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From February 2017 to February 2018, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 313 metropolitan areas, decreased in 69 areas, and was unchanged in 6 areas.
Metropolitan area | February 2017 | February 2018(p) | Over-the-year change(p) | Over-the-year percentage change(p) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Midland, TX |
89,300 | 97,400 | 8,100 | 9.1% |
Odessa, TX |
70,500 | 75,800 | 5,300 | 7.5 |
Ocean City, NJ |
33,200 | 35,300 | 2,100 | 6.3 |
Yakima, WA |
83,000 | 88,000 | 5,000 | 6.0 |
Greeley, CO |
101,700 | 107,600 | 5,900 | 5.8 |
Lake Charles, LA |
111,500 | 117,700 | 6,200 | 5.6 |
Walla Walla, WA |
27,300 | 28,800 | 1,500 | 5.5 |
Rockford, IL |
142,200 | 149,700 | 7,500 | 5.3 |
Carson City, NV |
29,100 | 30,600 | 1,500 | 5.2 |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
134,700 | 141,400 | 6,700 | 5.0 |
St. George, UT |
61,500 | 64,600 | 3,100 | 5.0 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL |
109,200 | 114,600 | 5,400 | 4.9 |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
116,500 | 122,100 | 5,600 | 4.8 |
Kokomo, IN |
40,800 | 42,700 | 1,900 | 4.7 |
Reno, NV |
224,000 | 234,100 | 10,100 | 4.5 |
Bend-Redmond, OR |
78,100 | 81,400 | 3,300 | 4.2 |
Kankakee, IL |
45,100 | 47,000 | 1,900 | 4.2 |
Albany, OR |
43,700 | 45,500 | 1,800 | 4.1 |
Gainesville, GA |
88,100 | 91,700 | 3,600 | 4.1 |
Provo-Orem, UT |
244,300 | 254,400 | 10,100 | 4.1 |
Boise City, ID |
307,200 | 319,600 | 12,400 | 4.0 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
94,800 | 98,500 | 3,700 | 3.9 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
1,425,400 | 1,481,000 | 55,600 | 3.9 |
Salinas, CA |
135,500 | 140,800 | 5,300 | 3.9 |
Kennewick-Richland, WA |
108,600 | 112,700 | 4,100 | 3.8 |
Yuba City, CA |
41,700 | 43,300 | 1,600 | 3.8 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
1,017,600 | 1,054,900 | 37,300 | 3.7 |
Medford, OR |
84,400 | 87,500 | 3,100 | 3.7 |
Idaho Falls, ID |
63,600 | 65,900 | 2,300 | 3.6 |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
114,100 | 118,100 | 4,000 | 3.5 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
1,238,000 | 1,281,800 | 43,800 | 3.5 |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
229,000 | 237,100 | 8,100 | 3.5 |
Gettysburg, PA |
34,800 | 36,000 | 1,200 | 3.4 |
Bellingham, WA |
90,800 | 93,800 | 3,000 | 3.3 |
Fresno, CA |
337,400 | 348,700 | 11,300 | 3.3 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
49,000 | 50,600 | 1,600 | 3.3 |
Lewiston, ID-WA |
28,300 | 29,200 | 900 | 3.2 |
State College, PA |
79,000 | 81,500 | 2,500 | 3.2 |
Winchester, VA-WV |
62,200 | 64,200 | 2,000 | 3.2 |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
233,700 | 241,000 | 7,300 | 3.1 |
Huntsville, AL |
229,000 | 236,000 | 7,000 | 3.1 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
99,800 | 102,900 | 3,100 | 3.1 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
1,961,700 | 2,022,600 | 60,900 | 3.1 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
88,900 | 91,600 | 2,700 | 3.0 |
Charlottesville, VA |
115,700 | 119,200 | 3,500 | 3.0 |
Madera, CA |
37,100 | 38,200 | 1,100 | 3.0 |
Merced, CA |
65,800 | 67,800 | 2,000 | 3.0 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
2,019,300 | 2,079,300 | 60,000 | 3.0 |
Prescott, AZ |
62,600 | 64,500 | 1,900 | 3.0 |
Spartanburg, SC |
151,000 | 155,500 | 4,500 | 3.0 |
Fort Collins, CO |
161,000 | 165,700 | 4,700 | 2.9 |
Ithaca, NY |
64,500 | 66,400 | 1,900 | 2.9 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
1,079,900 | 1,111,100 | 31,200 | 2.9 |
Tyler, TX |
102,400 | 105,400 | 3,000 | 2.9 |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
60,400 | 62,100 | 1,700 | 2.8 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
72,400 | 74,400 | 2,000 | 2.8 |
Grants Pass, OR |
25,400 | 26,100 | 700 | 2.8 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
219,600 | 225,800 | 6,200 | 2.8 |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
57,100 | 58,700 | 1,600 | 2.8 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
1,159,100 | 1,190,100 | 31,000 | 2.7 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
3,543,100 | 3,639,100 | 96,000 | 2.7 |
Jacksonville, FL |
680,500 | 699,100 | 18,600 | 2.7 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
962,000 | 987,800 | 25,800 | 2.7 |
Panama City, FL |
81,700 | 83,900 | 2,200 | 2.7 |
Raleigh, NC |
605,300 | 621,500 | 16,200 | 2.7 |
Trenton, NJ |
262,200 | 269,400 | 7,200 | 2.7 |
Bakersfield, CA |
253,800 | 260,300 | 6,500 | 2.6 |
Chico, CA |
79,700 | 81,800 | 2,100 | 2.6 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
281,100 | 288,500 | 7,400 | 2.6 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
1,432,200 | 1,469,100 | 36,900 | 2.6 |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
38,200 | 39,200 | 1,000 | 2.6 |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
248,000 | 254,500 | 6,500 | 2.6 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
950,700 | 975,400 | 24,700 | 2.6 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
123,600 | 126,800 | 3,200 | 2.6 |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL |
43,800 | 44,900 | 1,100 | 2.5 |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
253,300 | 259,700 | 6,400 | 2.5 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
624,700 | 640,500 | 15,800 | 2.5 |
Rapid City, SD |
65,100 | 66,700 | 1,600 | 2.5 |
Redding, CA |
64,500 | 66,100 | 1,600 | 2.5 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
705,800 | 723,500 | 17,700 | 2.5 |
Santa Rosa, CA |
201,700 | 206,800 | 5,100 | 2.5 |
Modesto, CA |
170,500 | 174,600 | 4,100 | 2.4 |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
156,500 | 160,300 | 3,800 | 2.4 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
1,025,900 | 1,050,500 | 24,600 | 2.4 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
135,200 | 138,400 | 3,200 | 2.4 |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
57,700 | 59,100 | 1,400 | 2.4 |
Wausau, WI |
71,200 | 72,900 | 1,700 | 2.4 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
123,800 | 126,600 | 2,800 | 2.3 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
102,500 | 104,900 | 2,400 | 2.3 |
Logan, UT-ID |
60,600 | 62,000 | 1,400 | 2.3 |
Longview, WA |
39,300 | 40,200 | 900 | 2.3 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
964,000 | 985,700 | 21,700 | 2.3 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
1,315,600 | 1,346,200 | 30,600 | 2.3 |
Wenatchee, WA |
42,800 | 43,800 | 1,000 | 2.3 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
251,300 | 256,800 | 5,500 | 2.2 |
Hammond, LA |
45,600 | 46,600 | 1,000 | 2.2 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
2,991,400 | 3,058,500 | 67,100 | 2.2 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
301,300 | 307,800 | 6,500 | 2.2 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
115,800 | 118,400 | 2,600 | 2.2 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
180,100 | 184,100 | 4,000 | 2.2 |
Tulsa, OK |
441,000 | 450,600 | 9,600 | 2.2 |
Boulder, CO |
186,900 | 190,800 | 3,900 | 2.1 |
Dayton, OH |
382,500 | 390,400 | 7,900 | 2.1 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
545,300 | 556,500 | 11,200 | 2.1 |
Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA |
51,400 | 52,500 | 1,100 | 2.1 |
Sheboygan, WI |
60,500 | 61,800 | 1,300 | 2.1 |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
107,000 | 109,300 | 2,300 | 2.1 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2,681,800 | 2,734,400 | 52,600 | 2.0 |
Flagstaff, AZ |
65,500 | 66,800 | 1,300 | 2.0 |
Grand Junction, CO |
61,200 | 62,400 | 1,200 | 2.0 |
Laredo, TX |
102,500 | 104,600 | 2,100 | 2.0 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
256,200 | 261,400 | 5,200 | 2.0 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
300,800 | 306,800 | 6,000 | 2.0 |
Abilene, TX |
68,200 | 69,500 | 1,300 | 1.9 |
Evansville, IN-KY |
157,000 | 160,000 | 3,000 | 1.9 |
Farmington, NM |
48,200 | 49,100 | 900 | 1.9 |
Lubbock, TX |
146,700 | 149,500 | 2,800 | 1.9 |
Monroe, MI |
41,200 | 42,000 | 800 | 1.9 |
Pocatello, ID |
36,500 | 37,200 | 700 | 1.9 |
San Angelo, TX |
48,600 | 49,500 | 900 | 1.9 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
1,435,800 | 1,463,700 | 27,900 | 1.9 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
2,364,500 | 2,410,100 | 45,600 | 1.9 |
Sherman-Denison, TX |
46,400 | 47,300 | 900 | 1.9 |
Ames, IA |
54,200 | 55,200 | 1,000 | 1.8 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
179,900 | 183,200 | 3,300 | 1.8 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
200,200 | 203,900 | 3,700 | 1.8 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
1,035,700 | 1,054,500 | 18,800 | 1.8 |
Jonesboro, AR |
57,000 | 58,000 | 1,000 | 1.8 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
1,155,400 | 1,175,900 | 20,500 | 1.8 |
Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA |
89,700 | 91,300 | 1,600 | 1.8 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
219,000 | 222,700 | 3,700 | 1.7 |
Barnstable Town, MA NECTA |
94,700 | 96,300 | 1,600 | 1.7 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
76,000 | 77,300 | 1,300 | 1.7 |
Morgantown, WV |
71,200 | 72,400 | 1,200 | 1.7 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
257,400 | 261,700 | 4,300 | 1.7 |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
476,700 | 484,900 | 8,200 | 1.7 |
Worcester, MA-CT NECTA |
281,600 | 286,400 | 4,800 | 1.7 |
Eugene, OR |
158,600 | 161,100 | 2,500 | 1.6 |
Fort Wayne, IN |
217,800 | 221,300 | 3,500 | 1.6 |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC |
411,500 | 418,100 | 6,600 | 1.6 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
1,064,000 | 1,080,700 | 16,700 | 1.6 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
5,993,400 | 6,086,800 | 93,400 | 1.6 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
635,000 | 645,300 | 10,300 | 1.6 |
Springfield, MO |
209,700 | 213,000 | 3,300 | 1.6 |
Albuquerque, NM |
385,900 | 391,700 | 5,800 | 1.5 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
60,100 | 61,000 | 900 | 1.5 |
Iowa City, IA |
100,600 | 102,100 | 1,500 | 1.5 |
Jackson, MS |
278,300 | 282,400 | 4,100 | 1.5 |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
142,000 | 144,100 | 2,100 | 1.5 |
Lancaster, PA |
249,000 | 252,700 | 3,700 | 1.5 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
348,000 | 352,800 | 4,800 | 1.4 |
Corvallis, OR |
42,900 | 43,500 | 600 | 1.4 |
Hattiesburg, MS |
64,900 | 65,800 | 900 | 1.4 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC |
76,600 | 77,700 | 1,100 | 1.4 |
Jackson, MI |
57,200 | 58,000 | 800 | 1.4 |
Joplin, MO |
80,300 | 81,400 | 1,100 | 1.4 |
Ocala, FL |
101,600 | 103,000 | 1,400 | 1.4 |
Salem, OR |
162,200 | 164,500 | 2,300 | 1.4 |
Tallahassee, FL |
180,700 | 183,300 | 2,600 | 1.4 |
Valdosta, GA |
55,500 | 56,300 | 800 | 1.4 |
Warner Robins, GA |
73,000 | 74,000 | 1,000 | 1.4 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
3,233,300 | 3,278,100 | 44,800 | 1.4 |
Asheville, NC |
188,400 | 190,800 | 2,400 | 1.3 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1,372,500 | 1,389,700 | 17,200 | 1.3 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
524,900 | 531,800 | 6,900 | 1.3 |
Bowling Green, KY |
75,300 | 76,300 | 1,000 | 1.3 |
Casper, WY |
37,500 | 38,000 | 500 | 1.3 |
Danbury, CT NECTA |
76,800 | 77,800 | 1,000 | 1.3 |
Decatur, AL |
53,400 | 54,100 | 700 | 1.3 |
Janesville-Beloit, WI |
66,900 | 67,800 | 900 | 1.3 |
Lynchburg, VA |
103,200 | 104,500 | 1,300 | 1.3 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
9,499,400 | 9,623,600 | 124,200 | 1.3 |
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA |
126,700 | 128,300 | 1,600 | 1.3 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1,151,400 | 1,165,800 | 14,400 | 1.3 |
Santa Fe, NM |
62,400 | 63,200 | 800 | 1.3 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
553,800 | 560,700 | 6,900 | 1.2 |
Duluth, MN-WI |
135,300 | 136,900 | 1,600 | 1.2 |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
235,300 | 238,200 | 2,900 | 1.2 |
Lebanon, PA |
51,300 | 51,900 | 600 | 1.2 |
Longview, TX |
95,400 | 96,500 | 1,100 | 1.2 |
Madison, WI |
395,300 | 400,000 | 4,700 | 1.2 |
Manhattan, KS |
42,800 | 43,300 | 500 | 1.2 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
2,632,100 | 2,662,700 | 30,600 | 1.2 |
New Bedford, MA NECTA |
66,100 | 66,900 | 800 | 1.2 |
Port St. Lucie, FL |
145,400 | 147,200 | 1,800 | 1.2 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA |
574,000 | 581,100 | 7,100 | 1.2 |
Rome, GA |
40,700 | 41,200 | 500 | 1.2 |
Savannah, GA |
175,500 | 177,600 | 2,100 | 1.2 |
Tucson, AZ |
380,000 | 384,500 | 4,500 | 1.2 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
40,400 | 40,900 | 500 | 1.2 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
462,300 | 467,600 | 5,300 | 1.1 |
Amarillo, TX |
119,000 | 120,300 | 1,300 | 1.1 |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL |
46,600 | 47,100 | 500 | 1.1 |
Appleton, WI |
122,700 | 124,100 | 1,400 | 1.1 |
California-Lexington Park, MD |
44,300 | 44,800 | 500 | 1.1 |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
141,600 | 143,100 | 1,500 | 1.1 |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
110,200 | 111,400 | 1,200 | 1.1 |
Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA |
53,800 | 54,400 | 600 | 1.1 |
Knoxville, TN |
392,300 | 396,500 | 4,200 | 1.1 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
653,500 | 660,800 | 7,300 | 1.1 |
Owensboro, KY |
53,400 | 54,000 | 600 | 1.1 |
Reading, PA |
175,700 | 177,700 | 2,000 | 1.1 |
Springfield, MA-CT NECTA |
329,400 | 333,100 | 3,700 | 1.1 |
The Villages, FL |
28,400 | 28,700 | 300 | 1.1 |
Columbus, IN |
52,400 | 52,900 | 500 | 1.0 |
Columbus, OH |
1,065,400 | 1,076,000 | 10,600 | 1.0 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
307,900 | 310,900 | 3,000 | 1.0 |
Flint, MI |
137,700 | 139,100 | 1,400 | 1.0 |
Harrisonburg, VA |
67,900 | 68,600 | 700 | 1.0 |
Hinesville, GA |
20,300 | 20,500 | 200 | 1.0 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
175,400 | 177,200 | 1,800 | 1.0 |
Sumter, SC |
39,200 | 39,600 | 400 | 1.0 |
Akron, OH |
335,800 | 338,900 | 3,100 | 0.9 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA |
42,500 | 42,900 | 400 | 0.9 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA |
2,681,500 | 2,706,000 | 24,500 | 0.9 |
Clarksville, TN-KY |
89,600 | 90,400 | 800 | 0.9 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
1,970,500 | 1,988,300 | 17,800 | 0.9 |
El Paso, TX |
311,900 | 314,800 | 2,900 | 0.9 |
Fond du Lac, WI |
47,000 | 47,400 | 400 | 0.9 |
Gainesville, FL |
143,700 | 145,000 | 1,300 | 0.9 |
Green Bay, WI |
173,800 | 175,400 | 1,600 | 0.9 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA |
565,800 | 571,100 | 5,300 | 0.9 |
Morristown, TN |
45,700 | 46,100 | 400 | 0.9 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
96,600 | 97,500 | 900 | 0.9 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
2,867,100 | 2,892,900 | 25,800 | 0.9 |
Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA |
199,400 | 201,100 | 1,700 | 0.9 |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA |
239,400 | 241,600 | 2,200 | 0.9 |
Wilmington, NC |
123,100 | 124,200 | 1,100 | 0.9 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
363,700 | 366,700 | 3,000 | 0.8 |
Bloomington, IL |
92,900 | 93,600 | 700 | 0.8 |
Gadsden, AL |
37,500 | 37,800 | 300 | 0.8 |
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
78,500 | 79,100 | 600 | 0.8 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
854,500 | 861,000 | 6,500 | 0.8 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1,951,500 | 1,966,400 | 14,900 | 0.8 |
Missoula, MT |
60,200 | 60,700 | 500 | 0.8 |
Muskegon, MI |
63,000 | 63,500 | 500 | 0.8 |
Peoria, IL |
166,300 | 167,700 | 1,400 | 0.8 |
Punta Gorda, FL |
48,500 | 48,900 | 400 | 0.8 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL |
52,000 | 52,400 | 400 | 0.8 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
141,900 | 143,100 | 1,200 | 0.8 |
St. Cloud, MN |
108,100 | 109,000 | 900 | 0.8 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
49,300 | 49,700 | 400 | 0.8 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
4,597,300 | 4,629,300 | 32,000 | 0.7 |
Columbus, GA-AL |
120,300 | 121,100 | 800 | 0.7 |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY |
55,500 | 55,900 | 400 | 0.7 |
Grand Island, NE |
41,500 | 41,800 | 300 | 0.7 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
152,900 | 153,900 | 1,000 | 0.7 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
146,800 | 147,800 | 1,000 | 0.7 |
Napa, CA |
70,600 | 71,100 | 500 | 0.7 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI |
60,700 | 61,100 | 400 | 0.7 |
Richmond, VA |
663,400 | 668,200 | 4,800 | 0.7 |
Salisbury, MD-DE |
148,700 | 149,800 | 1,100 | 0.7 |
Winston-Salem, NC |
262,100 | 264,000 | 1,900 | 0.7 |
Yuma, AZ |
56,000 | 56,400 | 400 | 0.7 |
Bay City, MI |
35,000 | 35,200 | 200 | 0.6 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
357,900 | 360,100 | 2,200 | 0.6 |
Glens Falls, NY |
53,500 | 53,800 | 300 | 0.6 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
357,600 | 359,600 | 2,000 | 0.6 |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
85,600 | 86,100 | 500 | 0.6 |
Jacksonville, NC |
49,200 | 49,500 | 300 | 0.6 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
49,000 | 49,300 | 300 | 0.6 |
Rochester, NY |
528,900 | 532,000 | 3,100 | 0.6 |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
85,600 | 86,100 | 500 | 0.6 |
York-Hanover, PA |
183,500 | 184,600 | 1,100 | 0.6 |
Alexandria, LA |
61,600 | 61,900 | 300 | 0.5 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
267,500 | 268,800 | 1,300 | 0.5 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
1,075,100 | 1,080,000 | 4,900 | 0.5 |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
57,900 | 58,200 | 300 | 0.5 |
Florence, SC |
87,800 | 88,200 | 400 | 0.5 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
335,700 | 337,300 | 1,600 | 0.5 |
Johnstown, PA |
54,900 | 55,200 | 300 | 0.5 |
Kingston, NY |
60,600 | 60,900 | 300 | 0.5 |
Mobile, AL |
183,000 | 183,900 | 900 | 0.5 |
Sioux Falls, SD |
152,300 | 153,100 | 800 | 0.5 |
Wichita Falls, TX |
58,700 | 59,000 | 300 | 0.5 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
140,400 | 140,900 | 500 | 0.4 |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
170,500 | 171,200 | 700 | 0.4 |
Columbia, MO |
99,100 | 99,500 | 400 | 0.4 |
Greenville, NC |
79,500 | 79,800 | 300 | 0.4 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
103,400 | 103,800 | 400 | 0.4 |
Racine, WI |
76,500 | 76,800 | 300 | 0.4 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
1,360,200 | 1,366,100 | 5,900 | 0.4 |
Albany, GA |
63,000 | 63,200 | 200 | 0.3 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
1,038,300 | 1,041,300 | 3,000 | 0.3 |
Cumberland, MD-WV |
38,800 | 38,900 | 100 | 0.3 |
Dubuque, IA |
58,900 | 59,100 | 200 | 0.3 |
Great Falls, MT |
35,200 | 35,300 | 100 | 0.3 |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS |
153,600 | 154,100 | 500 | 0.3 |
Hot Springs, AR |
37,700 | 37,800 | 100 | 0.3 |
Jackson, TN |
68,400 | 68,600 | 200 | 0.3 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
121,100 | 121,500 | 400 | 0.3 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
355,500 | 356,600 | 1,100 | 0.3 |
Pine Bluff, AR |
32,700 | 32,800 | 100 | 0.3 |
St. Joseph, MO-KS |
64,000 | 64,200 | 200 | 0.3 |
Altoona, PA |
60,100 | 60,200 | 100 | 0.2 |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
64,900 | 65,000 | 100 | 0.2 |
Billings, MT |
83,400 | 83,600 | 200 | 0.2 |
Charleston, WV |
115,400 | 115,600 | 200 | 0.2 |
Cleveland, TN |
46,200 | 46,300 | 100 | 0.2 |
Decatur, IL |
50,800 | 50,900 | 100 | 0.2 |
Erie, PA |
126,200 | 126,400 | 200 | 0.2 |
Fargo, ND-MN |
139,800 | 140,100 | 300 | 0.2 |
Mansfield, OH |
51,900 | 52,000 | 100 | 0.2 |
Montgomery, AL |
176,500 | 176,900 | 400 | 0.2 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
492,900 | 494,000 | 1,100 | 0.2 |
Springfield, OH |
49,600 | 49,700 | 100 | 0.2 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
768,000 | 769,600 | 1,600 | 0.2 |
Dalton, GA |
66,900 | 67,000 | 100 | 0.1 |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
274,900 | 275,100 | 200 | 0.1 |
Lincoln, NE |
186,600 | 186,700 | 100 | 0.1 |
Rochester, MN |
117,300 | 117,400 | 100 | 0.1 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
179,500 | 179,600 | 100 | 0.1 |
Brunswick, GA |
43,300 | 43,300 | 0 | 0.0 |
Dothan, AL |
57,600 | 57,600 | 0 | 0.0 |
Monroe, LA |
78,200 | 78,200 | 0 | 0.0 |
Syracuse, NY |
313,400 | 313,500 | 100 | 0.0 |
Texarkana, TX-AR |
60,000 | 60,000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Waco, TX |
120,700 | 120,700 | 0 | 0.0 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
90,100 | 90,100 | 0 | 0.0 |
Macon-Bibb County, GA |
102,500 | 102,400 | -100 | -0.1 |
Cheyenne, WY |
46,000 | 45,900 | -100 | -0.2 |
Manchester, NH NECTA |
111,200 | 111,000 | -200 | -0.2 |
New Haven, CT NECTA |
281,600 | 281,000 | -600 | -0.2 |
Pittsfield, MA NECTA |
40,200 | 40,100 | -100 | -0.2 |
Waterbury, CT NECTA |
65,600 | 65,500 | -100 | -0.2 |
Binghamton, NY |
103,000 | 102,700 | -300 | -0.3 |
Columbia, SC |
395,700 | 394,700 | -1,000 | -0.3 |
Fairbanks, AK |
36,300 | 36,200 | -100 | -0.3 |
Pueblo, CO |
61,800 | 61,600 | -200 | -0.3 |
Roanoke, VA |
159,300 | 158,800 | -500 | -0.3 |
Saginaw, MI |
86,900 | 86,600 | -300 | -0.3 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA |
398,800 | 397,200 | -1,600 | -0.4 |
Lima, OH |
52,600 | 52,400 | -200 | -0.4 |
Topeka, KS |
111,100 | 110,700 | -400 | -0.4 |
Williamsport, PA |
52,800 | 52,600 | -200 | -0.4 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
216,100 | 215,300 | -800 | -0.4 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
408,100 | 406,000 | -2,100 | -0.5 |
Beckley, WV |
44,300 | 44,100 | -200 | -0.5 |
Burlington, NC |
61,300 | 61,000 | -300 | -0.5 |
Goldsboro, NC |
41,600 | 41,400 | -200 | -0.5 |
Victoria, TX |
40,900 | 40,700 | -200 | -0.5 |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA |
123,700 | 123,000 | -700 | -0.6 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
192,300 | 191,200 | -1,100 | -0.6 |
Dover, DE |
69,000 | 68,600 | -400 | -0.6 |
Eau Claire, WI |
85,600 | 85,100 | -500 | -0.6 |
Fayetteville, NC |
129,800 | 129,000 | -800 | -0.6 |
Homosassa Springs, FL |
33,300 | 33,100 | -200 | -0.6 |
Lawrence, KS |
54,200 | 53,900 | -300 | -0.6 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
214,900 | 213,600 | -1,300 | -0.6 |
Terre Haute, IN |
70,200 | 69,800 | -400 | -0.6 |
Lawton, OK |
45,700 | 45,400 | -300 | -0.7 |
New Bern, NC |
44,600 | 44,300 | -300 | -0.7 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
576,900 | 573,000 | -3,900 | -0.7 |
Lafayette, LA |
200,900 | 199,300 | -1,600 | -0.8 |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA |
50,200 | 49,800 | -400 | -0.8 |
Muncie, IN |
52,600 | 52,200 | -400 | -0.8 |
Wichita, KS |
294,700 | 292,300 | -2,400 | -0.8 |
Battle Creek, MI |
58,200 | 57,700 | -500 | -0.9 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
164,600 | 163,100 | -1,500 | -0.9 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
77,500 | 76,800 | -700 | -0.9 |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
137,000 | 135,700 | -1,300 | -0.9 |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
40,700 | 40,300 | -400 | -1.0 |
Bismarck, ND |
72,200 | 71,400 | -800 | -1.1 |
Danville, IL |
28,100 | 27,800 | -300 | -1.1 |
El Centro, CA |
54,200 | 53,600 | -600 | -1.1 |
Elmira, NY |
36,500 | 36,100 | -400 | -1.1 |
Fort Smith, AR-OK |
112,600 | 111,400 | -1,200 | -1.1 |
Johnson City, TN |
80,300 | 79,400 | -900 | -1.1 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
56,600 | 55,900 | -700 | -1.2 |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
56,800 | 56,100 | -700 | -1.2 |
Toledo, OH |
307,600 | 303,800 | -3,800 | -1.2 |
Wheeling, WV-OH |
66,100 | 65,300 | -800 | -1.2 |
Jefferson City, MO |
76,900 | 75,900 | -1,000 | -1.3 |
Bangor, ME NECTA |
66,100 | 65,200 | -900 | -1.4 |
Midland, MI |
37,000 | 36,500 | -500 | -1.4 |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
39,700 | 39,100 | -600 | -1.5 |
Anchorage, AK |
173,200 | 170,500 | -2,700 | -1.6 |
Bloomington, IN |
77,100 | 75,900 | -1,200 | -1.6 |
Carbondale-Marion, IL |
57,800 | 56,900 | -900 | -1.6 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
33,900 | 33,300 | -600 | -1.8 |
Springfield, IL |
112,500 | 110,500 | -2,000 | -1.8 |
Utica-Rome, NY |
126,700 | 124,200 | -2,500 | -2.0 |
Las Cruces, NM |
71,600 | 70,100 | -1,500 | -2.1 |
Rocky Mount, NC |
56,700 | 55,200 | -1,500 | -2.6 |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
41,000 | 39,900 | -1,100 | -2.7 |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
149,300 | 145,000 | -4,300 | -2.9 |
Sebring, FL |
26,500 | 25,700 | -800 | -3.0 |
Enid, OK |
26,000 | 25,000 | -1,000 | -3.8 |
Footnotes: |
The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+124,200), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+96,000), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+93,400). The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Midland, Texas (+9.1 percent), Odessa, Texas (+7.5 percent), and Ocean City, New Jersey (+6.3 percent).
The largest over-the-year decrease in employment occurred in Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida (−4,300), followed by New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana (−3,900), and Toledo, Ohio (−3,800). The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment occurred in Enid, Oklahoma (−3.8 percent), followed by Sebring, Florida (−3.0 percent), and Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida (−2.9 percent).
Among the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, nonfarm employment increased in 50 of those areas and decreased only in New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana (−0.7 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California (+3.9 percent), Austin-Round Rock, Texas (+3.7 percent), and Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+3.5 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 — February 2018” (HTML) (PDF). Also see Charts related to the latest "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment" news release.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 313 metropolitan areas for year ending February 2018 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/nonfarm-payroll-employment-increased-in-313-metropolitan-areas-for-year-ending-february-2018.htm (visited October 31, 2024).