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In April 2021, 335 metropolitan areas had statistically significant over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment. Employment in the remaining 54 areas was essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (966,700 or 12.0 percent), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (431,600 or 8.2 percent), and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan (378,800 or 25.2 percent).
Metropolitan area | Employment, April 2020 | Employment, April 2021 | Over-the-year employment change | Over-the-year percent change | Statistically significant? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abilene, TX |
66,000 | 71,000 | 5,000 | 7.6% | Yes |
Akron, OH |
289,400 | 321,900 | 32,500 | 11.2 | Yes |
Albany, GA |
56,200 | 59,900 | 3,700 | 6.6 | Yes |
Albany, OR |
41,100 | 44,400 | 3,300 | 8.0 | No |
Albany-Schedy-Troy, NY |
400,000 | 443,000 | 43,000 | 10.8 | Yes |
Albuquerque, NM |
351,200 | 377,800 | 26,600 | 7.6 | Yes |
Alexandria, LA |
56,300 | 59,900 | 3,600 | 6.4 | Yes |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
307,000 | 360,100 | 53,100 | 17.3 | Yes |
Altoona, PA |
50,000 | 58,200 | 8,200 | 16.4 | Yes |
Amarillo, TX |
110,100 | 120,100 | 10,000 | 9.1 | Yes |
Ames, IA |
49,700 | 51,200 | 1,500 | 3.0 | No |
Anchorage, AK |
149,800 | 163,000 | 13,200 | 8.8 | Yes |
Ann Arbor, MI |
193,400 | 212,100 | 18,700 | 9.7 | Yes |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL |
41,500 | 45,900 | 4,400 | 10.6 | Yes |
Appleton, WI |
110,000 | 122,700 | 12,700 | 11.5 | Yes |
Asheville, NC |
162,500 | 186,500 | 24,000 | 14.8 | Yes |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
84,600 | 92,800 | 8,200 | 9.7 | Yes |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2,486,400 | 2,735,900 | 249,500 | 10.0 | Yes |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
89,400 | 117,600 | 28,200 | 31.5 | Yes |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
56,800 | 66,800 | 10,000 | 17.6 | Yes |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
217,600 | 237,900 | 20,300 | 9.3 | Yes |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
1,005,400 | 1,125,000 | 119,600 | 11.9 | Yes |
Bakersfield, CA |
247,500 | 257,300 | 9,800 | 4.0 | No |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1,233,900 | 1,355,100 | 121,200 | 9.8 | Yes |
Bangor, ME |
58,800 | 64,300 | 5,500 | 9.4 | Yes |
Barnstable Town, MA |
76,700 | 96,100 | 19,400 | 25.3 | Yes |
Baton Rouge, LA |
354,400 | 387,100 | 32,700 | 9.2 | Yes |
Battle Creek, MI |
44,900 | 52,800 | 7,900 | 17.6 | Yes |
Bay City, MI |
27,300 | 32,800 | 5,500 | 20.1 | Yes |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
145,800 | 156,500 | 10,700 | 7.3 | Yes |
Beckley, WV |
37,700 | 41,800 | 4,100 | 10.9 | Yes |
Bellingham, WA |
82,700 | 91,300 | 8,600 | 10.4 | Yes |
Bend-Redmond, OR |
72,400 | 85,100 | 12,700 | 17.5 | Yes |
Billings, MT |
76,200 | 84,300 | 8,100 | 10.6 | Yes |
Binghamton, NY |
83,500 | 93,800 | 10,300 | 12.3 | Yes |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
486,200 | 528,500 | 42,300 | 8.7 | Yes |
Bismarck, ND |
65,000 | 71,900 | 6,900 | 10.6 | Yes |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
69,800 | 77,400 | 7,600 | 10.9 | Yes |
Bloomington, IL |
82,800 | 87,700 | 4,900 | 5.9 | Yes |
Bloomington, IN |
71,300 | 75,800 | 4,500 | 6.3 | Yes |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA |
36,500 | 42,000 | 5,500 | 15.1 | Yes |
Boise City, ID |
317,200 | 356,000 | 38,800 | 12.2 | Yes |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
2,333,000 | 2,611,000 | 278,000 | 11.9 | Yes |
Boulder, CO |
175,800 | 188,100 | 12,300 | 7.0 | Yes |
Bowling Green, KY |
62,700 | 73,400 | 10,700 | 17.1 | Yes |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
85,600 | 89,700 | 4,100 | 4.8 | No |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
327,500 | 372,700 | 45,200 | 13.8 | Yes |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
131,100 | 141,200 | 10,100 | 7.7 | Yes |
Brunswick, GA |
36,300 | 42,700 | 6,400 | 17.6 | Yes |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
442,600 | 525,300 | 82,700 | 18.7 | Yes |
Burlington, NC |
55,800 | 62,400 | 6,600 | 11.8 | Yes |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT |
102,800 | 117,300 | 14,500 | 14.1 | Yes |
California-Lexington Park, MD |
44,600 | 48,500 | 3,900 | 8.7 | Yes |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
145,700 | 163,900 | 18,200 | 12.5 | Yes |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
242,200 | 273,400 | 31,200 | 12.9 | Yes |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL |
40,100 | 44,000 | 3,900 | 9.7 | Yes |
Carbondale-Marion, IL |
51,100 | 56,100 | 5,000 | 9.8 | Yes |
Carson City, NV |
27,400 | 30,300 | 2,900 | 10.6 | Yes |
Casper, WY |
35,100 | 36,800 | 1,700 | 4.8 | No |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
128,300 | 136,100 | 7,800 | 6.1 | No |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
52,800 | 58,500 | 5,700 | 10.8 | Yes |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
108,600 | 117,600 | 9,000 | 8.3 | Yes |
Charleston, WV |
94,700 | 102,000 | 7,300 | 7.7 | Yes |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
319,000 | 363,100 | 44,100 | 13.8 | Yes |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
1,098,300 | 1,207,600 | 109,300 | 10.0 | Yes |
Charlottesville, VA |
106,100 | 112,400 | 6,300 | 5.9 | Yes |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
237,900 | 258,500 | 20,600 | 8.7 | Yes |
Cheyenne, WY |
43,700 | 46,200 | 2,500 | 5.7 | No |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
4,089,400 | 4,402,600 | 313,200 | 7.7 | Yes |
Chico, CA |
68,000 | 74,000 | 6,000 | 8.8 | Yes |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
953,300 | 1,073,300 | 120,000 | 12.6 | Yes |
Clarksville, TN-KY |
82,300 | 92,300 | 10,000 | 12.2 | Yes |
Cleveland, TN |
44,500 | 47,900 | 3,400 | 7.6 | No |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
913,600 | 1,007,700 | 94,100 | 10.3 | Yes |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
60,000 | 70,000 | 10,000 | 16.7 | Yes |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
110,100 | 117,900 | 7,800 | 7.1 | Yes |
Colorado Springs, CO |
265,700 | 295,600 | 29,900 | 11.3 | Yes |
Columbia, MO |
89,100 | 98,500 | 9,400 | 10.5 | Yes |
Columbia, SC |
362,700 | 388,100 | 25,400 | 7.0 | Yes |
Columbus, GA-AL |
110,700 | 116,600 | 5,900 | 5.3 | No |
Columbus, IN |
42,400 | 49,900 | 7,500 | 17.7 | Yes |
Columbus, OH |
961,800 | 1,073,000 | 111,200 | 11.6 | Yes |
Corpus Christi, TX |
170,600 | 182,100 | 11,500 | 6.7 | Yes |
Corvallis, OR |
38,100 | 40,000 | 1,900 | 5.0 | No |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL |
103,400 | 118,500 | 15,100 | 14.6 | Yes |
Cumberland, MD-WV |
33,000 | 37,300 | 4,300 | 13.0 | Yes |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
3,413,400 | 3,740,200 | 326,800 | 9.6 | Yes |
Dalton, GA |
56,600 | 64,700 | 8,100 | 14.3 | Yes |
Danbury, CT |
61,700 | 72,200 | 10,500 | 17.0 | Yes |
Danville, IL |
24,600 | 26,500 | 1,900 | 7.7 | Yes |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
68,600 | 80,200 | 11,600 | 16.9 | Yes |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
161,400 | 175,000 | 13,600 | 8.4 | Yes |
Dayton, OH |
333,000 | 374,100 | 41,100 | 12.3 | Yes |
Decatur, AL |
53,900 | 57,000 | 3,100 | 5.8 | No |
Decatur, IL |
44,900 | 47,400 | 2,500 | 5.6 | No |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
180,800 | 202,100 | 21,300 | 11.8 | Yes |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
1,354,500 | 1,484,100 | 129,600 | 9.6 | Yes |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
331,900 | 364,100 | 32,200 | 9.7 | Yes |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
1,505,600 | 1,884,400 | 378,800 | 25.2 | Yes |
Dothan, AL |
54,500 | 58,700 | 4,200 | 7.7 | Yes |
Dover, DE |
61,900 | 67,900 | 6,000 | 9.7 | Yes |
Dover-Durham, NH-ME |
46,000 | 52,300 | 6,300 | 13.7 | Yes |
Dubuque, IA |
53,900 | 58,800 | 4,900 | 9.1 | Yes |
Duluth, MN-WI |
117,500 | 129,200 | 11,700 | 10.0 | Yes |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
300,800 | 321,900 | 21,100 | 7.0 | Yes |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
43,000 | 54,100 | 11,100 | 25.8 | Yes |
Eau Claire, WI |
75,900 | 85,700 | 9,800 | 12.9 | Yes |
El Centro, CA |
48,600 | 50,600 | 2,000 | 4.1 | No |
El Paso, TX |
290,500 | 316,300 | 25,800 | 8.9 | Yes |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY |
47,700 | 52,300 | 4,600 | 9.6 | Yes |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
89,700 | 137,100 | 47,400 | 52.8 | Yes |
Elmira, NY |
30,600 | 33,700 | 3,100 | 10.1 | Yes |
Enid, OK |
23,400 | 23,500 | 100 | 0.4 | No |
Erie, PA |
102,500 | 118,000 | 15,500 | 15.1 | Yes |
Eugene, OR |
141,300 | 152,000 | 10,700 | 7.6 | Yes |
Evansville, IN-KY |
135,800 | 150,900 | 15,100 | 11.1 | Yes |
Fairbanks, AK |
32,400 | 34,800 | 2,400 | 7.4 | Yes |
Fargo, ND-MN |
128,400 | 142,600 | 14,200 | 11.1 | Yes |
Farmington, NM |
41,300 | 42,800 | 1,500 | 3.6 | No |
Fayetteville, NC |
119,100 | 127,200 | 8,100 | 6.8 | Yes |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
245,800 | 270,500 | 24,700 | 10.0 | Yes |
Flagstaff, AZ |
56,600 | 64,400 | 7,800 | 13.8 | Yes |
Flint, MI |
100,100 | 130,100 | 30,000 | 30.0 | Yes |
Florence, SC |
82,500 | 88,600 | 6,100 | 7.4 | Yes |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
50,500 | 55,500 | 5,000 | 9.9 | Yes |
Fond du Lac, WI |
39,700 | 47,400 | 7,700 | 19.4 | Yes |
Fort Collins, CO |
151,400 | 169,100 | 17,700 | 11.7 | Yes |
Fort Smith, AR-OK |
103,300 | 110,700 | 7,400 | 7.2 | Yes |
Fort Wayne, IN |
188,500 | 219,700 | 31,200 | 16.6 | Yes |
Fresno, CA |
327,600 | 348,700 | 21,100 | 6.4 | Yes |
Gadsden, AL |
30,600 | 33,700 | 3,100 | 10.1 | Yes |
Gainesville, FL |
133,000 | 146,800 | 13,800 | 10.4 | Yes |
Gainesville, GA |
85,000 | 92,900 | 7,900 | 9.3 | Yes |
Gettysburg, PA |
26,900 | 33,500 | 6,600 | 24.5 | Yes |
Glens Falls, NY |
42,400 | 50,700 | 8,300 | 19.6 | Yes |
Goldsboro, NC |
38,300 | 38,900 | 600 | 1.6 | No |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
46,600 | 51,200 | 4,600 | 9.9 | Yes |
Grand Island, NE |
37,600 | 41,200 | 3,600 | 9.6 | Yes |
Grand Junction, CO |
56,400 | 61,600 | 5,200 | 9.2 | Yes |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
445,800 | 529,600 | 83,800 | 18.8 | Yes |
Grants Pass, OR |
23,900 | 27,000 | 3,100 | 13.0 | Yes |
Great Falls, MT |
30,900 | 34,800 | 3,900 | 12.6 | Yes |
Greeley, CO |
101,700 | 105,200 | 3,500 | 3.4 | No |
Green Bay, WI |
156,100 | 172,500 | 16,400 | 10.5 | Yes |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
317,400 | 346,800 | 29,400 | 9.3 | Yes |
Greenville, NC |
73,500 | 81,500 | 8,000 | 10.9 | Yes |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC |
373,300 | 413,900 | 40,600 | 10.9 | Yes |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS |
132,900 | 151,900 | 19,000 | 14.3 | Yes |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
89,900 | 97,900 | 8,000 | 8.9 | Yes |
Hammond, LA |
41,600 | 45,400 | 3,800 | 9.1 | Yes |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
38,000 | 38,200 | 200 | 0.5 | No |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
298,300 | 335,500 | 37,200 | 12.5 | Yes |
Harrisonburg, VA |
62,600 | 68,600 | 6,000 | 9.6 | Yes |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
498,600 | 547,800 | 49,200 | 9.9 | Yes |
Hattiesburg, MS |
58,100 | 64,800 | 6,700 | 11.5 | Yes |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
133,700 | 152,100 | 18,400 | 13.8 | Yes |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC |
70,000 | 82,700 | 12,700 | 18.1 | Yes |
Hinesville, GA |
19,500 | 20,800 | 1,300 | 6.7 | Yes |
Homosassa Springs, FL |
29,300 | 33,100 | 3,800 | 13.0 | Yes |
Hot Springs, AR |
33,400 | 38,500 | 5,100 | 15.3 | Yes |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
78,000 | 81,800 | 3,800 | 4.9 | No |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
2,830,800 | 3,018,900 | 188,100 | 6.6 | Yes |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
117,100 | 130,200 | 13,100 | 11.2 | Yes |
Huntsville, AL |
224,500 | 247,500 | 23,000 | 10.2 | Yes |
Idaho Falls, ID |
65,700 | 74,300 | 8,600 | 13.1 | Yes |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
953,800 | 1,055,200 | 101,400 | 10.6 | Yes |
Iowa City, IA |
90,400 | 95,300 | 4,900 | 5.4 | Yes |
Ithaca, NY |
55,000 | 58,600 | 3,600 | 6.5 | Yes |
Jackson, MI |
46,900 | 54,200 | 7,300 | 15.6 | Yes |
Jackson, MS |
243,900 | 267,400 | 23,500 | 9.6 | Yes |
Jackson, TN |
62,100 | 68,000 | 5,900 | 9.5 | Yes |
Jacksonville, FL |
649,300 | 720,300 | 71,000 | 10.9 | Yes |
Jacksonville, NC |
44,800 | 49,900 | 5,100 | 11.4 | Yes |
Janesville-Beloit, WI |
60,600 | 67,400 | 6,800 | 11.2 | Yes |
Jefferson City, MO |
72,200 | 77,500 | 5,300 | 7.3 | Yes |
Johnson City, TN |
74,200 | 79,000 | 4,800 | 6.5 | No |
Johnstown, PA |
43,600 | 48,700 | 5,100 | 11.7 | Yes |
Jonesboro, AR |
54,400 | 59,100 | 4,700 | 8.6 | Yes |
Joplin, MO |
72,200 | 78,900 | 6,700 | 9.3 | Yes |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
53,100 | 61,800 | 8,700 | 16.4 | Yes |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
122,500 | 138,800 | 16,300 | 13.3 | Yes |
Kankakee, IL |
40,600 | 42,200 | 1,600 | 3.9 | No |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
970,500 | 1,071,100 | 100,600 | 10.4 | Yes |
Kennewick-Richland, WA |
106,900 | 117,600 | 10,700 | 10.0 | Yes |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
135,300 | 143,800 | 8,500 | 6.3 | Yes |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
109,800 | 116,600 | 6,800 | 6.2 | Yes |
Kingston, NY |
49,100 | 56,400 | 7,300 | 14.9 | Yes |
Knoxville, TN |
368,900 | 400,800 | 31,900 | 8.6 | Yes |
Kokomo, IN |
34,000 | 36,400 | 2,400 | 7.1 | No |
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
67,400 | 75,600 | 8,200 | 12.2 | Yes |
Lafayette, LA |
181,400 | 190,000 | 8,600 | 4.7 | No |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
87,800 | 102,200 | 14,400 | 16.4 | Yes |
Lake Charles, LA |
94,900 | 92,000 | -2,900 | -3.1 | No |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
47,100 | 53,000 | 5,900 | 12.5 | Yes |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
224,300 | 245,700 | 21,400 | 9.5 | Yes |
Lancaster, PA |
212,300 | 245,400 | 33,100 | 15.6 | Yes |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
192,800 | 215,400 | 22,600 | 11.7 | Yes |
Laredo, TX |
94,500 | 100,300 | 5,800 | 6.1 | Yes |
Las Cruces, NM |
68,000 | 71,000 | 3,000 | 4.4 | No |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
779,400 | 929,700 | 150,300 | 19.3 | Yes |
Lawrence, KS |
46,400 | 49,600 | 3,200 | 6.9 | Yes |
Lawton, OK |
40,500 | 43,300 | 2,800 | 6.9 | No |
Lebanon, PA |
44,800 | 50,900 | 6,100 | 13.6 | Yes |
Leominster-Gardner, MA |
43,500 | 48,800 | 5,300 | 12.2 | Yes |
Lewiston, ID-WA |
26,400 | 29,000 | 2,600 | 9.8 | Yes |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME |
45,000 | 48,700 | 3,700 | 8.2 | Yes |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
237,600 | 267,500 | 29,900 | 12.6 | Yes |
Lima, OH |
44,200 | 50,700 | 6,500 | 14.7 | Yes |
Lincoln, NE |
173,700 | 188,400 | 14,700 | 8.5 | Yes |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
329,400 | 352,100 | 22,700 | 6.9 | Yes |
Logan, UT-ID |
62,500 | 66,200 | 3,700 | 5.9 | No |
Longview, TX |
89,400 | 92,900 | 3,500 | 3.9 | No |
Longview, WA |
37,300 | 40,400 | 3,100 | 8.3 | No |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
5,259,700 | 5,691,300 | 431,600 | 8.2 | Yes |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
572,000 | 642,000 | 70,000 | 12.2 | Yes |
Lubbock, TX |
135,500 | 147,100 | 11,600 | 8.6 | Yes |
Lynchburg, VA |
94,300 | 99,500 | 5,200 | 5.5 | No |
Macon-Bibb County, GA |
91,400 | 99,200 | 7,800 | 8.5 | Yes |
Madera, CA |
35,900 | 38,600 | 2,700 | 7.5 | Yes |
Madison, WI |
360,600 | 393,100 | 32,500 | 9.0 | Yes |
Manchester, NH |
97,600 | 108,200 | 10,600 | 10.9 | Yes |
Manhattan, KS |
38,400 | 39,300 | 900 | 2.3 | No |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
50,900 | 55,400 | 4,500 | 8.8 | Yes |
Mansfield, OH |
41,900 | 49,400 | 7,500 | 17.9 | Yes |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
247,700 | 267,600 | 19,900 | 8.0 | Yes |
Medford, OR |
77,900 | 86,700 | 8,800 | 11.3 | Yes |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
592,200 | 639,400 | 47,200 | 8.0 | Yes |
Merced, CA |
64,700 | 68,200 | 3,500 | 5.4 | No |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
2,316,400 | 2,572,200 | 255,800 | 11.0 | Yes |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
36,200 | 39,800 | 3,600 | 9.9 | Yes |
Midland, MI |
30,800 | 35,600 | 4,800 | 15.6 | Yes |
Midland, TX |
97,200 | 95,800 | -1,400 | -1.4 | No |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
754,600 | 820,000 | 65,400 | 8.7 | Yes |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1,739,400 | 1,890,500 | 151,100 | 8.7 | Yes |
Missoula, MT |
54,200 | 61,200 | 7,000 | 12.9 | Yes |
Mobile, AL |
168,700 | 179,900 | 11,200 | 6.6 | Yes |
Modesto, CA |
160,800 | 174,500 | 13,700 | 8.5 | Yes |
Monroe, LA |
68,800 | 74,000 | 5,200 | 7.6 | Yes |
Monroe, MI |
31,900 | 37,500 | 5,600 | 17.6 | Yes |
Montgomery, AL |
157,800 | 169,600 | 11,800 | 7.5 | Yes |
Morgantown, WV |
60,700 | 69,000 | 8,300 | 13.7 | Yes |
Morristown, TN |
43,700 | 46,500 | 2,800 | 6.4 | No |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
45,100 | 49,600 | 4,500 | 10.0 | Yes |
Muncie, IN |
43,700 | 48,200 | 4,500 | 10.3 | Yes |
Muskegon, MI |
47,300 | 57,500 | 10,200 | 21.6 | Yes |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
137,100 | 168,800 | 31,700 | 23.1 | Yes |
Napa, CA |
57,100 | 66,000 | 8,900 | 15.6 | Yes |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
131,800 | 156,000 | 24,200 | 18.4 | Yes |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
916,100 | 1,024,300 | 108,200 | 11.8 | Yes |
New Bedford, MA |
51,900 | 62,900 | 11,000 | 21.2 | Yes |
New Bern, NC |
40,900 | 44,100 | 3,200 | 7.8 | Yes |
New Haven, CT |
248,500 | 284,000 | 35,500 | 14.3 | Yes |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
484,300 | 526,400 | 42,100 | 8.7 | Yes |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
8,045,500 | 9,012,200 | 966,700 | 12.0 | Yes |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI |
50,200 | 58,200 | 8,000 | 15.9 | Yes |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
269,700 | 309,500 | 39,800 | 14.8 | Yes |
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI |
92,400 | 113,000 | 20,600 | 22.3 | Yes |
Ocala, FL |
98,200 | 108,400 | 10,200 | 10.4 | Yes |
Ocean City, NJ |
28,900 | 42,400 | 13,500 | 46.7 | Yes |
Odessa, TX |
71,900 | 67,900 | -4,000 | -5.6 | No |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
249,700 | 277,700 | 28,000 | 11.2 | Yes |
Oklahoma City, OK |
589,900 | 638,500 | 48,600 | 8.2 | Yes |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
108,200 | 118,400 | 10,200 | 9.4 | Yes |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
457,500 | 491,100 | 33,600 | 7.3 | Yes |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
1,138,100 | 1,188,700 | 50,600 | 4.4 | Yes |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
85,300 | 94,400 | 9,100 | 10.7 | Yes |
Owensboro, KY |
45,100 | 49,600 | 4,500 | 10.0 | Yes |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
266,600 | 292,400 | 25,800 | 9.7 | Yes |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
207,700 | 230,400 | 22,700 | 10.9 | Yes |
Panama City, FL |
70,700 | 81,000 | 10,300 | 14.6 | Yes |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
32,300 | 35,400 | 3,100 | 9.6 | Yes |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
169,000 | 186,800 | 17,800 | 10.5 | Yes |
Peoria, IL |
149,100 | 159,500 | 10,400 | 7.0 | Yes |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
2,494,000 | 2,802,700 | 308,700 | 12.4 | Yes |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
1,990,700 | 2,173,100 | 182,400 | 9.2 | Yes |
Pine Bluff, AR |
30,200 | 32,000 | 1,800 | 6.0 | No |
Pittsburgh, PA |
969,900 | 1,111,700 | 141,800 | 14.6 | Yes |
Pittsfield, MA |
32,300 | 36,100 | 3,800 | 11.8 | Yes |
Pocatello, ID |
34,400 | 38,900 | 4,500 | 13.1 | Yes |
Port St. Lucie, FL |
138,200 | 157,000 | 18,800 | 13.6 | Yes |
Portland-South Portland, ME |
176,200 | 198,400 | 22,200 | 12.6 | Yes |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
1,063,700 | 1,149,700 | 86,000 | 8.1 | Yes |
Portsmouth, NH-ME |
76,600 | 90,200 | 13,600 | 17.8 | Yes |
Prescott, AZ |
58,000 | 66,300 | 8,300 | 14.3 | Yes |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA |
475,900 | 556,000 | 80,100 | 16.8 | Yes |
Provo-Orem, UT |
253,100 | 283,800 | 30,700 | 12.1 | Yes |
Pueblo, CO |
58,600 | 61,600 | 3,000 | 5.1 | No |
Punta Gorda, FL |
43,500 | 49,300 | 5,800 | 13.3 | Yes |
Racine, WI |
68,200 | 72,700 | 4,500 | 6.6 | No |
Raleigh, NC |
575,500 | 642,200 | 66,700 | 11.6 | Yes |
Rapid City, SD |
60,000 | 67,100 | 7,100 | 11.8 | Yes |
Reading, PA |
143,500 | 165,500 | 22,000 | 15.3 | Yes |
Redding, CA |
60,700 | 65,800 | 5,100 | 8.4 | Yes |
Reno, NV |
214,200 | 243,400 | 29,200 | 13.6 | Yes |
Richmond, VA |
613,400 | 644,400 | 31,000 | 5.1 | Yes |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
1,367,900 | 1,514,200 | 146,300 | 10.7 | Yes |
Roanoke, VA |
146,200 | 158,200 | 12,000 | 8.2 | Yes |
Rochester, MN |
111,500 | 119,800 | 8,300 | 7.4 | Yes |
Rochester, NY |
444,100 | 506,600 | 62,500 | 14.1 | Yes |
Rockford, IL |
127,000 | 134,600 | 7,600 | 6.0 | No |
Rocky Mount, NC |
50,900 | 53,900 | 3,000 | 5.9 | No |
Rome, GA |
36,500 | 40,700 | 4,200 | 11.5 | Yes |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
899,300 | 980,200 | 80,900 | 9.0 | Yes |
Saginaw, MI |
64,000 | 80,500 | 16,500 | 25.8 | Yes |
Salem, OR |
153,300 | 167,700 | 14,400 | 9.4 | Yes |
Salinas, CA |
117,800 | 132,500 | 14,700 | 12.5 | Yes |
Salisbury, MD-DE |
129,700 | 157,800 | 28,100 | 21.7 | Yes |
Salt Lake City, UT |
693,000 | 759,000 | 66,000 | 9.5 | Yes |
San Angelo, TX |
45,400 | 47,900 | 2,500 | 5.5 | No |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
951,600 | 1,061,800 | 110,200 | 11.6 | Yes |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
1,267,200 | 1,399,400 | 132,200 | 10.4 | Yes |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
2,105,400 | 2,266,500 | 161,100 | 7.7 | Yes |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
1,009,900 | 1,079,200 | 69,300 | 6.9 | Yes |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
98,000 | 106,600 | 8,600 | 8.8 | Yes |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
84,700 | 91,300 | 6,600 | 7.8 | Yes |
Santa Fe, NM |
52,000 | 56,200 | 4,200 | 8.1 | Yes |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
166,000 | 183,500 | 17,500 | 10.5 | Yes |
Santa Rosa, CA |
172,100 | 188,300 | 16,200 | 9.4 | Yes |
Savannah, GA |
162,200 | 187,600 | 25,400 | 15.7 | Yes |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
216,200 | 246,200 | 30,000 | 13.9 | Yes |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
1,867,600 | 1,991,200 | 123,600 | 6.6 | Yes |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL |
48,000 | 53,100 | 5,100 | 10.6 | Yes |
Sebring, FL |
23,300 | 25,400 | 2,100 | 9.0 | Yes |
Sheboygan, WI |
55,900 | 61,100 | 5,200 | 9.3 | No |
Sherman-Denison, TX |
44,600 | 48,300 | 3,700 | 8.3 | Yes |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
157,200 | 168,100 | 10,900 | 6.9 | Yes |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
32,800 | 35,200 | 2,400 | 7.3 | Yes |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
79,800 | 84,200 | 4,400 | 5.5 | No |
Sioux Falls, SD |
145,900 | 157,300 | 11,400 | 7.8 | Yes |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
121,500 | 135,500 | 14,000 | 11.5 | Yes |
Spartanburg, SC |
147,600 | 164,900 | 17,300 | 11.7 | Yes |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA |
231,100 | 250,500 | 19,400 | 8.4 | Yes |
Springfield, IL |
93,700 | 102,100 | 8,400 | 9.0 | Yes |
Springfield, MA-CT |
278,200 | 311,300 | 33,100 | 11.9 | Yes |
Springfield, MO |
196,300 | 218,500 | 22,200 | 11.3 | Yes |
Springfield, OH |
41,500 | 47,200 | 5,700 | 13.7 | Yes |
St. Cloud, MN |
97,100 | 104,700 | 7,600 | 7.8 | Yes |
St. George, UT |
64,800 | 76,300 | 11,500 | 17.7 | Yes |
St. Joseph, MO-KS |
57,800 | 60,400 | 2,600 | 4.5 | No |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
1,233,800 | 1,346,700 | 112,900 | 9.2 | Yes |
State College, PA |
68,100 | 72,400 | 4,300 | 6.3 | No |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
47,100 | 51,000 | 3,900 | 8.3 | Yes |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
224,300 | 246,000 | 21,700 | 9.7 | Yes |
Sumter, SC |
35,000 | 38,100 | 3,100 | 8.9 | Yes |
Syracuse, NY |
264,500 | 296,300 | 31,800 | 12.0 | Yes |
Tallahassee, FL |
169,600 | 181,000 | 11,400 | 6.7 | Yes |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
1,240,200 | 1,379,300 | 139,100 | 11.2 | Yes |
Terre Haute, IN |
58,900 | 62,700 | 3,800 | 6.5 | No |
Texarkana, TX-AR |
52,900 | 58,100 | 5,200 | 9.8 | Yes |
The Villages, FL |
29,500 | 31,400 | 1,900 | 6.4 | No |
Toledo, OH |
245,300 | 287,400 | 42,100 | 17.2 | Yes |
Topeka, KS |
101,100 | 107,800 | 6,700 | 6.6 | Yes |
Trenton, NJ |
251,500 | 265,300 | 13,800 | 5.5 | Yes |
Tucson, AZ |
353,200 | 378,400 | 25,200 | 7.1 | Yes |
Tulsa, OK |
414,400 | 435,600 | 21,200 | 5.1 | Yes |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
92,200 | 105,500 | 13,300 | 14.4 | Yes |
Twin Falls, ID |
43,200 | 47,400 | 4,200 | 9.7 | Yes |
Tyler, TX |
98,000 | 107,100 | 9,100 | 9.3 | Yes |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
379,600 | 416,000 | 36,400 | 9.6 | Yes |
Utica-Rome, NY |
105,800 | 118,500 | 12,700 | 12.0 | Yes |
Valdosta, GA |
51,500 | 56,000 | 4,500 | 8.7 | Yes |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
122,700 | 132,700 | 10,000 | 8.1 | Yes |
Victoria, TX |
36,300 | 38,000 | 1,700 | 4.7 | No |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
51,900 | 56,000 | 4,100 | 7.9 | No |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
701,400 | 760,300 | 58,900 | 8.4 | Yes |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
118,000 | 122,200 | 4,200 | 3.6 | No |
Waco, TX |
113,000 | 124,000 | 11,000 | 9.7 | Yes |
Walla Walla, WA |
26,400 | 28,900 | 2,500 | 9.5 | Yes |
Warner Robins, GA |
70,100 | 77,100 | 7,000 | 10.0 | Yes |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
2,965,100 | 3,172,600 | 207,500 | 7.0 | Yes |
Waterbury, CT |
55,500 | 64,800 | 9,300 | 16.8 | Yes |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
80,700 | 86,200 | 5,500 | 6.8 | No |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
33,200 | 38,500 | 5,300 | 16.0 | Yes |
Wausau, WI |
65,500 | 69,900 | 4,400 | 6.7 | No |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
34,700 | 37,800 | 3,100 | 8.9 | Yes |
Wenatchee, WA |
39,500 | 44,300 | 4,800 | 12.2 | Yes |
Wheeling, WV-OH |
53,300 | 59,400 | 6,100 | 11.4 | Yes |
Wichita Falls, TX |
54,100 | 56,600 | 2,500 | 4.6 | No |
Wichita, KS |
266,700 | 287,100 | 20,400 | 7.6 | Yes |
Williamsport, PA |
44,300 | 50,700 | 6,400 | 14.4 | Yes |
Wilmington, NC |
112,100 | 129,400 | 17,300 | 15.4 | Yes |
Winchester, VA-WV |
60,700 | 67,100 | 6,400 | 10.5 | Yes |
Winston-Salem, NC |
239,500 | 263,200 | 23,700 | 9.9 | Yes |
Worcester, MA-CT |
243,100 | 268,100 | 25,000 | 10.3 | Yes |
Yakima, WA |
78,700 | 86,100 | 7,400 | 9.4 | Yes |
York-Hanover, PA |
151,200 | 180,600 | 29,400 | 19.4 | Yes |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
174,300 | 198,700 | 24,400 | 14.0 | Yes |
Yuba City, CA |
43,000 | 43,900 | 900 | 2.1 | No |
Yuma, AZ |
53,400 | 57,000 | 3,600 | 6.7 | Yes |
Over-the-year employment increases of at least 250,000 also occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas; Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI; Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD; Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Massachusetts-New Hampshire; and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Florida. In percentage terms, these increases ranged from 7.7 percent in the Chicago area to 12.4 percent in the Philadelphia area.
The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana (52.8 percent), Ocean City, New Jersey (46.7 percent), and Atlantic City-Hammonton,New Jersey (31.5 percent). Five metro areas—Flint, Michigan; Saginaw, Michigan; East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania; Barnstable Town, Massachusetts; and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan—also had employment increases above 25.0 percent.
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in all metropolitan areas with a 2010 population of 1 million or more. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan (+25.2 percent), Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (+19.3 percent), and Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY (+18.7 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 — April 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, 335 metro areas had over-the-year employment increases in April 2021 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/335-metro-areas-had-over-the-year-employment-increases-in-april-2021.htm (visited October 31, 2024).