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In June 2021, 164 metro areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment and 225 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Ocean City, New Jersey (+38.9 percent), Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (+36.8 percent), and Barnstable Town, Massachusetts (+17.8 percent).
Metropolitan area | 12-month percent change in employment | Employment in June 2020 | Employment in June 2021 | 12-month net change in employment |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ocean City, NJ |
38.9% | 41,400 | 57,500 | 16,100 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
36.8 | 91,200 | 124,800 | 33,600 |
Barnstable Town, MA |
17.8 | 93,900 | 110,600 | 16,700 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
17.6 | 54,100 | 63,600 | 9,500 |
Glens Falls, NY |
14.5 | 47,600 | 54,500 | 6,900 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
12.8 | 842,900 | 950,700 | 107,800 |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
12.4 | 49,200 | 55,300 | 6,100 |
St. George, UT |
11.7 | 68,600 | 76,600 | 8,000 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
11.5 | 483,600 | 539,400 | 55,800 |
New Bedford, MA |
10.7 | 58,200 | 64,400 | 6,200 |
Salisbury, MD-DE |
10.4 | 155,100 | 171,200 | 16,100 |
Waterbury, CT |
9.9 | 60,400 | 66,400 | 6,000 |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
9.8 | 127,900 | 140,400 | 12,500 |
Gettysburg, PA |
9.8 | 30,700 | 33,700 | 3,000 |
Pocatello, ID |
9.5 | 35,700 | 39,100 | 3,400 |
Portland-South Portland, ME |
9.5 | 190,900 | 209,000 | 18,100 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA |
9.5 | 524,800 | 574,900 | 50,100 |
Savannah, GA |
9.2 | 175,200 | 191,400 | 16,200 |
Duluth, MN-WI |
9.1 | 121,000 | 132,000 | 11,000 |
Walla Walla, WA |
9.0 | 26,800 | 29,200 | 2,400 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
8.9 | 2,454,700 | 2,672,100 | 217,400 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
8.9 | 8,445,000 | 9,193,900 | 748,900 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
8.8 | 37,400 | 40,700 | 3,300 |
Rochester, MN |
8.7 | 113,700 | 123,600 | 9,900 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
8.6 | 1,778,700 | 1,931,100 | 152,400 |
Reno, NV |
8.6 | 226,900 | 246,400 | 19,500 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
8.5 | 336,600 | 365,300 | 28,700 |
Idaho Falls, ID |
8.5 | 71,000 | 77,000 | 6,000 |
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI |
8.4 | 108,900 | 118,100 | 9,200 |
Portsmouth, NH-ME |
8.4 | 87,000 | 94,300 | 7,300 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
8.2 | 77,800 | 84,200 | 6,400 |
Fond du Lac, WI |
8.2 | 45,000 | 48,700 | 3,700 |
Greenville, NC |
8.2 | 74,000 | 80,100 | 6,100 |
Kingston, NY |
8.2 | 53,600 | 58,000 | 4,400 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
8.2 | 94,200 | 101,900 | 7,700 |
Kennewick-Richland, WA |
8.1 | 110,900 | 119,900 | 9,000 |
Farmington, NM |
8.0 | 39,900 | 43,100 | 3,200 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
8.0 | 1,115,600 | 1,205,300 | 89,700 |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
7.9 | 60,800 | 65,600 | 4,800 |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT |
7.9 | 110,400 | 119,100 | 8,700 |
Provo-Orem, UT |
7.9 | 263,100 | 283,900 | 20,800 |
Asheville, NC |
7.8 | 174,100 | 187,700 | 13,600 |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
7.8 | 68,200 | 73,500 | 5,300 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
7.8 | 504,400 | 543,900 | 39,500 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
7.8 | 2,636,300 | 2,843,200 | 206,900 |
Rochester, NY |
7.8 | 472,500 | 509,400 | 36,900 |
Lancaster, PA |
7.7 | 231,100 | 248,800 | 17,700 |
New Haven, CT |
7.7 | 268,300 | 289,000 | 20,700 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI |
7.7 | 56,200 | 60,500 | 4,300 |
Raleigh, NC |
7.7 | 601,300 | 647,800 | 46,500 |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
7.7 | 389,900 | 420,000 | 30,100 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
7.6 | 348,600 | 375,200 | 26,600 |
Flint, MI |
7.6 | 123,200 | 132,600 | 9,400 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC |
7.6 | 79,800 | 85,900 | 6,100 |
Ithaca, NY |
7.6 | 54,200 | 58,300 | 4,100 |
Midland, MI |
7.6 | 34,000 | 36,600 | 2,600 |
Springfield, MA-CT |
7.6 | 291,900 | 314,100 | 22,200 |
Wilmington, NC |
7.5 | 122,900 | 132,100 | 9,200 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
7.3 | 1,059,800 | 1,137,000 | 77,200 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
7.3 | 68,700 | 73,700 | 5,000 |
Danbury, CT |
7.3 | 68,700 | 73,700 | 5,000 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
7.3 | 318,200 | 341,300 | 23,100 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
7.3 | 173,500 | 186,200 | 12,700 |
Wenatchee, WA |
7.3 | 42,600 | 45,700 | 3,100 |
Winchester, VA-WV |
7.3 | 62,900 | 67,500 | 4,600 |
Bellingham, WA |
7.2 | 86,700 | 92,900 | 6,200 |
Dover-Durham, NH-ME |
7.2 | 47,500 | 50,900 | 3,400 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
7.2 | 253,200 | 271,500 | 18,300 |
Worcester, MA-CT |
7.2 | 255,700 | 274,100 | 18,400 |
Fargo, ND-MN |
7.1 | 134,600 | 144,200 | 9,600 |
Napa, CA |
7.1 | 63,700 | 68,200 | 4,500 |
Pittsfield, MA |
7.1 | 35,100 | 37,600 | 2,500 |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA |
7.1 | 239,600 | 256,600 | 17,000 |
Springfield, IL |
7.0 | 97,300 | 104,100 | 6,800 |
Bend-Redmond, OR |
7.0 | 80,900 | 86,600 | 5,700 |
Burlington, NC |
7.0 | 58,500 | 62,600 | 4,100 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
7.0 | 345,300 | 369,300 | 24,000 |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
7.0 | 263,300 | 281,800 | 18,500 |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
7.0 | 54,300 | 58,100 | 3,800 |
Columbus, IN |
7.0 | 47,400 | 50,700 | 3,300 |
Clarksville, TN-KY |
6.9 | 88,800 | 94,900 | 6,100 |
Harrisonburg, VA |
6.9 | 62,100 | 66,400 | 4,300 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
6.9 | 47,500 | 50,800 | 3,300 |
Rapid City, SD |
6.9 | 66,800 | 71,400 | 4,600 |
Winston-Salem, NC |
6.9 | 249,500 | 266,600 | 17,100 |
Yakima, WA |
6.9 | 81,100 | 86,700 | 5,600 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
6.8 | 357,100 | 381,400 | 24,300 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
6.8 | 966,500 | 1,031,900 | 65,400 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
6.8 | 48,200 | 51,500 | 3,300 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
6.7 | 418,700 | 446,700 | 28,000 |
Boise City, ID |
6.7 | 340,400 | 363,200 | 22,800 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
6.7 | 718,700 | 766,600 | 47,900 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
6.6 | 149,200 | 159,100 | 9,900 |
Bowling Green, KY |
6.6 | 69,200 | 73,800 | 4,600 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
6.6 | 1,428,400 | 1,522,700 | 94,300 |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
6.6 | 112,600 | 120,000 | 7,400 |
Peoria, IL |
6.6 | 155,200 | 165,400 | 10,200 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
6.6 | 2,045,000 | 2,179,300 | 134,300 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
6.5 | 197,600 | 210,400 | 12,800 |
Erie, PA |
6.5 | 111,500 | 118,800 | 7,300 |
Roanoke, VA |
6.5 | 149,200 | 158,900 | 9,700 |
Saginaw, MI |
6.5 | 76,600 | 81,600 | 5,000 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
6.4 | 283,600 | 301,700 | 18,100 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
6.4 | 144,300 | 153,500 | 9,200 |
Madison, WI |
6.4 | 376,900 | 401,100 | 24,200 |
Ames, IA |
6.3 | 45,900 | 48,800 | 2,900 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA |
6.3 | 39,600 | 42,100 | 2,500 |
Cumberland, MD-WV |
6.3 | 35,000 | 37,200 | 2,200 |
Eau Claire, WI |
6.3 | 80,500 | 85,600 | 5,100 |
Flagstaff, AZ |
6.3 | 60,500 | 64,300 | 3,800 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
6.3 | 608,200 | 646,600 | 38,400 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
6.3 | 1,101,000 | 1,170,900 | 69,900 |
Prescott, AZ |
6.3 | 62,200 | 66,100 | 3,900 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
6.3 | 1,008,400 | 1,071,900 | 63,500 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
6.2 | 1,290,200 | 1,369,900 | 79,700 |
Sheboygan, WI |
6.2 | 59,700 | 63,400 | 3,700 |
Springfield, MO |
6.2 | 206,900 | 219,700 | 12,800 |
York-Hanover, PA |
6.2 | 170,700 | 181,300 | 10,600 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
6.1 | 133,600 | 141,800 | 8,200 |
Lawrence, KS |
6.1 | 44,000 | 46,700 | 2,700 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
6.1 | 293,600 | 311,400 | 17,800 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
6.0 | 2,625,100 | 2,783,300 | 158,200 |
Binghamton, NY |
6.0 | 90,200 | 95,600 | 5,400 |
Columbia, MO |
6.0 | 92,700 | 98,300 | 5,600 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
6.0 | 1,837,200 | 1,947,000 | 109,800 |
Salem, OR |
6.0 | 161,100 | 170,700 | 9,600 |
Sherman-Denison, TX |
6.0 | 46,700 | 49,500 | 2,800 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
5.9 | 5,464,700 | 5,789,300 | 324,600 |
Manchester, NH |
5.9 | 102,700 | 108,800 | 6,100 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
5.9 | 131,500 | 139,300 | 7,800 |
Wichita, KS |
5.9 | 274,300 | 290,500 | 16,200 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
5.8 | 3,579,500 | 3,785,800 | 206,300 |
Elmira, NY |
5.8 | 33,000 | 34,900 | 1,900 |
Leominster-Gardner, MA |
5.8 | 46,500 | 49,200 | 2,700 |
Lewiston, ID-WA |
5.8 | 27,700 | 29,300 | 1,600 |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
5.8 | 143,000 | 151,300 | 8,300 |
Syracuse, NY |
5.8 | 283,400 | 299,900 | 16,500 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
5.7 | 507,700 | 536,800 | 29,100 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
5.7 | 1,033,900 | 1,092,800 | 58,900 |
Corvallis, OR |
5.7 | 38,700 | 40,900 | 2,200 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
5.7 | 304,700 | 322,200 | 17,500 |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS |
5.7 | 146,400 | 154,700 | 8,300 |
Hot Springs, AR |
5.7 | 37,000 | 39,100 | 2,100 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
5.7 | 1,033,700 | 1,092,600 | 58,900 |
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
5.7 | 71,400 | 75,500 | 4,100 |
Lebanon, PA |
5.7 | 48,800 | 51,600 | 2,800 |
Logan, UT-ID |
5.7 | 63,200 | 66,800 | 3,600 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
5.7 | 618,700 | 654,200 | 35,500 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
5.7 | 1,069,900 | 1,131,300 | 61,400 |
Utica-Rome, NY |
5.7 | 114,700 | 121,200 | 6,500 |
Midland, TX |
5.6 | 91,800 | 96,900 | 5,100 |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
5.6 | 165,200 | 174,500 | 9,300 |
Salinas, CA |
5.6 | 127,500 | 134,600 | 7,100 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
5.6 | 1,922,700 | 2,030,900 | 108,200 |
Bangor, ME |
5.5 | 62,000 | 65,400 | 3,400 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
5.5 | 170,400 | 179,700 | 9,300 |
Huntsville, AL |
5.5 | 234,800 | 247,700 | 12,900 |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
5.5 | 52,800 | 55,700 | 2,900 |
Mansfield, OH |
5.5 | 47,600 | 50,200 | 2,600 |
Merced, CA |
5.5 | 65,200 | 68,800 | 3,600 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
5.5 | 3,038,300 | 3,206,800 | 168,500 |
Decatur, IL |
5.5 | 45,700 | 48,200 | 2,500 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
5.4 | 1,161,600 | 1,223,900 | 62,300 |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC |
5.4 | 397,200 | 418,700 | 21,500 |
Santa Rosa, CA |
5.4 | 184,600 | 194,500 | 9,900 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
5.4 | 235,300 | 248,000 | 12,700 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
5.4 | 1,309,500 | 1,380,700 | 71,200 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
5.4 | 733,500 | 773,000 | 39,500 |
Boulder, CO |
5.3 | 180,500 | 190,000 | 9,500 |
Brunswick, GA |
5.3 | 41,700 | 43,900 | 2,200 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
5.3 | 4,258,400 | 4,484,100 | 225,700 |
Eugene, OR |
5.3 | 146,700 | 154,500 | 7,800 |
Gainesville, FL |
5.3 | 134,900 | 142,100 | 7,200 |
Jackson, MI |
5.3 | 52,700 | 55,500 | 2,800 |
Muskegon, MI |
5.3 | 56,700 | 59,700 | 3,000 |
Anchorage, AK |
5.2 | 161,400 | 169,800 | 8,400 |
California-Lexington Park, MD |
5.2 | 46,200 | 48,600 | 2,400 |
Gadsden, AL |
5.2 | 32,700 | 34,400 | 1,700 |
Jacksonville, FL |
5.2 | 687,400 | 723,400 | 36,000 |
Joplin, MO |
5.2 | 75,200 | 79,100 | 3,900 |
Lincoln, NE |
5.2 | 179,600 | 189,000 | 9,400 |
Port St. Lucie, FL |
5.2 | 148,300 | 156,000 | 7,700 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
5.2 | 1,451,800 | 1,527,900 | 76,100 |
Spartanburg, SC |
5.2 | 157,300 | 165,500 | 8,200 |
El Centro, CA |
5.1 | 48,900 | 51,400 | 2,500 |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
5.1 | 78,900 | 82,900 | 4,000 |
Medford, OR |
5.1 | 83,900 | 88,200 | 4,300 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
5.1 | 1,338,400 | 1,407,300 | 68,900 |
Sioux Falls, SD |
5.1 | 154,500 | 162,400 | 7,900 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
5.0 | 366,800 | 385,100 | 18,300 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
5.0 | 524,800 | 551,200 | 26,400 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
5.0 | 1,017,200 | 1,068,100 | 50,900 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL |
5.0 | 50,500 | 53,000 | 2,500 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
5.0 | 1,291,300 | 1,355,300 | 64,000 |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
5.0 | 100,000 | 105,000 | 5,000 |
Battle Creek, MI |
4.9 | 51,000 | 53,500 | 2,500 |
Janesville-Beloit, WI |
4.9 | 65,600 | 68,800 | 3,200 |
Johnson City, TN |
4.9 | 75,600 | 79,300 | 3,700 |
Tyler, TX |
4.9 | 104,000 | 109,100 | 5,100 |
Valdosta, GA |
4.9 | 53,300 | 55,900 | 2,600 |
Fort Wayne, IN |
4.8 | 210,300 | 220,400 | 10,100 |
Hattiesburg, MS |
4.8 | 60,800 | 63,700 | 2,900 |
Las Cruces, NM |
4.8 | 67,300 | 70,500 | 3,200 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
4.8 | 475,900 | 498,600 | 22,700 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
4.8 | 91,200 | 95,600 | 4,400 |
Twin Falls, ID |
4.8 | 46,000 | 48,200 | 2,200 |
Dover, DE |
4.7 | 65,300 | 68,400 | 3,100 |
Fort Collins, CO |
4.7 | 163,400 | 171,000 | 7,600 |
Green Bay, WI |
4.7 | 167,600 | 175,500 | 7,900 |
Knoxville, TN |
4.7 | 386,600 | 404,600 | 18,000 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
4.7 | 231,500 | 242,400 | 10,900 |
Panama City, FL |
4.7 | 78,500 | 82,200 | 3,700 |
Rocky Mount, NC |
4.7 | 51,300 | 53,700 | 2,400 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
4.7 | 947,700 | 992,500 | 44,800 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
4.7 | 2,197,200 | 2,300,200 | 103,000 |
St. Cloud, MN |
4.7 | 101,300 | 106,100 | 4,800 |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
4.7 | 236,600 | 247,700 | 11,100 |
Bismarck, ND |
4.6 | 69,800 | 73,000 | 3,200 |
Dubuque, IA |
4.6 | 56,800 | 59,400 | 2,600 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
4.6 | 112,700 | 117,900 | 5,200 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
4.6 | 163,300 | 170,800 | 7,500 |
Texarkana, TX-AR |
4.6 | 56,200 | 58,800 | 2,600 |
Toledo, OH |
4.6 | 278,800 | 291,700 | 12,900 |
Yuma, AZ |
4.6 | 52,700 | 55,100 | 2,400 |
Longview, WA |
4.6 | 39,200 | 41,000 | 1,800 |
Monroe, MI |
4.6 | 36,800 | 38,500 | 1,700 |
Albany, OR |
4.6 | 43,300 | 45,300 | 2,000 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
4.5 | 2,460,300 | 2,570,600 | 110,300 |
Trenton, NJ |
4.5 | 257,900 | 269,500 | 11,600 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
4.5 | 129,500 | 135,300 | 5,800 |
Williamsport, PA |
4.5 | 48,700 | 50,900 | 2,200 |
Columbus, OH |
4.5 | 1,042,000 | 1,089,200 | 47,200 |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
4.4 | 229,400 | 239,400 | 10,000 |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
4.4 | 104,600 | 109,200 | 4,600 |
Dothan, AL |
4.4 | 57,100 | 59,600 | 2,500 |
Great Falls, MT |
4.4 | 34,400 | 35,900 | 1,500 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
4.4 | 331,100 | 345,700 | 14,600 |
Hammond, LA |
4.4 | 43,600 | 45,500 | 1,900 |
Jefferson City, MO |
4.4 | 75,700 | 79,000 | 3,300 |
Jonesboro, AR |
4.4 | 56,700 | 59,200 | 2,500 |
Macon-Bibb County, GA |
4.4 | 96,500 | 100,700 | 4,200 |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
4.4 | 38,900 | 40,600 | 1,700 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
4.4 | 506,400 | 528,600 | 22,200 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
4.4 | 283,100 | 295,500 | 12,400 |
Waco, TX |
4.4 | 119,800 | 125,100 | 5,300 |
Warner Robins, GA |
4.4 | 74,600 | 77,900 | 3,300 |
Jackson, TN |
4.4 | 66,100 | 69,000 | 2,900 |
Danville, IL |
4.3 | 25,700 | 26,800 | 1,100 |
Fairbanks, AK |
4.3 | 34,900 | 36,400 | 1,500 |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
4.3 | 125,500 | 130,900 | 5,400 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
4.3 | 221,700 | 231,200 | 9,500 |
Springfield, OH |
4.3 | 46,200 | 48,200 | 2,000 |
Albuquerque, NM |
4.2 | 362,300 | 377,600 | 15,300 |
Casper, WY |
4.2 | 35,800 | 37,300 | 1,500 |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
4.2 | 251,200 | 261,700 | 10,500 |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
4.2 | 209,200 | 218,000 | 8,800 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
4.2 | 801,600 | 835,300 | 33,700 |
New Bern, NC |
4.2 | 42,700 | 44,500 | 1,800 |
Punta Gorda, FL |
4.2 | 47,100 | 49,100 | 2,000 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
4.2 | 33,600 | 35,000 | 1,400 |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
4.2 | 82,700 | 86,200 | 3,500 |
Wausau, WI |
4.2 | 69,500 | 72,400 | 2,900 |
Jackson, MS |
4.1 | 258,300 | 269,000 | 10,700 |
Altoona, PA |
4.1 | 56,400 | 58,700 | 2,300 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
4.1 | 56,300 | 58,600 | 2,300 |
Charlottesville, VA |
4.1 | 107,300 | 111,700 | 4,400 |
Fayetteville, NC |
4.1 | 122,700 | 127,700 | 5,000 |
Gainesville, GA |
4.1 | 90,300 | 94,000 | 3,700 |
Grand Junction, CO |
4.1 | 60,300 | 62,800 | 2,500 |
Lawton, OK |
4.1 | 41,900 | 43,600 | 1,700 |
Lima, OH |
4.1 | 49,200 | 51,200 | 2,000 |
Sumter, SC |
4.1 | 36,800 | 38,300 | 1,500 |
Topeka, KS |
4.1 | 105,400 | 109,700 | 4,300 |
Bakersfield, CA |
4.0 | 250,700 | 260,800 | 10,100 |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
4.0 | 159,800 | 166,200 | 6,400 |
Grand Island, NE |
4.0 | 39,900 | 41,500 | 1,600 |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME |
4.0 | 47,800 | 49,700 | 1,900 |
Reading, PA |
4.0 | 160,000 | 166,400 | 6,400 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
4.0 | 194,300 | 202,100 | 7,800 |
Abilene, TX |
3.9 | 68,800 | 71,500 | 2,700 |
Amarillo, TX |
3.9 | 117,300 | 121,900 | 4,600 |
Beckley, WV |
3.9 | 41,100 | 42,700 | 1,600 |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
3.9 | 49,100 | 51,000 | 1,900 |
Tallahassee, FL |
3.9 | 171,500 | 178,200 | 6,700 |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL |
3.8 | 44,400 | 46,100 | 1,700 |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
3.8 | 111,700 | 116,000 | 4,300 |
Grants Pass, OR |
3.8 | 26,500 | 27,500 | 1,000 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
3.8 | 50,200 | 52,100 | 1,900 |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
3.8 | 258,000 | 267,700 | 9,700 |
Appleton, WI |
3.7 | 121,000 | 125,500 | 4,500 |
Bay City, MI |
3.7 | 32,200 | 33,400 | 1,200 |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL |
3.7 | 42,700 | 44,300 | 1,600 |
Carson City, NV |
3.7 | 29,400 | 30,500 | 1,100 |
Lafayette, LA |
3.7 | 185,800 | 192,600 | 6,800 |
Madera, CA |
3.7 | 38,200 | 39,600 | 1,400 |
Montgomery, AL |
3.7 | 164,900 | 171,000 | 6,100 |
Ocala, FL |
3.7 | 103,100 | 106,900 | 3,800 |
Decatur, AL |
3.6 | 55,600 | 57,600 | 2,000 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
3.6 | 193,400 | 200,400 | 7,000 |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
3.6 | 139,700 | 144,700 | 5,000 |
Redding, CA |
3.6 | 65,900 | 68,300 | 2,400 |
Rome, GA |
3.6 | 39,000 | 40,400 | 1,400 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
3.6 | 1,052,300 | 1,090,500 | 38,200 |
Wichita Falls, TX |
3.5 | 56,400 | 58,400 | 2,000 |
Longview, TX |
3.5 | 90,300 | 93,500 | 3,200 |
El Paso, TX |
3.5 | 305,400 | 316,100 | 10,700 |
Florence, SC |
3.5 | 86,200 | 89,200 | 3,000 |
Fresno, CA |
3.5 | 342,300 | 354,200 | 11,900 |
Richmond, VA |
3.5 | 630,700 | 652,700 | 22,000 |
Akron, OH |
3.4 | 310,600 | 321,200 | 10,600 |
Bloomington, IL |
3.4 | 83,100 | 85,900 | 2,800 |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
3.4 | 133,800 | 138,400 | 4,600 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
3.4 | 2,942,900 | 3,044,300 | 101,400 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
3.4 | 342,000 | 353,700 | 11,700 |
Morgantown, WV |
3.4 | 64,600 | 66,800 | 2,200 |
Dalton, GA |
3.3 | 63,100 | 65,200 | 2,100 |
Greeley, CO |
3.3 | 102,100 | 105,500 | 3,400 |
Lubbock, TX |
3.3 | 143,200 | 147,900 | 4,700 |
Missoula, MT |
3.3 | 60,300 | 62,300 | 2,000 |
Mobile, AL |
3.3 | 173,600 | 179,400 | 5,800 |
Morristown, TN |
3.3 | 45,200 | 46,700 | 1,500 |
Monroe, LA |
3.2 | 72,100 | 74,400 | 2,300 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
3.2 | 88,800 | 91,600 | 2,800 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
3.2 | 258,700 | 267,000 | 8,300 |
Chico, CA |
3.2 | 72,600 | 74,900 | 2,300 |
Jacksonville, NC |
3.2 | 47,600 | 49,100 | 1,500 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
3.2 | 617,600 | 637,400 | 19,800 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
3.2 | 90,400 | 93,300 | 2,900 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
3.2 | 83,400 | 86,100 | 2,700 |
Dayton, OH |
3.1 | 365,000 | 376,400 | 11,400 |
Kankakee, IL |
3.1 | 42,100 | 43,400 | 1,300 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
3.0 | 260,400 | 268,300 | 7,900 |
Modesto, CA |
3.0 | 169,400 | 174,500 | 5,100 |
Pueblo, CO |
3.0 | 60,800 | 62,600 | 1,800 |
Bloomington, IN |
2.9 | 69,500 | 71,500 | 2,000 |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY |
2.9 | 51,400 | 52,900 | 1,500 |
Fort Smith, AR-OK |
2.9 | 107,900 | 111,000 | 3,100 |
Santa Fe, NM |
2.9 | 54,900 | 56,500 | 1,600 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
2.8 | 989,600 | 1,016,900 | 27,300 |
Homosassa Springs, FL |
2.8 | 31,600 | 32,500 | 900 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
2.8 | 179,500 | 184,600 | 5,100 |
Tucson, AZ |
2.8 | 359,600 | 369,500 | 9,900 |
Alexandria, LA |
2.7 | 58,300 | 59,900 | 1,600 |
Columbia, SC |
2.7 | 378,500 | 388,900 | 10,400 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
2.7 | 105,600 | 108,400 | 2,800 |
State College, PA |
2.7 | 67,900 | 69,700 | 1,800 |
Wheeling, WV-OH |
2.7 | 58,300 | 59,900 | 1,600 |
Billings, MT |
2.6 | 83,500 | 85,700 | 2,200 |
Cheyenne, WY |
2.6 | 45,800 | 47,000 | 1,200 |
Laredo, TX |
2.6 | 98,700 | 101,300 | 2,600 |
Racine, WI |
2.6 | 73,500 | 75,400 | 1,900 |
Tulsa, OK |
2.6 | 429,600 | 440,800 | 11,200 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
2.6 | 121,200 | 124,300 | 3,100 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
2.4 | 97,300 | 99,600 | 2,300 |
Muncie, IN |
2.4 | 45,300 | 46,400 | 1,100 |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
2.4 | 37,600 | 38,500 | 900 |
San Angelo, TX |
2.3 | 46,900 | 48,000 | 1,100 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
2.2 | 53,400 | 54,600 | 1,200 |
St. Joseph, MO-KS |
2.2 | 59,600 | 60,900 | 1,300 |
Carbondale-Marion, IL |
2.1 | 52,800 | 53,900 | 1,100 |
Owensboro, KY |
2.0 | 48,900 | 49,900 | 1,000 |
Sebring, FL |
2.0 | 24,500 | 25,000 | 500 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
1.9 | 180,000 | 183,400 | 3,400 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL |
1.9 | 116,400 | 118,600 | 2,200 |
Evansville, IN-KY |
1.9 | 148,300 | 151,100 | 2,800 |
Pine Bluff, AR |
1.9 | 31,100 | 31,700 | 600 |
Charleston, WV |
1.8 | 101,600 | 103,400 | 1,800 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
1.7 | 139,800 | 142,200 | 2,400 |
Manhattan, KS |
1.7 | 35,300 | 35,900 | 600 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
1.6 | 89,400 | 90,800 | 1,400 |
Lynchburg, VA |
1.6 | 97,300 | 98,900 | 1,600 |
Victoria, TX |
1.6 | 37,600 | 38,200 | 600 |
Columbus, GA-AL |
1.5 | 116,100 | 117,800 | 1,700 |
Goldsboro, NC |
1.5 | 39,100 | 39,700 | 600 |
Hinesville, GA |
1.5 | 20,300 | 20,600 | 300 |
Iowa City, IA |
1.5 | 93,500 | 94,900 | 1,400 |
Rockford, IL |
1.2 | 134,600 | 136,200 | 1,600 |
Yuba City, CA |
0.9 | 45,900 | 46,300 | 400 |
Albany, GA |
0.8 | 59,200 | 59,700 | 500 |
Johnstown, PA |
0.2 | 48,100 | 48,200 | 100 |
Terre Haute, IN |
0.2 | 62,700 | 62,800 | 100 |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
-0.3 | 39,100 | 39,000 | -100 |
Kokomo, IN |
-0.3 | 37,200 | 37,100 | -100 |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
-0.3 | 35,500 | 35,400 | -100 |
Odessa, TX |
-0.7 | 68,800 | 68,300 | -500 |
Enid, OK |
-0.8 | 24,300 | 24,100 | -200 |
The Villages, FL |
-1.0 | 31,200 | 30,900 | -300 |
Cleveland, TN |
-1.4 | 48,800 | 48,100 | -700 |
Lake Charles, LA |
-2.1 | 95,200 | 93,200 | -2,000 |
In June 2021, a total of 11 metro areas had over-the-year percent increases in employment greater than 10 percent. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA had the largest over-the-year net increase in employment (+748,900). This was followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+324,600), and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI (+225,700).
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in all metro areas with a 2010 population of 1 million or more. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metro areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (+12.8 percent), Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, New York (+11.5 percent), and Providence-Warwick, Rhode Island-Massachusetts (+9.5 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 — June 2021." Also see charts of the latest metropolitan area employment and unemployment data and sortable table of metropolitan area employment data.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, 164 metro areas had over-the-year employment increases in June 2021 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/164-metro-areas-had-over-the-year-employment-increases-in-june-2021.htm (visited October 31, 2024).