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Forty-nine metro areas had increases in nonfarm employment from October 2018 to October 2019, and 340 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year increase in employment among the metropolitan areas occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (98,700), followed by New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey (84,600), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (80,700).
Metropolitan area | Percent change | Net change |
---|---|---|
Ocean City, NJ |
7.1% | 3,000 |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
5.2 | 8,900 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC |
5.0 | 4,100 |
Reno, NV |
4.7 | 11,800 |
Wilmington, NC |
4.7 | 6,000 |
Merced, CA |
4.3 | 3,000 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
4.3 | 11,600 |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
4.3 | 11,500 |
Idaho Falls, ID |
4.2 | 2,900 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
4.0 | 10,400 |
Asheville, NC |
4.0 | 8,000 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
3.9 | 3,000 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL |
3.9 | 2,100 |
Carson City, NV |
3.6 | 1,100 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL |
3.4 | 3,900 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
3.4 | 44,900 |
Gainesville, GA |
3.4 | 3,200 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
3.4 | 36,300 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
3.3 | 1,100 |
Raleigh, NC |
3.3 | 20,700 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
3.3 | 8,700 |
Provo-Orem, UT |
3.3 | 9,000 |
Fort Collins, CO |
3.2 | 5,500 |
Jacksonville, FL |
3.2 | 22,900 |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
3.2 | 4,800 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
3.2 | 16,000 |
Bend-Redmond, OR |
3.2 | 2,700 |
Kennewick-Richland, WA |
3.2 | 3,800 |
Boulder, CO |
3.1 | 6,200 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
3.1 | 7,000 |
Fresno, CA |
3.0 | 10,700 |
Salinas, CA |
3.0 | 4,300 |
Tallahassee, FL |
3.0 | 5,600 |
Albany, OR |
3.0 | 1,400 |
Medford, OR |
3.0 | 2,700 |
Sioux Falls, SD |
3.0 | 4,700 |
St. George, UT |
3.0 | 2,100 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
2.9 | 33,000 |
Topeka, KS |
2.9 | 3,300 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
2.9 | 59,600 |
Huntsville, AL |
2.8 | 6,700 |
Madera, CA |
2.8 | 1,100 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
2.8 | 3,500 |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
2.8 | 3,200 |
Winston-Salem, NC |
2.8 | 7,400 |
Logan, UT-ID |
2.8 | 1,800 |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
2.7 | 1,800 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
2.7 | 66,800 |
Ocala, FL |
2.7 | 2,800 |
The Villages, FL |
2.7 | 800 |
Hattiesburg, MS |
2.7 | 1,800 |
Ithaca, NY |
2.7 | 1,800 |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
2.7 | 3,900 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
2.7 | 2,500 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
2.6 | 56,500 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
2.6 | 34,800 |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
2.6 | 7,300 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
2.6 | 27,800 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
2.6 | 98,700 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
2.6 | 80,400 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
2.6 | 19,300 |
Jonesboro, AR |
2.5 | 1,500 |
Boise City, ID |
2.5 | 8,300 |
Carbondale-Marion, IL |
2.5 | 1,500 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
2.5 | 9,500 |
Missoula, MT |
2.5 | 1,600 |
Grants Pass, OR |
2.5 | 700 |
Spartanburg, SC |
2.5 | 4,000 |
Winchester, VA-WV |
2.5 | 1,600 |
Punta Gorda, FL |
2.4 | 1,200 |
Rome, GA |
2.4 | 1,000 |
Warner Robins, GA |
2.4 | 1,800 |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
2.4 | 1,600 |
Pocatello, ID |
2.4 | 900 |
Lebanon, PA |
2.4 | 1,300 |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
2.3 | 2,600 |
Port St. Lucie, FL |
2.3 | 3,500 |
Ames, IA |
2.3 | 1,300 |
Muskegon, MI |
2.3 | 1,500 |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS |
2.3 | 3,600 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
2.3 | 27,900 |
Clarksville, TN-KY |
2.3 | 2,100 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
2.2 | 6,600 |
Hammond, LA |
2.2 | 1,000 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
2.1 | 1,100 |
Modesto, CA |
2.1 | 3,800 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
2.1 | 31,900 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
2.1 | 2,500 |
Grand Junction, CO |
2.1 | 1,400 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2.1 | 59,200 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
2.1 | 2,600 |
Knoxville, TN |
2.1 | 8,600 |
Montgomery, AL |
2.0 | 3,500 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
2.0 | 30,200 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
2.0 | 30,900 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
2.0 | 22,800 |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT |
2.0 | 2,500 |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA |
2.0 | 5,000 |
Bakersfield, CA |
1.9 | 5,200 |
Twin Falls, ID |
1.9 | 900 |
Kokomo, IN |
1.9 | 800 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
1.9 | 12,500 |
Springfield, MA-CT |
1.9 | 6,700 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI |
1.9 | 1,200 |
Sherman-Denison, TX |
1.9 | 900 |
Janesville-Beloit, WI |
1.9 | 1,300 |
Hot Springs, AR |
1.8 | 700 |
Yuba City, CA |
1.8 | 800 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
1.8 | 49,000 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
1.8 | 5,500 |
Brunswick, GA |
1.8 | 800 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
1.8 | 1,900 |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL |
1.8 | 800 |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
1.8 | 1,100 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
1.8 | 21,600 |
Laredo, TX |
1.8 | 1,900 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
1.8 | 900 |
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
1.8 | 1,400 |
Tucson, AZ |
1.7 | 6,700 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
1.7 | 3,100 |
Greeley, CO |
1.7 | 1,900 |
Dover, DE |
1.7 | 1,200 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
1.7 | 1,300 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
1.7 | 23,400 |
Trenton, NJ |
1.7 | 4,600 |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
1.7 | 2,100 |
Harrisonburg, VA |
1.7 | 1,200 |
Walla Walla, WA |
1.7 | 500 |
Sheboygan, WI |
1.7 | 1,100 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
1.6 | 8,500 |
Decatur, AL |
1.6 | 900 |
Redding, CA |
1.6 | 1,100 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
1.6 | 52,300 |
Sebring, FL |
1.6 | 400 |
Valdosta, GA |
1.6 | 900 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
1.6 | 9,100 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1.6 | 23,200 |
Syracuse, NY |
1.6 | 5,200 |
Altoona, PA |
1.6 | 1,000 |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
1.6 | 2,000 |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL |
1.5 | 700 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
1.5 | 15,000 |
Homosassa Springs, FL |
1.5 | 500 |
Kankakee, IL |
1.5 | 700 |
Columbus, IN |
1.5 | 800 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1.5 | 40,900 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA |
1.5 | 9,300 |
Waco, TX |
1.5 | 1,800 |
Wenatchee, WA |
1.5 | 700 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
1.4 | 800 |
Prescott, AZ |
1.4 | 900 |
Hinesville, GA |
1.4 | 300 |
Lewiston, ID-WA |
1.4 | 400 |
Burlington, NC |
1.4 | 900 |
Greenville, NC |
1.4 | 1,100 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
1.4 | 900 |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
1.4 | 800 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
1.4 | 14,700 |
Gadsden, AL |
1.3 | 500 |
Mobile, AL |
1.3 | 2,500 |
Chico, CA |
1.3 | 1,100 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1.3 | 80,700 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
1.3 | 1,400 |
Portland-South Portland, ME |
1.3 | 2,800 |
Barnstable Town, MA |
1.3 | 1,400 |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
1.3 | 800 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
1.3 | 14,100 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
1.3 | 13,300 |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
1.3 | 3,500 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
1.3 | 2,600 |
El Paso, TX |
1.3 | 4,300 |
Lubbock, TX |
1.3 | 2,000 |
Charlottesville, VA |
1.3 | 1,600 |
Roanoke, VA |
1.3 | 2,100 |
Eau Claire, WI |
1.3 | 1,100 |
Green Bay, WI |
1.3 | 2,400 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
1.3 | 11,800 |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
1.2 | 500 |
Napa, CA |
1.2 | 900 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
1.2 | 2,400 |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
1.2 | 3,000 |
Dalton, GA |
1.2 | 800 |
Springfield, IL |
1.2 | 1,400 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
1.2 | 4,900 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
1.2 | 2,800 |
Grand Island, NE |
1.2 | 500 |
Las Cruces, NM |
1.2 | 900 |
Kingston, NY |
1.2 | 800 |
Dayton, OH |
1.2 | 4,700 |
Reading, PA |
1.2 | 2,200 |
State College, PA |
1.2 | 1,000 |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC |
1.2 | 5,200 |
Sumter, SC |
1.2 | 500 |
Yakima, WA |
1.2 | 1,100 |
Madison, WI |
1.2 | 4,700 |
Flagstaff, AZ |
1.1 | 800 |
Decatur, IL |
1.1 | 600 |
California-Lexington Park, MD |
1.1 | 500 |
Leominster-Gardner, MA |
1.1 | 600 |
Rochester, MN |
1.1 | 1,400 |
Elmira, NY |
1.1 | 400 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
1.1 | 3,500 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
1.1 | 7,200 |
Jackson, TN |
1.1 | 800 |
Wausau, WI |
1.1 | 800 |
Cheyenne, WY |
1.1 | 500 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
1.0 | 3,600 |
El Centro, CA |
1.0 | 500 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
1.0 | 3,000 |
Santa Rosa, CA |
1.0 | 2,200 |
New Haven, CT |
1.0 | 2,800 |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
1.0 | 4,600 |
Muncie, IN |
1.0 | 500 |
Pittsfield, MA |
1.0 | 400 |
Jackson, MS |
1.0 | 2,800 |
Albuquerque, NM |
1.0 | 3,800 |
Rochester, NY |
1.0 | 5,200 |
Eugene, OR |
1.0 | 1,700 |
Salem, OR |
1.0 | 1,700 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1.0 | 28,600 |
Rapid City, SD |
1.0 | 700 |
Abilene, TX |
1.0 | 700 |
Longview, WA |
1.0 | 400 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
0.9 | 3,800 |
Waterbury, CT |
0.9 | 600 |
Macon-Bibb County, GA |
0.9 | 900 |
Wichita, KS |
0.9 | 2,800 |
St. Cloud, MN |
0.9 | 1,000 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
0.9 | 84,600 |
Fayetteville, NC |
0.9 | 1,200 |
New Bern, NC |
0.9 | 400 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
0.9 | 9,700 |
Columbus, OH |
0.9 | 10,000 |
Lawton, OK |
0.9 | 400 |
Corvallis, OR |
0.9 | 400 |
Florence, SC |
0.9 | 800 |
Morristown, TN |
0.9 | 400 |
Lynchburg, VA |
0.9 | 1,000 |
Bellingham, WA |
0.9 | 900 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
0.9 | 900 |
Dothan, AL |
0.8 | 500 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
0.8 | 800 |
Savannah, GA |
0.8 | 1,400 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
0.8 | 8,800 |
Springfield, MO |
0.8 | 1,800 |
Portsmouth, NH-ME |
0.8 | 800 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
0.8 | 2,900 |
Gettysburg, PA |
0.8 | 300 |
San Angelo, TX |
0.8 | 400 |
Tyler, TX |
0.8 | 900 |
Richmond, VA |
0.8 | 5,300 |
Casper, WY |
0.8 | 300 |
Gainesville, FL |
0.7 | 1,000 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
0.7 | 35,800 |
Rockford, IL |
0.7 | 1,100 |
Terre Haute, IN |
0.7 | 500 |
Lawrence, KS |
0.7 | 400 |
Lafayette, LA |
0.7 | 1,500 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
0.7 | 1,000 |
Duluth, MN-WI |
0.7 | 1,000 |
Joplin, MO |
0.7 | 600 |
Lincoln, NE |
0.7 | 1,300 |
Dover-Durham, NH-ME |
0.7 | 400 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
0.7 | 300 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA |
0.7 | 300 |
Amarillo, TX |
0.7 | 800 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
0.6 | 1,300 |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
0.6 | 900 |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
0.6 | 800 |
Owensboro, KY |
0.6 | 300 |
New Bedford, MA |
0.6 | 400 |
Jefferson City, MO |
0.6 | 500 |
Great Falls, MT |
0.6 | 200 |
Jacksonville, NC |
0.6 | 300 |
Fargo, ND-MN |
0.6 | 800 |
Lima, OH |
0.6 | 300 |
Mansfield, OH |
0.6 | 300 |
Williamsport, PA |
0.6 | 300 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
0.6 | 3,800 |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
0.5 | 200 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
0.5 | 700 |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY |
0.5 | 300 |
Billings, MT |
0.5 | 400 |
Manchester, NH |
0.5 | 600 |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
0.5 | 900 |
Johnstown, PA |
0.5 | 300 |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
0.5 | 200 |
Racine, WI |
0.5 | 400 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
0.4 | 500 |
Danbury, CT |
0.4 | 300 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
0.4 | 700 |
Bloomington, IL |
0.4 | 400 |
Bloomington, IN |
0.4 | 300 |
Bangor, ME |
0.4 | 300 |
Farmington, NM |
0.4 | 200 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
0.4 | 2,300 |
Glens Falls, NY |
0.4 | 200 |
Springfield, OH |
0.4 | 200 |
Tulsa, OK |
0.4 | 2,000 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
0.4 | 1,700 |
Johnson City, TN |
0.4 | 300 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
0.4 | 600 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
0.4 | 3,100 |
Pueblo, CO |
0.3 | 200 |
Dubuque, IA |
0.3 | 200 |
Bowling Green, KY |
0.3 | 200 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
0.3 | 1,700 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
0.3 | 1,000 |
Midland, TX |
0.3 | 300 |
Texarkana, TX-AR |
0.3 | 200 |
Albany, GA |
0.2 | 100 |
Lake Charles, LA |
0.2 | 200 |
Columbia, MO |
0.2 | 200 |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
0.2 | 100 |
York-Hanover, PA |
0.2 | 300 |
Cleveland, TN |
0.2 | 100 |
Odessa, TX |
0.2 | 200 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
0.2 | 100 |
Beckley, WV |
0.2 | 100 |
Appleton, WI |
0.2 | 200 |
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI |
0.1 | 100 |
Columbia, SC |
0.1 | 400 |
Danville, IL |
0.0 | 0 |
Fort Wayne, IN |
0.0 | 0 |
Manhattan, KS |
0.0 | 0 |
Cumberland, MD-WV |
0.0 | 0 |
Bismarck, ND |
0.0 | 0 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
0.0 | 0 |
Fond du Lac, WI |
0.0 | 0 |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
-0.1 | -200 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
-0.1 | -100 |
Evansville, IN-KY |
-0.1 | -100 |
Worcester, MA-CT |
-0.1 | -300 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
-0.1 | -1,100 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
-0.1 | -100 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
-0.1 | -500 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
-0.1 | -400 |
Lancaster, PA |
-0.1 | -300 |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
-0.1 | -200 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
-0.2 | -1,100 |
Salisbury, MD-DE |
-0.2 | -400 |
Columbus, GA-AL |
-0.2 | -200 |
Monroe, MI |
-0.2 | -100 |
St. Joseph, MO-KS |
-0.2 | -100 |
Binghamton, NY |
-0.2 | -200 |
Utica-Rome, NY |
-0.2 | -300 |
Goldsboro, NC |
-0.2 | -100 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
-0.2 | -300 |
Toledo, OH |
-0.2 | -500 |
Erie, PA |
-0.2 | -200 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
-0.2 | -3,000 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
-0.2 | -400 |
Fort Smith, AR-OK |
-0.3 | -300 |
Anchorage, AK |
-0.4 | -700 |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
-0.4 | -400 |
Rocky Mount, NC |
-0.4 | -200 |
Enid, OK |
-0.4 | -100 |
Wheeling, WV-OH |
-0.4 | -300 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
-0.5 | -500 |
Alexandria, LA |
-0.5 | -300 |
Saginaw, MI |
-0.5 | -400 |
Longview, TX |
-0.5 | -500 |
Wichita Falls, TX |
-0.5 | -300 |
Charleston, WV |
-0.5 | -500 |
Panama City, FL |
-0.6 | -500 |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME |
-0.6 | -300 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
-0.6 | -11,300 |
Yuma, AZ |
-0.7 | -400 |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
-0.7 | -1,600 |
Akron, OH |
-0.7 | -2,500 |
Peoria, IL |
-0.8 | -1,500 |
Midland, MI |
-0.8 | -300 |
Iowa City, IA |
-0.9 | -900 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
-0.9 | -1,600 |
Battle Creek, MI |
-0.9 | -500 |
Santa Fe, NM |
-0.9 | -600 |
Victoria, TX |
-0.9 | -400 |
Morgantown, WV |
-1.0 | -700 |
Fairbanks, AK |
-1.1 | -400 |
Monroe, LA |
-1.1 | -900 |
Pine Bluff, AR |
-1.2 | -400 |
Jackson, MI |
-1.2 | -700 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
-1.6 | -3,500 |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
-2.0 | -1,700 |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
-2.0 | -800 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
-2.4 | -2,600 |
Flint, MI |
-2.7 | -3,800 |
Bay City, MI |
-3.6 | -1,300 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
-3.6 | -2,800 |
The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment occurred in Ocean City, New Jersey (7.1%), Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina-North Carolina (5.2%), and Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina (5.0%).
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 — October 2019." 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, 49 metro areas had increases in nonfarm employment from October 2018 to October 2019 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/49-metro-areas-had-increases-in-nonfarm-employment-from-october-2018-to-october-2019.htm (visited December 11, 2024).