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In April, 330 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 46 had decreases, and 11 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+160,100), New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+135,900), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+125,800). The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Lake Charles, Louisiana (+7.8 percent), followed by Odessa, Texas, and Provo-Orem, Utah (+6.4 percent each).
State and area | April 2014 | April 2015(p) | Over-the-year change in number employed | Over-the-year percentage change |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama |
1,922,400 | 1,950,200 | 27,800 | 1.4 |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville |
46,400 | 46,600 | 200 | 0.4 |
Auburn-Opelika |
59,100 | 60,900 | 1,800 | 3.0 |
Birmingham-Hoover |
510,300 | 518,100 | 7,800 | 1.5 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley |
68,300 | 69,400 | 1,100 | 1.6 |
Decatur |
54,000 | 53,500 | -500 | -0.9 |
Dothan |
56,600 | 57,700 | 1,100 | 1.9 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals |
56,500 | 55,500 | -1,000 | -1.8 |
Gadsden |
36,900 | 37,400 | 500 | 1.4 |
Huntsville |
214,700 | 218,700 | 4,000 | 1.9 |
Mobile |
176,400 | 177,800 | 1,400 | 0.8 |
Montgomery |
169,100 | 171,200 | 2,100 | 1.2 |
Tuscaloosa |
101,100 | 105,100 | 4,000 | 4.0 |
Alaska |
330,600 | 333,500 | 2,900 | 0.9 |
Anchorage |
178,000 | 179,700 | 1,700 | 1.0 |
Fairbanks |
38,000 | 38,300 | 300 | 0.8 |
Arizona |
2,575,300 | 2,635,900 | 60,600 | 2.4 |
Flagstaff |
64,000 | 66,300 | 2,300 | 3.6 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman |
46,900 | 46,900 | 0 | 0.0 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale |
1,855,300 | 1,906,600 | 51,300 | 2.8 |
Prescott |
59,200 | 61,800 | 2,600 | 4.4 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas |
34,200 | 34,400 | 200 | 0.6 |
Tucson |
368,100 | 372,100 | 4,000 | 1.1 |
Yuma |
52,400 | 51,400 | -1,000 | -1.9 |
Arkansas |
1,189,900 | 1,215,500 | 25,600 | 2.2 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers |
223,100 | 231,000 | 7,900 | 3.5 |
Fort Smith |
113,000 | 113,300 | 300 | 0.3 |
Hot Springs |
38,600 | 38,600 | 0 | 0.0 |
Jonesboro |
52,800 | 55,300 | 2,500 | 4.7 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway |
346,400 | 349,900 | 3,500 | 1.0 |
Pine Bluff |
33,900 | 33,000 | -900 | -2.7 |
California |
15,551,500 | 16,026,400 | 474,900 | 3.1 |
Bakersfield |
255,400 | 259,700 | 4,300 | 1.7 |
Chico |
76,200 | 78,600 | 2,400 | 3.1 |
El Centro |
55,200 | 54,100 | -1,100 | -2.0 |
Fresno |
310,500 | 323,400 | 12,900 | 4.2 |
Hanford-Corcoran |
36,900 | 37,500 | 600 | 1.6 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim |
5,694,600 | 5,854,700 | 160,100 | 2.8 |
Madera |
36,600 | 36,600 | 0 | 0.0 |
Merced |
61,900 | 64,200 | 2,300 | 3.7 |
Modesto |
160,700 | 163,000 | 2,300 | 1.4 |
Napa |
68,300 | 69,500 | 1,200 | 1.8 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura |
292,600 | 296,200 | 3,600 | 1.2 |
Redding |
61,400 | 62,700 | 1,300 | 2.1 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario |
1,278,700 | 1,330,900 | 52,200 | 4.1 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade |
886,900 | 907,800 | 20,900 | 2.4 |
Salinas |
129,400 | 134,600 | 5,200 | 4.0 |
San Diego-Carlsbad |
1,340,000 | 1,380,900 | 40,900 | 3.1 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward |
2,167,800 | 2,241,400 | 73,600 | 3.4 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara |
993,700 | 1,053,200 | 59,500 | 6.0 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande |
110,800 | 113,500 | 2,700 | 2.4 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville |
95,400 | 97,200 | 1,800 | 1.9 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara |
177,300 | 182,400 | 5,100 | 2.9 |
Santa Rosa |
191,400 | 195,900 | 4,500 | 2.4 |
Stockton-Lodi |
206,300 | 213,400 | 7,100 | 3.4 |
Vallejo-Fairfield |
127,000 | 131,100 | 4,100 | 3.2 |
Visalia-Porterville |
113,500 | 116,600 | 3,100 | 2.7 |
Yuba City |
39,500 | 40,600 | 1,100 | 2.8 |
Colorado |
2,439,100 | 2,499,600 | 60,500 | 2.5 |
Boulder |
175,700 | 178,300 | 2,600 | 1.5 |
Colorado Springs |
260,600 | 266,000 | 5,400 | 2.1 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood |
1,329,000 | 1,370,600 | 41,600 | 3.1 |
Fort Collins |
147,600 | 151,300 | 3,700 | 2.5 |
Grand Junction |
61,200 | 62,200 | 1,000 | 1.6 |
Greeley |
96,600 | 101,800 | 5,200 | 5.4 |
Pueblo |
59,400 | 60,400 | 1,000 | 1.7 |
Connecticut |
1,663,000 | 1,684,800 | 21,800 | 1.3 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk |
404,400 | 409,800 | 5,400 | 1.3 |
Danbury |
77,900 | 78,700 | 800 | 1.0 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford |
564,400 | 573,000 | 8,600 | 1.5 |
New Haven |
279,600 | 283,100 | 3,500 | 1.3 |
Norwich-New London-Westerly |
128,000 | 126,000 | -2,000 | -1.6 |
Waterbury |
67,000 | 67,900 | 900 | 1.3 |
Delaware |
434,200 | 442,200 | 8,000 | 1.8 |
Dover |
67,600 | 68,200 | 600 | 0.9 |
Salisbury |
146,700 | 148,800 | 2,100 | 1.4 |
District of Columbia |
752,800 | 762,900 | 10,100 | 1.3 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria |
3,101,400 | 3,167,000 | 65,600 | 2.1 |
Florida |
7,821,700 | 8,108,400 | 286,700 | 3.7 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers |
232,500 | 242,600 | 10,100 | 4.3 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin |
105,500 | 107,600 | 2,100 | 2.0 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach |
183,000 | 188,800 | 5,800 | 3.2 |
Gainesville |
132,000 | 136,000 | 4,000 | 3.0 |
Homosassa Springs |
32,600 | 33,000 | 400 | 1.2 |
Jacksonville |
621,200 | 637,700 | 16,500 | 2.7 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven |
202,400 | 209,400 | 7,000 | 3.5 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach |
2,421,000 | 2,503,800 | 82,800 | 3.4 |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island |
132,000 | 137,700 | 5,700 | 4.3 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton |
269,100 | 278,300 | 9,200 | 3.4 |
Ocala |
95,200 | 98,200 | 3,000 | 3.2 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford |
1,103,400 | 1,150,600 | 47,200 | 4.3 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville |
197,900 | 203,300 | 5,400 | 2.7 |
Panama City |
81,200 | 81,900 | 700 | 0.9 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent |
164,400 | 169,300 | 4,900 | 3.0 |
Port St. Lucie |
131,400 | 135,900 | 4,500 | 3.4 |
Punta Gorda |
45,000 | 45,200 | 200 | 0.4 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach |
47,500 | 48,600 | 1,100 | 2.3 |
Sebring |
25,200 | 25,900 | 700 | 2.8 |
Tallahassee |
172,900 | 177,400 | 4,500 | 2.6 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
1,208,500 | 1,247,600 | 39,100 | 3.2 |
The Villages |
25,600 | 25,900 | 300 | 1.2 |
Georgia |
4,138,700 | 4,257,200 | 118,500 | 2.9 |
Albany |
61,400 | 61,400 | 0 | 0.0 |
Athens-Clarke County |
90,200 | 92,700 | 2,500 | 2.8 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell |
2,483,100 | 2,566,300 | 83,200 | 3.4 |
Augusta-Richmond County |
227,200 | 234,000 | 6,800 | 3.0 |
Brunswick |
40,900 | 42,400 | 1,500 | 3.7 |
Columbus |
123,100 | 124,400 | 1,300 | 1.1 |
Dalton |
66,100 | 68,400 | 2,300 | 3.5 |
Gainesville |
79,000 | 82,900 | 3,900 | 4.9 |
Hinesville |
19,700 | 20,000 | 300 | 1.5 |
Macon |
101,400 | 101,400 | 0 | 0.0 |
Rome |
39,900 | 40,400 | 500 | 1.3 |
Savannah |
164,200 | 171,700 | 7,500 | 4.6 |
Valdosta |
54,800 | 55,800 | 1,000 | 1.8 |
Warner Robins |
70,800 | 69,900 | -900 | -1.3 |
Hawaii |
624,500 | 631,000 | 6,500 | 1.0 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina |
71,000 | 72,500 | 1,500 | 2.1 |
Urban Honolulu |
461,000 | 466,800 | 5,800 | 1.3 |
Idaho |
650,400 | 668,100 | 17,700 | 2.7 |
Boise City |
282,200 | 285,700 | 3,500 | 1.2 |
Coeur d'Alene |
56,600 | 60,100 | 3,500 | 6.2 |
Idaho Falls |
59,500 | 61,300 | 1,800 | 3.0 |
Lewiston |
27,400 | 27,200 | -200 | -0.7 |
Pocatello |
35,200 | 35,500 | 300 | 0.9 |
Illinois |
5,846,000 | 5,900,900 | 54,900 | 0.9 |
Bloomington |
95,800 | 94,500 | -1,300 | -1.4 |
Carbondale-Marion |
55,200 | 54,300 | -900 | -1.6 |
Champaign-Urbana |
109,300 | 110,500 | 1,200 | 1.1 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin |
4,469,800 | 4,530,000 | 60,200 | 1.3 |
Danville |
28,900 | 29,200 | 300 | 1.0 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island |
183,100 | 183,000 | -100 | -0.1 |
Decatur |
50,900 | 50,100 | -800 | -1.6 |
Kankakee |
43,700 | 44,900 | 1,200 | 2.7 |
Peoria |
179,800 | 176,700 | -3,100 | -1.7 |
Rockford |
148,900 | 150,900 | 2,000 | 1.3 |
Springfield |
111,200 | 111,800 | 600 | 0.5 |
Indiana |
2,978,900 | 3,038,200 | 59,300 | 2.0 |
Bloomington |
77,100 | 77,700 | 600 | 0.8 |
Columbus |
50,200 | 51,700 | 1,500 | 3.0 |
Elkhart-Goshen |
122,800 | 127,700 | 4,900 | 4.0 |
Evansville |
155,200 | 158,500 | 3,300 | 2.1 |
Fort Wayne |
213,100 | 214,500 | 1,400 | 0.7 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson |
988,000 | 1,016,600 | 28,600 | 2.9 |
Kokomo |
40,100 | 40,900 | 800 | 2.0 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette |
101,100 | 102,100 | 1,000 | 1.0 |
Michigan City-La Porte |
41,900 | 41,800 | -100 | -0.2 |
Muncie |
50,500 | 51,000 | 500 | 1.0 |
South Bend-Mishawaka |
135,100 | 136,500 | 1,400 | 1.0 |
Terre Haute |
70,800 | 70,100 | -700 | -1.0 |
Iowa |
1,547,300 | 1,572,000 | 24,700 | 1.6 |
Ames |
52,400 | 54,000 | 1,600 | 3.1 |
Cedar Rapids |
141,800 | 141,700 | -100 | -0.1 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines |
341,400 | 349,200 | 7,800 | 2.3 |
Dubuque |
58,800 | 60,100 | 1,300 | 2.2 |
Iowa City |
98,200 | 100,000 | 1,800 | 1.8 |
Sioux City |
87,500 | 89,400 | 1,900 | 2.2 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls |
93,200 | 92,900 | -300 | -0.3 |
Kansas |
1,396,700 | 1,406,000 | 9,300 | 0.7 |
Lawrence |
53,600 | 54,600 | 1,000 | 1.9 |
Manhattan |
44,100 | 44,900 | 800 | 1.8 |
Topeka |
111,800 | 112,200 | 400 | 0.4 |
Wichita |
293,700 | 294,600 | 900 | 0.3 |
Kentucky |
1,854,000 | 1,889,400 | 35,400 | 1.9 |
Bowling Green |
71,500 | 73,500 | 2,000 | 2.8 |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox |
53,700 | 55,100 | 1,400 | 2.6 |
Lexington-Fayette |
263,900 | 268,300 | 4,400 | 1.7 |
Louisville/Jefferson County |
623,000 | 642,000 | 19,000 | 3.0 |
Owensboro |
52,200 | 52,500 | 300 | 0.6 |
Louisiana |
1,976,800 | 1,986,500 | 9,700 | 0.5 |
Alexandria |
63,400 | 63,500 | 100 | 0.2 |
Baton Rouge |
392,700 | 400,400 | 7,700 | 2.0 |
Hammond |
43,700 | 44,400 | 700 | 1.6 |
Houma-Thibodaux |
101,300 | 100,500 | -800 | -0.8 |
Lafayette |
221,800 | 220,800 | -1,000 | -0.5 |
Lake Charles |
95,300 | 102,700 | 7,400 | 7.8 |
Monroe |
78,600 | 77,000 | -1,600 | -2.0 |
New Orleans-Metairie |
564,100 | 564,100 | 0 | 0.0 |
Shreveport-Bossier City |
184,200 | 182,400 | -1,800 | -1.0 |
Maine |
591,500 | 595,500 | 4,000 | 0.7 |
Bangor |
65,500 | 66,000 | 500 | 0.8 |
Lewiston-Auburn |
49,300 | 50,000 | 700 | 1.4 |
Portland-South Portland |
190,300 | 193,700 | 3,400 | 1.8 |
Maryland |
2,613,500 | 2,657,700 | 44,200 | 1.7 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson |
1,345,100 | 1,365,900 | 20,800 | 1.5 |
California-Lexington Park |
44,400 | 44,300 | -100 | -0.2 |
Cumberland |
39,900 | 39,800 | -100 | -0.3 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg |
102,500 | 102,900 | 400 | 0.4 |
Massachusetts |
3,397,700 | 3,457,300 | 59,600 | 1.8 |
Barnstable Town |
96,900 | 99,200 | 2,300 | 2.4 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua |
2,577,400 | 2,621,700 | 44,300 | 1.7 |
Leominster-Gardner |
48,900 | 50,200 | 1,300 | 2.7 |
New Bedford |
65,400 | 66,200 | 800 | 1.2 |
Pittsfield |
40,200 | 40,400 | 200 | 0.5 |
Springfield |
325,300 | 329,500 | 4,200 | 1.3 |
Worcester |
274,200 | 280,000 | 5,800 | 2.1 |
Michigan |
4,133,300 | 4,233,400 | 100,100 | 2.4 |
Ann Arbor |
210,500 | 211,900 | 1,400 | 0.7 |
Battle Creek |
57,400 | 58,800 | 1,400 | 2.4 |
Bay City |
36,800 | 36,900 | 100 | 0.3 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn |
1,873,900 | 1,926,300 | 52,400 | 2.8 |
Flint |
138,500 | 141,700 | 3,200 | 2.3 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming |
508,400 | 527,800 | 19,400 | 3.8 |
Jackson |
55,500 | 55,700 | 200 | 0.4 |
Kalamazoo-Portage |
138,700 | 142,100 | 3,400 | 2.5 |
Lansing-East Lansing |
221,600 | 226,600 | 5,000 | 2.3 |
Midland |
37,500 | 38,000 | 500 | 1.3 |
Monroe |
41,200 | 42,200 | 1,000 | 2.4 |
Muskegon |
61,200 | 63,500 | 2,300 | 3.8 |
Niles-Benton Harbor |
60,000 | 61,400 | 1,400 | 2.3 |
Saginaw |
86,600 | 87,100 | 500 | 0.6 |
Minnesota |
2,787,300 | 2,833,200 | 45,900 | 1.6 |
Duluth |
133,200 | 134,000 | 800 | 0.6 |
Mankato-North Mankato |
55,200 | 55,600 | 400 | 0.7 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington |
1,878,300 | 1,912,900 | 34,600 | 1.8 |
Rochester |
113,400 | 113,900 | 500 | 0.4 |
St. Cloud |
106,700 | 106,400 | -300 | -0.3 |
Mississippi |
1,122,800 | 1,131,700 | 8,900 | 0.8 |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula |
155,600 | 153,500 | -2,100 | -1.3 |
Hattiesburg |
61,400 | 62,200 | 800 | 1.3 |
Jackson |
270,100 | 275,000 | 4,900 | 1.8 |
Missouri |
2,750,500 | 2,766,900 | 16,400 | 0.6 |
Cape Girardeau |
44,300 | 44,300 | 0 | 0.0 |
Columbia |
97,800 | 98,800 | 1,000 | 1.0 |
Jefferson City |
76,100 | 76,100 | 0 | 0.0 |
Joplin |
80,200 | 81,600 | 1,400 | 1.7 |
Kansas City |
1,017,700 | 1,033,900 | 16,200 | 1.6 |
St. Joseph |
62,800 | 61,900 | -900 | -1.4 |
St. Louis |
1,321,700 | 1,323,700 | 2,000 | 0.2 |
Springfield |
203,600 | 205,400 | 1,800 | 0.9 |
Montana |
450,900 | 452,300 | 1,400 | 0.3 |
Billings |
82,200 | 83,800 | 1,600 | 1.9 |
Great Falls |
36,000 | 35,000 | -1,000 | -2.8 |
Missoula |
58,100 | 59,000 | 900 | 1.5 |
Nebraska |
993,400 | 1,003,700 | 10,300 | 1.0 |
Grand Island |
42,600 | 42,700 | 100 | 0.2 |
Lincoln |
184,700 | 187,700 | 3,000 | 1.6 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs |
483,900 | 490,900 | 7,000 | 1.4 |
Nevada |
1,209,000 | 1,250,200 | 41,200 | 3.4 |
Carson City |
27,800 | 27,800 | 0 | 0.0 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise |
879,500 | 907,000 | 27,500 | 3.1 |
Reno |
200,900 | 207,600 | 6,700 | 3.3 |
New Hampshire |
642,000 | 646,500 | 4,500 | 0.7 |
Dover-Durham |
52,400 | 53,300 | 900 | 1.7 |
Manchester |
106,000 | 109,100 | 3,100 | 2.9 |
Portsmouth |
82,900 | 83,800 | 900 | 1.1 |
New Jersey |
3,944,100 | 3,982,900 | 38,800 | 1.0 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton |
132,600 | 130,300 | -2,300 | -1.7 |
Ocean City |
37,200 | 38,500 | 1,300 | 3.5 |
Trenton |
250,900 | 253,700 | 2,800 | 1.1 |
Vineland-Bridgeton |
56,900 | 57,400 | 500 | 0.9 |
New Mexico |
818,800 | 831,400 | 12,600 | 1.5 |
Albuquerque |
376,400 | 383,400 | 7,000 | 1.9 |
Farmington |
50,900 | 53,100 | 2,200 | 4.3 |
Las Cruces |
71,400 | 71,200 | -200 | -0.3 |
Santa Fe |
61,300 | 60,900 | -400 | -0.7 |
New York |
9,046,300 | 9,174,100 | 127,800 | 1.4 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy |
453,400 | 457,400 | 4,000 | 0.9 |
Binghamton |
105,600 | 105,300 | -300 | -0.3 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls |
549,900 | 557,400 | 7,500 | 1.4 |
Elmira |
38,700 | 39,500 | 800 | 2.1 |
Glens Falls |
53,200 | 53,900 | 700 | 1.3 |
Ithaca |
72,400 | 71,600 | -800 | -1.1 |
Kingston |
60,400 | 60,900 | 500 | 0.8 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City |
9,091,300 | 9,227,200 | 135,900 | 1.5 |
Rochester |
524,000 | 529,400 | 5,400 | 1.0 |
Syracuse |
317,100 | 318,800 | 1,700 | 0.5 |
Utica-Rome |
126,100 | 127,700 | 1,600 | 1.3 |
Watertown-Fort Drum |
41,100 | 41,600 | 500 | 1.2 |
North Carolina |
4,134,300 | 4,241,700 | 107,400 | 2.6 |
Asheville |
176,400 | 181,600 | 5,200 | 2.9 |
Burlington |
59,300 | 60,900 | 1,600 | 2.7 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia |
1,061,600 | 1,097,400 | 35,800 | 3.4 |
Durham-Chapel Hill |
292,400 | 296,500 | 4,100 | 1.4 |
Fayetteville |
128,200 | 128,800 | 600 | 0.5 |
Goldsboro |
42,400 | 42,400 | 0 | 0.0 |
Greensboro-High Point |
349,200 | 359,700 | 10,500 | 3.0 |
Greenville |
77,700 | 77,800 | 100 | 0.1 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton |
145,400 | 146,100 | 700 | 0.5 |
Jacksonville |
49,500 | 50,600 | 1,100 | 2.2 |
New Bern |
43,500 | 43,800 | 300 | 0.7 |
Raleigh |
554,600 | 571,500 | 16,900 | 3.0 |
Rocky Mount |
56,500 | 56,300 | -200 | -0.4 |
Wilmington |
114,600 | 118,200 | 3,600 | 3.1 |
Winston-Salem |
252,200 | 256,200 | 4,000 | 1.6 |
North Dakota |
454,800 | 466,700 | 11,900 | 2.6 |
Bismarck |
72,300 | 74,900 | 2,600 | 3.6 |
Fargo |
135,900 | 139,500 | 3,600 | 2.6 |
Grand Forks |
56,400 | 58,300 | 1,900 | 3.4 |
Ohio |
5,317,400 | 5,384,100 | 66,700 | 1.3 |
Akron |
331,500 | 335,000 | 3,500 | 1.1 |
Canton-Massillon |
172,100 | 173,500 | 1,400 | 0.8 |
Cincinnati |
1,042,600 | 1,062,600 | 20,000 | 1.9 |
Cleveland-Elyria |
1,031,600 | 1,041,700 | 10,100 | 1.0 |
Columbus |
1,009,400 | 1,024,600 | 15,200 | 1.5 |
Dayton |
370,700 | 376,000 | 5,300 | 1.4 |
Lima |
51,500 | 53,000 | 1,500 | 2.9 |
Mansfield |
52,700 | 53,400 | 700 | 1.3 |
Springfield |
51,200 | 52,600 | 1,400 | 2.7 |
Toledo |
300,300 | 301,800 | 1,500 | 0.5 |
Weirton-Steubenville |
43,600 | 43,400 | -200 | -0.5 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman |
225,300 | 226,400 | 1,100 | 0.5 |
Oklahoma |
1,649,400 | 1,672,000 | 22,600 | 1.4 |
Lawton |
45,900 | 45,100 | -800 | -1.7 |
Oklahoma City |
616,000 | 631,200 | 15,200 | 2.5 |
Tulsa |
437,500 | 445,300 | 7,800 | 1.8 |
Oregon |
1,709,300 | 1,766,600 | 57,300 | 3.4 |
Albany |
40,300 | 41,200 | 900 | 2.2 |
Bend-Redmond |
68,000 | 71,100 | 3,100 | 4.6 |
Corvallis |
40,200 | 40,800 | 600 | 1.5 |
Eugene |
147,700 | 151,000 | 3,300 | 2.2 |
Grants Pass |
23,700 | 25,000 | 1,300 | 5.5 |
Medford |
78,400 | 80,600 | 2,200 | 2.8 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro |
1,070,400 | 1,102,800 | 32,400 | 3.0 |
Salem |
149,300 | 154,400 | 5,100 | 3.4 |
Pennsylvania |
5,792,900 | 5,859,800 | 66,900 | 1.2 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton |
352,200 | 355,300 | 3,100 | 0.9 |
Altoona |
60,400 | 60,700 | 300 | 0.5 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick |
42,900 | 43,200 | 300 | 0.7 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro |
58,300 | 59,600 | 1,300 | 2.2 |
East Stroudsburg |
54,000 | 53,800 | -200 | -0.4 |
Erie |
129,100 | 132,600 | 3,500 | 2.7 |
Gettysburg |
34,200 | 35,000 | 800 | 2.3 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle |
327,000 | 333,300 | 6,300 | 1.9 |
Johnstown |
58,000 | 58,300 | 300 | 0.5 |
Lancaster |
238,900 | 242,600 | 3,700 | 1.5 |
Lebanon |
51,300 | 51,200 | -100 | -0.2 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington |
2,784,200 | 2,815,800 | 31,600 | 1.1 |
Pittsburgh |
1,160,600 | 1,175,600 | 15,000 | 1.3 |
Reading |
173,700 | 177,000 | 3,300 | 1.9 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton |
257,800 | 263,700 | 5,900 | 2.3 |
State College |
77,300 | 79,300 | 2,000 | 2.6 |
Williamsport |
56,100 | 57,000 | 900 | 1.6 |
York-Hanover |
179,500 | 180,800 | 1,300 | 0.7 |
Rhode Island |
475,900 | 479,800 | 3,900 | 0.8 |
Providence-Warwick |
564,700 | 571,400 | 6,700 | 1.2 |
South Carolina |
1,951,200 | 2,006,000 | 54,800 | 2.8 |
Charleston-North Charleston |
321,600 | 330,800 | 9,200 | 2.9 |
Columbia |
373,500 | 379,500 | 6,000 | 1.6 |
Florence |
84,800 | 85,400 | 600 | 0.7 |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin |
388,100 | 400,100 | 12,000 | 3.1 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort |
71,900 | 73,500 | 1,600 | 2.2 |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach |
154,100 | 156,900 | 2,800 | 1.8 |
Spartanburg |
137,300 | 141,100 | 3,800 | 2.8 |
Sumter |
38,800 | 38,700 | -100 | -0.3 |
South Dakota |
419,000 | 425,700 | 6,700 | 1.6 |
Rapid City |
64,700 | 65,600 | 900 | 1.4 |
Sioux Falls |
145,700 | 147,700 | 2,000 | 1.4 |
Tennessee |
2,812,000 | 2,861,500 | 49,500 | 1.8 |
Chattanooga |
239,100 | 245,100 | 6,000 | 2.5 |
Clarksville |
86,100 | 89,200 | 3,100 | 3.6 |
Cleveland |
45,000 | 45,200 | 200 | 0.4 |
Jackson |
65,200 | 65,800 | 600 | 0.9 |
Johnson City |
78,300 | 79,600 | 1,300 | 1.7 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol |
121,100 | 123,400 | 2,300 | 1.9 |
Knoxville |
375,300 | 387,700 | 12,400 | 3.3 |
Memphis |
615,200 | 619,800 | 4,600 | 0.7 |
Morristown |
43,700 | 44,800 | 1,100 | 2.5 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin |
871,600 | 895,400 | 23,800 | 2.7 |
Texas |
11,480,500 | 11,784,700 | 304,200 | 2.6 |
Abilene |
68,600 | 69,300 | 700 | 1.0 |
Amarillo |
117,100 | 117,300 | 200 | 0.2 |
Austin-Round Rock |
911,600 | 941,100 | 29,500 | 3.2 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur |
163,600 | 169,600 | 6,000 | 3.7 |
Brownsville-Harlingen |
137,900 | 139,000 | 1,100 | 0.8 |
College Station-Bryan |
105,800 | 105,200 | -600 | -0.6 |
Corpus Christi |
192,800 | 200,300 | 7,500 | 3.9 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington |
3,244,700 | 3,370,500 | 125,800 | 3.9 |
El Paso |
297,200 | 297,800 | 600 | 0.2 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land |
2,903,600 | 2,972,700 | 69,100 | 2.4 |
Killeen-Temple |
134,500 | 136,100 | 1,600 | 1.2 |
Laredo |
97,900 | 100,200 | 2,300 | 2.3 |
Longview |
102,000 | 105,400 | 3,400 | 3.3 |
Lubbock |
137,000 | 139,200 | 2,200 | 1.6 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission |
242,300 | 246,400 | 4,100 | 1.7 |
Midland |
93,300 | 99,100 | 5,800 | 6.2 |
Odessa |
76,900 | 81,800 | 4,900 | 6.4 |
San Angelo |
47,800 | 49,100 | 1,300 | 2.7 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels |
943,400 | 973,800 | 30,400 | 3.2 |
Sherman-Denison |
45,100 | 45,600 | 500 | 1.1 |
Texarkana |
58,800 | 58,700 | -100 | -0.2 |
Tyler |
97,700 | 99,700 | 2,000 | 2.0 |
Victoria |
44,200 | 45,500 | 1,300 | 2.9 |
Waco |
111,400 | 112,900 | 1,500 | 1.3 |
Wichita Falls |
58,100 | 57,800 | -300 | -0.5 |
Utah |
1,322,200 | 1,374,700 | 52,500 | 4.0 |
Logan |
57,000 | 58,800 | 1,800 | 3.2 |
Ogden-Clearfield |
229,100 | 239,300 | 10,200 | 4.5 |
Provo-Orem |
210,500 | 224,000 | 13,500 | 6.4 |
St. George |
54,000 | 55,700 | 1,700 | 3.1 |
Salt Lake City |
650,700 | 676,000 | 25,300 | 3.9 |
Vermont |
304,500 | 310,700 | 6,200 | 2.0 |
Burlington-South Burlington |
121,400 | 124,500 | 3,100 | 2.6 |
Virginia |
3,772,800 | 3,806,400 | 33,600 | 0.9 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford |
77,700 | 80,500 | 2,800 | 3.6 |
Charlottesville |
109,800 | 112,700 | 2,900 | 2.6 |
Harrisonburg |
64,700 | 65,100 | 400 | 0.6 |
Lynchburg |
102,600 | 103,700 | 1,100 | 1.1 |
Richmond |
628,900 | 635,500 | 6,600 | 1.0 |
Roanoke |
160,400 | 160,400 | 0 | 0.0 |
Staunton-Waynesboro |
48,500 | 48,100 | -400 | -0.8 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News |
752,800 | 756,500 | 3,700 | 0.5 |
Winchester |
60,000 | 61,100 | 1,100 | 1.8 |
Washington |
3,041,100 | 3,152,500 | 111,400 | 3.7 |
Bellingham |
85,900 | 89,600 | 3,700 | 4.3 |
Bremerton-Silverdale |
84,500 | 87,400 | 2,900 | 3.4 |
Kennewick-Richland |
102,900 | 106,100 | 3,200 | 3.1 |
Longview |
37,700 | 39,200 | 1,500 | 4.0 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes |
47,500 | 48,300 | 800 | 1.7 |
Olympia-Tumwater |
105,200 | 109,500 | 4,300 | 4.1 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue |
1,816,800 | 1,887,100 | 70,300 | 3.9 |
Spokane-Spokane Valley |
231,400 | 236,800 | 5,400 | 2.3 |
Walla Walla |
27,100 | 27,400 | 300 | 1.1 |
Wenatchee |
39,300 | 41,200 | 1,900 | 4.8 |
Yakima |
79,000 | 81,500 | 2,500 | 3.2 |
West Virginia |
764,600 | 759,000 | -5,600 | -0.7 |
Beckley |
47,500 | 47,700 | 200 | 0.4 |
Charleston |
124,000 | 122,900 | -1,100 | -0.9 |
Huntington-Ashland |
140,800 | 141,000 | 200 | 0.1 |
Morgantown |
70,500 | 70,400 | -100 | -0.1 |
Parkersburg-Vienna |
42,700 | 43,300 | 600 | 1.4 |
Wheeling |
68,900 | 69,500 | 600 | 0.9 |
Wisconsin |
2,822,900 | 2,869,500 | 46,600 | 1.7 |
Appleton |
119,400 | 122,900 | 3,500 | 2.9 |
Eau Claire |
84,400 | 85,400 | 1,000 | 1.2 |
Fond du Lac |
47,600 | 48,700 | 1,100 | 2.3 |
Green Bay |
169,200 | 172,600 | 3,400 | 2.0 |
Janesville-Beloit |
64,500 | 67,000 | 2,500 | 3.9 |
La Crosse-Onalaska |
77,300 | 77,700 | 400 | 0.5 |
Madison |
378,500 | 387,300 | 8,800 | 2.3 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis |
837,300 | 848,900 | 11,600 | 1.4 |
Oshkosh-Neenah |
93,600 | 95,100 | 1,500 | 1.6 |
Racine |
76,100 | 75,500 | -600 | -0.8 |
Sheboygan |
59,900 | 60,900 | 1,000 | 1.7 |
Wausau |
69,700 | 71,200 | 1,500 | 2.2 |
Wyoming |
286,400 | 287,600 | 1,200 | 0.4 |
Casper |
42,700 | 42,600 | -100 | -0.2 |
Cheyenne |
46,400 | 47,100 | 700 | 1.5 |
Footnotes: (p) Preliminary |
The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Peoria, Illinois (-3,100), Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (-2,300), and Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi (-2,100). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Great Falls, Montana (-2.8 percent), Pine Bluff, Arkansas (-2.7 percent), and El Centro, California, and Monroe, Louisiana (-2.0 percent each).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Area) program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — April 2015" (HTML) (PDF).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Metropolitan area employment in April 2015 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2015/metropolitan-area-employment-in-april-2015.htm (visited October 31, 2024).