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Employment down in 159 metropolitan areas, up in 3, from March 2020 to March 2021
May 03, 2021
From March 2020 to March 2021, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 159 metropolitan areas, increased in 3 areas, and was essentially unchanged in 227 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage losses in employment occurred in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii (−24.5 percent), Odessa, Texas (−16.7 percent), and Midland, Texas (−16.2 percent).
Change in nonfarm employment by metropolitan area, March 2020 to March 2021, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
-2.1%
Auburn-Opelika, AL
-0.5
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
-2.1
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
-2.5
Decatur, AL
-1.4
Dothan, AL
-1.8
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
-3.0
Gadsden, AL
-7.7
Huntsville, AL
-0.1
Mobile, AL
-3.4
Montgomery, AL
-4.3
Tuscaloosa, AL
-7.0
Anchorage, AK
-6.5
Fairbanks, AK
-6.8
Flagstaff, AZ
-6.5
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
1.1
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
-2.4
Prescott, AZ
-1.2
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
0.0
Tucson, AZ
-4.1
Yuma, AZ
-4.7
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
-1.1
Fort Smith, AR-OK
-2.0
Hot Springs, AR
-4.5
Jonesboro, AR
-3.0
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
-3.8
Pine Bluff, AR
-0.6
Bakersfield, CA
-7.3
Chico, CA
-8.1
El Centro, CA
-7.1
Fresno, CA
-6.3
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
-6.3
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
-9.6
Madera, CA
-4.7
Merced, CA
-4.9
Modesto, CA
-5.7
Napa, CA
-10.3
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
-7.8
Redding, CA
-3.4
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
-4.1
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
-5.4
Salinas, CA
-8.7
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
-7.2
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
-9.5
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
-6.9
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
-11.1
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
-11.9
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
-7.5
Santa Rosa, CA
-10.2
Stockton-Lodi, CA
-1.6
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
-7.1
Visalia-Porterville, CA
-7.0
Yuba City, CA
-8.8
Boulder, CO
-6.2
Colorado Springs, CO
-2.9
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
-4.4
Fort Collins, CO
-3.5
Grand Junction, CO
-5.1
Greeley, CO
-6.9
Pueblo, CO
-5.4
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
-7.4
Danbury, CT
-7.2
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
-6.4
New Haven, CT
-2.8
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI
-9.2
Waterbury, CT
-3.7
Dover, DE
-4.3
Salisbury, MD-DE
-1.0
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
-5.6
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
-3.4
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
-0.5
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
-2.3
Gainesville, FL
-2.1
Homosassa Springs, FL
0.0
Jacksonville, FL
-1.3
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
1.8
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
-5.9
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
-2.4
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
-2.4
Ocala, FL
-1.4
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
-11.6
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
-1.3
Panama City, FL
-0.7
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
-1.4
Port St. Lucie, FL
-2.0
Punta Gorda, FL
-3.3
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
-3.3
Sebring, FL
-1.9
Tallahassee, FL
-3.1
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
-2.1
The Villages, FL
-4.8
Albany, GA
-5.4
Athens-Clarke County, GA
-4.6
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
-4.4
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
-3.3
Brunswick, GA
-0.9
Columbus, GA-AL
-4.9
Dalton, GA
-2.1
Gainesville, GA
-1.7
Hinesville, GA
-2.4
Macon-Bibb County, GA
-3.1
Rome, GA
-2.2
Savannah, GA
-1.7
Valdosta, GA
-1.6
Warner Robins, GA
-2.4
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
-24.5
Urban Honolulu, HI
-13.5
Boise City, ID
0.1
Coeur d'Alene, ID
3.4
Idaho Falls, ID
4.8
Lewiston, ID-WA
0.0
Pocatello, ID
3.5
Twin Falls, ID
-1.1
Bloomington, IL
-6.0
Carbondale-Marion, IL
-4.7
Champaign-Urbana, IL
-1.4
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
-7.1
Danville, IL
-2.6
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
-4.5
Decatur, IL
-6.3
Kankakee, IL
-7.1
Peoria, IL
-5.8
Rockford, IL
-5.6
Springfield, IL
-5.3
Bloomington, IN
-7.1
Columbus, IN
-5.5
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
1.0
Evansville, IN-KY
-4.5
Fort Wayne, IN
-2.4
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
-3.0
Kokomo, IN
-6.2
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
-4.4
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
-2.2
Muncie, IN
-4.8
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
-5.3
Terre Haute, IN
-5.6
Ames, IA
-7.7
Cedar Rapids, IA
-6.2
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
-2.8
Dubuque, IA
-3.0
Iowa City, IA
-6.6
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
-4.9
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
-4.8
Lawrence, KS
-6.7
Manhattan, KS
-7.8
Topeka, KS
-3.1
Wichita, KS
-6.1
Bowling Green, KY
-4.2
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
-6.8
Lexington-Fayette, KY
-4.5
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
-4.1
Owensboro, KY
-5.4
Alexandria, LA
-2.3
Baton Rouge, LA
-5.1
Hammond, LA
-2.8
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-4.8
Lafayette, LA
-6.3
Lake Charles, LA
-15.7
Monroe, LA
-4.9
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-9.6
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-6.6
Bangor, ME
-6.5
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
-4.0
Portland-South Portland, ME
-5.9
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
-4.6
California-Lexington Park, MD
-1.0
Cumberland, MD-WV
-5.0
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
-5.9
Barnstable Town, MA
-4.5
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
-7.7
Leominster-Gardner, MA
-8.9
New Bedford, MA
-8.4
Pittsfield, MA
-7.2
Springfield, MA-CT
-9.7
Worcester, MA-CT
-8.2
Ann Arbor, MI
-7.9
Battle Creek, MI
-6.5
Bay City, MI
-5.5
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
-6.4
Flint, MI
-5.8
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
-6.1
Jackson, MI
-8.5
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
-8.3
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
-8.6
Midland, MI
-3.6
Monroe, MI
-9.1
Muskegon, MI
-7.9
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
-6.6
Saginaw, MI
-6.4
Duluth, MN-WI
-5.6
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
-5.2
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
-6.7
Rochester, MN
-4.5
St. Cloud, MN
-5.1
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
-3.3
Hattiesburg, MS
-0.9
Jackson, MS
-3.4
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
-2.7
Columbia, MO
-4.1
Jefferson City, MO
-1.0
Joplin, MO
-1.5
Kansas City, MO-KS
-2.6
St. Joseph, MO-KS
-2.9
St. Louis, MO-IL
-4.6
Springfield, MO
-2.0
Billings, MT
-2.6
Great Falls, MT
-3.1
Missoula, MT
-4.6
Grand Island, NE
-1.7
Lincoln, NE
-2.5
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
-2.8
Carson City, NV
-1.3
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
-12.4
Reno, NV
-1.9
Dover-Durham, NH-ME
-3.1
Manchester, NH
-6.0
Portsmouth, NH-ME
-4.3
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
-11.9
Ocean City, NJ
12.0
Trenton, NJ
-5.6
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
-6.7
Albuquerque, NM
-5.9
Farmington, NM
-8.4
Las Cruces, NM
-5.9
Santa Fe, NM
-9.9
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
-5.7
Binghamton, NY
-7.6
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
-6.9
Elmira, NY
-9.4
Glens Falls, NY
-3.3
Ithaca, NY
-9.1
Kingston, NY
-8.1
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
-9.5
Rochester, NY
-5.7
Syracuse, NY
-7.3
Utica-Rome, NY
-6.8
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
-3.8
Asheville, NC
-5.2
Burlington, NC
-2.7
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
-3.2
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
-2.7
Fayetteville, NC
-4.1
Goldsboro, NC
-5.0
Greensboro-High Point, NC
-4.9
Greenville, NC
-0.9
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
-3.1
Jacksonville, NC
-1.2
New Bern, NC
-1.3
Raleigh, NC
-2.3
Rocky Mount, NC
-2.7
Wilmington, NC
-2.6
Winston-Salem, NC
-3.4
Bismarck, ND
-0.4
Fargo, ND-MN
-1.9
Grand Forks, ND-MN
-5.2
Akron, OH
-5.4
Canton-Massillon, OH
-3.4
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
-4.6
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
-5.8
Columbus, OH
-2.2
Dayton, OH
-4.3
Lima, OH
-2.3
Mansfield, OH
-3.1
Springfield, OH
-2.5
Toledo, OH
-6.5
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
-4.1
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
-5.8
Enid, OK
-5.2
Lawton, OK
-4.5
Oklahoma City, OK
-3.5
Tulsa, OK
-5.5
Albany, OR
-3.0
Bend-Redmond, OR
-3.0
Corvallis, OR
-7.6
Eugene, OR
-8.3
Grants Pass, OR
-2.6
Medford, OR
-3.2
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
-6.6
Salem, OR
-3.2
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
-5.1
Altoona, PA
-4.3
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
-3.2
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
-5.0
East Stroudsburg, PA
-7.7
Erie, PA
-7.3
Gettysburg, PA
-5.6
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
-4.1
Johnstown, PA
-7.2
Lancaster, PA
-6.5
Lebanon, PA
-5.0
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
-6.3
Pittsburgh, PA
-6.5
Reading, PA
-7.8
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
-6.6
State College, PA
-10.7
Williamsport, PA
-4.2
York-Hanover, PA
-3.7
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
-6.9
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
-4.2
Columbia, SC
-3.5
Florence, SC
-3.4
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
-3.4
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
-1.7
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
-3.6
Spartanburg, SC
-2.3
Sumter, SC
-2.6
Rapid City, SD
-0.7
Sioux Falls, SD
-1.9
Chattanooga, TN-GA
-3.2
Clarksville, TN-KY
-2.9
Cleveland, TN
-0.4
Jackson, TN
-2.7
Johnson City, TN
-4.7
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
-3.6
Knoxville, TN
-2.0
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
-2.3
Morristown, TN
-1.1
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
-2.8
Abilene, TX
-3.0
Amarillo, TX
-1.1
Austin-Round Rock, TX
-1.3
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
-4.8
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
-4.0
College Station-Bryan, TX
-4.2
Corpus Christi, TX
-5.0
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
-2.5
El Paso, TX
-3.6
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
-5.5
Killeen-Temple, TX
-2.7
Laredo, TX
-6.1
Longview, TX
-6.0
Lubbock, TX
-2.0
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
-4.0
Midland, TX
-16.2
Odessa, TX
-16.7
San Angelo, TX
-5.4
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
-1.8
Sherman-Denison, TX
-1.4
Texarkana, TX-AR
-4.1
Tyler, TX
-1.5
Victoria, TX
-5.7
Waco, TX
0.6
Wichita Falls, TX
-4.1
Logan, UT-ID
-1.1
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
2.8
Provo-Orem, UT
3.7
St. George, UT
5.0
Salt Lake City, UT
-0.2
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
-5.6
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
-3.3
Charlottesville, VA
-6.8
Harrisonburg, VA
-3.9
Lynchburg, VA
-5.5
Richmond, VA
-5.9
Roanoke, VA
-3.9
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
-1.4
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
-4.5
Winchester, VA-WV
-0.7
Bellingham, WA
-6.5
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
-5.4
Kennewick-Richland, WA
-1.9
Longview, WA
-1.5
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
-5.8
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
-2.5
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
-5.3
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
-4.0
Walla Walla, WA
-2.1
Wenatchee, WA
-3.5
Yakima, WA
-2.8
Beckley, WV
-5.1
Charleston, WV
-5.6
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
-3.6
Morgantown, WV
-4.6
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
-5.9
Wheeling, WV-OH
-3.7
Appleton, WI
-4.2
Eau Claire, WI
-3.1
Fond du Lac, WI
-0.8
Green Bay, WI
-4.5
Janesville-Beloit, WI
-4.6
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
-4.1
Madison, WI
-5.1
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
-6.2
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
-2.5
Racine, WI
-5.1
Sheboygan, WI
-1.3
Wausau, WI
-4.7
Casper, WY
-6.2
Cheyenne, WY
-3.0
Employment increased in Ocean City, New Jersey (+12.0 percent), Provo-Orem, Utah (+3.7 percent), and Ogden-Clearfield, Utah (+2.8 percent) over the year ended in March 2021.
Among the large metropolitan areas (those with a population of 1 million or more in the 2010 Census), nonfarm employment declined in 48 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 3 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (−12.4 percent), Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (−11.6 percent), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California, and New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana (−9.6 percent each).
United States Department of Labor
