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49 metro areas had increases in nonfarm employment from October 2018 to October 2019
December 03, 2019
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).
Percent change in nonfarm employment by metropolitan area, October 2018 to October 2019
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%).
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