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Among the nation’s 388 metropolitan areas, 297 had employment increases from April 2016 to April 2017, while 81 had decreases, and 10 were unchanged.
Metropolitan area | April 2016 employment | April 2017 employment(p) | Over-the-year change(p) | Over-the-year percent change(p) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abilene, TX |
67,600 | 68,500 | 900 | 1.3% |
Akron, OH |
341,200 | 340,500 | -700 | -0.2 |
Albany, GA |
61,500 | 62,700 | 1,200 | 2.0 |
Albany, OR |
43,600 | 44,300 | 700 | 1.6 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
464,800 | 466,200 | 1,400 | 0.3 |
Albuquerque, NM |
388,800 | 390,700 | 1,900 | 0.5 |
Alexandria, LA |
63,900 | 63,100 | -800 | -1.3 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
364,300 | 363,200 | -1,100 | -0.3 |
Altoona, PA |
60,900 | 61,000 | 100 | 0.2 |
Amarillo, TX |
120,700 | 121,900 | 1,200 | 1.0 |
Ames, IA |
54,300 | 55,100 | 800 | 1.5 |
Anchorage, AK |
178,300 | 174,100 | -4,200 | -2.4 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
219,700 | 222,300 | 2,600 | 1.2 |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL |
46,400 | 46,300 | -100 | -0.2 |
Appleton, WI |
124,400 | 126,200 | 1,800 | 1.4 |
Asheville, NC |
187,400 | 191,200 | 3,800 | 2.0 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
94,400 | 95,900 | 1,500 | 1.6 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2,652,300 | 2,739,500 | 87,200 | 3.3 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
128,600 | 128,300 | -300 | -0.2 |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
62,700 | 65,200 | 2,500 | 4.0 |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
237,500 | 241,800 | 4,300 | 1.8 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
995,600 | 1,024,500 | 28,900 | 2.9 |
Bakersfield, CA |
257,200 | 259,300 | 2,100 | 0.8 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1,396,300 | 1,407,100 | 10,800 | 0.8 |
Bangor, ME NECTA |
66,600 | 66,800 | 200 | 0.3 |
Barnstable Town, MA NECTA |
100,400 | 102,800 | 2,400 | 2.4 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
408,000 | 408,900 | 900 | 0.2 |
Battle Creek, MI |
58,800 | 59,300 | 500 | 0.9 |
Bay City, MI |
36,300 | 35,500 | -800 | -2.2 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
165,200 | 164,400 | -800 | -0.5 |
Beckley, WV |
45,300 | 44,500 | -800 | -1.8 |
Bellingham, WA |
91,000 | 93,100 | 2,100 | 2.3 |
Bend-Redmond, OR |
77,700 | 80,400 | 2,700 | 3.5 |
Billings, MT |
85,200 | 85,900 | 700 | 0.8 |
Binghamton, NY |
104,400 | 104,000 | -400 | -0.4 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
520,500 | 524,100 | 3,600 | 0.7 |
Bismarck, ND |
74,300 | 73,500 | -800 | -1.1 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
79,900 | 80,500 | 600 | 0.8 |
Bloomington, IL |
94,900 | 94,600 | -300 | -0.3 |
Bloomington, IN |
77,600 | 77,900 | 300 | 0.4 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA |
42,700 | 43,000 | 300 | 0.7 |
Boise City, ID |
303,500 | 313,400 | 9,900 | 3.3 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA |
2,696,200 | 2,739,000 | 42,800 | 1.6 |
Boulder, CO |
186,200 | 189,900 | 3,700 | 2.0 |
Bowling Green, KY |
75,400 | 77,500 | 2,100 | 2.8 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
88,700 | 88,900 | 200 | 0.2 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA |
408,500 | 407,400 | -1,100 | -0.3 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
140,900 | 143,300 | 2,400 | 1.7 |
Brunswick, GA |
43,800 | 44,200 | 400 | 0.9 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
559,400 | 559,400 | 0 | 0.0 |
Burlington, NC |
60,600 | 61,500 | 900 | 1.5 |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA |
125,000 | 124,200 | -800 | -0.6 |
California-Lexington Park, MD |
45,600 | 45,400 | -200 | -0.4 |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
172,900 | 171,600 | -1,300 | -0.8 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
259,900 | 261,500 | 1,600 | 0.6 |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL |
44,600 | 44,100 | -500 | -1.1 |
Carbondale-Marion, IL |
58,900 | 57,600 | -1,300 | -2.2 |
Carson City, NV |
28,700 | 29,000 | 300 | 1.0 |
Casper, WY |
39,300 | 36,900 | -2,400 | -6.1 |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
143,900 | 144,600 | 700 | 0.5 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
60,100 | 59,900 | -200 | -0.3 |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
112,200 | 111,700 | -500 | -0.4 |
Charleston, WV |
119,600 | 118,300 | -1,300 | -1.1 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
345,800 | 352,500 | 6,700 | 1.9 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
1,145,900 | 1,173,400 | 27,500 | 2.4 |
Charlottesville, VA |
115,300 | 118,500 | 3,200 | 2.8 |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
251,300 | 258,700 | 7,400 | 2.9 |
Cheyenne, WY |
46,500 | 46,400 | -100 | -0.2 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
4,629,700 | 4,643,500 | 13,800 | 0.3 |
Chico, CA |
80,000 | 83,100 | 3,100 | 3.9 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
1,079,000 | 1,096,900 | 17,900 | 1.7 |
Clarksville, TN-KY |
89,300 | 90,500 | 1,200 | 1.3 |
Cleveland, TN |
47,100 | 48,500 | 1,400 | 3.0 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
1,052,600 | 1,062,900 | 10,300 | 1.0 |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
60,600 | 61,800 | 1,200 | 2.0 |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
114,000 | 117,000 | 3,000 | 2.6 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
278,000 | 282,700 | 4,700 | 1.7 |
Columbia, MO |
100,400 | 101,000 | 600 | 0.6 |
Columbia, SC |
393,200 | 397,600 | 4,400 | 1.1 |
Columbus, GA-AL |
120,300 | 121,100 | 800 | 0.7 |
Columbus, IN |
52,500 | 53,800 | 1,300 | 2.5 |
Columbus, OH |
1,055,400 | 1,078,100 | 22,700 | 2.2 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
191,200 | 193,900 | 2,700 | 1.4 |
Corvallis, OR |
42,300 | 42,900 | 600 | 1.4 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL |
111,400 | 113,800 | 2,400 | 2.2 |
Cumberland, MD-WV |
39,800 | 39,300 | -500 | -1.3 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
3,484,200 | 3,588,800 | 104,600 | 3.0 |
Dalton, GA |
69,800 | 70,200 | 400 | 0.6 |
Danbury, CT NECTA |
78,700 | 79,500 | 800 | 1.0 |
Danville, IL |
28,900 | 28,600 | -300 | -1.0 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
73,100 | 75,100 | 2,000 | 2.7 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
183,300 | 182,800 | -500 | -0.3 |
Dayton, OH |
384,500 | 387,900 | 3,400 | 0.9 |
Decatur, AL |
54,300 | 54,400 | 100 | 0.2 |
Decatur, IL |
52,100 | 51,500 | -600 | -1.2 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
197,800 | 200,800 | 3,000 | 1.5 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
1,423,900 | 1,453,500 | 29,600 | 2.1 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
356,400 | 366,800 | 10,400 | 2.9 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
1,965,100 | 2,003,200 | 38,100 | 1.9 |
Dothan, AL |
57,700 | 58,500 | 800 | 1.4 |
Dover, DE |
69,400 | 69,600 | 200 | 0.3 |
Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA |
53,700 | 55,400 | 1,700 | 3.2 |
Dubuque, IA |
60,100 | 60,000 | -100 | -0.2 |
Duluth, MN-WI |
135,000 | 135,500 | 500 | 0.4 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
303,600 | 309,800 | 6,200 | 2.0 |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
57,000 | 57,200 | 200 | 0.4 |
Eau Claire, WI |
87,000 | 85,800 | -1,200 | -1.4 |
El Centro, CA |
52,200 | 53,100 | 900 | 1.7 |
El Paso, TX |
309,200 | 317,900 | 8,700 | 2.8 |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY |
57,400 | 57,700 | 300 | 0.5 |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
130,400 | 135,200 | 4,800 | 3.7 |
Elmira, NY |
37,200 | 36,300 | -900 | -2.4 |
Enid, OK |
27,800 | 28,100 | 300 | 1.1 |
Erie, PA |
129,600 | 128,000 | -1,600 | -1.2 |
Eugene, OR |
156,800 | 159,100 | 2,300 | 1.5 |
Evansville, IN-KY |
158,600 | 160,300 | 1,700 | 1.1 |
Fairbanks, AK |
37,300 | 36,800 | -500 | -1.3 |
Fargo, ND-MN |
140,100 | 142,300 | 2,200 | 1.6 |
Farmington, NM |
49,500 | 48,800 | -700 | -1.4 |
Fayetteville, NC |
131,200 | 129,900 | -1,300 | -1.0 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
245,200 | 254,500 | 9,300 | 3.8 |
Flagstaff, AZ |
66,600 | 67,100 | 500 | 0.8 |
Flint, MI |
139,600 | 139,600 | 0 | 0.0 |
Florence, SC |
87,700 | 89,700 | 2,000 | 2.3 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
57,300 | 57,600 | 300 | 0.5 |
Fond du Lac, WI |
47,400 | 48,300 | 900 | 1.9 |
Fort Collins, CO |
159,600 | 165,500 | 5,900 | 3.7 |
Fort Smith, AR-OK |
114,300 | 113,000 | -1,300 | -1.1 |
Fort Wayne, IN |
218,600 | 221,300 | 2,700 | 1.2 |
Fresno, CA |
334,700 | 341,800 | 7,100 | 2.1 |
Gadsden, AL |
38,400 | 39,100 | 700 | 1.8 |
Gainesville, FL |
140,200 | 145,700 | 5,500 | 3.9 |
Gainesville, GA |
85,600 | 88,900 | 3,300 | 3.9 |
Gettysburg, PA |
34,600 | 35,500 | 900 | 2.6 |
Glens Falls, NY |
53,200 | 54,600 | 1,400 | 2.6 |
Goldsboro, NC |
42,000 | 41,600 | -400 | -1.0 |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
57,200 | 57,200 | 0 | 0.0 |
Grand Island, NE |
41,600 | 42,800 | 1,200 | 2.9 |
Grand Junction, CO |
61,500 | 61,000 | -500 | -0.8 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
542,000 | 553,900 | 11,900 | 2.2 |
Grants Pass, OR |
25,300 | 26,300 | 1,000 | 4.0 |
Great Falls, MT |
36,100 | 36,100 | 0 | 0.0 |
Greeley, CO |
99,000 | 101,700 | 2,700 | 2.7 |
Green Bay, WI |
174,800 | 174,200 | -600 | -0.3 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
359,100 | 362,400 | 3,300 | 0.9 |
Greenville, NC |
78,500 | 78,600 | 100 | 0.1 |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC |
409,800 | 411,600 | 1,800 | 0.4 |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS |
155,500 | 154,700 | -800 | -0.5 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
106,700 | 107,600 | 900 | 0.8 |
Hammond, LA |
44,600 | 45,200 | 600 | 1.3 |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
38,100 | 38,500 | 400 | 1.0 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
338,100 | 342,500 | 4,400 | 1.3 |
Harrisonburg, VA |
67,800 | 69,100 | 1,300 | 1.9 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA |
568,800 | 574,000 | 5,200 | 0.9 |
Hattiesburg, MS |
63,600 | 65,100 | 1,500 | 2.4 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
150,600 | 152,600 | 2,000 | 1.3 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC |
76,400 | 77,500 | 1,100 | 1.4 |
Hinesville, GA |
20,000 | 20,300 | 300 | 1.5 |
Homosassa Springs, FL |
33,700 | 33,500 | -200 | -0.6 |
Hot Springs, AR |
38,800 | 39,200 | 400 | 1.0 |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
90,100 | 85,700 | -4,400 | -4.9 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
3,000,900 | 3,042,800 | 41,900 | 1.4 |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
138,400 | 139,300 | 900 | 0.7 |
Huntsville, AL |
226,100 | 231,900 | 5,800 | 2.6 |
Idaho Falls, ID |
63,500 | 64,300 | 800 | 1.3 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
1,038,000 | 1,056,400 | 18,400 | 1.8 |
Iowa City, IA |
100,600 | 103,400 | 2,800 | 2.8 |
Ithaca, NY |
66,500 | 66,700 | 200 | 0.3 |
Jackson, MI |
57,700 | 58,100 | 400 | 0.7 |
Jackson, MS |
280,400 | 280,500 | 100 | 0.0 |
Jackson, TN |
68,100 | 68,800 | 700 | 1.0 |
Jacksonville, FL |
665,500 | 684,900 | 19,400 | 2.9 |
Jacksonville, NC |
49,200 | 49,300 | 100 | 0.2 |
Janesville-Beloit, WI |
67,900 | 69,400 | 1,500 | 2.2 |
Jefferson City, MO |
77,500 | 77,800 | 300 | 0.4 |
Johnson City, TN |
80,500 | 81,300 | 800 | 1.0 |
Johnstown, PA |
56,600 | 56,300 | -300 | -0.5 |
Jonesboro, AR |
56,000 | 57,000 | 1,000 | 1.8 |
Joplin, MO |
82,000 | 81,100 | -900 | -1.1 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
74,300 | 75,500 | 1,200 | 1.6 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
146,000 | 149,100 | 3,100 | 2.1 |
Kankakee, IL |
44,200 | 44,500 | 300 | 0.7 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
1,067,800 | 1,090,900 | 23,100 | 2.2 |
Kennewick-Richland, WA |
109,900 | 111,900 | 2,000 | 1.8 |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
143,400 | 146,900 | 3,500 | 2.4 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
122,200 | 122,200 | 0 | 0.0 |
Kingston, NY |
61,400 | 62,000 | 600 | 1.0 |
Knoxville, TN |
393,200 | 394,200 | 1,000 | 0.3 |
Kokomo, IN |
41,300 | 42,400 | 1,100 | 2.7 |
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
79,300 | 79,900 | 600 | 0.8 |
Lafayette, LA |
203,500 | 200,400 | -3,100 | -1.5 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
104,700 | 106,800 | 2,100 | 2.0 |
Lake Charles, LA |
106,700 | 112,500 | 5,800 | 5.4 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
48,300 | 49,000 | 700 | 1.4 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
214,300 | 220,800 | 6,500 | 3.0 |
Lancaster, PA |
250,000 | 254,500 | 4,500 | 1.8 |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
233,200 | 236,000 | 2,800 | 1.2 |
Laredo, TX |
101,900 | 104,000 | 2,100 | 2.1 |
Las Cruces, NM |
73,200 | 73,900 | 700 | 1.0 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
946,000 | 977,000 | 31,000 | 3.3 |
Lawrence, KS |
56,000 | 56,200 | 200 | 0.4 |
Lawton, OK |
46,000 | 46,500 | 500 | 1.1 |
Lebanon, PA |
51,700 | 52,100 | 400 | 0.8 |
Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA |
51,800 | 52,100 | 300 | 0.6 |
Lewiston, ID-WA |
28,100 | 29,000 | 900 | 3.2 |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA |
50,600 | 50,800 | 200 | 0.4 |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
275,700 | 281,700 | 6,000 | 2.2 |
Lima, OH |
52,800 | 53,000 | 200 | 0.4 |
Lincoln, NE |
188,300 | 190,400 | 2,100 | 1.1 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
355,300 | 354,600 | -700 | -0.2 |
Logan, UT-ID |
60,500 | 61,400 | 900 | 1.5 |
Longview, TX |
97,400 | 96,800 | -600 | -0.6 |
Longview, WA |
39,200 | 39,200 | 0 | 0.0 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
5,969,800 | 6,021,700 | 51,900 | 0.9 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
656,300 | 669,400 | 13,100 | 2.0 |
Lubbock, TX |
145,500 | 146,600 | 1,100 | 0.8 |
Lynchburg, VA |
103,900 | 104,300 | 400 | 0.4 |
Macon-Bibb County, GA |
101,500 | 102,800 | 1,300 | 1.3 |
Madera, CA |
36,600 | 37,600 | 1,000 | 2.7 |
Madison, WI |
397,600 | 402,700 | 5,100 | 1.3 |
Manchester, NH NECTA |
110,600 | 112,100 | 1,500 | 1.4 |
Manhattan, KS |
46,300 | 46,700 | 400 | 0.9 |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
58,200 | 58,100 | -100 | -0.2 |
Mansfield, OH |
53,200 | 52,900 | -300 | -0.6 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
253,600 | 258,100 | 4,500 | 1.8 |
Medford, OR |
84,400 | 85,800 | 1,400 | 1.7 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
637,600 | 646,800 | 9,200 | 1.4 |
Merced, CA |
65,000 | 65,500 | 500 | 0.8 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
2,586,800 | 2,647,500 | 60,700 | 2.3 |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
41,500 | 40,700 | -800 | -1.9 |
Midland, MI |
37,800 | 37,700 | -100 | -0.3 |
Midland, TX |
87,400 | 87,800 | 400 | 0.5 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
863,000 | 858,300 | -4,700 | -0.5 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1,952,400 | 1,981,600 | 29,200 | 1.5 |
Missoula, MT |
59,900 | 60,600 | 700 | 1.2 |
Mobile, AL |
180,900 | 179,600 | -1,300 | -0.7 |
Modesto, CA |
170,800 | 174,500 | 3,700 | 2.2 |
Monroe, LA |
79,600 | 79,700 | 100 | 0.1 |
Monroe, MI |
43,000 | 42,400 | -600 | -1.4 |
Montgomery, AL |
173,500 | 174,400 | 900 | 0.5 |
Morgantown, WV |
71,300 | 71,400 | 100 | 0.1 |
Morristown, TN |
45,600 | 46,600 | 1,000 | 2.2 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
48,800 | 49,900 | 1,100 | 2.3 |
Muncie, IN |
52,300 | 52,200 | -100 | -0.2 |
Muskegon, MI |
63,100 | 63,300 | 200 | 0.3 |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
162,100 | 168,300 | 6,200 | 3.8 |
Napa, CA |
70,700 | 71,800 | 1,100 | 1.6 |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
145,000 | 146,900 | 1,900 | 1.3 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
944,500 | 977,900 | 33,400 | 3.5 |
New Bedford, MA NECTA |
67,300 | 70,000 | 2,700 | 4.0 |
New Bern, NC |
45,100 | 45,200 | 100 | 0.2 |
New Haven, CT NECTA |
282,800 | 283,000 | 200 | 0.1 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
578,100 | 577,100 | -1,000 | -0.2 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
9,503,300 | 9,586,400 | 83,100 | 0.9 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI |
61,600 | 61,400 | -200 | -0.3 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
295,500 | 304,000 | 8,500 | 2.9 |
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA |
127,800 | 128,500 | 700 | 0.5 |
Ocala, FL |
100,900 | 103,500 | 2,600 | 2.6 |
Ocean City, NJ |
37,300 | 38,200 | 900 | 2.4 |
Odessa, TX |
69,600 | 69,600 | 0 | 0.0 |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
245,800 | 254,600 | 8,800 | 3.6 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
631,400 | 633,900 | 2,500 | 0.4 |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
112,600 | 115,600 | 3,000 | 2.7 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
496,500 | 502,700 | 6,200 | 1.2 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
1,201,700 | 1,244,400 | 42,700 | 3.6 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
96,600 | 96,900 | 300 | 0.3 |
Owensboro, KY |
53,600 | 54,000 | 400 | 0.7 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
300,100 | 306,600 | 6,500 | 2.2 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
207,700 | 215,200 | 7,500 | 3.6 |
Panama City, FL |
84,300 | 85,700 | 1,400 | 1.7 |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
41,300 | 40,500 | -800 | -1.9 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
172,800 | 177,500 | 4,700 | 2.7 |
Peoria, IL |
175,700 | 175,900 | 200 | 0.1 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
2,869,700 | 2,913,600 | 43,900 | 1.5 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
1,974,600 | 2,023,400 | 48,800 | 2.5 |
Pine Bluff, AR |
33,500 | 33,300 | -200 | -0.6 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1,167,200 | 1,173,100 | 5,900 | 0.5 |
Pittsfield, MA NECTA |
41,000 | 41,300 | 300 | 0.7 |
Pocatello, ID |
36,500 | 36,700 | 200 | 0.5 |
Port St. Lucie, FL |
143,600 | 146,900 | 3,300 | 2.3 |
Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA |
197,800 | 200,100 | 2,300 | 1.2 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
1,142,200 | 1,161,000 | 18,800 | 1.6 |
Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA |
89,300 | 89,500 | 200 | 0.2 |
Prescott, AZ |
62,600 | 64,000 | 1,400 | 2.2 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA |
582,800 | 584,100 | 1,300 | 0.2 |
Provo-Orem, UT |
237,500 | 247,100 | 9,600 | 4.0 |
Pueblo, CO |
62,000 | 62,600 | 600 | 1.0 |
Punta Gorda, FL |
47,800 | 49,400 | 1,600 | 3.3 |
Racine, WI |
77,200 | 76,900 | -300 | -0.4 |
Raleigh, NC |
598,000 | 613,400 | 15,400 | 2.6 |
Rapid City, SD |
65,900 | 67,200 | 1,300 | 2.0 |
Reading, PA |
177,400 | 179,500 | 2,100 | 1.2 |
Redding, CA |
65,100 | 67,300 | 2,200 | 3.4 |
Reno, NV |
218,500 | 224,500 | 6,000 | 2.7 |
Richmond, VA |
664,600 | 669,200 | 4,600 | 0.7 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
1,397,200 | 1,440,500 | 43,300 | 3.1 |
Roanoke, VA |
162,700 | 163,000 | 300 | 0.2 |
Rochester, MN |
118,200 | 118,900 | 700 | 0.6 |
Rochester, NY |
536,100 | 531,600 | -4,500 | -0.8 |
Rockford, IL |
151,900 | 148,400 | -3,500 | -2.3 |
Rocky Mount, NC |
56,600 | 55,800 | -800 | -1.4 |
Rome, GA |
40,800 | 41,500 | 700 | 1.7 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
945,900 | 956,400 | 10,500 | 1.1 |
Saginaw, MI |
88,200 | 88,700 | 500 | 0.6 |
Salem, OR |
160,500 | 163,400 | 2,900 | 1.8 |
Salinas, CA |
136,000 | 137,600 | 1,600 | 1.2 |
Salisbury, MD-DE |
153,800 | 155,900 | 2,100 | 1.4 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
696,300 | 719,100 | 22,800 | 3.3 |
San Angelo, TX |
49,200 | 48,700 | -500 | -1.0 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
1,012,000 | 1,037,600 | 25,600 | 2.5 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
1,418,200 | 1,436,400 | 18,200 | 1.3 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
2,332,100 | 2,377,700 | 45,600 | 2.0 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
1,064,500 | 1,078,900 | 14,400 | 1.4 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
115,200 | 117,700 | 2,500 | 2.2 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
101,700 | 103,300 | 1,600 | 1.6 |
Santa Fe, NM |
63,300 | 63,600 | 300 | 0.5 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
180,800 | 184,400 | 3,600 | 2.0 |
Santa Rosa, CA |
201,300 | 202,500 | 1,200 | 0.6 |
Savannah, GA |
175,800 | 179,700 | 3,900 | 2.2 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
261,000 | 260,300 | -700 | -0.3 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
1,936,100 | 1,989,300 | 53,200 | 2.7 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL |
50,500 | 52,100 | 1,600 | 3.2 |
Sebring, FL |
25,800 | 27,300 | 1,500 | 5.8 |
Sheboygan, WI |
60,700 | 61,100 | 400 | 0.7 |
Sherman-Denison, TX |
46,000 | 46,900 | 900 | 2.0 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
182,100 | 179,500 | -2,600 | -1.4 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
34,400 | 34,400 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
91,000 | 88,400 | -2,600 | -2.9 |
Sioux Falls, SD |
151,500 | 154,500 | 3,000 | 2.0 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
141,900 | 142,700 | 800 | 0.6 |
Spartanburg, SC |
145,900 | 150,500 | 4,600 | 3.2 |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA |
240,800 | 242,900 | 2,100 | 0.9 |
Springfield, IL |
115,800 | 115,800 | 0 | 0.0 |
Springfield, MA-CT NECTA |
334,900 | 338,200 | 3,300 | 1.0 |
Springfield, MO |
211,000 | 215,000 | 4,000 | 1.9 |
Springfield, OH |
50,000 | 50,100 | 100 | 0.2 |
St. Cloud, MN |
108,500 | 110,000 | 1,500 | 1.4 |
St. George, UT |
61,100 | 64,300 | 3,200 | 5.2 |
St. Joseph, MO-KS |
63,600 | 63,900 | 300 | 0.5 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
1,369,700 | 1,374,900 | 5,200 | 0.4 |
State College, PA |
79,000 | 79,800 | 800 | 1.0 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
50,300 | 51,100 | 800 | 1.6 |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
223,600 | 228,500 | 4,900 | 2.2 |
Sumter, SC |
39,200 | 39,200 | 0 | 0.0 |
Syracuse, NY |
318,300 | 321,000 | 2,700 | 0.8 |
Tallahassee, FL |
178,400 | 183,500 | 5,100 | 2.9 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
1,297,600 | 1,331,000 | 33,400 | 2.6 |
Terre Haute, IN |
70,600 | 71,300 | 700 | 1.0 |
Texarkana, TX-AR |
61,300 | 60,300 | -1,000 | -1.6 |
The Villages, FL |
27,100 | 28,300 | 1,200 | 4.4 |
Toledo, OH |
312,700 | 310,800 | -1,900 | -0.6 |
Topeka, KS |
112,500 | 114,100 | 1,600 | 1.4 |
Trenton, NJ |
263,500 | 270,300 | 6,800 | 2.6 |
Tucson, AZ |
377,400 | 378,100 | 700 | 0.2 |
Tulsa, OK |
446,300 | 442,300 | -4,000 | -0.9 |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
105,400 | 106,200 | 800 | 0.8 |
Tyler, TX |
103,900 | 106,300 | 2,400 | 2.3 |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
473,800 | 480,000 | 6,200 | 1.3 |
Utica-Rome, NY |
126,200 | 125,700 | -500 | -0.4 |
Valdosta, GA |
56,200 | 56,900 | 700 | 1.2 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
135,500 | 136,900 | 1,400 | 1.0 |
Victoria, TX |
42,200 | 42,000 | -200 | -0.5 |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
58,900 | 59,600 | 700 | 1.2 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
772,800 | 768,700 | -4,100 | -0.5 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
124,000 | 126,300 | 2,300 | 1.9 |
Waco, TX |
118,200 | 120,300 | 2,100 | 1.8 |
Walla Walla, WA |
27,800 | 28,700 | 900 | 3.2 |
Warner Robins, GA |
72,600 | 74,200 | 1,600 | 2.2 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
3,230,300 | 3,268,300 | 38,000 | 1.2 |
Waterbury, CT NECTA |
67,500 | 66,400 | -1,100 | -1.6 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
92,100 | 91,600 | -500 | -0.5 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
41,700 | 41,800 | 100 | 0.2 |
Wausau, WI |
71,600 | 72,500 | 900 | 1.3 |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
42,400 | 41,300 | -1,100 | -2.6 |
Wenatchee, WA |
43,500 | 44,900 | 1,400 | 3.2 |
Wheeling, WV-OH |
66,800 | 66,000 | -800 | -1.2 |
Wichita Falls, TX |
300,100 | 299,500 | -600 | -0.2 |
Wichita, KS |
58,100 | 57,800 | -300 | -0.5 |
Williamsport, PA |
53,600 | 52,700 | -900 | -1.7 |
Wilmington, NC |
123,800 | 127,100 | 3,300 | 2.7 |
Winchester, VA-WV |
62,400 | 62,900 | 500 | 0.8 |
Winston-Salem, NC |
261,800 | 261,300 | -500 | -0.2 |
Worcester, MA-CT NECTA |
283,100 | 285,400 | 2,300 | 0.8 |
Yakima, WA |
83,200 | 85,600 | 2,400 | 2.9 |
York-Hanover, PA |
183,600 | 184,500 | 900 | 0.5 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
225,400 | 222,400 | -3,000 | -1.3 |
Yuba City, CA |
41,600 | 43,700 | 2,100 | 5.0 |
Yuma, AZ |
54,200 | 55,900 | 1,700 | 3.1 |
Footnotes: Note: Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Data are not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary. |
The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Sebring, Florida (+5.8 percent), followed by Lake Charles, Louisiana (+5.4 percent), and St. George, Utah (+5.2 percent). The largest over-the-year increases in the number of employed occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+104,600), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Georgia (+87,200), and New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+83,100).
The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment occurred in Casper, Wyoming (–6.1 percent), followed by Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana (–4.9 percent), and Sioux City, Iowa-Nebraska-South Dakota (–2.9 percent). The largest over-the-year decrease in in the number of employed occurred in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin (–4,700), followed by Rochester, New York (–4,500), and Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana (–4,400).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — April 2017" (HTML) (PDF).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 297 metropolitan areas over the year ending April 2017 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/nonfarm-payroll-employment-increased-in-297-metropolitan-areas-over-the-year-ending-april-2017.htm (visited October 31, 2024).