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Over the year ended in February 2021, nonfarm payroll employment decreased significantly in 206 metropolitan areas, increased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 182 areas.
Metropolitan area | 12-month change | Employment | ||
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Percent | Employment | Feb. 2020 | Feb. 2021 | |
Alabama |
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Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
-3.0% | -16,300 | 544,600 | 528,300 |
Gadsden, AL |
-7.1 | -2,600 | 36,400 | 33,800 |
Montgomery, AL |
-4.6 | -8,200 | 176,600 | 168,400 |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
-7.0 | -8,000 | 114,000 | 106,000 |
Alaska |
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Anchorage, AK |
-6.4 | -11,100 | 172,400 | 161,300 |
Fairbanks, AK |
-8.2 | -3,000 | 36,700 | 33,700 |
Arizona |
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Flagstaff, AZ |
-8.0 | -5,400 | 67,400 | 62,000 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
-3.6 | -79,600 | 2,233,500 | 2,153,900 |
Tucson, AZ |
-5.8 | -23,000 | 397,500 | 374,500 |
Yuma, AZ |
-8.1 | -4,900 | 60,600 | 55,700 |
Arkansas |
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Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
-4.8 | -17,500 | 366,000 | 348,500 |
California |
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Bakersfield, CA |
-7.6 | -21,100 | 278,800 | 257,700 |
Chico, CA |
-9.8 | -7,800 | 80,000 | 72,200 |
El Centro, CA |
-8.7 | -4,700 | 54,200 | 49,500 |
Fresno, CA |
-6.9 | -25,300 | 367,900 | 342,600 |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
-8.8 | -3,600 | 41,100 | 37,500 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
-11.7 | -738,400 | 6,303,000 | 5,564,600 |
Madera, CA |
-6.7 | -2,700 | 40,400 | 37,700 |
Modesto, CA |
-5.7 | -10,400 | 181,600 | 171,200 |
Napa, CA |
-12.9 | -9,500 | 73,800 | 64,300 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
-8.8 | -27,600 | 315,400 | 287,800 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
-5.7 | -90,600 | 1,587,100 | 1,496,500 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
-6.2 | -64,200 | 1,032,100 | 967,900 |
Salinas, CA |
-10.4 | -15,000 | 144,700 | 129,700 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
-8.7 | -131,700 | 1,515,200 | 1,383,500 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
-11.3 | -283,500 | 2,500,800 | 2,217,300 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
-8.8 | -101,900 | 1,161,200 | 1,059,300 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
-12.6 | -15,100 | 120,000 | 104,900 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
-13.4 | -13,900 | 103,500 | 89,600 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
-9.3 | -18,300 | 197,100 | 178,800 |
Santa Rosa, CA |
-12.9 | -26,900 | 209,100 | 182,200 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
-8.4 | -12,100 | 143,200 | 131,100 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
-7.6 | -10,000 | 131,400 | 121,400 |
Yuba City, CA |
-9.5 | -4,500 | 47,600 | 43,100 |
Colorado |
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Boulder, CO |
-7.5 | -15,000 | 200,700 | 185,700 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
-4.5 | -13,500 | 301,200 | 287,700 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
-4.9 | -75,500 | 1,539,700 | 1,464,200 |
Greeley, CO |
-7.5 | -8,500 | 112,800 | 104,300 |
Connecticut |
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Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
-8.4 | -33,300 | 397,300 | 364,000 |
Danbury, CT |
-7.9 | -6,000 | 76,300 | 70,300 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
-7.0 | -41,100 | 584,700 | 543,600 |
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI |
-10.6 | -13,300 | 125,200 | 111,900 |
Delaware |
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Dover, DE |
-6.1 | -4,300 | 70,400 | 66,100 |
District of Columbia |
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Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
-6.8 | -227,200 | 3,352,800 | 3,125,600 |
Florida |
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Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
-5.6 | -16,200 | 287,200 | 271,000 |
Jacksonville, FL |
-3.0 | -22,000 | 732,000 | 710,000 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
-7.6 | -209,600 | 2,765,400 | 2,555,800 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
-12.5 | -168,500 | 1,344,800 | 1,176,300 |
Tallahassee, FL |
-3.9 | -7,300 | 188,800 | 181,500 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
-3.1 | -43,600 | 1,411,100 | 1,367,500 |
Georgia |
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Albany, GA |
-6.6 | -4,200 | 63,200 | 59,000 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
-6.4 | -6,300 | 98,300 | 92,000 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
-5.6 | -161,600 | 2,867,900 | 2,706,300 |
Columbus, GA-AL |
-5.7 | -7,000 | 123,500 | 116,500 |
Hawaii |
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Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
-26.2 | -21,100 | 80,400 | 59,300 |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
-15.5 | -74,200 | 478,900 | 404,700 |
Illinois |
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Bloomington, IL |
-6.8 | -6,300 | 92,500 | 86,200 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
-8.4 | -394,300 | 4,699,100 | 4,304,800 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL (2) |
-6.1 | -11,200 | 183,100 | 171,900 |
Kankakee, IL |
-8.1 | -3,700 | 45,400 | 41,700 |
Peoria, IL |
-7.6 | -12,800 | 168,200 | 155,400 |
Rockford, IL |
-7.2 | -10,600 | 146,800 | 136,200 |
Springfield, IL |
-6.3 | -6,800 | 107,100 | 100,300 |
Indiana |
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Bloomington, IN |
-8.1 | -6,600 | 81,200 | 74,600 |
Columbus, IN |
-6.2 | -3,300 | 52,900 | 49,600 |
Evansville, IN-KY |
-6.1 | -9,600 | 158,000 | 148,400 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
-4.3 | -46,800 | 1,087,200 | 1,040,400 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
-6.6 | -7,100 | 107,900 | 100,800 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
-7.5 | -10,700 | 143,000 | 132,300 |
Terre Haute, IN |
-6.6 | -4,400 | 66,800 | 62,400 |
Iowa |
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Ames, IA |
-12.0 | -6,600 | 54,800 | 48,200 |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
-6.3 | -9,000 | 144,000 | 135,000 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
-4.6 | -17,000 | 371,600 | 354,600 |
Iowa City, IA |
-7.4 | -7,500 | 100,900 | 93,400 |
Kansas |
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Lawrence, KS |
-10.3 | -5,500 | 53,600 | 48,100 |
Manhattan, KS |
-10.9 | -4,700 | 43,000 | 38,300 |
Wichita, KS |
-8.0 | -24,400 | 306,700 | 282,300 |
Kentucky |
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Lexington-Fayette, KY |
-6.1 | -17,100 | 279,100 | 262,000 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
-5.1 | -34,200 | 671,300 | 637,100 |
Owensboro, KY |
-6.8 | -3,600 | 52,600 | 49,000 |
Louisiana |
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Baton Rouge, LA |
-5.5 | -22,400 | 410,900 | 388,500 |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
-6.6 | -5,700 | 86,800 | 81,100 |
Lafayette, LA |
-8.0 | -16,300 | 204,500 | 188,200 |
Lake Charles, LA |
-17.1 | -18,800 | 110,200 | 91,400 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
-11.2 | -66,000 | 590,600 | 524,600 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
-7.5 | -13,500 | 179,200 | 165,700 |
Maine |
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Bangor, ME |
-6.7 | -4,600 | 68,400 | 63,800 |
Portland-South Portland, ME |
-6.7 | -13,900 | 208,500 | 194,600 |
Maryland |
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Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
-6.0 | -85,300 | 1,411,900 | 1,326,600 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
-6.7 | -6,900 | 102,900 | 96,000 |
Massachusetts |
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Barnstable Town, MA |
-6.2 | -6,000 | 96,200 | 90,200 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
-9.1 | -256,700 | 2,809,500 | 2,552,800 |
Leominster-Gardner, MA |
-9.3 | -4,900 | 52,900 | 48,000 |
New Bedford, MA |
-9.6 | -6,400 | 67,000 | 60,600 |
Pittsfield, MA |
-9.8 | -3,800 | 38,900 | 35,100 |
Springfield, MA-CT |
-11.2 | -37,600 | 335,900 | 298,300 |
Worcester, MA-CT |
-9.2 | -26,700 | 290,000 | 263,300 |
Michigan |
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Ann Arbor, MI |
-8.7 | -20,200 | 231,000 | 210,800 |
Battle Creek, MI |
-6.9 | -3,900 | 56,600 | 52,700 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
-7.8 | -157,100 | 2,025,400 | 1,868,300 |
Flint, MI |
-6.9 | -9,500 | 138,200 | 128,700 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
-6.9 | -39,400 | 567,700 | 528,300 |
Jackson, MI |
-8.9 | -5,200 | 58,700 | 53,500 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
-8.5 | -12,800 | 150,900 | 138,100 |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
-9.5 | -22,700 | 239,200 | 216,500 |
Monroe, MI |
-9.1 | -3,700 | 40,600 | 36,900 |
Muskegon, MI |
-7.6 | -4,800 | 62,800 | 58,000 |
Saginaw, MI |
-6.5 | -5,600 | 85,600 | 80,000 |
Minnesota |
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Duluth, MN-WI |
-6.5 | -8,900 | 136,400 | 127,500 |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
-7.5 | -4,400 | 58,800 | 54,400 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
-8.5 | -171,600 | 2,020,600 | 1,849,000 |
Mississippi |
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Jackson, MS |
-4.7 | -13,100 | 278,000 | 264,900 |
Missouri |
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Kansas City, MO-KS |
-4.5 | -49,500 | 1,093,500 | 1,044,000 |
St. Louis, MO-IL (1) |
-6.0 | -84,300 | 1,399,900 | 1,315,600 |
Nebraska |
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Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
-4.2 | -21,200 | 502,800 | 481,600 |
Nevada |
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Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
-13.8 | -145,100 | 1,049,700 | 904,600 |
New Hampshire |
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Manchester, NH |
-7.8 | -9,100 | 117,300 | 108,200 |
Portsmouth, NH-ME |
-5.6 | -5,200 | 92,800 | 87,600 |
New Jersey |
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Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
-12.0 | -15,600 | 130,300 | 114,700 |
Ocean City, NJ |
11.9 | 4,100 | 34,400 | 38,500 |
Trenton, NJ |
-6.2 | -17,400 | 281,700 | 264,300 |
New Mexico |
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Albuquerque, NM |
-7.1 | -28,300 | 401,000 | 372,700 |
Farmington, NM |
-10.1 | -4,700 | 46,500 | 41,800 |
Las Cruces, NM |
-6.1 | -4,600 | 75,000 | 70,400 |
Santa Fe, NM |
-12.4 | -7,800 | 63,000 | 55,200 |
New York |
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Albany-Schedy-Troy, NY |
-6.9 | -32,400 | 468,100 | 435,700 |
Binghamton, NY |
-8.3 | -8,400 | 100,600 | 92,200 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
-8.9 | -49,400 | 558,000 | 508,600 |
Elmira, NY |
-9.2 | -3,400 | 37,000 | 33,600 |
Ithaca, NY |
-10.4 | -6,700 | 64,700 | 58,000 |
Kingston, NY |
-9.8 | -6,000 | 61,100 | 55,100 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
-11.2 | -1,113,600 | 9,933,200 | 8,819,600 |
Rochester, NY |
-6.8 | -36,100 | 533,400 | 497,300 |
Syracuse, NY |
-8.5 | -26,900 | 316,500 | 289,600 |
Utica-Rome, NY |
-8.1 | -10,300 | 126,400 | 116,100 |
North Carolina |
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Asheville, NC |
-6.2 | -12,300 | 197,800 | 185,500 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
-4.2 | -52,100 | 1,251,600 | 1,199,500 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
-4.2 | -14,100 | 332,900 | 318,800 |
Fayetteville, NC |
-5.0 | -6,600 | 132,500 | 125,900 |
Goldsboro, NC |
-5.8 | -2,400 | 41,500 | 39,100 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
-5.9 | -21,600 | 364,800 | 343,200 |
Raleigh, NC |
-3.2 | -21,000 | 655,700 | 634,700 |
Wilmington, NC |
-4.1 | -5,500 | 133,500 | 128,000 |
Winston-Salem, NC |
-4.7 | -12,800 | 273,100 | 260,300 |
North Dakota |
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Fargo, ND-MN |
-4.1 | -5,900 | 145,200 | 139,300 |
Ohio |
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Akron, OH |
-5.8 | -19,800 | 338,700 | 318,900 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
-5.7 | -62,800 | 1,110,400 | 1,047,600 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
-7.4 | -78,300 | 1,064,900 | 986,600 |
Columbus, OH |
-4.0 | -44,400 | 1,111,800 | 1,067,400 |
Dayton, OH |
-5.0 | -19,700 | 390,100 | 370,400 |
Toledo, OH |
-7.9 | -24,300 | 309,000 | 284,700 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
-6.9 | -14,700 | 211,900 | 197,200 |
Oklahoma |
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Oklahoma City, OK |
-6.1 | -40,600 | 660,200 | 619,600 |
Tulsa, OK |
-6.7 | -30,500 | 458,600 | 428,100 |
Oregon |
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Corvallis, OR |
-10.4 | -4,600 | 44,100 | 39,500 |
Eugene, OR |
-10.5 | -17,400 | 165,600 | 148,200 |
Medford, OR |
-5.1 | -4,600 | 90,200 | 85,600 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
-8.4 | -103,700 | 1,232,500 | 1,128,800 |
Pennsylvania |
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Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
-5.9 | -22,200 | 378,900 | 356,700 |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
-9.3 | -5,500 | 59,100 | 53,600 |
Erie, PA |
-8.1 | -10,300 | 126,900 | 116,600 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
-5.1 | -17,700 | 348,700 | 331,000 |
Johnstown, PA |
-8.0 | -4,200 | 52,800 | 48,600 |
Lancaster, PA |
-6.9 | -17,800 | 259,000 | 241,200 |
Lebanon, PA |
-6.3 | -3,400 | 53,700 | 50,300 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
-7.2 | -214,600 | 2,976,400 | 2,761,800 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
-7.5 | -87,800 | 1,177,400 | 1,089,600 |
Reading, PA |
-8.3 | -14,900 | 180,100 | 165,200 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
-6.9 | -18,100 | 261,400 | 243,300 |
State College, PA |
-13.1 | -10,600 | 80,900 | 70,300 |
Rhode Island |
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Providence-Warwick, RI-MA |
-8.6 | -50,800 | 593,900 | 543,100 |
South Carolina |
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Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
-5.3 | -20,000 | 376,400 | 356,400 |
Columbia, SC |
-3.9 | -15,900 | 403,600 | 387,700 |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
-4.9 | -8,200 | 168,600 | 160,400 |
South Dakota |
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Sioux Falls, SD |
-3.3 | -5,300 | 159,500 | 154,200 |
Tennessee |
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Chattanooga, TN-GA |
-4.6 | -12,300 | 268,500 | 256,200 |
Knoxville, TN |
-2.5 | -10,100 | 409,300 | 399,200 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
-3.8 | -25,000 | 653,400 | 628,400 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
-4.4 | -46,200 | 1,058,900 | 1,012,700 |
Texas |
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Austin-Round Rock, TX |
-3.0 | -34,600 | 1,142,400 | 1,107,800 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
-7.2 | -11,900 | 165,900 | 154,000 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
-6.5 | -12,500 | 191,600 | 179,100 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
-3.7 | -142,900 | 3,838,800 | 3,695,900 |
El Paso, TX |
-3.8 | -12,600 | 327,300 | 314,700 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
-7.3 | -233,000 | 3,192,200 | 2,959,200 |
Laredo, TX |
-7.5 | -8,100 | 108,200 | 100,100 |
Longview, TX |
-6.8 | -6,700 | 98,700 | 92,000 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
-4.2 | -11,500 | 275,800 | 264,300 |
Midland, TX |
-17.5 | -19,800 | 113,100 | 93,300 |
Odessa, TX |
-17.9 | -14,700 | 82,200 | 67,500 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
-3.3 | -36,000 | 1,082,700 | 1,046,700 |
Vermont |
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Burlington-South Burlington, VT |
-8.5 | -10,700 | 126,400 | 115,700 |
Virginia |
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Charlottesville, VA |
-8.3 | -10,100 | 122,200 | 112,100 |
Richmond, VA |
-6.6 | -45,000 | 686,200 | 641,200 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
-4.7 | -37,400 | 793,700 | 756,300 |
Washington |
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Bellingham, WA |
-8.0 | -7,700 | 96,500 | 88,800 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
-7.2 | -6,900 | 95,600 | 88,700 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
-6.6 | -138,900 | 2,104,700 | 1,965,800 |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA |
-5.5 | -14,100 | 256,400 | 242,300 |
West Virginia |
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Beckley, WV |
-6.5 | -2,800 | 43,300 | 40,500 |
Charleston, WV |
-7.0 | -7,600 | 108,300 | 100,700 |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
-4.6 | -6,100 | 133,600 | 127,500 |
Morgantown, WV |
-5.4 | -3,900 | 71,700 | 67,800 |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
-7.4 | -2,800 | 37,700 | 34,900 |
Wisconsin |
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Madison, WI |
-6.4 | -26,400 | 412,700 | 386,300 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
-7.1 | -61,600 | 865,900 | 804,300 |
Wyoming |
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Casper, WY |
-8.5 | -3,300 | 39,000 | 35,700 |
Note: Data for the most recent month are preliminary. |
The largest over-the-year percentage losses in employment occurred in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii (where employment decreased 21,100, or −26.2 percent), Odessa, Texas (−14,700, or −17.9 percent), and Midland, Texas (−19,800, or −17.5 percent). Employment in 25 other metro areas decreased by least 10.0 percent over the year ending February 2021.
The one significant over-the-year increase in employment occurred in Ocean City, New Jersey (+4,100, or +11.9 percent).
Among large metropolitan areas (those with a population of 1 million or more in 2010 Census ), nonfarm employment declined over the year in 50 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 1 area. The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (−13.8 percent), Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (−12.5 percent), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (−11.7 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 — February 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, Employment down in 206 metro areas, up in 1, over the year ended February 2021 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/employment-down-in-206-metro-areas-up-in-1-over-the-year-ended-february-2021.htm (visited March 18, 2025).