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Metropolitan area employment in April 2015

June 04, 2015

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).
Nonfarm employment by metropolitan area, April 2014 to April 2015, not seasonally adjusted
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).

SUGGESTED CITATION

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).

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