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From January 2017 to January 2018, nonfarm employment increased in 295 metropolitan areas, decreased in 78 areas, and was unchanged in 15 areas.
Metropolitan area | Over-the-year percentage change(p) | Over-the-year change(p) | January 2017 employment | January 2018 employment(p) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Midland, TX |
10.3% | 9,100 | 88,200 | 97,300 |
Ocean City, NJ |
7.9 | 2,600 | 32,800 | 35,400 |
Odessa, TX |
7.2 | 5,000 | 69,600 | 74,600 |
Greeley, CO |
6.1 | 6,100 | 99,800 | 105,900 |
Yakima, WA |
5.6 | 4,600 | 81,700 | 86,300 |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
5.3 | 6,000 | 113,200 | 119,200 |
Walla Walla, WA |
5.3 | 1,400 | 26,500 | 27,900 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL |
5.0 | 5,400 | 108,000 | 113,400 |
Reno, NV |
5.0 | 10,900 | 219,700 | 230,600 |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
4.9 | 6,500 | 133,400 | 139,900 |
Bend-Redmond, OR |
4.8 | 3,700 | 77,400 | 81,100 |
St. George, UT |
4.8 | 2,900 | 60,800 | 63,700 |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
4.8 | 10,900 | 226,800 | 237,700 |
Provo-Orem, UT |
4.5 | 11,000 | 242,000 | 253,000 |
Grand Junction, CO |
4.4 | 2,600 | 59,600 | 62,200 |
Salinas, CA |
4.3 | 5,800 | 133,600 | 139,400 |
Carson City, NV |
4.2 | 1,200 | 28,800 | 30,000 |
Kennewick-Richland, WA |
4.2 | 4,500 | 107,900 | 112,400 |
Lake Charles, LA |
4.2 | 4,700 | 110,900 | 115,600 |
Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA |
4.1 | 2,100 | 50,800 | 52,900 |
Madera, CA |
4.1 | 1,500 | 36,600 | 38,100 |
Merced, CA |
4.1 | 2,600 | 63,900 | 66,500 |
Rockford, IL |
4.1 | 5,800 | 142,100 | 147,900 |
Albany, OR |
3.9 | 1,700 | 43,400 | 45,100 |
Boise City, ID |
3.9 | 11,800 | 303,700 | 315,500 |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
3.9 | 4,400 | 113,100 | 117,500 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
3.7 | 36,900 | 1,008,300 | 1,045,200 |
Kokomo, IN |
3.7 | 1,500 | 40,800 | 42,300 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
3.7 | 52,200 | 1,423,100 | 1,475,300 |
Fresno, CA |
3.6 | 12,100 | 333,200 | 345,300 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
3.6 | 3,500 | 98,200 | 101,700 |
Yuba City, CA |
3.6 | 1,500 | 42,000 | 43,500 |
Gettysburg, PA |
3.5 | 1,200 | 34,000 | 35,200 |
Idaho Falls, ID |
3.5 | 2,200 | 63,000 | 65,200 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
3.5 | 1,700 | 48,200 | 49,900 |
Gainesville, GA |
3.4 | 3,000 | 87,300 | 90,300 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
3.4 | 41,300 | 1,227,400 | 1,268,700 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
3.4 | 3,800 | 112,900 | 116,700 |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
3.3 | 7,600 | 232,000 | 239,600 |
Medford, OR |
3.3 | 2,800 | 83,600 | 86,400 |
Modesto, CA |
3.3 | 5,500 | 168,700 | 174,200 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
3.2 | 3,000 | 93,900 | 96,900 |
Grants Pass, OR |
3.2 | 800 | 25,100 | 25,900 |
Morgantown, WV |
3.2 | 2,200 | 69,000 | 71,200 |
Prescott, AZ |
3.1 | 1,900 | 61,300 | 63,200 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
3.1 | 61,600 | 1,955,600 | 2,017,200 |
Tyler, TX |
3.1 | 3,200 | 101,800 | 105,000 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
3.0 | 34,800 | 1,153,300 | 1,188,100 |
Charlottesville, VA |
3.0 | 3,400 | 112,900 | 116,300 |
Chico, CA |
3.0 | 2,400 | 79,000 | 81,400 |
Hammond, LA |
2.9 | 1,300 | 45,100 | 46,400 |
Jacksonville, FL |
2.9 | 19,700 | 675,800 | 695,500 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
2.9 | 31,600 | 1,073,300 | 1,104,900 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
2.9 | 3,500 | 122,500 | 126,000 |
Fort Collins, CO |
2.8 | 4,500 | 159,100 | 163,600 |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
2.8 | 1,600 | 56,500 | 58,100 |
Raleigh, NC |
2.8 | 17,000 | 599,400 | 616,400 |
Springfield, MO |
2.8 | 5,700 | 207,200 | 212,900 |
Ames, IA |
2.7 | 1,400 | 52,000 | 53,400 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
2.7 | 3,300 | 122,600 | 125,900 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
2.7 | 5,800 | 218,400 | 224,200 |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
2.7 | 4,100 | 153,500 | 157,600 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
2.7 | 25,500 | 954,700 | 980,200 |
Panama City, FL |
2.7 | 2,200 | 80,900 | 83,100 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
2.7 | 53,000 | 1,999,500 | 2,052,500 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
2.7 | 30,600 | 1,137,800 | 1,168,400 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
2.7 | 25,500 | 946,500 | 972,000 |
Bakersfield, CA |
2.6 | 6,500 | 253,000 | 259,500 |
Barnstable Town, MA NECTA |
2.6 | 2,500 | 95,100 | 97,600 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
2.6 | 2,300 | 88,600 | 90,900 |
Rapid City, SD |
2.6 | 1,700 | 64,900 | 66,600 |
Tulsa, OK |
2.6 | 11,500 | 437,900 | 449,400 |
Winchester, VA-WV |
2.6 | 1,600 | 61,800 | 63,400 |
Asheville, NC |
2.5 | 4,700 | 186,400 | 191,100 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
2.5 | 6,900 | 278,200 | 285,100 |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC |
2.5 | 10,100 | 407,800 | 417,900 |
Hinesville, GA |
2.5 | 500 | 19,800 | 20,300 |
Lewiston, ID-WA |
2.5 | 700 | 28,100 | 28,800 |
Santa Rosa, CA |
2.5 | 4,900 | 199,900 | 204,800 |
Corvallis, OR |
2.4 | 1,000 | 41,900 | 42,900 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
2.4 | 85,800 | 3,522,000 | 3,607,800 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
2.4 | 1,700 | 71,500 | 73,200 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
2.4 | 34,900 | 1,425,000 | 1,459,900 |
Eugene, OR |
2.4 | 3,700 | 155,600 | 159,300 |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
2.4 | 5,900 | 246,100 | 252,000 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
2.4 | 4,200 | 173,700 | 177,900 |
Salem, OR |
2.4 | 3,800 | 158,900 | 162,700 |
Bellingham, WA |
2.3 | 2,100 | 91,400 | 93,500 |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
2.3 | 1,300 | 57,200 | 58,500 |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
2.2 | 5,500 | 251,000 | 256,500 |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
2.2 | 1,300 | 60,200 | 61,500 |
Flagstaff, AZ |
2.2 | 1,400 | 64,400 | 65,800 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
2.2 | 64,400 | 2,965,100 | 3,029,500 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
2.2 | 15,600 | 702,600 | 718,200 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
2.2 | 50,900 | 2,347,400 | 2,398,300 |
Tallahassee, FL |
2.2 | 3,900 | 178,200 | 182,100 |
Abilene, TX |
2.1 | 1,400 | 67,400 | 68,800 |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL |
2.1 | 900 | 43,100 | 44,000 |
Jonesboro, AR |
2.1 | 1,200 | 56,200 | 57,400 |
Sheboygan, WI |
2.1 | 1,300 | 60,600 | 61,900 |
Sumter, SC |
2.1 | 800 | 39,000 | 39,800 |
Trenton, NJ |
2.1 | 5,500 | 260,900 | 266,400 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
2.0 | 5,000 | 247,400 | 252,400 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
2.0 | 12,200 | 617,400 | 629,600 |
Pocatello, ID |
2.0 | 700 | 35,200 | 35,900 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
2.0 | 20,100 | 1,020,100 | 1,040,200 |
Spartanburg, SC |
2.0 | 3,000 | 150,200 | 153,200 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
2.0 | 26,400 | 1,307,800 | 1,334,200 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
2.0 | 2,700 | 134,600 | 137,300 |
Wausau, WI |
2.0 | 1,400 | 71,000 | 72,400 |
Casper, WY |
1.9 | 700 | 37,400 | 38,100 |
Evansville, IN-KY |
1.9 | 2,900 | 156,200 | 159,100 |
Farmington, NM |
1.9 | 900 | 47,800 | 48,700 |
Huntsville, AL |
1.9 | 4,300 | 227,500 | 231,800 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
1.9 | 19,600 | 1,031,600 | 1,051,200 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
1.9 | 18,200 | 959,400 | 977,600 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1.9 | 114,600 | 5,948,000 | 6,062,600 |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
1.9 | 2,000 | 105,500 | 107,500 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
1.8 | 1,100 | 59,800 | 60,900 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
1.8 | 3,600 | 197,900 | 201,500 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
1.8 | 1,400 | 75,800 | 77,200 |
Kankakee, IL |
1.8 | 800 | 45,100 | 45,900 |
Madison, WI |
1.8 | 6,800 | 387,600 | 394,400 |
Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA |
1.8 | 1,600 | 89,800 | 91,400 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
1.8 | 26,400 | 1,427,100 | 1,453,500 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
1.8 | 4,500 | 256,600 | 261,100 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
1.7 | 44,300 | 2,665,500 | 2,709,800 |
Boulder, CO |
1.7 | 3,100 | 182,800 | 185,900 |
Jackson, MS |
1.7 | 4,800 | 275,700 | 280,500 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
1.7 | 17,500 | 1,057,900 | 1,075,400 |
Laredo, TX |
1.7 | 1,700 | 102,200 | 103,900 |
Redding, CA |
1.7 | 1,100 | 64,400 | 65,500 |
San Angelo, TX |
1.7 | 800 | 48,200 | 49,000 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
1.6 | 7,400 | 456,100 | 463,500 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
1.6 | 2,800 | 179,300 | 182,100 |
Fort Wayne, IN |
1.6 | 3,400 | 216,600 | 220,000 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC |
1.6 | 1,200 | 75,800 | 77,000 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
1.6 | 4,700 | 299,600 | 304,300 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
1.6 | 2,900 | 178,500 | 181,400 |
Wenatchee, WA |
1.6 | 700 | 42,600 | 43,300 |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL |
1.5 | 700 | 46,300 | 47,000 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
1.5 | 5,300 | 345,000 | 350,300 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
1.5 | 5,400 | 355,200 | 360,600 |
Lancaster, PA |
1.5 | 3,600 | 246,800 | 250,400 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
1.5 | 3,800 | 255,900 | 259,700 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1.5 | 16,900 | 1,143,700 | 1,160,600 |
Worcester, MA-CT NECTA |
1.5 | 4,300 | 279,800 | 284,100 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
1.4 | 7,200 | 521,500 | 528,700 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
1.4 | 7,600 | 549,600 | 557,200 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
1.4 | 7,700 | 543,300 | 551,000 |
Lubbock, TX |
1.4 | 2,100 | 145,300 | 147,400 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
1.4 | 4,100 | 298,800 | 302,900 |
Reading, PA |
1.4 | 2,500 | 174,400 | 176,900 |
Warner Robins, GA |
1.4 | 1,000 | 72,600 | 73,600 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
1.4 | 43,800 | 3,214,700 | 3,258,500 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1.3 | 17,300 | 1,365,400 | 1,382,700 |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
1.3 | 1,400 | 107,400 | 108,800 |
Columbus, IN |
1.3 | 700 | 52,300 | 53,000 |
Decatur, AL |
1.3 | 700 | 53,400 | 54,100 |
Duluth, MN-WI |
1.3 | 1,700 | 133,600 | 135,300 |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
1.3 | 500 | 37,900 | 38,400 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA |
1.3 | 7,500 | 565,100 | 572,600 |
Logan, UT-ID |
1.3 | 800 | 60,200 | 61,000 |
Longview, WA |
1.3 | 500 | 39,200 | 39,700 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
1.3 | 7,900 | 630,300 | 638,200 |
Muskegon, MI |
1.3 | 800 | 63,000 | 63,800 |
Peoria, IL |
1.3 | 2,100 | 166,400 | 168,500 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA |
1.3 | 7,200 | 571,700 | 578,900 |
Savannah, GA |
1.3 | 2,200 | 174,000 | 176,200 |
Bowling Green, KY |
1.2 | 900 | 74,000 | 74,900 |
Janesville-Beloit, WI |
1.2 | 800 | 66,600 | 67,400 |
Knoxville, TN |
1.2 | 4,800 | 389,300 | 394,100 |
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
1.2 | 900 | 76,700 | 77,600 |
Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA |
1.2 | 600 | 51,500 | 52,100 |
Longview, TX |
1.2 | 1,100 | 94,900 | 96,000 |
Rome, GA |
1.2 | 500 | 40,500 | 41,000 |
Wichita Falls, TX |
1.2 | 700 | 58,000 | 58,700 |
Winston-Salem, NC |
1.2 | 3,100 | 259,600 | 262,700 |
Amarillo, TX |
1.1 | 1,300 | 118,100 | 119,400 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
1.1 | 2,400 | 215,800 | 218,200 |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
1.1 | 1,600 | 141,000 | 142,600 |
Dayton, OH |
1.1 | 4,300 | 380,500 | 384,800 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
1.1 | 3,300 | 304,100 | 307,400 |
Great Falls, MT |
1.1 | 400 | 35,100 | 35,500 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
1.1 | 29,700 | 2,616,200 | 2,645,900 |
Mobile, AL |
1.1 | 2,000 | 181,700 | 183,700 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1.1 | 104,000 | 9,434,700 | 9,538,700 |
Salisbury, MD-DE |
1.1 | 1,600 | 146,600 | 148,200 |
State College, PA |
1.1 | 800 | 73,900 | 74,700 |
The Villages, FL |
1.1 | 300 | 28,100 | 28,400 |
Tucson, AZ |
1.1 | 4,200 | 376,600 | 380,800 |
Albuquerque, NM |
1.0 | 3,900 | 382,900 | 386,800 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA |
1.0 | 400 | 41,300 | 41,700 |
El Paso, TX |
1.0 | 3,000 | 309,600 | 312,600 |
Grand Island, NE |
1.0 | 400 | 41,400 | 41,800 |
Greenville, NC |
1.0 | 800 | 78,500 | 79,300 |
Joplin, MO |
1.0 | 800 | 79,800 | 80,600 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
1.0 | 3,500 | 352,800 | 356,300 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
1.0 | 8,400 | 847,800 | 856,200 |
Napa, CA |
1.0 | 700 | 69,500 | 70,200 |
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA |
1.0 | 1,300 | 126,900 | 128,200 |
Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA |
1.0 | 2,100 | 200,300 | 202,400 |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
1.0 | 4,800 | 471,500 | 476,300 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
1.0 | 400 | 40,200 | 40,600 |
Wilmington, NC |
1.0 | 1,200 | 121,600 | 122,800 |
Appleton, WI |
0.9 | 1,100 | 122,800 | 123,900 |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
0.9 | 600 | 63,800 | 64,400 |
Columbia, MO |
0.9 | 900 | 95,800 | 96,700 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
0.9 | 17,100 | 1,967,400 | 1,984,500 |
Owensboro, KY |
0.9 | 500 | 53,300 | 53,800 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
0.9 | 1,200 | 140,300 | 141,500 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA |
0.8 | 22,400 | 2,676,600 | 2,699,000 |
Gadsden, AL |
0.8 | 300 | 37,400 | 37,700 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
0.8 | 1,200 | 151,800 | 153,000 |
Iowa City, IA |
0.8 | 800 | 99,700 | 100,500 |
Ithaca, NY |
0.8 | 500 | 61,000 | 61,500 |
Montgomery, AL |
0.8 | 1,400 | 175,000 | 176,400 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
0.8 | 3,900 | 490,500 | 494,400 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
0.8 | 800 | 96,000 | 96,800 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
0.8 | 23,200 | 2,854,800 | 2,878,000 |
Sioux Falls, SD |
0.8 | 1,200 | 152,100 | 153,300 |
Bloomington, IL |
0.7 | 600 | 90,200 | 90,800 |
Florence, SC |
0.7 | 600 | 87,100 | 87,700 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
0.7 | 1,000 | 145,400 | 146,400 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
0.7 | 13,100 | 1,947,800 | 1,960,900 |
Ocala, FL |
0.7 | 700 | 101,200 | 101,900 |
Rochester, NY |
0.7 | 3,400 | 521,700 | 525,100 |
Sherman-Denison, TX |
0.7 | 300 | 46,100 | 46,400 |
Springfield, MA-CT NECTA |
0.7 | 2,300 | 325,100 | 327,400 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
0.6 | 1,000 | 162,400 | 163,400 |
Columbus, GA-AL |
0.6 | 700 | 119,700 | 120,400 |
Fond du Lac, WI |
0.6 | 300 | 46,700 | 47,000 |
Green Bay, WI |
0.6 | 1,100 | 174,000 | 175,100 |
Harrisonburg, VA |
0.6 | 400 | 67,200 | 67,600 |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
0.6 | 900 | 141,600 | 142,500 |
Lebanon, PA |
0.6 | 300 | 51,000 | 51,300 |
Port St. Lucie, FL |
0.6 | 900 | 144,500 | 145,400 |
Richmond, VA |
0.6 | 4,000 | 657,800 | 661,800 |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
0.6 | 500 | 85,300 | 85,800 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
0.6 | 8,500 | 1,348,000 | 1,356,500 |
California-Lexington Park, MD |
0.5 | 200 | 44,400 | 44,600 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
0.5 | 23,200 | 4,583,700 | 4,606,900 |
Cumberland, MD-WV |
0.5 | 200 | 38,000 | 38,200 |
Danbury, CT NECTA |
0.5 | 400 | 77,200 | 77,600 |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS |
0.5 | 700 | 153,000 | 153,700 |
Jackson, MI |
0.5 | 300 | 57,200 | 57,500 |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
0.5 | 1,100 | 233,400 | 234,500 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
0.5 | 3,500 | 653,200 | 656,700 |
Monroe, MI |
0.5 | 200 | 41,300 | 41,500 |
Santa Fe, NM |
0.5 | 300 | 61,600 | 61,900 |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA |
0.5 | 1,100 | 237,900 | 239,000 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
0.4 | 1,300 | 363,000 | 364,300 |
Eau Claire, WI |
0.4 | 300 | 83,200 | 83,500 |
Flint, MI |
0.4 | 600 | 137,200 | 137,800 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
0.4 | 400 | 103,800 | 104,200 |
Jackson, TN |
0.4 | 300 | 67,300 | 67,600 |
Johnstown, PA |
0.4 | 200 | 54,000 | 54,200 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
0.4 | 500 | 120,100 | 120,600 |
Lincoln, NE |
0.4 | 700 | 185,400 | 186,100 |
Monroe, LA |
0.4 | 300 | 77,500 | 77,800 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
0.4 | 200 | 48,800 | 49,000 |
Punta Gorda, FL |
0.4 | 200 | 48,200 | 48,400 |
Alexandria, LA |
0.3 | 200 | 61,400 | 61,600 |
Clarksville, TN-KY |
0.3 | 300 | 88,600 | 88,900 |
Columbus, OH |
0.3 | 2,800 | 1,062,800 | 1,065,600 |
Fayetteville, NC |
0.3 | 400 | 129,000 | 129,400 |
Gainesville, FL |
0.3 | 400 | 142,900 | 143,300 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
0.3 | 900 | 335,200 | 336,100 |
Hattiesburg, MS |
0.3 | 200 | 64,200 | 64,400 |
Homosassa Springs, FL |
0.3 | 100 | 32,700 | 32,800 |
Rochester, MN |
0.3 | 400 | 117,100 | 117,500 |
St. Cloud, MN |
0.3 | 300 | 107,400 | 107,700 |
York-Hanover, PA |
0.3 | 500 | 184,200 | 184,700 |
Burlington, NC |
0.2 | 100 | 60,700 | 60,800 |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
0.2 | 300 | 170,300 | 170,600 |
Dalton, GA |
0.2 | 100 | 66,400 | 66,500 |
Decatur, IL |
0.2 | 100 | 50,500 | 50,600 |
Dubuque, IA |
0.2 | 100 | 58,700 | 58,800 |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
0.2 | 100 | 57,600 | 57,700 |
Erie, PA |
0.2 | 200 | 124,900 | 125,100 |
Lima, OH |
0.2 | 100 | 52,400 | 52,500 |
Lynchburg, VA |
0.2 | 200 | 102,200 | 102,400 |
New Bedford, MA NECTA |
0.2 | 100 | 66,000 | 66,100 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
0.2 | 1,000 | 570,500 | 571,500 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
0.2 | 500 | 213,200 | 213,700 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL |
0.2 | 100 | 51,600 | 51,700 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
0.2 | 100 | 49,200 | 49,300 |
Binghamton, NY |
0.1 | 100 | 101,300 | 101,400 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
0.1 | 1,500 | 1,069,200 | 1,070,700 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
0.1 | 1,000 | 1,033,800 | 1,034,800 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
0.1 | 500 | 354,800 | 355,300 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
0.1 | 100 | 103,000 | 103,100 |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
0.1 | 200 | 276,000 | 276,200 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
0.1 | 1,000 | 760,600 | 761,600 |
Akron, OH |
0.0 | 100 | 333,600 | 333,700 |
Billings, MT |
0.0 | 0 | 83,100 | 83,100 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
0.0 | -100 | 264,200 | 264,100 |
Fairbanks, AK |
0.0 | 0 | 35,700 | 35,700 |
Hot Springs, AR |
0.0 | 0 | 37,600 | 37,600 |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
0.0 | 0 | 84,800 | 84,800 |
Jacksonville, NC |
0.0 | 0 | 48,700 | 48,700 |
Kingston, NY |
0.0 | 0 | 60,300 | 60,300 |
Morristown, TN |
0.0 | 0 | 45,600 | 45,600 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI |
0.0 | 0 | 60,200 | 60,200 |
Pueblo, CO |
0.0 | 0 | 61,700 | 61,700 |
Racine, WI |
0.0 | 0 | 76,300 | 76,300 |
St. Joseph, MO-KS |
0.0 | 0 | 63,900 | 63,900 |
Terre Haute, IN |
0.0 | 0 | 69,500 | 69,500 |
Valdosta, GA |
0.0 | 0 | 55,500 | 55,500 |
Waterbury, CT NECTA |
0.0 | 0 | 65,700 | 65,700 |
Yuma, AZ |
0.0 | 0 | 55,900 | 55,900 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
-0.1 | -400 | 401,800 | 401,400 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
-0.1 | -100 | 140,300 | 140,200 |
Dover, DE |
-0.1 | -100 | 68,600 | 68,500 |
Fargo, ND-MN |
-0.1 | -100 | 138,700 | 138,600 |
Macon-Bibb County, GA |
-0.1 | -100 | 102,300 | 102,200 |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY |
-0.2 | -100 | 55,600 | 55,500 |
Glens Falls, NY |
-0.2 | -100 | 53,300 | 53,200 |
Goldsboro, NC |
-0.2 | -100 | 41,500 | 41,400 |
Lawrence, KS |
-0.2 | -100 | 51,600 | 51,500 |
Missoula, MT |
-0.2 | -100 | 59,500 | 59,400 |
Pittsfield, MA NECTA |
-0.2 | -100 | 40,800 | 40,700 |
Syracuse, NY |
-0.2 | -500 | 310,400 | 309,900 |
Topeka, KS |
-0.2 | -200 | 110,800 | 110,600 |
Waco, TX |
-0.2 | -200 | 120,100 | 119,900 |
Altoona, PA |
-0.3 | -200 | 60,200 | 60,000 |
Fort Smith, AR-OK |
-0.3 | -300 | 111,100 | 110,800 |
Manchester, NH NECTA |
-0.3 | -300 | 111,300 | 111,000 |
Texarkana, TX-AR |
-0.3 | -200 | 59,700 | 59,500 |
Wichita, KS |
-0.3 | -1,000 | 292,100 | 291,100 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
-0.4 | -200 | 55,900 | 55,700 |
Lawton, OK |
-0.4 | -200 | 45,600 | 45,400 |
Mansfield, OH |
-0.4 | -200 | 51,600 | 51,400 |
Beckley, WV |
-0.5 | -200 | 44,200 | 44,000 |
Dothan, AL |
-0.5 | -300 | 57,400 | 57,100 |
Lafayette, LA |
-0.5 | -1,000 | 198,900 | 197,900 |
Utica-Rome, NY |
-0.5 | -600 | 124,800 | 124,200 |
Johnson City, TN |
-0.6 | -500 | 78,200 | 77,700 |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA |
-0.6 | -300 | 50,500 | 50,200 |
Roanoke, VA |
-0.6 | -900 | 158,300 | 157,400 |
Saginaw, MI |
-0.6 | -500 | 86,900 | 86,400 |
Columbia, SC |
-0.7 | -2,600 | 393,700 | 391,100 |
Albany, GA |
-0.8 | -500 | 63,200 | 62,700 |
Bay City, MI |
-0.8 | -300 | 35,400 | 35,100 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
-0.8 | -1,500 | 190,000 | 188,500 |
New Haven, CT NECTA |
-0.8 | -2,100 | 279,600 | 277,500 |
Toledo, OH |
-0.8 | -2,400 | 306,200 | 303,800 |
Charleston, WV |
-0.9 | -1,000 | 115,700 | 114,700 |
Cleveland, TN |
-0.9 | -400 | 46,200 | 45,800 |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
-0.9 | -500 | 56,300 | 55,800 |
New Bern, NC |
-0.9 | -400 | 44,400 | 44,000 |
Pine Bluff, AR |
-0.9 | -300 | 32,400 | 32,100 |
Williamsport, PA |
-0.9 | -500 | 52,800 | 52,300 |
Muncie, IN |
-1.0 | -500 | 52,000 | 51,500 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA |
-1.1 | -4,300 | 400,900 | 396,600 |
Carbondale-Marion, IL |
-1.1 | -600 | 56,000 | 55,400 |
Elmira, NY |
-1.1 | -400 | 36,600 | 36,200 |
Battle Creek, MI |
-1.2 | -700 | 58,200 | 57,500 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
-1.2 | -900 | 73,600 | 72,700 |
Brunswick, GA |
-1.2 | -500 | 42,900 | 42,400 |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
-1.2 | -1,600 | 135,900 | 134,300 |
Victoria, TX |
-1.2 | -500 | 40,600 | 40,100 |
Wheeling, WV-OH |
-1.2 | -800 | 65,800 | 65,000 |
Anchorage, AK |
-1.3 | -2,200 | 171,700 | 169,500 |
Bismarck, ND |
-1.3 | -900 | 71,900 | 71,000 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
-1.3 | -2,300 | 179,500 | 177,200 |
Danville, IL |
-1.4 | -400 | 28,200 | 27,800 |
Midland, MI |
-1.4 | -500 | 36,700 | 36,200 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
-1.4 | -3,100 | 216,700 | 213,600 |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA |
-1.5 | -1,900 | 123,300 | 121,400 |
El Centro, CA |
-1.5 | -800 | 54,100 | 53,300 |
Springfield, OH |
-1.6 | -800 | 49,600 | 48,800 |
Bangor, ME NECTA |
-1.7 | -1,100 | 65,200 | 64,100 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
-1.7 | -1,500 | 89,900 | 88,400 |
Jefferson City, MO |
-1.8 | -1,400 | 77,100 | 75,700 |
Cheyenne, WY |
-2.0 | -900 | 45,900 | 45,000 |
Las Cruces, NM |
-2.0 | -1,400 | 70,000 | 68,600 |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
-2.0 | -800 | 39,800 | 39,000 |
Rocky Mount, NC |
-2.0 | -1,100 | 56,000 | 54,900 |
Manhattan, KS |
-2.3 | -900 | 40,000 | 39,100 |
Springfield, IL |
-2.3 | -2,600 | 112,100 | 109,500 |
Bloomington, IN |
-2.5 | -1,900 | 75,500 | 73,600 |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
-2.7 | -1,100 | 40,800 | 39,700 |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
-3.2 | -1,300 | 40,600 | 39,300 |
Sebring, FL |
-3.4 | -900 | 26,300 | 25,400 |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
-3.5 | -5,200 | 148,400 | 143,200 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
-3.9 | -1,300 | 33,600 | 32,300 |
Enid, OK |
-4.6 | -1,200 | 26,100 | 24,900 |
Footnotes: (p) Preliminary. |
The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California, (+114,600), New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+104,000), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+85,800). The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Midland, Texas (+10.3 percent), Ocean City, New Jersey (+7.9 percent), and Odessa, Texas (+7.2 percent).
The largest over-the-year decrease in employment occurred in Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida (−5,200), followed by Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut (−4,300), and Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pennsylvania (−3,100). The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment occurred in Enid, Oklahoma (−4.6 percent), followed by Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona (−3.9 percent), and Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida (−3.5 percent).
From January 2017 to January 2018, nonfarm employment rose in all 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Austin-Round Rock, Texas, and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California (+3.7 percent each), followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+3.4 percent).
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. To learn more, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — January 2018” (HTML) (PDF).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 295 metropolitan areas for year ending January 2018 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/nonfarm-payroll-employment-increased-in-295-metropolitan-areas-for-year-ending-january-2018.htm (visited October 31, 2024).