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Naples-Marco Island, Florida has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment
February 06, 2014
From December 2012 to December 2013, the largest percentage gain in employment occurred in Naples-Marco Island, Florida (+7.7 percent), followed by Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida (+6.5 percent), and Columbus, Indiana (+6.0 percent).
Over-the-year percent change in nonfarm employment, states and metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted, December 2012–December 2013
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| Metropolitan Statistical Area | Percent change from December 2012–December 2013(p) |
|---|---|
Alabama | 0.6 |
Anniston-Oxford | -0.8 |
Auburn-Opelika | 0.2 |
Birmingham-Hoover | 0.3 |
Decatur | -0.4 |
Dothan | 0.9 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals | 1.4 |
Gadsden | 3.0 |
Huntsville | -0.7 |
Mobile | 0.0 |
Montgomery | 1.2 |
Tuscaloosa | 3.4 |
Alaska | -0.6 |
Anchorage | -0.4 |
Fairbanks | 0.5 |
Arizona | 2.0 |
Flagstaff | 5.6 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman | -0.4 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale | 2.5 |
Prescott | 0.2 |
Tucson | 0.1 |
Yuma | -1.9 |
Arkansas | 1.1 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 4.1 |
Fort Smith | 2.9 |
Hot Springs | -0.5 |
Jonesboro | 3.8 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway | 1.0 |
Pine Bluff | -0.5 |
California | 1.6 |
Bakersfield-Delano | 2.5 |
Chico | 2.3 |
El Centro | 3.0 |
Fresno | 1.0 |
Hanford-Corcoran | 2.8 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana | 1.5 |
Madera-Chowchilla | 1.8 |
Merced | 0.2 |
Modesto | 0.9 |
Napa | 2.3 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | 2.0 |
Redding | 2.3 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | 1.2 |
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville | 2.2 |
Salinas | 1.6 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos | 1.8 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | 1.4 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara | 3.4 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | 1.7 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta | 1.3 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville | 0.4 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma | 2.7 |
Stockton | 1.7 |
Vallejo-Fairfield | 2.9 |
Visalia-Porterville | 0.0 |
Yuba City | 4.5 |
Colorado | 1.9 |
Boulder | 2.0 |
Colorado Springs | 0.5 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield | 2.4 |
Fort Collins-Loveland | 0.8 |
Grand Junction | 1.1 |
Greeley | 4.0 |
Pueblo | 2.0 |
Connecticut | 0.7 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk | 1.5 |
Danbury | 1.3 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford | 1.3 |
New Haven | 0.7 |
Norwich-New London | -0.7 |
Waterbury | -0.5 |
Delaware | 2.1 |
Dover | 2.0 |
District of Columbia | -0.1 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria | 0.8 |
Florida | 2.6 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers | 1.9 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin | 3.8 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach | 0.9 |
Gainesville | 1.4 |
Jacksonville | 1.4 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven | 0.3 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach | 2.4 |
Naples-Marco Island | 7.7 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota | 2.5 |
Ocala | 3.0 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford | 3.1 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville | 1.3 |
Palm Coast | -3.0 |
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach | -0.9 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent | 2.1 |
Port St. Lucie | 5.4 |
Punta Gorda | 2.8 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach | 6.5 |
Tallahassee | 2.6 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater | 3.0 |
Georgia | 2.3 |
Albany | 0.8 |
Athens-Clarke County | 1.9 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta | 2.5 |
Augusta-Richmond County | -0.1 |
Brunswick | -1.7 |
Columbus | 0.5 |
Dalton | -0.5 |
Gainesville | 1.5 |
Hinesville-Fort Stewart | -0.5 |
Macon | 1.6 |
Rome | 0.8 |
Savannah | 0.2 |
Valdosta | 0.2 |
Warner Robins | -0.7 |
Hawaii | 1.6 |
Honolulu | 0.8 |
Idaho | 1.4 |
Boise City-Nampa | 1.9 |
Coeur d’Alene | 1.9 |
Idaho Falls | 1.8 |
Lewiston | 0.0 |
Pocatello | 0.8 |
Illinois | 1.1 |
Bloomington-Normal | -1.5 |
Champaign-Urbana | -1.0 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville | 1.5 |
Danville | -0.3 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island | 0.6 |
Decatur | -1.9 |
Kankakee-Bradley | -0.4 |
Peoria | -0.7 |
Rockford | -0.2 |
Springfield | 0.7 |
Indiana | 1.8 |
Anderson | 2.0 |
Bloomington | 0.7 |
Columbus | 6.0 |
Elkhart-Goshen | 0.2 |
Evansville | -0.5 |
Fort Wayne | 1.9 |
Indianapolis-Carmel | 1.4 |
Kokomo | 1.8 |
Lafayette | 2.1 |
Michigan City-La Porte | 0.5 |
Muncie | 0.0 |
South Bend-Mishawaka | -1.1 |
Terre Haute | 1.0 |
Iowa | 0.8 |
Ames | 3.5 |
Cedar Rapids | 0.4 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines | 1.1 |
Dubuque | 2.0 |
Iowa City | 2.0 |
Sioux City | 2.7 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls | 0.0 |
Kansas | 0.7 |
Lawrence | 1.2 |
Manhattan | -1.9 |
Topeka | -0.7 |
Wichita | -0.7 |
Kentucky | 0.4 |
Bowling Green | 1.6 |
Elizabethtown | 0.4 |
Lexington-Fayette | 1.9 |
Louisville-Jefferson County | 1.7 |
Owensboro | 1.9 |
Louisiana | 1.0 |
Alexandria | 1.0 |
Baton Rouge | 0.2 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux | 2.4 |
Lafayette | 2.8 |
Lake Charles | 5.0 |
Monroe | -0.3 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner | 0.2 |
Shreveport-Bossier City | 0.2 |
Maine | 1.0 |
Bangor | 1.2 |
Lewiston-Auburn | -0.4 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford | 2.4 |
Maryland | 1.4 |
Baltimore-Towson | 1.4 |
Cumberland | 0.0 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg | 1.1 |
Salisbury | -3.1 |
Massachusetts | 1.7 |
Barnstable Town | 0.7 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | 2.1 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | 0.4 |
New Bedford | 0.9 |
Pittsfield | 0.6 |
Springfield | 0.1 |
Worcester | 1.0 |
Michigan | 1.6 |
Ann Arbor | 1.3 |
Battle Creek | 1.1 |
Bay City | -0.8 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia | 0.8 |
Flint | 1.1 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming | 4.9 |
Holland-Grand Haven | 2.4 |
Jackson | 1.1 |
Kalamazoo-Portage | 3.2 |
Lansing-East Lansing | 1.6 |
Monroe | 1.6 |
Muskegon-Norton Shores | 1.8 |
Niles-Benton Harbor | 0.0 |
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North | 0.6 |
Minnesota | 1.7 |
Duluth | 1.3 |
Mankato-North Mankato | 0.7 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington | 1.9 |
Rochester | 1.0 |
St. Cloud | 0.9 |
Mississippi | 1.7 |
Gulfport-Biloxi | -0.3 |
Hattiesburg | 0.2 |
Jackson | 0.5 |
Pascagoula | 2.4 |
Missouri | 1.3 |
Cape Girardeau-Jackson | -0.7 |
Columbia | 2.1 |
Jefferson City | 1.0 |
Joplin | 1.5 |
Kansas City | 0.7 |
St. Joseph | 2.1 |
St. Louis | 0.6 |
Springfield | 1.0 |
Montana | 0.7 |
Billings | 2.4 |
Great Falls | 1.4 |
Missoula | 2.5 |
Nebraska | 1.0 |
Lincoln | 0.9 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs | 0.8 |
Nevada | 1.8 |
Carson City | -1.8 |
Las Vegas-Paradise | 2.0 |
Reno-Sparks | 1.3 |
New Hampshire | 0.8 |
Manchester | -0.2 |
Portsmouth | 1.2 |
Rochester-Dover | 1.4 |
New Jersey | 0.3 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton | 0.0 |
Ocean City | 0.3 |
Trenton-Ewing | 1.8 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton | 0.5 |
New Mexico | 0.4 |
Albuquerque | 0.9 |
Farmington | 1.2 |
Las Cruces | 0.0 |
Santa Fe | 0.3 |
New York | 1.1 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 0.5 |
Binghamton | -0.9 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls | 0.9 |
Elmira | -0.5 |
Glens Falls | 1.9 |
Ithaca | -0.3 |
Kingston | 0.3 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | 1.6 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | -2.0 |
Rochester | 0.7 |
Syracuse | 1.3 |
Utica-Rome | 1.0 |
North Carolina | 1.6 |
Asheville | 1.8 |
Burlington | 0.7 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill | 2.6 |
Durham-Chapel Hill | 2.3 |
Fayetteville | 0.3 |
Goldsboro | 1.2 |
Greensboro-High Point | 1.6 |
Greenville | 1.6 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton | 0.6 |
Jacksonville | 0.8 |
Raleigh-Cary | 2.5 |
Rocky Mount | -1.4 |
Wilmington | 1.8 |
Winston-Salem | 0.8 |
North Dakota | 3.9 |
Bismarck | 3.1 |
Fargo | 2.3 |
Grand Forks | 2.1 |
Ohio | 0.5 |
Akron | 1.6 |
Canton-Massillon | -0.2 |
Cincinnati-Middletown | 0.7 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor | -0.6 |
Columbus | 1.2 |
Dayton | -0.3 |
Lima | -0.2 |
Mansfield | 0.4 |
Sandusky | 0.6 |
Springfield | 1.0 |
Steubenville-Weirton | 0.5 |
Toledo | -0.2 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman | -0.1 |
Oklahoma | 1.1 |
Lawton | 0.9 |
Oklahoma City | 3.0 |
Tulsa | 2.1 |
Oregon | 2.3 |
Bend | -0.2 |
Corvallis | 0.5 |
Eugene-Springfield | 0.5 |
Medford | 0.0 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | 2.3 |
Salem | 0.6 |
Pennsylvania | 0.3 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton | 1.1 |
Altoona | -0.5 |
Erie | 2.1 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle | -0.5 |
Johnstown | -1.0 |
Lancaster | 1.0 |
Lebanon | 1.2 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington | 0.4 |
Pittsburgh | 1.2 |
Reading | 0.5 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre | -0.8 |
State College | 2.5 |
Williamsport | 2.1 |
York-Hanover | 0.2 |
Rhode Island | 0.8 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick | 1.2 |
South Carolina | 2.0 |
Anderson | 1.6 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville | 1.2 |
Columbia | 1.7 |
Florence | 1.1 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley | 1.5 |
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway | 2.8 |
Spartanburg | 0.6 |
Sumter | 0.5 |
South Dakota | 1.5 |
Rapid City | -0.3 |
Sioux Falls | 2.2 |
Tennessee | 1.2 |
Chattanooga | 0.3 |
Clarksville | 1.0 |
Cleveland | 0.9 |
Jackson | 0.5 |
Johnson City | 0.1 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol | 0.7 |
Knoxville | 1.1 |
Memphis | 0.0 |
Morristown | 0.2 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin | 2.3 |
Texas | 2.3 |
Abilene | 1.9 |
Amarillo | 1.5 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | 2.8 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur | 1.2 |
Brownsville-Harlingen | 1.3 |
College Station-Bryan | 2.2 |
Corpus Christi | 3.6 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | 2.2 |
El Paso | 0.0 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | 3.0 |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood | 2.1 |
Laredo | 1.5 |
Longview | 3.0 |
Lubbock | 2.9 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | 1.1 |
Midland | 5.7 |
Odessa | 4.0 |
San Angelo | 1.5 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels | 0.7 |
Sherman-Denison | -0.2 |
Texarkana | -1.4 |
Tyler | 2.0 |
Victoria | 2.3 |
Waco | 1.3 |
Wichita Falls | 0.7 |
Utah | 1.8 |
Logan | -0.2 |
Ogden-Clearfield | 1.9 |
Provo-Orem | 4.3 |
St. George | 3.6 |
Salt Lake City | 1.5 |
Vermont | 1.0 |
Burlington-South Burlington | 1.0 |
Virginia | 0.8 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford | 1.3 |
Charlottesville | -0.5 |
Danville | -0.2 |
Harrisonburg | 0.3 |
Lynchburg | -0.3 |
Richmond | 1.5 |
Roanoke | 1.0 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News | 1.2 |
Winchester | 2.6 |
Washington | 1.9 |
Bellingham | 2.5 |
Bremerton-Silverdale | 0.4 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland | 3.5 |
Longview | -1.4 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes | 1.1 |
Olympia | 0.6 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | 2.6 |
Spokane | 1.0 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee | 1.5 |
Yakima | 0.5 |
West Virginia | 1.0 |
Charleston | -0.7 |
Huntington-Ashland | -0.3 |
Morgantown | 2.9 |
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna | -0.1 |
Wheeling | 0.4 |
Wisconsin | 1.6 |
Appleton | 0.9 |
Eau Claire | 0.4 |
Fond du Lac | 1.3 |
Green Bay | 0.9 |
Janesville | 1.9 |
La Crosse | 1.3 |
Madison | 1.2 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis | 0.6 |
Oshkosh-Neenah | 2.1 |
Racine | 0.8 |
Sheboygan | -0.2 |
Wausau | -0.4 |
Wyoming | 1.3 |
Casper | 0.2 |
Cheyenne | 0.7 |
Footnotes: (p) = preliminary. | |
The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Salisbury, Maryland (−3.1 percent), Palm Coast, Florida (-3.0 percent), and Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York (−2.0 percent).
In December, 294 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 67 had decreases, and 11 had no change.
Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 36 of the 37 metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2012. The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (+3.4 percent), followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+3.1 percent), and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas, and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida (+3.0 percent each). The only large area that had an over-the-year percentage decrease in employment was Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio (−0.6 percent).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — December 2013" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑14‑0166.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Naples-Marco Island, Florida has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140206.htm (visited March 15, 2026).
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