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377 metropolitan areas had over-the-year decreases in nonfarm payroll employment in April 2020
June 11, 2020
In April, 377 metropolitan areas had over-the-year decreases in nonfarm payroll employment and 12 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year percentage losses in employment occurred in Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (−32.9 percent), Norwich-New London-Westerly, Connecticut-Rhode Island (−27.4 percent), and Barnstable Town, Massachusetts (−25.0 percent).
Change in metropolitan area employment, April 2019 to April 2020
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Net change
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
-32.9
-43,400
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI
-27.4
-35,300
Barnstable Town, MA
-25.0
-25,500
East Stroudsburg, PA
-24.8
-14,700
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
-24.8
-19,900
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
-24.5
-497,100
Flint, MI
-24.4
-34,600
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
-24.4
-138,200
Jackson, MI
-23.4
-13,700
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
-23.3
-41,000
Battle Creek, MI
-23.2
-13,400
Bay City, MI
-22.9
-8,000
Saginaw, MI
-22.9
-20,000
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
-22.5
-31,300
Muskegon, MI
-21.8
-13,800
Brunswick, GA
-21.7
-9,700
Ocean City, NJ
-21.7
-8,300
Williamsport, PA
-21.6
-11,600
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
-20.7
-26,100
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
-20.7
-213,700
Gettysburg, PA
-20.4
-7,300
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
-20.3
-114,800
Lake Charles, LA
-20.3
-23,600
Monroe, MI
-20.3
-8,400
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
-20.2
-21,800
Bowling Green, KY
-20.0
-15,400
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
-19.9
-48,000
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
-19.6
-29,600
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
-19.6
-1,949,600
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
-19.4
-12,200
Toledo, OH
-19.4
-60,900
Midland, MI
-19.2
-7,300
Rochester, NY
-19.1
-103,800
Syracuse, NY
-18.7
-60,000
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
-18.4
-74,600
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
-18.4
-28,700
Asheville, NC
-18.3
-36,400
Danbury, CT
-18.3
-14,200
Greensboro-High Point, NC
-18.3
-67,100
Portsmouth, NH-ME
-18.3
-16,900
Flagstaff, AZ
-18.0
-12,400
Pittsfield, MA
-18.0
-7,300
Springfield, MA-CT
-18.0
-61,300
Peoria, IL
-17.9
-30,500
Akron, OH
-17.7
-60,500
Santa Rosa, CA
-17.7
-36,600
Wheeling, WV-OH
-17.7
-11,600
Wilmington, NC
-17.7
-23,600
Ames, IA
-17.6
-9,700
Decatur, IL
-17.6
-9,000
Eau Claire, WI
-17.6
-15,500
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
-17.6
-38,300
Glens Falls, NY
-17.5
-9,300
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
-17.5
-104,600
Kokomo, IN
-17.3
-6,900
Utica-Rome, NY
-17.3
-22,300
Portland-South Portland, ME
-17.2
-35,900
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
-17.1
-13,800
Pittsburgh, PA
-17.1
-204,500
Columbus, IN
-17.0
-9,000
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-17.0
-99,900
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
-16.8
-180,800
Lancaster, PA
-16.8
-43,600
New Bedford, MA
-16.8
-11,300
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
-16.7
-467,700
Burlington, NC
-16.7
-10,600
Leominster-Gardner, MA
-16.7
-8,900
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
-16.7
-43,900
Dover-Durham, NH-ME
-16.4
-9,100
Urban Honolulu, HI
-16.4
-77,100
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
-16.3
-109,600
Jackson, TN
-16.2
-11,300
Madison, WI
-16.2
-66,000
Erie, PA
-16.1
-20,600
Wenatchee, WA
-16.0
-7,300
Lewiston, ID-WA
-15.8
-4,500
Lima, OH
-15.8
-8,400
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
-15.7
-74,300
Punta Gorda, FL
-15.7
-7,900
Salisbury, MD-DE
-15.7
-25,300
Duluth, MN-WI
-15.6
-21,500
Manchester, NH
-15.6
-18,400
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
-15.6
-8,200
Rockford, IL
-15.6
-23,600
Worcester, MA-CT
-15.5
-45,100
Dubuque, IA
-15.4
-9,400
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
-15.4
-457,800
Waterbury, CT
-15.4
-10,500
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
-15.4
-6,300
Bend-Redmond, OR
-15.2
-13,000
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
-15.2
-6,200
Mansfield, OH
-15.1
-7,900
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
-15.0
-12,100
Anchorage, AK
-14.9
-26,100
Cumberland, MD-WV
-14.9
-5,900
Goldsboro, NC
-14.9
-6,200
Johnstown, PA
-14.9
-8,100
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
-14.8
-164,900
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
-14.8
-37,800
Canton-Massillon, OH
-14.7
-25,600
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
-14.7
-916,200
Eugene, OR
-14.6
-23,800
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
-14.6
-15,300
Ann Arbor, MI
-14.5
-33,100
Fayetteville, NC
-14.5
-19,300
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
-14.5
-11,500
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
-14.5
-301,600
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
-14.5
-8,600
Charleston, WV
-14.4
-15,600
Ithaca, NY
-14.4
-9,500
Manhattan, KS
-14.4
-6,400
Farmington, NM
-14.3
-6,900
Savannah, GA
-14.3
-26,700
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
-14.3
-20,700
Bellingham, WA
-14.2
-13,800
Hot Springs, AR
-14.2
-5,700
Janesville-Beloit, WI
-14.2
-10,000
Reading, PA
-14.2
-26,000
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
-14.2
-143,900
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
-14.2
-349,700
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
-14.2
-17,200
Binghamton, NY
-14.0
-14,600
Corpus Christi, TX
-14.0
-27,300
New Haven, CT
-14.0
-40,400
Redding, CA
-14.0
-9,500
Winston-Salem, NC
-14.0
-38,000
Raleigh, NC
-13.9
-89,700
Salinas, CA
-13.9
-20,100
Green Bay, WI
-13.8
-24,900
Laredo, TX
-13.8
-14,900
Midland, TX
-13.8
-15,800
Fond du Lac, WI
-13.7
-6,700
Lexington-Fayette, KY
-13.6
-38,000
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
-13.6
-5,700
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
-13.6
-181,000
Sheboygan, WI
-13.6
-8,600
Medford, OR
-13.5
-12,000
Odessa, TX
-13.5
-11,400
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
-13.4
-190,200
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
-13.4
-271,100
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
-13.4
-42,200
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
-13.3
-50,400
Grand Junction, CO
-13.3
-8,700
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
-13.3
-12,900
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
-13.3
-199,200
Santa Fe, NM
-13.3
-8,500
Altoona, PA
-13.2
-8,100
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
-13.2
-162,200
Lafayette, LA
-13.2
-27,100
Owensboro, KY
-13.2
-7,100
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
-13.1
-20,400
Lynchburg, VA
-13.1
-14,000
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
-13.1
-358,100
Appleton, WI
-13.0
-16,500
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
-13.0
-5,900
Elmira, NY
-13.0
-4,800
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
-13.0
-45,700
Salem, OR
-13.0
-22,200
Wausau, WI
-13.0
-9,500
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
-12.9
-610,900
Bloomington, IL
-12.8
-12,100
Fairbanks, AK
-12.8
-4,800
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
-12.8
-74,400
Terre Haute, IN
-12.8
-9,000
Baton Rouge, LA
-12.7
-52,800
Columbus, OH
-12.7
-140,100
Fort Wayne, IN
-12.7
-28,900
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
-12.7
-10,700
Longview, WA
-12.7
-5,200
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
-12.7
-110,600
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
-12.6
-7,800
Victoria, TX
-12.6
-5,200
Bangor, ME
-12.5
-8,600
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
-12.5
-19,700
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
-12.5
-152,100
Carson City, NV
-12.4
-3,800
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
-12.4
-46,500
Coeur d'Alene, ID
-12.4
-8,300
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
-12.4
-7,000
San Angelo, TX
-12.4
-6,200
Yakima, WA
-12.4
-10,800
Beckley, WV
-12.3
-5,500
Pueblo, CO
-12.3
-7,800
Springfield, OH
-12.3
-6,200
Rochester, MN
-12.1
-14,800
Carbondale-Marion, IL
-12.0
-7,100
Danville, IL
-12.0
-3,300
Dayton, OH
-12.0
-46,900
Iowa City, IA
-12.0
-12,200
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
-12.0
-17,200
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
-11.9
-19,800
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
-11.9
-33,200
Great Falls, MT
-11.9
-4,300
Kingston, NY
-11.9
-7,400
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
-11.9
-123,800
Albuquerque, NM
-11.8
-47,100
Greenville, NC
-11.8
-9,600
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
-11.8
-36,900
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-11.8
-21,500
Casper, WY
-11.7
-4,600
Decatur, AL
-11.7
-6,700
Grants Pass, OR
-11.7
-3,200
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
-11.7
-6,000
Napa, CA
-11.6
-8,600
St. Cloud, MN
-11.6
-12,900
Wichita Falls, TX
-11.6
-6,900
Dalton, GA
-11.5
-7,700
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
-11.5
-15,500
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
-11.5
-21,700
St. Louis, MO-IL
-11.5
-160,800
State College, PA
-11.5
-9,500
York-Hanover, PA
-11.5
-21,600
Bismarck, ND
-11.4
-8,300
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
-11.4
-10,800
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
-11.4
-21,200
Lawton, OK
-11.4
-5,200
Modesto, CA
-11.4
-20,600
Springfield, IL
-11.4
-12,500
Columbus, GA-AL
-11.2
-13,800
Rocky Mount, NC
-11.2
-6,300
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
-11.1
-5,800
Texarkana, TX-AR
-11.1
-6,800
Dover, DE
-11.0
-7,800
Jefferson City, MO
-11.0
-8,600
Longview, TX
-11.0
-11,000
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
-11.0
-6,500
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
-10.9
-6,300
Hammond, LA
-10.9
-5,000
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
-10.9
-118,600
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
-10.9
-11,900
Athens-Clarke County, GA
-10.8
-10,500
Cedar Rapids, IA
-10.8
-15,800
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
-10.8
-34,900
El Paso, TX
-10.8
-34,800
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
-10.8
-123,400
Billings, MT
-10.7
-9,100
Kansas City, MO-KS
-10.6
-115,700
Roanoke, VA
-10.6
-17,300
Tuscaloosa, AL
-10.6
-12,000
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
-10.5
-15,200
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
-10.5
-12,400
Grand Forks, ND-MN
-10.5
-5,800
Wichita, KS
-10.5
-32,300
Albany, OR
-10.4
-4,900
Lebanon, PA
-10.4
-5,600
Racine, WI
-10.4
-8,200
Trenton, NJ
-10.4
-28,900
Gainesville, FL
-10.3
-15,400
Lubbock, TX
-10.3
-15,500
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
-10.3
-4,000
Bakersfield, CA
-10.2
-27,900
Columbia, MO
-10.2
-10,400
Florence, SC
-10.2
-9,400
Merced, CA
-10.2
-7,200
Spartanburg, SC
-10.2
-16,600
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
-10.2
-9,300
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
-10.1
-43,500
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
-10.1
-37,200
Morgantown, WV
-10.1
-7,200
Pocatello, ID
-10.1
-3,800
Rapid City, SD
-10.1
-6,800
Clarksville, TN-KY
-10.0
-9,300
Corvallis, OR
-10.0
-4,500
Joplin, MO
-10.0
-8,100
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
-10.0
-12,200
Las Cruces, NM
-10.0
-7,400
Monroe, LA
-10.0
-7,900
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
-10.0
-8,800
Stockton-Lodi, CA
-10.0
-24,500
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
-9.9
-150,700
Gadsden, AL
-9.9
-3,700
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
-9.9
-64,400
Reno, NV
-9.9
-24,500
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
-9.8
-24,000
Chico, CA
-9.8
-8,000
Columbia, SC
-9.8
-39,500
Harrisonburg, VA
-9.8
-6,900
Homosassa Springs, FL
-9.8
-3,300
Walla Walla, WA
-9.8
-2,800
Muncie, IN
-9.7
-5,000
Panama City, FL
-9.7
-7,800
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
-9.7
-148,800
St. George, UT
-9.7
-6,900
Albany, GA
-9.6
-6,000
Alexandria, LA
-9.6
-6,000
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
-9.6
-19,800
Johnson City, TN
-9.6
-7,900
Lawrence, KS
-9.6
-5,300
Mobile, AL
-9.6
-17,800
Richmond, VA
-9.6
-66,000
Warner Robins, GA
-9.6
-7,400
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
-9.5
-4,100
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
-9.5
-35,500
Dothan, AL
-9.5
-5,700
Jackson, MS
-9.5
-26,600
Kennewick-Richland, WA
-9.5
-11,300
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
-9.4
-267,200
Colorado Springs, CO
-9.4
-28,000
Knoxville, TN
-9.4
-38,000
Morristown, TN
-9.4
-4,500
Pine Bluff, AR
-9.4
-3,100
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
-9.4
-129,300
Bloomington, IN
-9.3
-7,500
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
-9.3
-74,100
Austin-Round Rock, TX
-9.1
-100,500
Fort Collins, CO
-9.1
-15,800
Fort Smith, AR-OK
-9.1
-10,300
Jacksonville, NC
-9.1
-4,600
Montgomery, AL
-9.1
-16,100
Springfield, MO
-9.1
-19,900
Waco, TX
-9.1
-11,200
Auburn-Opelika, AL
-9.0
-6,000
Grand Island, NE
-9.0
-3,800
Sioux Falls, SD
-9.0
-14,200
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
-9.0
-301,000
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-8.9
-7,800
Jacksonville, FL
-8.9
-64,100
Missoula, MT
-8.9
-5,600
St. Joseph, MO-KS
-8.9
-5,600
Valdosta, GA
-8.9
-5,000
Fargo, ND-MN
-8.8
-12,700
Tallahassee, FL
-8.8
-16,600
Evansville, IN-KY
-8.7
-14,100
Oklahoma City, OK
-8.7
-57,400
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
-8.7
-43,800
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
-8.7
-93,200
Tyler, TX
-8.7
-9,300
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
-8.6
-10,400
Topeka, KS
-8.6
-9,600
Tucson, AZ
-8.6
-33,600
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
-8.5
-4,000
California-Lexington Park, MD
-8.5
-4,000
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
-8.5
-265,700
Kankakee, IL
-8.5
-3,900
Charlottesville, VA
-8.4
-10,400
Yuma, AZ
-8.4
-4,800
Boulder, CO
-8.3
-16,400
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
-8.3
-4,600
Twin Falls, ID
-8.3
-3,900
Hattiesburg, MS
-8.2
-5,400
Lincoln, NE
-8.2
-15,900
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
-8.2
-22,200
Winchester, VA-WV
-8.2
-5,400
Amarillo, TX
-8.1
-9,800
Greeley, CO
-8.1
-9,100
Macon-Bibb County, GA
-8.0
-8,200
New Bern, NC
-8.0
-3,600
Tulsa, OK
-8.0
-37,000
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
-7.9
-42,900
Boise City, ID
-7.9
-26,900
Champaign-Urbana, IL
-7.9
-9,300
Cleveland, TN
-7.8
-3,700
Salt Lake City, UT
-7.8
-58,900
Sherman-Denison, TX
-7.8
-3,800
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
-7.6
-283,000
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
-7.6
-20,100
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
-7.6
-164,000
Huntsville, AL
-7.5
-18,400
Killeen-Temple, TX
-7.4
-10,800
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
-7.4
-17,300
Abilene, TX
-7.3
-5,300
Gainesville, GA
-7.3
-6,800
Fresno, CA
-7.2
-26,100
Sumter, SC
-7.2
-2,900
College Station-Bryan, TX
-7.1
-8,800
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
-7.1
-13,200
Port St. Lucie, FL
-7.1
-11,100
Sebring, FL
-7.1
-1,900
Visalia-Porterville, CA
-6.9
-8,900
Logan, UT-ID
-6.5
-4,300
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
-6.5
-15,100
The Villages, FL
-6.5
-2,100
Chattanooga, TN-GA
-6.4
-17,100
Jonesboro, AR
-6.2
-3,700
Ocala, FL
-6.2
-6,600
Enid, OK
-5.9
-1,500
Provo-Orem, UT
-5.9
-15,900
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
-5.7
-2,300
Prescott, AZ
-5.7
-3,800
Hinesville, GA
-5.2
-1,100
Cheyenne, WY
-5.1
-2,400
El Centro, CA
-5.1
-2,700
Madera, CA
-4.6
-1,800
Rome, GA
-4.3
-1,800
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
-4.0
-10,700
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
-3.3
-1,700
Yuba City, CA
-2.9
-1,300
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
-2.1
-700
Idaho Falls, ID
-0.4
-300
The largest over-the-year employment decreases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (−1,949,600), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (−916,200), and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin (−610,900).
United States Department of Labor
