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Employment up 5.9 percent in Charleston and Dallas metro areas, December 2021 to December 2022
February 09, 2023
From December 2021 to December 2022, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 81 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 308 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina, and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (both +5.9 percent), followed by Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (+5.8 percent). Five other metropolitan areas — Jacksonville, Florida; Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas; Raleigh, North Carolina; Portland-South Portland, Maine; and Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Oregon-Washington — also had over-the-year employment increases of at least 5.0 percent.
Over-the-year change in metropolitan area nonfarm employment, not seasonally adjusted, December 2021 to December 2022
Metropolitan area
Statistically significant
Over-the-year percent change
Dec. 2021 employment
Dec. 2022 employment
Over-the-year change in employment
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
Yes
5.9%
379,800
402,100
22,300
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Yes
5.9
3,999,900
4,234,600
234,700
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
Yes
5.8
129,300
136,800
7,500
Jacksonville, FL
Yes
5.7
754,800
798,200
43,400
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Yes
5.6
3,177,000
3,356,000
179,000
Raleigh, NC
Yes
5.2
678,500
714,100
35,600
Portland-South Portland, ME
Yes
5.0
205,800
216,000
10,200
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
Yes
5.0
1,209,200
1,269,700
60,500
Knoxville, TN
Yes
4.9
419,100
439,500
20,400
Panama City, FL
Yes
4.9
83,500
87,600
4,100
Flagstaff, AZ
Yes
4.8
67,000
70,200
3,200
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
Yes
4.8
283,000
296,600
13,600
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Yes
4.8
1,440,900
1,510,000
69,100
Anchorage, AK
Yes
4.7
168,900
176,800
7,900
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
Yes
4.7
347,100
363,400
16,300
Kennewick-Richland, WA
Yes
4.7
119,500
125,100
5,600
Tallahassee, FL
Yes
4.7
189,000
197,800
8,800
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
Yes
4.6
1,279,100
1,337,600
58,500
Rapid City, SD
Yes
4.6
69,200
72,400
3,200
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
Yes
4.6
1,632,500
1,707,600
75,100
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
Yes
4.5
225,100
235,300
10,200
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
Yes
4.5
1,096,300
1,145,200
48,900
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
Yes
4.4
292,900
305,700
12,800
Sioux Falls, SD
Yes
4.4
162,800
170,000
7,200
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Yes
4.3
2,916,800
3,043,200
126,400
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
Yes
4.3
1,091,400
1,138,000
46,600
Austin-Round Rock, TX
Yes
4.2
1,220,200
1,271,100
50,900
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
Yes
4.2
1,038,800
1,082,100
43,300
Manchester, NH
Yes
4.2
111,300
116,000
4,700
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Yes
4.2
2,762,100
2,877,700
115,600
Port St. Lucie, FL
Yes
4.2
163,400
170,200
6,800
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Yes
4.2
2,063,700
2,151,400
87,700
Tulsa, OK
Yes
4.2
448,000
466,900
18,900
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
Yes
4.1
2,739,200
2,851,100
111,900
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Yes
4.1
550,300
573,000
22,700
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Yes
4.1
1,145,000
1,191,900
46,900
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
Yes
4.0
1,551,400
1,613,000
61,600
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
Yes
4.0
432,200
449,500
17,300
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
Yes
4.0
1,341,300
1,394,600
53,300
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
Yes
4.0
303,100
315,200
12,100
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
Yes
4.0
242,200
252,000
9,800
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
Yes
4.0
192,900
200,700
7,800
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
Yes
3.9
213,500
221,900
8,400
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
Yes
3.8
554,300
575,100
20,800
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
Yes
3.8
2,416,700
2,508,900
92,200
Santa Rosa, CA
Yes
3.8
199,600
207,200
7,600
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
Yes
3.7
341,200
353,900
12,700
Reno, NV
Yes
3.7
253,600
263,000
9,400
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Yes
3.6
9,639,000
9,983,400
344,400
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
Yes
3.5
182,100
188,500
6,400
Eugene, OR
Yes
3.5
157,400
162,900
5,500
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Yes
3.5
6,111,400
6,327,100
215,700
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
Yes
3.5
1,956,600
2,025,300
68,700
Urban Honolulu, HI
Yes
3.5
437,100
452,200
15,100
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
Yes
3.4
1,497,700
1,548,200
50,500
Stockton-Lodi, CA
Yes
3.4
261,900
270,900
9,000
Oklahoma City, OK
Yes
3.3
656,800
678,300
21,500
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
Yes
3.2
120,600
124,400
3,800
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
Yes
3.2
2,286,600
2,360,900
74,300
Provo-Orem, UT
Yes
3.2
301,300
310,800
9,500
Bakersfield, CA
Yes
3.1
274,300
282,900
8,600
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
Yes
3.1
531,900
548,600
16,700
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
Yes
3.1
1,030,600
1,063,000
32,400
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
Yes
3.0
385,200
396,900
11,700
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
Yes
3.0
546,100
562,700
16,600
Fresno, CA
Yes
3.0
370,200
381,200
11,000
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
Yes
3.0
675,900
696,400
20,500
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
Yes
3.0
329,700
339,500
9,800
Huntsville, AL
Yes
2.9
254,500
261,900
7,400
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Yes
2.9
2,947,100
3,033,100
86,000
Pittsburgh, PA
Yes
2.9
1,129,500
1,162,200
32,700
Boise City, ID
Yes
2.8
373,500
383,900
10,400
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
Yes
2.8
4,656,900
4,789,300
132,400
New Haven, CT
Yes
2.8
294,600
302,900
8,300
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
Yes
2.7
776,200
797,000
20,800
Greensboro-High Point, NC
Yes
2.4
363,700
372,300
8,600
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Yes
2.4
660,700
676,300
15,600
Kansas City, MO-KS
Yes
2.2
1,080,600
1,104,000
23,400
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
Yes
2.1
1,042,600
1,064,100
21,500
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Yes
2.1
1,988,100
2,029,000
40,900
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Yes
1.6
3,295,200
3,348,100
52,900
Lebanon, PA
No
5.4
53,400
56,300
2,900
Ocean City, NJ
No
4.9
37,100
38,900
1,800
Midland, TX
No
4.8
105,500
110,600
5,100
Athens-Clarke County, GA
No
4.7
100,200
104,900
4,700
Punta Gorda, FL
No
4.6
52,700
55,100
2,400
Odessa, TX
No
4.5
73,700
77,000
3,300
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
No
4.4
72,400
75,600
3,200
Sherman-Denison, TX
No
4.4
50,300
52,500
2,200
Corvallis, OR
No
4.3
42,300
44,100
1,800
Bellingham, WA
No
3.9
93,300
96,900
3,600
Leominster-Gardner, MA
No
3.9
51,800
53,800
2,000
Twin Falls, ID
No
3.9
49,000
50,900
1,900
Laredo, TX
No
3.8
106,500
110,500
4,000
Muncie, IN
No
3.8
49,500
51,400
1,900
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
No
3.7
46,300
48,000
1,700
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
No
3.7
122,700
127,200
4,500
St. George, UT
No
3.7
78,500
81,400
2,900
Wenatchee, WA
No
3.7
46,500
48,200
1,700
Binghamton, NY
No
3.6
96,700
100,200
3,500
Rome, GA
No
3.6
42,000
43,500
1,500
Gainesville, FL
No
3.5
150,700
155,900
5,200
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
No
3.4
40,600
42,000
1,400
Idaho Falls, ID
No
3.4
76,100
78,700
2,600
Lubbock, TX
No
3.4
154,400
159,700
5,300
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
No
3.3
155,300
160,500
5,200
Erie, PA
No
3.3
121,400
125,400
4,000
Wichita Falls, TX
No
3.3
58,200
60,100
1,900
York-Hanover, PA
No
3.3
184,900
191,000
6,100
Yuma, AZ
No
3.3
59,900
61,900
2,000
Dover-Durham, NH-ME
No
3.2
52,600
54,300
1,700
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
No
3.2
137,100
141,500
4,400
Wilmington, NC
No
3.2
138,600
143,000
4,400
Bangor, ME
No
3.1
67,600
69,700
2,100
Brunswick, GA
No
3.1
44,500
45,900
1,400
Iowa City, IA
No
3.1
99,500
102,600
3,100
Rockford, IL
No
3.1
143,900
148,400
4,500
Topeka, KS
No
3.1
107,100
110,400
3,300
Tyler, TX
No
3.1
111,300
114,700
3,400
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
No
3.0
152,500
157,000
4,500
College Station-Bryan, TX
No
3.0
128,000
131,900
3,900
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
No
3.0
56,300
58,000
1,700
Fort Collins, CO
No
3.0
176,500
181,800
5,300
Merced, CA
No
3.0
70,700
72,800
2,100
The Villages, FL
No
3.0
36,100
37,200
1,100
Toledo, OH
No
3.0
300,200
309,100
8,900
Waco, TX
No
3.0
128,500
132,400
3,900
Corpus Christi, TX
No
2.9
188,700
194,200
5,500
Danbury, CT
No
2.9
75,400
77,600
2,200
Longview, TX
No
2.9
95,800
98,600
2,800
Morgantown, WV
No
2.9
71,400
73,500
2,100
Morristown, TN
No
2.9
48,200
49,600
1,400
Prescott, AZ
No
2.9
68,300
70,300
2,000
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
No
2.9
99,900
102,800
2,900
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
No
2.9
55,300
56,900
1,600
Altoona, PA
No
2.8
60,000
61,700
1,700
Bloomington, IL
No
2.8
92,900
95,500
2,600
Decatur, AL
No
2.8
57,500
59,100
1,600
Fairbanks, AK
No
2.8
35,900
36,900
1,000
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
No
2.8
155,200
159,600
4,400
Hot Springs, AR
No
2.8
39,000
40,100
1,100
Madison, WI
No
2.8
405,900
417,400
11,500
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
No
2.8
191,500
196,800
5,300
Rochester, MN
No
2.8
123,100
126,600
3,500
Springfield, IL
No
2.8
108,100
111,100
3,000
Auburn-Opelika, AL
No
2.7
67,800
69,600
1,800
Longview, WA
No
2.7
40,800
41,900
1,100
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
No
2.7
37,600
38,600
1,000
Reading, PA
No
2.7
172,400
177,000
4,600
Walla Walla, WA
No
2.7
29,800
30,600
800
Beckley, WV
No
2.6
42,800
43,900
1,100
Chico, CA
No
2.6
76,600
78,600
2,000
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
No
2.6
281,300
288,500
7,200
Gettysburg, PA
No
2.6
34,100
35,000
900
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
No
2.6
50,100
51,400
1,300
Ocala, FL
No
2.6
112,600
115,500
2,900
Pueblo, CO
No
2.6
64,600
66,300
1,700
Redding, CA
No
2.6
68,100
69,900
1,800
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
No
2.6
117,000
120,100
3,100
Savannah, GA
No
2.6
196,800
202,000
5,200
Appleton, WI
No
2.5
124,700
127,800
3,100
Boulder, CO
No
2.5
201,200
206,200
5,000
Clarksville, TN-KY
No
2.5
96,700
99,100
2,400
El Paso, TX
No
2.5
325,200
333,400
8,200
Killeen-Temple, TX
No
2.5
149,800
153,600
3,800
Logan, UT-ID
No
2.5
71,200
73,000
1,800
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
No
2.5
277,700
284,700
7,000
Spartanburg, SC
No
2.5
167,100
171,200
4,100
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
No
2.5
59,500
61,000
1,500
Visalia-Porterville, CA
No
2.5
134,100
137,500
3,400
Yakima, WA
No
2.5
86,800
89,000
2,200
Albany, OR
No
2.4
46,700
47,800
1,100
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
No
2.4
83,100
85,100
2,000
Johnstown, PA
No
2.4
50,600
51,800
1,200
Kankakee, IL
No
2.4
42,500
43,500
1,000
Kingston, NY
No
2.4
59,200
60,600
1,400
Las Cruces, NM
No
2.4
75,400
77,200
1,800
Lincoln, NE
No
2.4
187,800
192,400
4,600
Madera, CA
No
2.4
41,300
42,300
1,000
Montgomery, AL
No
2.4
176,100
180,300
4,200
San Angelo, TX
No
2.4
49,700
50,900
1,200
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
No
2.4
259,300
265,600
6,300
Tuscaloosa, AL
No
2.4
107,700
110,300
2,600
Winston-Salem, NC
No
2.4
272,900
279,500
6,600
Burlington, NC
No
2.3
64,700
66,200
1,500
Coeur d'Alene, ID
No
2.3
70,800
72,400
1,600
Green Bay, WI
No
2.3
174,300
178,300
4,000
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
No
2.3
56,300
57,600
1,300
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
No
2.3
161,600
165,300
3,700
Springfield, MA-CT
No
2.3
332,600
340,400
7,800
Texarkana, TX-AR
No
2.3
60,500
61,900
1,400
Tucson, AZ
No
2.3
392,700
401,700
9,000
Victoria, TX
No
2.3
39,500
40,400
900
Bend-Redmond, OR
No
2.2
89,600
91,600
2,000
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
No
2.2
60,200
61,500
1,300
Grants Pass, OR
No
2.2
27,300
27,900
600
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
No
2.2
265,200
271,100
5,900
Lancaster, PA
No
2.2
253,600
259,300
5,700
Lynchburg, VA
No
2.2
103,300
105,600
2,300
Napa, CA
No
2.2
69,600
71,100
1,500
Peoria, IL
No
2.2
166,000
169,700
3,700
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
No
2.1
240,600
245,600
5,000
Fort Smith, AR-OK
No
2.1
112,000
114,300
2,300
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
No
2.1
79,200
80,900
1,700
Johnson City, TN
No
2.1
84,800
86,600
1,800
Lawton, OK
No
2.1
43,100
44,000
900
Lexington-Fayette, KY
No
2.1
278,700
284,600
5,900
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI
No
2.1
118,300
120,800
2,500
Salinas, CA
No
2.1
140,000
142,900
2,900
Trenton, NJ
No
2.1
282,200
288,200
6,000
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
No
2.1
136,000
138,800
2,800
Bowling Green, KY
No
2.0
76,700
78,200
1,500
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
No
2.0
393,500
401,300
7,800
Charlottesville, VA
No
2.0
118,500
120,900
2,400
Colorado Springs, CO
No
2.0
309,300
315,400
6,100
Joplin, MO
No
2.0
81,400
83,000
1,600
Lafayette, LA
No
2.0
200,100
204,100
4,000
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
No
2.0
54,900
56,000
1,100
Mansfield, OH
No
2.0
50,500
51,500
1,000
Medford, OR
No
2.0
89,700
91,500
1,800
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
No
2.0
122,000
124,500
2,500
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
No
1.9
454,200
462,700
8,500
Amarillo, TX
No
1.9
124,300
126,600
2,300
Greeley, CO
No
1.9
107,300
109,300
2,000
Jacksonville, NC
No
1.9
52,500
53,500
1,000
Jonesboro, AR
No
1.9
62,000
63,200
1,200
Lake Charles, LA
No
1.9
100,900
102,800
1,900
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
No
1.9
366,400
373,400
7,000
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
No
1.9
496,600
506,200
9,600
Pine Bluff, AR
No
1.9
31,500
32,100
600
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
No
1.9
587,900
598,900
11,000
Syracuse, NY
No
1.9
309,900
315,800
5,900
Alexandria, LA
No
1.8
62,200
63,300
1,100
Asheville, NC
No
1.8
198,300
201,900
3,600
Dayton, OH
No
1.8
381,400
388,100
6,700
Dothan, AL
No
1.8
60,600
61,700
1,100
Evansville, IN-KY
No
1.8
156,800
159,700
2,900
Fayetteville, NC
No
1.8
133,800
136,200
2,400
Fort Wayne, IN
No
1.8
226,900
231,000
4,100
Gadsden, AL
No
1.8
33,900
34,500
600
Gainesville, GA
No
1.8
98,200
100,000
1,800
Grand Junction, CO
No
1.8
66,400
67,600
1,200
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
No
1.8
570,400
580,800
10,400
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
No
1.8
50,400
51,300
900
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
No
1.8
174,900
178,000
3,100
St. Cloud, MN
No
1.8
106,900
108,800
1,900
State College, PA
No
1.8
76,800
78,200
1,400
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
No
1.8
51,100
52,000
900
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
No
1.8
89,100
90,700
1,600
Wichita, KS
No
1.8
298,000
303,400
5,400
Williamsport, PA
No
1.8
50,200
51,100
900
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
No
1.7
1,403,300
1,426,600
23,300
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
No
1.7
82,400
83,800
1,400
Chattanooga, TN-GA
No
1.7
269,700
274,300
4,600
Columbia, SC
No
1.7
400,800
407,500
6,700
Decatur, IL
No
1.7
48,400
49,200
800
Elmira, NY
No
1.7
35,000
35,600
600
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
No
1.7
174,400
177,300
2,900
New Bedford, MA
No
1.7
64,600
65,700
1,100
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
No
1.7
257,300
261,800
4,500
Utica-Rome, NY
No
1.7
121,400
123,500
2,100
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
No
1.6
94,000
95,500
1,500
Columbus, GA-AL
No
1.6
121,500
123,400
1,900
El Centro, CA
No
1.6
55,700
56,600
900
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
No
1.6
104,700
106,400
1,700
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
No
1.6
95,200
96,700
1,500
Pocatello, ID
No
1.6
38,700
39,300
600
Winchester, VA-WV
No
1.6
68,700
69,800
1,100
Worcester, MA-CT
No
1.6
285,900
290,500
4,600
Abilene, TX
No
1.5
73,400
74,500
1,100
California-Lexington Park, MD
No
1.5
48,000
48,700
700
Cheyenne, WY
No
1.5
47,800
48,500
700
Columbus, OH
No
1.5
1,116,800
1,134,000
17,200
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
No
1.5
53,700
54,500
800
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
No
1.5
837,400
849,600
12,200
Saginaw, MI
No
1.5
81,700
82,900
1,200
Salem, OR
No
1.5
174,600
177,300
2,700
Santa Fe, NM
No
1.5
61,300
62,200
900
St. Louis, MO-IL
No
1.5
1,380,300
1,401,100
20,800
Waterbury, CT
No
1.5
66,100
67,100
1,000
Bloomington, IN
No
1.4
80,800
81,900
1,100
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
No
1.4
1,117,300
1,133,000
15,700
Jackson, TN
No
1.4
70,300
71,300
1,000
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
No
1.4
147,100
149,200
2,100
Lewiston, ID-WA
No
1.4
29,000
29,400
400
Macon-Bibb County, GA
No
1.4
104,200
105,700
1,500
Roanoke, VA
No
1.4
160,700
162,900
2,200
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
No
1.4
87,300
88,500
1,200
Battle Creek, MI
No
1.3
54,300
55,000
700
Carson City, NV
No
1.3
31,300
31,700
400
Eau Claire, WI
No
1.3
85,600
86,700
1,100
Harrisonburg, VA
No
1.3
70,100
71,000
900
Ithaca, NY
No
1.3
61,300
62,100
800
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
No
1.3
77,400
78,400
1,000
Manhattan, KS
No
1.3
39,800
40,300
500
New Bern, NC
No
1.3
45,500
46,100
600
Richmond, VA
No
1.3
675,200
684,100
8,900
Salt Lake City, UT
No
1.3
786,500
797,100
10,600
Sheboygan, WI
No
1.3
61,300
62,100
800
Springfield, OH
No
1.3
47,900
48,500
600
Ann Arbor, MI
No
1.2
224,500
227,300
2,800
Bay City, MI
No
1.2
34,500
34,900
400
Billings, MT
No
1.2
89,300
90,400
1,100
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
No
1.2
1,100,300
1,113,900
13,600
Columbus, IN
No
1.2
50,500
51,100
600
Enid, OK
No
1.2
24,300
24,600
300
Janesville-Beloit, WI
No
1.2
68,400
69,200
800
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
No
1.2
119,900
121,300
1,400
Rochester, NY
No
1.2
518,800
525,200
6,400
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
No
1.2
34,500
34,900
400
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
No
1.2
40,300
40,800
500
Baton Rouge, LA
No
1.1
404,100
408,700
4,600
Canton-Massillon, OH
No
1.1
167,300
169,100
1,800
Cleveland, TN
No
1.1
47,400
47,900
500
Danville, IL
No
1.1
26,100
26,400
300
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
No
1.1
158,800
160,500
1,700
Missoula, MT
No
1.1
64,800
65,500
700
Springfield, MO
No
1.1
223,100
225,600
2,500
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
No
1.0
42,000
42,400
400
Champaign-Urbana, IL
No
1.0
118,200
119,400
1,200
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
No
1.0
81,200
82,000
800
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
No
1.0
376,400
380,100
3,700
Duluth, MN-WI
No
1.0
130,900
132,200
1,300
Flint, MI
No
1.0
134,100
135,500
1,400
Fond du Lac, WI
No
1.0
47,700
48,200
500
Goldsboro, NC
No
1.0
41,400
41,800
400
Muskegon, MI
No
1.0
62,700
63,300
600
Warner Robins, GA
No
1.0
78,900
79,700
800
Wausau, WI
No
1.0
72,100
72,800
700
Ames, IA
No
0.9
54,200
54,700
500
Carbondale-Marion, IL
No
0.9
58,000
58,500
500
Cedar Rapids, IA
No
0.9
140,200
141,500
1,300
Columbia, MO
No
0.9
102,800
103,700
900
Florence, SC
No
0.9
91,200
92,000
800
Homosassa Springs, FL
No
0.9
33,700
34,000
300
Jefferson City, MO
No
0.9
77,500
78,200
700
Mobile, AL
No
0.9
187,100
188,700
1,600
Salisbury, MD-DE
No
0.9
159,300
160,800
1,500
Modesto, CA
No
0.8
181,600
183,100
1,500
Bismarck, ND
No
0.7
73,200
73,700
500
East Stroudsburg, PA
No
0.7
57,200
57,600
400
Wheeling, WV-OH
No
0.7
61,100
61,500
400
Akron, OH
No
0.6
322,900
324,900
2,000
Albuquerque, NM
No
0.6
399,700
402,200
2,500
Dover, DE
No
0.6
70,200
70,600
400
Grand Forks, ND-MN
No
0.6
52,900
53,200
300
Owensboro, KY
No
0.6
52,400
52,700
300
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
No
0.6
204,800
206,000
1,200
Greenville, NC
No
0.5
82,100
82,500
400
Hinesville, GA
No
0.5
21,600
21,700
100
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
No
0.5
60,200
60,500
300
St. Joseph, MO-KS
No
0.5
61,100
61,400
300
Glens Falls, NY
No
0.4
51,300
51,500
200
Lawrence, KS
No
0.4
51,700
51,900
200
Portsmouth, NH-ME
No
0.4
93,300
93,700
400
Valdosta, GA
No
0.4
56,500
56,700
200
Albany, GA
No
0.3
62,600
62,800
200
Casper, WY
No
0.3
37,800
37,900
100
Dubuque, IA
No
0.3
59,800
60,000
200
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
No
0.3
131,400
131,800
400
Kokomo, IN
No
0.3
36,500
36,600
100
Hammond, LA
No
0.2
46,900
47,000
100
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
No
0.1
146,000
146,200
200
Fargo, ND-MN
No
0.1
146,800
147,000
200
Terre Haute, IN
No
0.1
66,900
67,000
100
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
No
0.0
45,200
45,200
0
Dalton, GA
No
0.0
67,100
67,100
0
Grand Island, NE
No
0.0
41,600
41,600
0
Great Falls, MT
No
0.0
36,300
36,300
0
Midland, MI
No
0.0
36,200
36,200
0
Monroe, LA
No
0.0
76,500
76,500
0
Sumter, SC
No
0.0
38,400
38,400
0
Barnstable Town, MA
No
-0.2
99,200
99,000
-200
Charleston, WV
No
-0.2
104,800
104,600
-200
Lima, OH
No
-0.2
51,400
51,300
-100
Jackson, MS
No
-0.3
273,100
272,400
-700
Monroe, MI
No
-0.3
39,300
39,200
-100
Racine, WI
No
-0.3
75,400
75,200
-200
Sebring, FL
No
-0.4
25,600
25,500
-100
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
No
-0.5
40,900
40,700
-200
Hattiesburg, MS
No
-0.6
66,900
66,500
-400
Yuba City, CA
No
-0.6
49,400
49,100
-300
Jackson, MI
No
-0.7
57,500
57,100
-400
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
No
-0.8
106,200
105,300
-900
Pittsfield, MA
No
-1.0
38,400
38,000
-400
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
No
-1.0
39,800
39,400
-400
Farmington, NM
No
-1.1
44,300
43,800
-500
Cumberland, MD-WV
No
-1.3
37,300
36,800
-500
Rocky Mount, NC
No
-2.5
56,300
54,900
-1,400
In terms of the number of employed people, the largest over-the-year increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+344,400, or 3.6 percent), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+234,700), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+215,700, or 3.5 percent). Also recording employment increases of 100,000 or more were Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas; Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Georgia; Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Florida; and Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Massachusetts-New Hampshire.
Over the year ending December 2022, nonfarm employment increased in 40 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of at least 1 million, while employment was essentially unchanged in 11 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida (+5.7 percent); and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (+5.6 percent).
United States Department of Labor
