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Over-the-year percent and total change in metropolitan area employment, July 2018 to July 2019, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Total change
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
0.9%
400
Auburn-Opelika, AL
0.9
600
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
2.0
10,500
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
3.4
2,700
Decatur, AL
3.6
2,000
Dothan, AL
0.9
500
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
0.5
300
Gadsden, AL
1.6
600
Huntsville, AL
3.1
7,300
Mobile, AL
1.4
2,500
Montgomery, AL
1.2
2,100
Tuscaloosa, AL
2.9
3,100
Anchorage, AK
1.7
3,100
Fairbanks, AK
1.6
600
Flagstaff, AZ
1.4
900
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
2.6
1,300
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
2.9
60,500
Prescott, AZ
1.4
900
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
-0.9
-300
Tucson, AZ
2.3
8,600
Yuma, AZ
2.1
1,100
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
3.7
9,400
Fort Smith, AR-OK
0.1
100
Hot Springs, AR
2.3
900
Jonesboro, AR
2.4
1,400
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
1.2
4,200
Pine Bluff, AR
-1.2
-400
Bakersfield, CA
2.9
7,600
Chico, CA
1.5
1,200
El Centro, CA
0.2
100
Fresno, CA
3.8
13,100
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
2.7
1,100
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
1.4
87,800
Madera, CA
1.3
500
Merced, CA
2.6
1,700
Modesto, CA
1.9
3,400
Napa, CA
1.9
1,400
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
0.3
900
Redding, CA
1.2
800
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
2.4
35,300
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
2.0
19,600
Salinas, CA
3.7
5,300
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
2.0
29,700
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
2.6
63,900
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
2.6
29,400
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
2.4
2,800
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
2.2
2,300
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
3.1
5,700
Santa Rosa, CA
1.5
3,200
Stockton-Lodi, CA
0.1
200
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
-0.3
-400
Visalia-Porterville, CA
2.6
3,200
Yuba City, CA
3.0
1,300
Boulder, CO
3.1
5,900
Colorado Springs, CO
2.9
8,400
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
1.5
22,700
Fort Collins, CO
1.6
2,700
Grand Junction, CO
2.8
1,800
Greeley, CO
2.8
3,000
Pueblo, CO
0.6
400
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
1.2
5,000
Danbury, CT
0.9
700
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
0.8
4,700
New Haven, CT
2.2
6,300
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI
-0.6
-800
Waterbury, CT
-0.3
-200
Dover, DE
1.6
1,100
Salisbury, MD-DE
0.3
600
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
1.3
44,600
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
4.1
10,700
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
1.4
1,600
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
1.4
2,800
Gainesville, FL
1.8
2,500
Homosassa Springs, FL
2.2
700
Jacksonville, FL
2.8
19,600
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
2.0
4,500
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
2.4
63,900
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
3.8
5,500
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
1.7
5,300
Ocala, FL
3.6
3,700
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
3.8
49,000
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
3.2
7,200
Panama City, FL
-2.7
-2,400
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
0.9
1,600
Port St. Lucie, FL
3.5
5,200
Punta Gorda, FL
4.0
1,900
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
4.0
2,100
Sebring, FL
1.6
400
Tallahassee, FL
2.6
4,700
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
2.4
31,500
The Villages, FL
3.8
1,100
Albany, GA
1.3
800
Athens-Clarke County, GA
1.3
1,300
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
2.1
58,000
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
1.9
4,400
Brunswick, GA
2.9
1,300
Columbus, GA-AL
-0.3
-400
Dalton, GA
1.5
1,000
Gainesville, GA
4.6
4,200
Hinesville, GA
2.0
400
Macon-Bibb County, GA
1.1
1,100
Rome, GA
2.2
900
Savannah, GA
0.9
1,600
Valdosta, GA
2.5
1,400
Warner Robins, GA
2.4
1,800
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
0.8
600
Urban Honolulu, HI
1.5
6,900
Boise City, ID
3.6
11,900
Coeur d'Alene, ID
1.2
800
Idaho Falls, ID
3.6
2,500
Lewiston, ID-WA
0.0
0
Pocatello, ID
3.1
1,100
Twin Falls, ID
0.6
300
Bloomington, IL
0.2
200
Carbondale-Marion, IL
2.3
1,300
Champaign-Urbana, IL
1.6
1,700
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
1.4
66,700
Danville, IL
2.2
600
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
0.5
1,000
Decatur, IL
1.4
700
Kankakee, IL
0.2
100
Peoria, IL
0.3
500
Rockford, IL
2.0
3,000
Springfield, IL
1.3
1,500
Bloomington, IN
0.6
400
Columbus, IN
0.6
300
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
0.4
500
Evansville, IN-KY
1.7
2,800
Fort Wayne, IN
2.1
4,700
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
0.8
8,000
Kokomo, IN
0.7
300
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
-3.4
-3,500
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
-2.2
-900
Muncie, IN
1.0
500
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
1.6
2,200
Terre Haute, IN
0.1
100
Ames, IA
2.0
1,000
Cedar Rapids, IA
-0.4
-600
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
2.7
10,000
Dubuque, IA
1.7
1,000
Iowa City, IA
-0.5
-500
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
1.8
1,600
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
-0.1
-100
Lawrence, KS
-1.0
-500
Manhattan, KS
1.0
400
Topeka, KS
2.2
2,500
Wichita, KS
2.0
5,800
Bowling Green, KY
1.9
1,400
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
1.9
1,100
Lexington-Fayette, KY
2.8
7,600
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
1.2
8,300
Owensboro, KY
0.2
100
Alexandria, LA
0.0
0
Baton Rouge, LA
-0.3
-1,100
Hammond, LA
0.4
200
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-3.0
-2,600
Lafayette, LA
0.9
1,900
Lake Charles, LA
0.4
500
Monroe, LA
-0.4
-300
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
2.0
11,400
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-1.3
-2,400
Bangor, ME
1.2
800
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
2.0
1,000
Portland-South Portland, ME
1.9
4,200
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
1.1
15,600
California-Lexington Park, MD
0.2
100
Cumberland, MD-WV
1.0
400
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
1.5
1,600
Barnstable Town, MA
0.4
500
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
1.3
36,700
Leominster-Gardner, MA
2.0
1,100
New Bedford, MA
0.9
600
Pittsfield, MA
0.5
200
Springfield, MA-CT
3.0
10,100
Worcester, MA-CT
0.1
200
Ann Arbor, MI
0.9
1,900
Battle Creek, MI
0.0
0
Bay City, MI
-0.8
-300
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
0.3
5,800
Flint, MI
2.3
3,200
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
1.2
6,800
Jackson, MI
1.7
1,000
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
0.9
1,300
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
1.2
2,800
Midland, MI
0.8
300
Monroe, MI
1.0
400
Muskegon, MI
0.6
400
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
0.5
300
Saginaw, MI
0.7
600
Duluth, MN-WI
0.8
1,100
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
0.9
500
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
0.1
3,000
Rochester, MN
1.4
1,800
St. Cloud, MN
1.7
1,900
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
1.5
2,300
Hattiesburg, MS
3.8
2,400
Jackson, MS
2.2
6,100
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
0.9
400
Columbia, MO
0.4
400
Jefferson City, MO
0.7
500
Joplin, MO
1.4
1,100
Kansas City, MO-KS
1.6
17,500
St. Joseph, MO-KS
0.8
500
St. Louis, MO-IL
1.8
25,500
Springfield, MO
1.3
2,800
Billings, MT
1.2
1,000
Great Falls, MT
0.3
100
Missoula, MT
3.1
1,900
Grand Island, NE
0.2
100
Lincoln, NE
0.0
0
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
2.2
11,300
Carson City, NV
4.3
1,300
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
2.2
21,600
Reno, NV
5.9
14,200
Dover-Durham, NH-ME
0.6
300
Manchester, NH
0.7
800
Portsmouth, NH-ME
1.7
1,700
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
1.4
1,900
Ocean City, NJ
5.8
3,400
Trenton, NJ
2.2
6,100
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
2.1
1,200
Albuquerque, NM
1.3
5,000
Farmington, NM
1.3
600
Las Cruces, NM
1.0
700
Santa Fe, NM
0.3
200
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
-0.1
-300
Binghamton, NY
0.3
300
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
0.9
5,300
Elmira, NY
0.3
100
Glens Falls, NY
-0.8
-500
Ithaca, NY
2.2
1,400
Kingston, NY
2.1
1,300
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
1.5
145,600
Rochester, NY
0.9
5,000
Syracuse, NY
1.3
4,000
Utica-Rome, NY
-0.1
-100
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
0.2
100
Asheville, NC
4.3
8,300
Burlington, NC
1.0
600
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
2.6
31,600
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
1.5
4,800
Fayetteville, NC
2.0
2,600
Goldsboro, NC
0.7
300
Greensboro-High Point, NC
0.6
2,000
Greenville, NC
0.3
200
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
0.1
200
Jacksonville, NC
0.0
0
New Bern, NC
0.2
100
Raleigh, NC
2.1
13,200
Rocky Mount, NC
-0.5
-300
Wilmington, NC
1.2
1,600
Winston-Salem, NC
2.6
6,900
Bismarck, ND
0.1
100
Fargo, ND-MN
0.7
1,000
Grand Forks, ND-MN
-1.3
-700
Akron, OH
0.6
2,100
Canton-Massillon, OH
0.9
1,500
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
2.4
26,300
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
1.1
12,000
Columbus, OH
1.0
10,900
Dayton, OH
-0.5
-1,900
Lima, OH
1.1
600
Mansfield, OH
1.5
800
Springfield, OH
2.1
1,000
Toledo, OH
0.8
2,600
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
-2.0
-800
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
-1.0
-2,100
Enid, OK
-0.4
-100
Lawton, OK
1.3
600
Oklahoma City, OK
1.8
11,700
Tulsa, OK
0.4
1,800
Albany, OR
1.1
500
Bend-Redmond, OR
2.6
2,200
Corvallis, OR
2.0
800
Eugene, OR
0.6
1,000
Grants Pass, OR
3.0
800
Medford, OR
3.1
2,700
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
2.1
25,200
Salem, OR
1.4
2,300
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
1.5
5,400
Altoona, PA
2.1
1,300
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
1.2
500
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
1.8
1,100
East Stroudsburg, PA
1.5
900
Erie, PA
0.8
1,000
Gettysburg, PA
1.4
500
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
0.0
100
Johnstown, PA
0.7
400
Lancaster, PA
1.2
3,000
Lebanon, PA
2.1
1,100
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
1.2
36,100
Pittsburgh, PA
0.1
800
Reading, PA
1.1
2,000
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
-0.3
-800
State College, PA
4.0
3,000
Williamsport, PA
0.6
300
York-Hanover, PA
0.3
500
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
1.4
8,200
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
2.0
7,500
Columbia, SC
0.0
-200
Florence, SC
1.7
1,500
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
2.4
10,100
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
3.7
3,100
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
2.7
5,000
Spartanburg, SC
2.4
3,800
Sumter, SC
1.0
400
Rapid City, SD
1.1
800
Sioux Falls, SD
3.3
5,200
Chattanooga, TN-GA
2.4
6,300
Clarksville, TN-KY
2.8
2,500
Cleveland, TN
0.9
400
Jackson, TN
2.2
1,500
Johnson City, TN
1.1
900
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
1.9
2,300
Knoxville, TN
2.3
9,300
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
1.9
12,300
Morristown, TN
1.5
700
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
2.3
23,000
Abilene, TX
0.6
400
Amarillo, TX
1.1
1,300
Austin-Round Rock, TX
2.3
24,400
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
1.6
2,600
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
0.6
900
College Station-Bryan, TX
2.1
2,500
Corpus Christi, TX
0.2
300
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
3.5
129,300
El Paso, TX
1.4
4,400
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
3.0
93,600
Killeen-Temple, TX
3.1
4,400
Laredo, TX
0.8
800
Longview, TX
0.1
100
Lubbock, TX
1.4
2,100
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
2.9
7,500
Midland, TX
1.1
1,200
Odessa, TX
2.7
2,200
San Angelo, TX
1.0
500
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
1.8
19,300
Sherman-Denison, TX
1.2
600
Texarkana, TX-AR
1.9
1,100
Tyler, TX
1.5
1,600
Victoria, TX
-0.7
-300
Waco, TX
1.1
1,300
Wichita Falls, TX
0.7
400
Logan, UT-ID
3.5
2,100
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
4.7
12,200
Provo-Orem, UT
3.4
8,700
St. George, UT
4.6
3,100
Salt Lake City, UT
2.8
20,500
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
2.2
2,700
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
0.0
0
Charlottesville, VA
2.0
2,300
Harrisonburg, VA
1.7
1,100
Lynchburg, VA
0.8
800
Richmond, VA
1.6
10,800
Roanoke, VA
1.2
1,900
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
1.8
900
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
1.2
9,800
Winchester, VA-WV
2.8
1,800
Bellingham, WA
2.6
2,400
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
1.9
1,800
Kennewick-Richland, WA
3.1
3,600
Longview, WA
1.7
700
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
3.3
1,700
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
2.7
3,200
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
3.4
70,100
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
3.0
7,500
Walla Walla, WA
2.6
700
Wenatchee, WA
2.1
1,000
Yakima, WA
1.8
1,600
Beckley, WV
0.7
300
Charleston, WV
-0.9
-1,000
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
-0.5
-700
Morgantown, WV
-1.7
-1,200
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
-0.5
-200
Wheeling, WV-OH
2.3
1,600
Appleton, WI
0.6
800
Eau Claire, WI
1.0
900
Fond du Lac, WI
0.8
400
Green Bay, WI
1.5
2,700
Janesville-Beloit, WI
0.8
600
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
1.3
1,000
Madison, WI
0.0
100
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
1.1
9,400
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
0.0
0
Racine, WI
-0.1
-100
Sheboygan, WI
1.2
800
Wausau, WI
2.1
1,500
Casper, WY
2.0
800
Cheyenne, WY
0.6
300
Aguadilla-Isabela, PR
1.0
500
Arecibo, PR
2.8
900
Guayama, PR
0.8
100
Mayaguez, PR
1.0
300
Ponce, PR
-0.8
-500
San German, PR
5.3
1,000
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR
0.7
4,600
The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Reno, Nevada (5.9 percent), Ocean City, New Jersey (5.8 percent), and Ogden-Clearfield, Utah (4.7 percent).
The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (145,600), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (129,300), and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (+93,600).
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