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From February 2018 to February 2019, nonfarm employment rose in 25 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, while employment was essentially unchanged in 26 areas. Over that period, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, had the largest percentage increase in employment (3.9 percent).
Metropolitan area | Percent change in employment(p) | Net change in employment(p) | February 2018 employment | February 2019 employment(p) | Statistically significant? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
3.9% | 49,800 | 1,279,900 | 1,329,700 | Yes |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
3.1 | 64,600 | 2,093,200 | 2,157,800 | Yes |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
3.0 | 29,800 | 994,400 | 1,024,200 | Yes |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
2.8 | 102,500 | 3,628,100 | 3,730,600 | Yes |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
2.8 | 27,800 | 984,100 | 1,011,900 | Yes |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
2.7 | 26,800 | 990,000 | 1,016,800 | Yes |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2.4 | 66,500 | 2,743,000 | 2,809,500 | Yes |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
2.4 | 72,600 | 3,047,700 | 3,120,300 | Yes |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
2.3 | 23,800 | 1,054,300 | 1,078,100 | Yes |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
2.3 | 56,300 | 2,406,400 | 2,462,700 | Yes |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
2.3 | 25,600 | 1,110,100 | 1,135,700 | Yes |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
2.2 | 22,900 | 1,043,200 | 1,066,100 | Yes |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
2.1 | 24,700 | 1,187,100 | 1,211,800 | Yes |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
2.0 | 53,000 | 2,672,100 | 2,725,100 | Yes |
Salt Lake City, UT |
2.0 | 14,100 | 722,300 | 736,400 | Yes |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
1.9 | 26,200 | 1,343,800 | 1,370,000 | Yes |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
1.8 | 25,800 | 1,471,000 | 1,496,800 | Yes |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
1.8 | 36,000 | 2,011,300 | 2,047,300 | Yes |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
1.7 | 11,000 | 639,700 | 650,700 | Yes |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
1.6 | 18,900 | 1,181,000 | 1,199,900 | Yes |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
1.5 | 7,800 | 533,000 | 540,800 | No |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
1.5 | 16,800 | 1,086,900 | 1,103,700 | Yes |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1.4 | 63,000 | 4,636,600 | 4,699,600 | Yes |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
1.4 | 19,900 | 1,469,900 | 1,489,800 | Yes |
Columbus, OH |
1.3 | 14,400 | 1,081,400 | 1,095,800 | No |
Oklahoma City, OK |
1.3 | 8,300 | 640,200 | 648,500 | No |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1.2 | 17,100 | 1,392,700 | 1,409,800 | No |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
1.2 | 12,300 | 1,047,400 | 1,059,700 | No |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
1.2 | 18,300 | 1,488,600 | 1,506,900 | No |
Jacksonville, FL |
1.1 | 7,400 | 704,100 | 711,500 | No |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1.1 | 107,800 | 9,671,000 | 9,778,800 | Yes |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1.1 | 31,100 | 2,900,000 | 2,931,100 | Yes |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
1.0 | 6,700 | 660,300 | 667,000 | No |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
1.0 | 5,600 | 573,200 | 578,800 | No |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
0.9 | 17,400 | 1,997,600 | 2,015,000 | No |
Raleigh, NC |
0.9 | 5,700 | 625,000 | 630,700 | No |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
0.8 | 8,600 | 1,052,500 | 1,061,100 | No |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
0.8 | 11,400 | 1,367,100 | 1,378,500 | No |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
0.7 | 42,900 | 6,128,200 | 6,171,100 | No |
Richmond, VA |
0.7 | 4,800 | 670,300 | 675,100 | No |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
0.6 | 6,500 | 1,079,900 | 1,086,400 | No |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
0.6 | 5,200 | 864,100 | 869,300 | No |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
0.6 | 20,700 | 3,268,900 | 3,289,600 | No |
Pittsburgh, PA |
0.5 | 6,400 | 1,167,600 | 1,174,000 | No |
Rochester, NY |
0.5 | 2,900 | 532,900 | 535,800 | No |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA |
0.4 | 10,200 | 2,727,600 | 2,737,800 | No |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
0.3 | 1,400 | 554,300 | 555,700 | No |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
0.2 | 1,700 | 779,500 | 781,200 | No |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA |
0.1 | 800 | 574,900 | 575,700 | No |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA |
0.1 | 300 | 579,700 | 580,000 | No |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
-0.5 | -10,400 | 1,983,500 | 1,973,100 | No |
Footnotes: (p) = preliminary. |
In February 2019, other areas with an over-the-year percentage increase in employment of at least 3.0 percent were Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona (3.1 percent), and Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee (3.0 percent). Among those areas with a significant increase in employment, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, had the smallest, at 1.1 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 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, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, led percent job gains among large areas since February 2019 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/orlando-kissimmee-sanford-florida-led-percent-job-gains-among-large-areas-since-february-2019.htm (visited October 31, 2024).