1
1,900
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
1.1
900
Lafayette, LA
2.7
5,200
Lake Charles, LA
6.1
5,500
Monroe, LA
0.9
700
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
2.4
12,800
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
1.1
1,800
Bangor, ME
3.6
2,300
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
1.2
600
Portland-South Portland, ME
3.1
6,100
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
2.6
35,500
California-Lexington Park, MD
2.5
1,200
Cumberland, MD-WV
5.2
1,900
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
3.3
3,300
Barnstable Town, MA NECTA
6.1
5,700
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
6.1
157,800
Leominster-Gardner, MA
7.5
3,600
New Bedford, MA
4.7
2,900
Pittsfield, MA
3.6
1,300
Springfield, MA-CT
6.2
18,900
Worcester, MA-CT
4.7
12,700
Ann Arbor, MI
4.8
10,000
Battle Creek, MI
0.6
300
Bay City, MI
2.8
900
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
6.2
116,000
Flint, MI
3.1
4,000
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
4.8
25,100
Jackson, MI
5.6
3,000
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
6.6
9,100
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
5.8
12,400
Midland, MI
4.6
1,600
Monroe, MI
4.9
1,800
Muskegon, MI
2.6
1,500
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
4.9
2,800
Saginaw, MI
2.7
2,200
Duluth, MN-WI
4.8
6,000
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
4.4
2,400
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
5.3
98,700
Rochester, MN
5.6
6,500
St. Cloud, MN
4.9
5,000
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
3.9
6,000
Hattiesburg, MS
0.8
500
Jackson, MS
0.7
1,900
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
2.0
900
Columbia, MO
3.0
2,900
Jefferson City, MO
2.2
1,700
Joplin, MO
2.0
1,600
Kansas City, MO-KS
3.6
38,900
St. Joseph, MO-KS
1.5
900
St. Louis, MO-IL
2.4
32,300
Springfield, MO
2.8
6,000
Billings, MT
3.0
2,500
Great Falls, MT
-1.1
-400
Missoula, MT
2.6
1,600
Grand Island, NE
1.0
400
Lincoln, NE
2.8
5,300
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
2.0
9,900
Carson City, NV
4.7
1,400
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
8.8
80,000
Reno, NV
4.1
10,100
Dover-Durham, NH-ME
5.5
2,800
Manchester, NH
3.1
3,400
Portsmouth, NH-ME
6.8
6,000
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
9.1
10,600
Ocean City, NJ
-4.2
-1,700
Trenton, NJ
4.5
12,300
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
2.8
1,600
Albuquerque, NM
6.6
24,300
Farmington, NM
3.8
1,600
Las Cruces, NM
5.3
3,700
Santa Fe, NM
3.1
1,700
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
2.6
11,500
Binghamton, NY
2.1
2,000
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
4.3
22,200
Elmira, NY
4.1
1,400
Glens Falls, NY
2.0
1,000
Ithaca, NY
2.4
1,400
Kingston, NY
3.0
1,700
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
4.7
427,300
Rochester, NY
6.5
32,100
Syracuse, NY
2.4
7,000
Utica-Rome, NY
2.3
2,700
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
4.6
1,800
Asheville, NC
3.0
5,700
Burlington, NC
3.7
2,300
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
3.3
39,900
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
4.8
15,300
Fayetteville, NC
3.0
3,800
Goldsboro, NC
1.7
700
Greensboro-High Point, NC
2.6
8,900
Greenville, NC
4.8
3,900
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
4.2
6,400
Jacksonville, NC
1.6
800
New Bern, NC
1.4
600
Raleigh, NC
4.0
25,900
Rocky Mount, NC
1.6
900
Wilmington, NC
6.9
8,800
Winston-Salem, NC
3.2
8,400
Bismarck, ND
1.3
900
Fargo, ND-MN
4.5
6,300
Grand Forks, ND-MN
3.3
1,700
Akron, OH
2.7
8,600
Canton-Massillon, OH
1.3
2,100
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
3.9
41,400
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
2.6
26,400
Columbus, OH
2.0
21,200
Dayton, OH
2.4
8,800
Lima, OH
0.6
300
Mansfield, OH
0.0
0
Springfield, OH
3.2
1,500
Toledo, OH
2.7
7,900
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
1.6
600
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
1.5
3,100
Enid, OK
3.4
800
Lawton, OK
1.4
600
Oklahoma City, OK
3.1
19,400
Tulsa, OK
2.4
10,500
Albany, OR
5.4
2,400
Bend-Redmond, OR
5.7
4,700
Corvallis, OR
4.8
1,900
Eugene, OR
4.7
7,000
Grants Pass, OR
2.2
600
Medford, OR
4.3
3,700
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
7.3
82,800
Salem, OR
5.6
9,300
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
3.7
13,400
Altoona, PA
0.9
500
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
5.9
2,400
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
2.9
1,700
East Stroudsburg, PA
5.5
3,000
Erie, PA
2.5
3,000
Gettysburg, PA
6.7
2,200
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
3.8
12,600
Johnstown, PA
-1.0
-500
Lancaster, PA
3.2
7,700
Lebanon, PA
3.2
1,600
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
4.8
134,100
Pittsburgh, PA
3.7
40,500
Reading, PA
1.0
1,600
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
3.2
7,900
State College, PA
4.7
3,400
Williamsport, PA
3.2
1,600
York-Hanover, PA
2.5
4,500
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
5.3
28,900
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
3.2
11,500
Columbia, SC
2.3
9,000
Florence, SC
0.7
600
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
3.0
12,500
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
3.1
2,500
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
4.8
7,800
Spartanburg, SC
3.6
5,900
Sumter, SC
-1.8
-700
Rapid City, SD
1.8
1,200
Sioux Falls, SD
2.4
3,800
Chattanooga, TN-GA
2.8
7,300
Clarksville, TN-KY
4.6
4,300
Cleveland, TN
5.3
2,600
Jackson, TN
2.2
1,500
Johnson City, TN
1.0
800
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
1.4
1,700
Knoxville, TN
3.0
12,200
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
2.9
18,700
Morristown, TN
3.2
1,500
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
4.7
48,400
Abilene, TX
5.4
3,800
Amarillo, TX
3.5
4,200
Austin-Round Rock, TX
7.3
80,600
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
5.1
7,900
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
3.1
4,300
College Station-Bryan, TX
2.4
2,900
Corpus Christi, TX
4.6
8,200
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
5.2
196,900
El Paso, TX
2.1
6,800
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
5.1
151,800
Killeen-Temple, TX
3.8
5,400
Laredo, TX
4.0
4,000
Longview, TX
3.5
3,200
Lubbock, TX
3.0
4,500
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
5.8
15,500
Midland, TX
6.6
6,200
Odessa, TX
5.0
3,400
San Angelo, TX
3.6
1,700
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
4.2
43,800
Sherman-Denison, TX
3.5
1,700
Texarkana, TX-AR
2.7
1,600
Tyler, TX
8.5
9,100
Victoria, TX
0.8
300
Waco, TX
4.1
5,000
Wichita Falls, TX
2.5
1,400
Logan, UT-ID
5.8
3,900
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
2.7
7,500
Provo-Orem, UT
5.9
16,400
St. George, UT
6.9
5,100
Salt Lake City, UT
4.3
32,800
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
3.1
3,600
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
8.4
6,300
Charlottesville, VA
1.9
2,100
Harrisonburg, VA
4.8
3,200
Lynchburg, VA
3.0
3,000
Richmond, VA
0.6
3,800
Roanoke, VA
2.0
3,100
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
2.9
1,500
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
1.2
8,900
Winchester, VA-WV
3.9
2,600
Bellingham, WA
6.8
6,100
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
3.3
3,000
Kennewick-Richland, WA
5.2
5,900
Longview, WA
3.5
1,400
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
6.2
3,000
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
5.9
6,900
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
6.3
123,300
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
7.6
18,400
Walla Walla, WA
5.4
1,500
Wenatchee, WA
3.7
1,600
Yakima, WA
5.3
4,400
Beckley, WV
2.2
900
Charleston, WV
1.7
1,700
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
0.7
900
Morgantown, WV
2.8
1,900
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
0.6
200
Wheeling, WV-OH
3.9
2,300
Appleton, WI
2.2
2,700
Eau Claire, WI
2.3
2,000
Fond du Lac, WI
4.5
2,100
Green Bay, WI
2.2
3,800
Janesville-Beloit, WI
3.9
2,600
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
2.3
1,700
Madison, WI
3.3
12,800
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
2.9
23,500
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
3.6
3,400
Racine, WI
1.9
1,400
Sheboygan, WI
3.6
2,200
Wausau, WI
2.9
2,000
Casper, WY
1.4
500
Cheyenne, WY
2.4
1,100
Aguadilla-Isabela, PR
2.3
1,200
Arecibo, PR
4.9
1,700
Guayama, PR
2.8
400
Mayaguez, PR
0.0
0
Ponce, PR
1.9
1,300
San German, PR
5.9
1,200
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR
3.3
20,200
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 48 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, while employment was essentially unchanged in 3 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (+8.8 percent), Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+7.7 percent), Austin-Round Rock, Texas, and Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Oregon-Washington (+7.3 percent each).
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