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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.
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).
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 — December 2022." Also see charts related to the latest "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment" news release.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment up 5.9 percent in Charleston and Dallas metro areas, December 2021 to December 2022 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/employment-up-5-9-percent-in-charleston-and-dallas-metro-areas-december-2021-to-december-2022.htm (visited October 31, 2024).