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  • Medium Cities Ranking

    2008 Overall Rank Area State Nonfarm Employment (1,000s) 2008 Size Group Rank Change Since 2007 Weighted Index
    1 Provo-Orem, UT Utah 193.6 M 6 93.7
    2 Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division Washington 286.4 M 12 88.1
    3 Savannah, GA Georgia 161.8 M 7 87.9
    4 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Texas 213.5 M -2 85.7
    5 Huntsville, AL Alabama 212.7 M 16 81.0
    6 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC South Carolina 299.4 M 9 78.7
    7 Asheville, NC North Carolina 180.5 M Was Small 78.5
    8 Ogden-Clearfield, UT Utah 202.0 M 8 78.0
    9 Bakersfield, CA California 241.1 M 2 77.8
    10 Lafayette, LA Louisiana 150.7 M 68 77.5
    11 Durham, NC North Carolina 291.5 M 34 77.5
    12 Boise City-Nampa, ID Idaho 276.3 M -3 75.8
    13 Springfield, MO Missouri 203.0 M 7 74.9
    14 Spokane, WA Washington 219.6 M 8 71.2
    15 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Iowa 323.8 M 15 69.7
    16 Kansas City, KS Kansas 449.1 M 53 69.4
    17 Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana 372.9 M -4 68.4
    18 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC South Carolina 322.9 M 34 68.2
    19 Columbia, SC South Carolina 371.4 M 5 66.0
    20 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Arkansas 208.8 M -16 65.5
    21 Peoria, IL Illinois 187.9 M 46 64.6
    22 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Louisiana 180.7 M 4 64.0
    23 York-Hanover, PA Pennsylvania 184.5 M 28 62.8
    24 Wichita, KS Kansas 306.1 M 49 60.8
    25 Salem, OR Oregon 151.8 M 10 60.5
    26 El Paso, TX Texas 275.4 M 20 60.1
    27 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Florida 175.2 M -10 59.4
    28 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Arkansas 348.2 M 8 58.7
    29 Reno-Sparks, NV Nevada 224.4 M -21 58.5
    30 Stockton, CA California 214.2 M 1 58.1
    31 Montgomery, AL Alabama 180.7 M 17 58.0
    32 Boulder, CO Colorado 167.4 M 44 55.4
    33 Winston-Salem, NC North Carolina 221.6 M 27 54.6
    34 Corpus Christi, TX Texas 176.6 M 29 53.7
    35 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 395.7 M -16 53.4
    36 Eugene-Springfield, OR Oregon 157.0 M -3 53.1
    37 Tallahassee, FL Florida 180.7 M -8 51.8
    38 Tulsa, OK Oklahoma 426.3 M 5 51.5
    39 Knoxville, TN Tennessee 338.8 M -12 51.2
    40 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Texas 164.5 M 51 50.0
    41 Colorado Springs, CO Colorado 261.9 M 15 49.9
    42 Lexington-Fayette, KY Kentucky 257.9 M 13 49.7
    43 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Florida 225.9 M -42 48.8
    44 Mobile, AL Alabama 183.4 M -3 48.8
    45 Fresno, CA California 305.4 M 14 48.4
    46 Tucson, AZ Arizona 382.8 M -34 47.7
    47 Rockford, IL Illinois 162.2 M 34 46.9
    48 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 175.0 M 18 46.4
    49 Jackson, MS Mississippi 263.3 M -2 45.9
    50 Framingham, MA NECTA Division Massachusetts 158.7 M 25 45.7
    51 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Florida 214.5 M -45 45.5
    52 Anchorage, AK Alaska 165.1 M -29 45.1
    53 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD Maryland 398.9 M -9 44.1
    54 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Florida 172.2 M -49 43.8
    55 Greensboro-High Point, NC North Carolina 375.3 M 37 43.5
    56 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA California 174.1 M 5 42.1
    57 Lancaster, PA Pennsylvania 238.9 M -4 41.5
    58 Trenton-Ewing, NJ New Jersey 239.5 M -33 41.2
    59 Chattanooga, TN-GA Tennessee 248.6 M 3 41.1
    60 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA California 191.4 M 35 40.2
    61 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Pennsylvania 343.9 M -23 40.1
    62 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA Connecticut 424.1 M 24 39.9
    63 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Georgia 217.7 M -21 39.8
    64 Akron, OH Ohio 340.4 M -10 39.7
    65 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division Delaware 356.9 M -8 38.7
    66 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA Maine 195.6 M 6 37.6
    67 Madison, WI Wisconsin 349.3 M -33 37.6
    68 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL Florida 293.7 M -65 36.9
    69 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division Illinois 397.1 M -29 36.5
    70 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Illinois 188.5 M 13 36.5
    71 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Florida 212.3 M -53 36.4
    72 Gary, IN Metropolitan Division Indiana 281.9 M 8 35.8
    73 Reading, PA Pennsylvania 174.3 M 4 35.7
    74 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Pennsylvania 331.4 M -25 34.8
    75 Modesto, CA California 158.9 M -36 34.3
    76 Green Bay, WI Wisconsin 169.4 M -18 33.4
    77 Syracuse, NY New York 325.6 M -7 33.3
    78 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA Pennsylvania 262.8 M -10 32.9
    79 New Haven, CT NECTA Connecticut 278.9 M 8 31.0
    80 Roanoke, VA Virginia 163.5 M -2 29.0
    81 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY New York 449.0 M -2 28.6
    82 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA Massachusetts 248.6 M 3 28.6
    83 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY New York 255.3 M -33 28.3
    84 Evansville, IN-KY Indiana 180.0 M -10 27.1
    85 Fort Wayne, IN Indiana 216.7 M -21 24.7
    86 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Michigan 395.1 M -2 24.4
    87 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA California 293.4 M -50 24.0
    88 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA Massachusetts 297.8 M 0 23.1
    89 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC North Carolina 164.1 M 9 20.7
    90 Lansing-East Lansing, MI Michigan 226.7 M 6 19.8
    91 Canton-Massillon, OH Ohio 172.6 M 2 19.7
    92 Baltimore City, MD Maryland 370.6 M -21 17.4
    93 Toledo, OH Ohio 327.1 M -4 15.9
    94 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Ohio 239.8 M -4 14.5
    95 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 200.4 M -1 13.6
    96 Dayton, OH Ohio 403.5 M 1 8.0

  • Small Cities Ranking

    2008 Overall Rank Area State Nonfarm Employment (1,000s) 2008 Size Group Rank Change Since 2007 Weighted Index
    1 Midland, TX Texas 66.8 S 10 98.5
    2 St. George, UT Utah 53.5 S -1 96.9
    3 Coeur d’Alene, ID Idaho 57.5 S 7 96.4
    4 Odessa, TX Texas 60.9 S 26 95.6
    5 Auburn-Opelika, AL Alabama 55.9 S 12 94.7
    6 Wilmington, NC North Carolina 147.4 S 20 94.2
    7 Bend, OR Oregon 71.6 S -1 92.9
    8 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC South Carolina 122.7 S 5 92.4
    9 Grand Junction, CO Colorado 63.9 S 9 92.1
    10 Greenville, NC North Carolina 78.7 S 87 91.6
    11 Longview, TX Texas 97.3 S 50 90.5
    12 Bowling Green, KY Kentucky 63.2 S 11 87.1
    13 Gainesville, GA Georgia 77.4 S 42 86.8
    14 Bellingham, WA Washington 86.4 S 7 86.2
    15 Morgantown, WV West Virginia 62.3 S -10 85.4
    16 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA Washington 93.1 S 26 83.8
    17 Warner Robins, GA Georgia 59.1 S 2 83.7
    18 Greeley, CO Colorado 83.2 S 19 83.3
    19 Prescott, AZ Arizona 65.4 S -16 82.8
    20 Olympia, WA Washington 103.0 S 7 82.5
    21 Cheyenne, WY Wyoming 44.6 S 1 81.5
    22 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Louisiana 96.0 S 42 81.2
    23 Billings, MT Montana 80.8 S 2 81.0
    24 Yuma, AZ Arizona 55.9 S -22 80.2
    25 St. Joseph, MO-KS Missouri 59.4 S 48 79.9
    26 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL Florida 76.4 S 8 77.8
    27 Charlottesville, VA Virginia 102.7 S 4 77.7
    28 Fargo, ND-MN North Dakota 119.9 S 28 75.2
    29 Sioux Falls, SD South Dakota 134.3 S 14 72.7
    30 Bismarck, ND North Dakota 60.1 S 11 72.3
    31 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Colorado 137.9 S 48 71.9
    32 Florence, SC South Carolina 91.3 S 46 70.8
    33 Laredo, TX Texas 87.2 S -26 70.8
    34 Fayetteville, NC North Carolina 129.5 S -1 70.1
    35 Ocala, FL Florida 106.1 S -19 69.9
    36 Pascagoula, MS Mississippi 59.0 S 26 69.9
    37 Hattiesburg, MS Mississippi 61.8 S 20 69.9
    38 Lynchburg, VA Virginia 110.1 S 34 69.9
    39 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX Texas 123.0 S 19 69.7
    40 Pueblo, CO Colorado 59.0 S 50 69.0
    41 Winchester, VA-WV Virginia 59.2 S -1 67.8
    42 Iowa City, IA Iowa 91.3 S 39 67.5
    43 Athens-Clarke County, GA Georgia 83.8 S 1 67.5
    44 Medford, OR Oregon 85.9 S -5 67.4
    45 Santa Fe, NM New Mexico 65.3 S 2 67.0
    46 Las Cruces, NM New Mexico 68.6 S -37 66.7
    47 Waco, TX Texas 110.3 S 12 65.4
    48 St. Cloud, MN Minnesota 103.8 S 56 63.6
    49 Rochester-Dover, NH-ME NECTA New Hampshire 57.5 S 28 63.5
    50 Port St. Lucie, FL Florida 134.7 S -42 63.2
    51 Tuscaloosa, AL Alabama 98.5 S 35 61.7
    52 Joplin, MO Missouri 80.5 S 43 61.6
    53 Tyler, TX Texas 94.0 S 22 60.5
    54 Fort Smith, AR-OK Arkansas 125.2 S 52 59.3
    55 Decatur, AL Alabama 59.4 S 102 59.0
    56 Grand Forks, ND-MN North Dakota 54.8 S -36 59.0
    57 Abilene, TX Texas 66.3 S -6 58.5
    58 Valdosta, GA Georgia 56.5 S -22 57.3
    59 Dubuque, IA Iowa 55.6 S -45 57.3
    60 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA California 97.3 S 90 57.0
    61 Dothan, AL Alabama 63.0 S 33 56.5
    62 Harrisonburg, VA Virginia 64.7 S 51 56.4
    63 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Washington 86.9 S -34 55.9
    64 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Mississippi 111.2 S 107 55.9
    65 Columbia, MO Missouri 93.5 S -33 55.8
    66 Alexandria, LA Louisiana 65.6 S -28 55.7
    67 Amarillo, TX Texas 112.2 S -15 55.7
    68 Flagstaff, AZ Arizona 64.1 S -33 55.5
    69 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA New Hampshire 55.8 S -21 55.2
    70 Glens Falls, NY New York 53.6 S 22 55.0
    71 Gainesville, FL Florida 136.1 S -8 54.9
    72 Dover, DE Delaware 65.8 S -57 54.8
    73 Eau Claire, WI Wisconsin 83.6 S -3 54.3
    74 Visalia-Porterville, CA California 113.6 S 9 53.0
    75 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Texas 124.0 S -22 52.7
    76 Merced, CA California 59.3 S -16 52.5
    77 Clarksville, TN-KY Tennessee 85.5 S 21 52.0
    78 Burlington, NC North Carolina 61.7 S 32 50.9
    79 Yakima, WA Washington 79.4 S -10 50.6
    80 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA California 104.9 S 4 50.5
    81 Salisbury, MD Maryland 56.0 S 1 50.4
    82 Cedar Rapids, IA Iowa 137.6 S 79 49.3
    83 State College, PA Pennsylvania 74.7 S 22 49.3
    84 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Arizona 54.0 S 0 48.8
    85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR Texas 56.8 S -20 47.6
    86 Rochester, MN Minnesota 107.3 S -12 47.5
    87 College Station-Bryan, TX Texas 91.5 S -21 47.1
    88 Manchester, NH NECTA New Hampshire 102.2 S -21 46.8
    89 Missoula, MT Montana 56.7 S -44 46.7
    90 Ithaca, NY New York 64.2 S 40 46.7
    91 Jefferson City, MO Missouri 79.9 S 58 46.6
    92 Janesville, WI Wisconsin 69.8 S 45 46.4
    93 Lake Charles, LA Louisiana 92.2 S 8 46.1
    94 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH West Virginia 121.1 S -48 45.9
    95 Jackson, TN Tennessee 62.4 S -15 45.8
    96 Rapid City, SD South Dakota 59.6 S -28 45.7
    97 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL Florida 85.2 S -85 45.6
    98 Anniston-Oxford, AL Alabama 53.5 S -10 45.4
    99 Napa, CA California 62.9 S -12 45.3
    100 Chico, CA California 76.6 S -51 44.7
    101 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH West Virginia 74.9 S 57 43.6
    102 Elkhart-Goshen, IN Indiana 128.7 S -31 43.5
    103 Wichita Falls, TX Texas 63.2 S 8 43.2
    104 Duluth, MN-WI Minnesota 134.1 S 13 42.1
    105 Redding, CA California 65.9 S 18 41.5
    106 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Iowa 90.5 S -17 41.3
    107 Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division New Hampshire 134.4 S -22 40.6
    108 Decatur, IL Illinois 55.6 S 43 39.9
    109 Naples-Marco Island, FL Florida 130.3 S -105 39.9
    110 Johnson City, TN Tennessee 82.1 S -82 39.8
    111 Salinas, CA California 129.6 S 4 39.5
    112 Johnstown, PA Pennsylvania 61.9 S 29 38.9
    113 Bloomington, IN Indiana 84.5 S -22 38.8
    114 Rocky Mount, NC North Carolina 65.1 S 8 38.0
    115 Danbury, CT NECTA Connecticut 70.7 S 9 36.8
    116 Appleton, WI Wisconsin 118.8 S 17 36.8
    117 La Crosse, WI-MN Wisconsin 74.8 S 42 36.4
    118 Bloomington-Normal, IL Illinois 91.9 S 45 36.0
    119 Altoona, PA Pennsylvania 62.8 S -3 35.9
    120 Lubbock, TX Texas 129.2 S -6 35.6
    121 Binghamton, NY New York 115.6 S 41 35.2
    122 Erie, PA Pennsylvania 134.0 S 33 33.8
    123 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division Massachusetts 90.6 S 31 33.1
    124 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Iowa 74.2 S 2 32.5
    125 Norwich-New London, CT-RI NECTA Connecticut 136.5 S 0 32.5
    126 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division Massachusetts 78.2 S -6 32.4
    127 Spartanburg, SC South Carolina 126.4 S 39 31.8
    128 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Maryland 102.3 S -32 31.4
    129 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Wisconsin 93.2 S -10 31.3
    130 Topeka, KS Kansas 110.3 S 35 30.5
    131 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI Michigan 65.4 S 21 30.1
    132 Wausau, WI Wisconsin 72.8 S -24 29.5
    133 Champaign-Urbana, IL Illinois 113.2 S 10 29.5
    134 Utica-Rome, NY New York 133.4 S 10 29.3
    135 Bangor, ME NECTA Maine 66.7 S -26 29.0
    136 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA Vermont 114.5 S -5 29.0
    137 Sheboygan, WI Wisconsin 63.7 S 3 28.9
    138 Anderson, SC South Carolina 64.1 S 32 28.8
    139 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division Massachusetts 119.3 S 3 28.7
    140 Charleston, WV West Virginia 149.7 S -90 27.7
    141 Springfield, IL Illinois 111.8 S 4 27.5
    142 Albany, GA Georgia 64.6 S -30 27.1
    143 Kingston, NY New York 64.6 S -22 26.8
    144 Lafayette, IN Indiana 95.3 S -15 26.8
    145 Waterbury, CT NECTA Connecticut 69.1 S 11 26.7
    146 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Tennessee 122.0 S -10 26.5
    147 Columbus, GA-AL Georgia 122.0 S -40 26.4
    148 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Indiana 145.7 S -20 25.7
    149 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Michigan 147.1 S 4 24.9
    150 Williamsport, PA Pennsylvania 53.6 S -11 24.7
    151 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA Massachusetts 95.0 S -24 24.5
    152 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA California 126.2 S -98 24.3
    153 Macon, GA Georgia 100.8 S -19 23.8
    154 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ New Jersey 61.9 S -54 23.6
    155 Racine, WI Wisconsin 79.8 S -53 22.6
    156 Wheeling, WV-OH West Virginia 67.8 S -57 22.6
    157 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Virginia 70.5 S -64 22.6
    158 New Bedford, MA NECTA Massachusetts 66.4 S -12 22.1
    159 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Michigan 65.1 S -24 21.3
    160 Dalton, GA Georgia 78.0 S -57 20.7
    161 Monroe, LA Louisiana 79.1 S -29 20.3
    162 Peabody, MA NECTA Division Massachusetts 101.6 S -15 19.8
    163 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ New Jersey 148.2 S -139 19.0
    164 Holland-Grand Haven, MI Michigan 113.1 S -46 16.3
    165 Muncie, IN Indiana 54.3 S 7 15.8
    166 Terre Haute, IN Indiana 74.0 S -2 15.3
    167 Jackson, MI Michigan 57.6 S 1 14.3
    168 Lima, OH Ohio 55.6 S -30 13.6
    169 Springfield, OH Ohio 51.9 S -21 9.5
    170 Mansfield, OH Ohio 56.9 S -1 9.0
    171 Flint, MI Michigan 147.4 S -95 6.7
    172 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI Michigan 88.7 S -5 3.6
    173 Battle Creek, MI Michigan 58.3 S -13 3.3