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Author: Mark Schill

  • Mid Sized Cities Rankings – 2016 Best Cities for Job Growth

    Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

    2016 Size Ranking – Midsized MSAs Area 2016 Weighted INDEX  2015 Nonfarm Emplymt (1000s)  2016 Size Movement
    1 Provo-Orem, UT 98.4       230.0 0
    2 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 96.6       240.7 1
    3 Fort Collins, CO 94.2       157.0 6
    4 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 92.6       244.2 3
    5 Savannah, GA 92.6       174.5 0
    6 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 91.9       254.2 -4
    7 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 91.4       336.8 1
    8 Boise City, ID 84.1       294.6 7
    9 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 81.9       150.9 1
    10 Stockton-Lodi, CA 79.7       222.5 10
    11 Sioux Falls, SD 79.6       152.3 19
    12 Fresno, CA 78.5       329.0 -2
    13 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 78.0       406.6 -4
    14 Trenton, NJ 77.2       265.2 30
    15 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 76.5       287.6 -11
    16 Santa Rosa, CA 76.1       199.2 -4
    17 Boulder, CO 76.0       182.0 -3
    18 Asheville, NC 75.5       184.7 0
    19 Salem, OR 75.4       157.4 11
    20 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metropolitan Division 75.1       301.2 2
    21 Columbia, SC 73.9       391.4 18
    22 Colorado Springs, CO 73.1       274.1 15
    23 Baton Rouge, LA 70.5       409.0 -2
    24 Lexington-Fayette, KY 68.9       274.5 -5
    25 El Paso, TX 68.7       308.0 26
    26 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 68.4       251.8 -13
    27 Modesto, CA 68.1       168.2 -11
    28 Knoxville, TN 67.8       392.8 0
    29 Bakersfield, CA 67.3       262.5 -23
    30 Reno, NV 66.9       214.2 3
    31 Springfield, MO 64.8       210.0 -2
    32 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 64.2       182.7 -15
    33 Corpus Christi, TX 64.2       196.3 -22
    34 Salisbury, MD-DE 63.6       150.1 51
    35 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 62.9       191.7 5
    36 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 62.5       212.6 14
    37 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 61.8       349.5 -13
    38 Madison, WI 61.3       393.7 -13
    39 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 61.3       298.1 -12
    40 Chattanooga, TN-GA 57.8       249.9 17
    41 Ann Arbor, MI 56.0       218.1 26
    42 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 55.9       363.5 3
    43 Eugene, OR 55.6       154.4 13
    44 Fort Wayne, IN 53.3       220.6 21
    45 Lincoln, NE 53.3       187.5 -9
    46 Lancaster, PA 52.4       246.3 -4
    47 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 51.8       168.7 -24
    48 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 51.4       236.6 -14
    49 Huntsville, AL 48.8       221.7 7
    50 Akron, OH 46.6       343.4 24
    51 Reading, PA 46.5       178.3 -13
    52 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 46.4       398.4 26
    53 Tulsa, OK 43.5       446.4 -18
    54 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 43.1       167.9 -28
    55 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 42.5       357.9 -3
    56 Framingham, MA NECTA Division 42.3       172.0 -13
    57 York-Hanover, PA 41.9       184.0 22
    58 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 40.7       404.4 3
    59 Tucson, AZ 40.5       378.5 23
    60 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 40.3       353.5 15
    61 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 40.2       228.4 -29
    62 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 40.2       204.0 10
    63 Toledo, OH 40.0       308.1 22
    64 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 39.9       335.4 7
    65 Elgin, IL Metropolitan Division 39.7       254.8 -5
    66 Winston-Salem, NC 39.6       258.8 2
    67 Greensboro-High Point, NC 39.6       359.2 -3
    68 Rockford, IL 39.4       152.8 -6
    69 Jackson, MS 39.4       276.3 -15
    70 Delaware County, PA 39.0       233.6 -21
    71 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 38.7       279.3 -40
    72 Anchorage, AK 36.3       178.4 -9
    73 Dayton, OH 35.5       383.0 8
    74 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 34.9       327.5 -19
    75 Green Bay, WI 34.6       173.7 -34
    76 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 34.5       228.6 1
    77 Roanoke, VA 34.1       163.2 -4
    78 Wichita, KS 33.1       298.0 5
    79 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 32.6       297.6 -32
    80 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 30.9       195.9 -4
    81 Tallahassee, FL 30.5       175.5 -35
    82 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 29.8       410.5 -23
    83 New Haven, CT NECTA 28.6       281.5 -25
    84 Canton-Massillon, OH 27.6       171.9 -15
    85 Albuquerque, NM 26.7       383.0 1
    86 Montgomery, AL 26.1       171.2 -2
    87 Evansville, IN-KY 25.4       156.8 -34
    88 Baltimore City, MD 25.3       365.2 -8
    89 Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 24.0       275.5 -19
    90 Lafayette, LA 23.3       210.4 -42
    91 Mobile, AL 23.1       176.9 -2
    92 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 22.6       153.3 0
    93 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA 19.6       259.6 -27
    94 Syracuse, NY 18.6       318.5 -4
    95 Peoria, IL 17.2       177.7 -8
    96 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 15.5       226.1 -5
    97 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 12.7       183.2 -4
    98 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 12.2       180.7 -10

  • Large Cities Rankings – 2016 Best Cities for Job Growth

    Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

    2016 Size Ranking – Large MSAs Area 2016 Weighted INDEX  2015 Nonfarm Emplymt (1000s)  2016 Rank Change
    1 San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div 98.3        1,072.8 0
    2 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 96.8        1,063.1 0
    3 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 95.5        1,184.4 5
    4 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 95.2           931.6 1
    5 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 95.2        2,459.2 -2
    6 Austin-Round Rock, TX 94.8           980.5 -2
    7 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 91.5        1,407.2 0
    8 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 91.3        1,122.4 1
    9 Raleigh, NC 90.5           593.6 6
    10 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 86.8        1,128.6 12
    11 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 86.7        1,614.4 3
    12 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 85.5           992.3 -2
    13 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 85.2        2,628.8 -1
    14 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 83.8        1,381.2 -3
    15 Salt Lake City, UT 83.1           685.6 4
    16 New York City, NY 83.1        4,287.0 1
    17 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 82.6        1,970.2 10
    18 Jacksonville, FL 80.5           662.1 16
    19 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div 79.8           600.9 -1
    20 Richmond, VA 79.4           667.7 20
    21 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 76.0           926.7 9
    22 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 75.6        1,141.8 -6
    23 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 75.3           817.2 -3
    24 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 74.8        3,003.4 -18
    25 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 74.3        1,274.2 7
    26 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 74.2           654.9 -5
    27 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 73.8           534.4 -3
    28 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 71.7        1,001.2 -15
    29 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 71.2        1,406.7 -1
    30 Columbus, OH 70.9        1,052.3 -5
    31 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 70.6        1,027.8 0
    32 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div 70.0        1,110.2 -3
    33 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div 69.0        1,567.9 -7
    34 Kansas City, KS 65.8           463.1 -11
    35 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division 62.8        1,781.9 2
    36 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 62.3        1,212.3 3
    37 Oklahoma City, OK 61.8           633.7 -4
    38 Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA 61.8           926.6 -2
    39 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 57.2        2,613.8 8
    40 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 57.0           877.5 11
    41 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 53.7        1,936.4 -3
    42 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 53.1        4,337.3 -7
    43 Kansas City, MO 52.5           583.9 3
    44 Northern Virginia, VA 52.1        1,415.6 6
    45 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 51.0           494.4 -3
    46 Urban Honolulu, HI 48.6           474.1 -1
    47 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div 48.4        3,670.5 -3
    48 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 47.5           573.8 -5
    49 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 45.9           707.1 11
    50 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 45.1        1,062.5 -9
    51 Philadelphia City, PA 42.7           693.8 -3
    52 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div 40.4           590.6 12
    53 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div 39.4        1,309.4 -4
    54 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 38.1           634.3 7
    55 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div 37.7        1,040.2 2
    56 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 37.3           917.6 12
    57 Camden, NJ Metro Div 36.8           525.3 13
    58 St. Louis, MO-IL 36.7        1,347.4 7
    59 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 36.0           577.9 -3
    60 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 32.2           572.7 -8
    61 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 31.9           855.5 -7
    62 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div 31.6           741.3 -3
    63 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 31.5           457.6 -10
    64 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 29.8           765.9 3
    65 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 29.0           518.1 -10
    66 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 27.7        1,048.2 0
    67 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div 27.2        1,196.5 2
    68 Pittsburgh, PA 23.5        1,160.4 -10
    69 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 22.7           555.8 -7
    70 Rochester, NY 19.4           524.9 -7

  • All Cities Rankings – 2016 Best Cities for Job Growth

    Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

    2016 Overall Ranking Area 2016 Weighted INDEX 2016 Size  2015 Nonfarm Emplymt (1000s)  Overall Rank Change
    1 St. George, UT 98.9 S       59.0 30
    2 Provo-Orem, UT 98.4 M     230.0 4
    3 San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div 98.3 L  1,072.8 1
    4 Gainesville, GA 97.3 S       85.6 12
    5 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 96.8 L  1,063.1 0
    6 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 96.6 M     240.7 14
    7 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 95.5 L  1,184.4 14
    8 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 95.2 L     931.6 5
    9 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 95.2 L  2,459.2 1
    10 Columbus, IN 95.1 S       53.1 -1
    11 Austin-Round Rock, TX 94.8 L     980.5 1
    12 Fort Collins, CO 94.2 M     157.0 35
    13 Napa, CA 93.2 S       71.5 2
    14 Bend-Redmond, OR 92.9 S       74.7 9
    15 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 92.6 M     244.2 25
    16 Savannah, GA 92.6 M     174.5 18
    17 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 91.9 M     254.2 -9
    18 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 91.5 L  1,407.2 1
    19 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 91.4 M     336.8 23
    20 Lake Charles, LA 91.3 S     103.9 5
    21 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 91.3 L  1,122.4 5
    22 The Villages, FL 90.9 S       26.9 5
    23 Raleigh, NC 90.5 L     593.6 18
    24 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 86.8 L  1,128.6 31
    25 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL 86.7 S       69.2 41
    26 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 86.7 L  1,614.4 12
    27 Greeley, CO 86.3 S     101.0 -25
    28 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 85.5 L     992.3 2
    29 Wenatchee, WA 85.4 S       42.8 47
    30 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 85.2 L  2,628.8 6
    31 College Station-Bryan, TX 84.9 S     111.8 104
    32 Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH NECTA Div 84.7 S       65.7 99
    33 Boise City, ID 84.1 M     294.6 42
    34 Jonesboro, AR 83.8 S       55.3 -6
    35 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 83.8 L  1,381.2 -2
    36 Salt Lake City, UT 83.1 L     685.6 14
    37 New York City, NY 83.1 L  4,287.0 8
    38 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 82.6 L  1,970.2 43
    39 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 82.5 S       88.8 192
    40 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 81.9 M     150.9 8
    41 Coeur d’Alene, ID 81.8 S       59.0 2
    42 Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Div 81.6 S       83.3 76
    43 Port St. Lucie, FL 81.5 S     141.1 15
    44 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 81.4 S     139.0 -37
    45 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC 81.3 S       74.6 14
    46 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 80.8 S     115.1 3
    47 Auburn-Opelika, AL 80.7 S       61.8 -33
    48 Jacksonville, FL 80.5 L     662.1 62
    49 Laredo, TX 80.3 S     103.1 15
    50 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div 79.8 L     600.9 -4
    51 Stockton-Lodi, CA 79.7 M     222.5 45
    52 Sioux Falls, SD 79.6 M     152.3 92
    53 Richmond, VA 79.4 L     667.7 141
    54 Visalia-Porterville, CA 78.8 S     120.3 65
    55 Winchester, VA-WV 78.8 S       62.4 -3
    56 Fargo, ND-MN 78.5 S     140.8 -45
    57 Fresno, CA 78.5 M     329.0 4
    58 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 78.0 M     406.6 -1
    59 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 78.0 S     127.8 -30
    60 Logan, UT-ID 77.8 S       60.2 41
    61 Trenton, NJ 77.2 M     265.2 153
    62 Charlottesville, VA 76.7 S     114.0 27
    63 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 76.5 M     287.6 -31
    64 Ames, IA 76.2 S       53.7 -47
    65 Punta Gorda, FL 76.1 S       46.8 107
    66 Santa Rosa, CA 76.1 M     199.2 6
    67 Boulder, CO 76.0 M     182.0 7
    68 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 76.0 L     926.7 25
    69 Killeen-Temple, TX 75.9 S     141.0 86
    70 Spartanburg, SC 75.7 S     145.7 38
    71 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 75.6 L  1,141.8 -27
    72 Asheville, NC 75.5 M     184.7 14
    73 Clarksville, TN-KY 75.4 S       89.6 -5
    74 Salem, OR 75.4 M     157.4 90
    75 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 75.3 L     817.2 -24
    76 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 75.1 M     301.2 36
    77 Prescott, AZ 74.9 S       62.2 23
    78 Idaho Falls, ID 74.8 S       63.0 79
    79 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 74.8 L  3,003.4 -61
    80 Manhattan, KS 74.4 S       45.5 135
    81 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 74.3 L  1,274.2 17
    82 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 74.2 L     654.9 -28
    83 Columbia, SC 73.9 M     391.4 106
    84 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 73.8 L     534.4 -13
    85 Olympia-Tumwater, WA 73.7 S     110.4 -8
    86 Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 73.5 S       74.3 8
    87 Colorado Springs, CO 73.1 M     274.1 98
    88 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 71.7 L  1,001.2 -51
    89 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY 71.4 S       56.5 48
    90 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 71.2 L  1,406.7 -6
    91 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 71.0 S     135.0 45
    92 Columbus, OH 70.9 L  1,052.3 -14
    93 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 70.6 L  1,027.8 4
    94 Baton Rouge, LA 70.5 M     409.0 12
    95 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div 70.0 L  1,110.2 -7
    96 Lubbock, TX 70.0 S     142.6 38
    97 Merced, CA 69.6 S       64.1 -75
    98 Columbia, MO 69.4 S     100.6 52
    99 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div 69.0 L  1,567.9 -19
    100 Lexington-Fayette, KY 68.9 M     274.5 -8
    101 Tuscaloosa, AL 68.9 S     105.9 -48
    102 Bismarck, ND 68.9 S       74.5 -67
    103 Bowling Green, KY 68.7 S       73.1 -40
    104 El Paso, TX 68.7 M     308.0 129
    105 San Rafael, CA Metro Div 68.7 S     114.9 -40
    106 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 68.4 M     251.8 -33
    107 Modesto, CA 68.1 M     168.2 -25
    108 Knoxville, TN 67.8 M     392.8 52
    109 Bakersfield, CA 67.3 M     262.5 -70
    110 Kennewick-Richland, WA 67.3 S     107.9 23
    111 Tyler, TX 67.2 S     102.4 10
    112 Reno, NV 66.9 M     214.2 64
    113 Athens-Clarke County, GA 66.6 S       93.5 0
    114 Salinas, CA 66.5 S     135.7 -15
    115 Victoria, TX 66.4 S       45.1 -91
    116 Kansas City, KS 65.8 L     463.1 -47
    117 Billings, MT 65.6 S       84.7 103
    118 Madera, CA 65.5 S       36.6 40
    119 Springfield, MO 64.8 M     210.0 43
    120 Wilmington, NC 64.4 S     118.9 -11
    121 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div 64.2 S       82.0 -14
    122 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 64.2 M     182.7 -39
    123 Corpus Christi, TX 64.2 M     196.3 -61
    124 Salisbury, MD-DE 63.6 M     150.1 214
    125 Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA 63.2 S       61.0 36
    126 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 62.9 M     191.7 67
    127 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div 62.8 L  1,781.9 24
    128 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 62.6 S       49.7 -8
    129 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 62.5 M     212.6 101
    130 Yuba City, CA 62.4 S       41.6 10
    131 Cleveland, TN 62.4 S       49.9 -2
    132 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 62.3 L  1,212.3 27
    133 Oklahoma City, OK 61.8 L     633.7 -31
    134 Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA 61.8 L     926.6 12
    135 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 61.8 M     349.5 -12
    136 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 61.4 S     140.7 11
    137 Madison, WI 61.3 M     393.7 1
    138 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 61.3 M     298.1 5
    139 Midland, TX 61.3 S       91.3 -138
    140 Longview, WA 61.2 S       39.5 -84
    141 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 61.0 S       98.0 -46
    142 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 61.0 S     103.1 -63
    143 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 60.9 S     126.4 -11
    144 Yakima, WA 60.7 S       82.5 78
    145 St. Cloud, MN 60.6 S     108.5 -4
    146 Janesville-Beloit, WI 59.9 S       67.6 -16
    147 Chico, CA 59.7 S       78.6 -33
    148 San Angelo, TX 59.6 S       49.5 -88
    149 Pueblo, CO 59.2 S       61.4 0
    150 Medford, OR 59.0 S       83.5 -47
    151 Ocean City, NJ 58.8 S       37.2 26
    152 Monroe, MI 58.7 S       43.0 31
    153 Manchester, NH NECTA 58.4 S     110.0 -63
    154 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 57.8 S       38.6 58
    155 Chattanooga, TN-GA 57.8 M     249.9 97
    156 El Centro, CA 57.5 S       53.3 -69
    157 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 57.2 L  2,613.8 89
    158 Hattiesburg, MS 57.1 S       63.8 28
    159 Iowa City, IA 57.1 S       99.6 -44
    160 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 57.0 L     877.5 103
    161 Gainesville, FL 56.6 S     137.7 39
    162 Grants Pass, OR 56.5 S       24.9 -77
    163 Bellingham, WA 56.3 S       87.8 -96
    164 Dubuque, IA 56.3 S       60.7 -37
    165 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 56.2 S       99.3 31
    166 Ann Arbor, MI 56.0 M     218.1 111
    167 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 55.9 M     363.5 52
    168 New Bedford, MA NECTA 55.9 S       67.1 -57
    169 Sherman-Denison, TX 55.9 S       46.6 38
    170 Morgantown, WV 55.8 S       72.0 21
    171 Panama City, FL 55.7 S       80.5 -2
    172 Corvallis, OR 55.7 S       41.4 -27
    173 Eugene, OR 55.6 M     154.4 64
    174 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 55.6 S       48.3 -70
    175 Pocatello, ID 55.1 S       36.0 30
    176 Odessa, TX 54.9 S       73.8 -173
    177 Missoula, MT 54.6 S       58.7 101
    178 Flagstaff, AZ 54.4 S       65.3 9
    179 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 53.7 L  1,936.4 -26
    180 Fort Wayne, IN 53.3 M     220.6 95
    181 Lincoln, NE 53.3 M     187.5 1
    182 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 53.1 L  4,337.3 -65
    183 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 52.8 S       89.0 59
    184 Kansas City, MO 52.5 L     583.9 55
    185 Lancaster, PA 52.4 M     246.3 19
    186 Brunswick, GA 52.3 S       42.4 100
    187 Northern Virginia, VA 52.1 L  1,415.6 75
    188 Waco, TX 51.9 S     116.1 100
    189 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 51.8 S     105.0 -26
    190 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 51.8 M     168.7 -74
    191 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 51.4 M     236.6 -13
    192 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 51.0 L     494.4 16
    193 Owensboro, KY 50.6 S       53.5 50
    194 Redding, CA 50.5 S       64.0 -29
    195 Amarillo, TX 50.5 S     119.6 71
    196 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div 49.8 S     149.6 -12
    197 Florence, SC 49.7 S       87.1 62
    198 Morristown, TN 49.4 S       45.5 86
    199 Macon, GA 49.0 S     103.7 -32
    200 Appleton, WI 48.9 S     124.0 2
    201 Huntsville, AL 48.8 M     221.7 44
    202 Jackson, TN 48.7 S       66.9 -3
    203 Urban Honolulu, HI 48.6 L     474.1 24
    204 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div 48.4 L  3,670.5 13
    205 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 48.4 S       77.2 -51
    206 Cheyenne, WY 47.9 S       46.9 -82
    207 Ocala, FL 47.6 S       98.6 -79
    208 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 47.5 L     573.8 8
    209 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 47.0 S       88.5 4
    210 Rochester, MN 46.8 S     116.4 77
    211 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 46.6 S     145.4 107
    212 Akron, OH 46.6 M     343.4 104
    213 Reading, PA 46.5 M     178.3 -25
    214 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 46.4 S     141.5 98
    215 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 46.4 M     398.4 115
    216 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 45.9 L     707.1 103
    217 Dover, DE 45.2 S       69.1 -11
    218 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 45.1 L  1,062.5 -21
    219 Yuma, AZ 44.7 S       54.8 155
    220 Mankato-North Mankato, MN 44.6 S       56.5 -52
    221 Lewiston, ID-WA 43.6 S       27.7 -20
    222 Tulsa, OK 43.5 M     446.4 -42
    223 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 43.1 M     167.9 -84
    224 Philadelphia City, PA 42.7 L     693.8 24
    225 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 42.5 M     357.9 10
    226 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 42.3 M     172.0 -17
    227 York-Hanover, PA 41.9 M     184.0 107
    228 Kokomo, IN 41.8 S       40.7 -54
    229 Sebring, FL 41.7 S       25.4 -103
    230 Wausau, WI 41.5 S       72.9 2
    231 Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Div 41.3 S       44.8 -126
    232 Carbondale-Marion, IL 41.2 S       58.2 177
    233 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 40.7 M     404.4 35
    234 Tucson, AZ 40.5 M     378.5 112
    235 Albany, OR 40.5 S       41.7 5
    236 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div 40.4 L     590.6 101
    237 Gadsden, AL 40.3 S       38.0 13
    238 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 40.3 M     353.5 84
    239 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 40.2 M     228.4 -64
    240 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 40.2 M     204.0 62
    241 Toledo, OH 40.0 M     308.1 110
    242 Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA 40.0 S       52.5 -63
    243 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 39.9 M     335.4 58
    244 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 39.9 S       42.3 97
    245 Midland, MI 39.7 S       37.9 -75
    246 Elgin, IL Metro Div 39.7 M     254.8 19
    247 Winston-Salem, NC 39.6 M     258.8 32
    248 Greensboro-High Point, NC 39.6 M     359.2 26
    249 Ithaca, NY 39.6 S       70.4 -51
    250 Rockford, IL 39.4 M     152.8 22
    251 Jackson, MS 39.4 M     276.3 -13
    252 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div 39.4 L  1,309.4 3
    253 Greenville, NC 39.3 S       78.6 -27
    254 Saginaw, MI 39.3 S       90.0 66
    255 Delaware County, PA 39.0 M     233.6 -26
    256 Muncie, IN 39.0 S       52.2 132
    257 Dalton, GA 38.9 S       68.0 -29
    258 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 38.7 M     279.3 -85
    259 Walla Walla, WA 38.3 S       27.3 1
    260 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 38.1 L     634.3 61
    261 Muskegon, MI 38.0 S       63.7 -12
    262 Sumter, SC 37.8 S       39.2 -9
    263 Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA 37.8 S       51.3 7
    264 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div 37.7 L  1,040.2 40
    265 Eau Claire, WI 37.7 S       85.3 -47
    266 Texarkana, TX-AR 37.7 S       61.1 134
    267 Battle Creek, MI 37.7 S       58.9 -57
    268 Lawrence, KS 37.6 S       53.1 -10
    269 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 37.3 L     917.6 90
    270 Grand Forks, ND-MN 37.2 S       57.4 -104
    271 California-Lexington Park, MD 37.2 S       44.8 43
    272 Camden, NJ Metro Div 36.8 L     525.3 121
    273 St. Louis, MO-IL 36.7 L  1,347.4 75
    274 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 36.6 S       77.9 29
    275 Grand Junction, CO 36.6 S       61.8 -94
    276 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 36.5 S       61.4 68
    277 Valdosta, GA 36.4 S       55.6 -30
    278 Anchorage, AK 36.3 M     178.4 -5
    279 Danbury, CT NECTA 36.1 S       78.8 -157
    280 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 36.0 L     577.9 17
    281 Casper, WY 35.6 S       40.7 -156
    282 Dayton, OH 35.5 M     383.0 63
    283 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 35.4 S       51.0 -22
    284 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 35.0 S       95.4 9
    285 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 34.9 M     327.5 -44
    286 Green Bay, WI 34.6 M     173.7 -83
    287 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 34.5 M     228.6 41
    288 New Bern, NC 34.4 S       44.5 20
    289 Roanoke, VA 34.1 M     163.2 20
    290 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 34.0 S     123.0 5
    291 Kankakee, IL 33.8 S       45.1 -47
    292 Santa Fe, NM 33.8 S       62.7 69
    293 Fond du Lac, WI 33.8 S       48.1 -137
    294 St. Joseph, MO-KS 33.8 S       62.9 -3
    295 Harrisonburg, VA 33.5 S       65.4 -39
    296 Farmington, NM 33.4 S       51.1 -205
    297 Johnson City, TN 33.1 S       79.2 32
    298 Wichita, KS 33.1 M     298.0 49
    299 Cedar Rapids, IA 32.9 S     143.5 41
    300 Jacksonville, NC 32.7 S       49.1 -105
    301 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 32.6 M     297.6 -78
    302 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 32.6 S     104.0 -51
    303 Springfield, IL 32.6 S     113.6 65
    304 Rapid City, SD 32.5 S       64.2 -112
    305 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 32.4 S       47.5 27
    306 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 32.2 L     572.7 -24
    307 Lima, OH 32.0 S       53.5 88
    308 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 31.9 L     855.5 -16
    309 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div 31.6 L     741.3 4
    310 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 31.5 L     457.6 -27
    311 Abilene, TX 31.4 S       68.8 -77
    312 Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Div 31.0 S       96.0 -122
    313 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 30.9 M     195.9 10
    314 Tallahassee, FL 30.5 M     175.5 -93
    315 Joplin, MO 30.0 S       81.5 -9
    316 Glens Falls, NY 29.9 S       54.1 48
    317 Rome, GA 29.9 S       40.6 -50
    318 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 29.8 M     410.5 -54
    319 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 29.8 L     765.9 36
    320 Longview, TX 29.7 S     100.4 -250
    321 Burlington, NC 29.6 S       59.8 -169
    322 Sheboygan, WI 29.3 S       60.7 -98
    323 Champaign-Urbana, IL 29.2 S     109.6 34
    324 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 29.0 L     518.1 -28
    325 Houma-Thibodaux, LA 28.8 S       93.9 -183
    326 Lawton, OK 28.7 S       46.4 56
    327 Lebanon, PA 28.7 S       51.3 -42
    328 New Haven, CT NECTA 28.6 M     281.5 -74
    329 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 28.6 S       42.5 -48
    330 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 28.6 S       42.2 42
    331 Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div 28.5 S     126.7 23
    332 State College, PA 28.5 S       76.9 -27
    333 Hinesville, GA 28.5 S       19.8 -43
    334 Homosassa Springs, FL 27.9 S       32.9 64
    335 Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Div 27.7 S       59.2 -9
    336 Warner Robins, GA 27.7 S       70.6 7
    337 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 27.7 L  1,048.2 12
    338 Canton-Massillon, OH 27.6 M     171.9 -49
    339 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div 27.2 L  1,196.5 23
    340 Hammond, LA 26.9 S       43.8 -129
    341 Kingston, NY 26.8 S       61.3 -2
    342 Albuquerque, NM 26.7 M     383.0 10
    343 Las Cruces, NM 26.6 S       71.2 -26
    344 Montgomery, AL 26.1 M     171.2 6
    345 Great Falls, MT 26.1 S       35.9 26
    346 Monroe, LA 25.8 S       79.1 35
    347 Evansville, IN-KY 25.4 M     156.8 -111
    348 Baltimore City, MD 25.3 M     365.2 -13
    349 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 25.0 S       56.5 -50
    350 Hot Springs, AR 24.9 S       37.6 -70
    351 Fayetteville, NC 24.3 S     128.9 25
    352 Gary, IN Metro Div 24.0 M     275.5 -54
    353 Gettysburg, PA 24.0 S       34.1 -205
    354 Staunton-Waynesboro, VA 23.9 S       49.2 26
    355 East Stroudsburg, PA 23.5 S       56.4 58
    356 Pittsburgh, PA 23.5 L  1,160.4 -45
    357 Goldsboro, NC 23.3 S       42.6 42
    358 Lafayette, LA 23.3 M     210.4 -133
    359 Bangor, ME NECTA 23.2 S       66.6 -6
    360 Mobile, AL 23.1 M     176.9 19
    361 Altoona, PA 22.8 S       61.3 5
    362 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 22.7 L     555.8 -31
    363 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 22.6 M     153.3 31
    364 Alexandria, LA 22.6 S       64.2 -49
    365 Grand Island, NE 22.4 S       42.0 -108
    366 Lynchburg, VA 22.4 S     104.3 9
    367 Danville, IL 21.6 S       29.3 -4
    368 Columbus, GA-AL 21.1 S     122.2 -61
    369 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 21.0 S       44.5 -4
    370 Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA 20.9 S     128.3 44
    371 Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metro Div 20.0 S     144.2 20
    372 Duluth, MN-WI 19.8 S     132.7 -62
    373 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA 19.6 M     259.6 -97
    374 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 19.6 S       91.0 -80
    375 Albany, GA 19.6 S       62.2 21
    376 Rochester, NY 19.4 L     524.9 -43
    377 Topeka, KS 19.4 S     110.4 -50
    378 Decatur, IL 19.3 S       51.5 32
    379 Flint, MI 19.1 S     140.0 -110
    380 Fort Smith, AR-OK 18.7 S     113.7 -24
    381 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 18.7 S     147.2 -23
    382 Syracuse, NY 18.6 M     318.5 1
    383 Williamsport, PA 18.2 S       54.6 -212
    384 Racine, WI 17.6 S       76.3 -15
    385 Erie, PA 17.5 S     129.8 -60
    386 Peoria, IL 17.2 M     177.7 -13
    387 Terre Haute, IN 16.4 S       71.2 18
    388 Bloomington, IN 16.4 S       76.3 -52
    389 Waterbury, CT NECTA 16.3 S       67.0 -65
    390 Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ 16.3 S       57.8 31
    391 Wichita Falls, TX 16.1 S       58.7 10
    392 Utica-Rome, NY 15.7 S     127.4 12
    393 Jefferson City, MO 15.5 S       76.0 10
    394 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 15.5 M     226.1 -10
    395 Fairbanks, AK 14.8 S       37.1 -10
    396 Wheeling, WV-OH 14.8 S       68.2 -54
    397 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 14.6 S       43.3 20
    398 Rocky Mount, NC 14.4 S       58.0 20
    399 Dothan, AL 14.3 S       57.2 -9
    400 Bay City, MI 14.2 S       36.7 -30
    401 Jackson, MI 13.2 S       55.0 -101
    402 Bloomington, IL 13.1 S       94.6 4
    403 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 12.7 M     183.2 -6
    404 Decatur, AL 12.5 S       53.8 -2
    405 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 12.2 M     180.7 -27
    406 Springfield, OH 12.0 S       50.7 -135
    407 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 11.9 S     140.7 -21
    408 Mansfield, OH 11.2 S       52.3 -48
    409 Elmira, NY 10.2 S       38.7 -22
    410 Carson City, NV 10.1 S       27.7 -18
    411 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 9.9 S       41.5 1
    412 Beckley, WV 9.2 S       46.4 -23
    413 Cumberland, MD-WV 9.1 S       38.8 -36
    414 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 9.1 S       42.2 -47
    415 Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL 9.0 S       46.0 1
    416 Charleston, WV 8.0 S     122.4 -9
    417 Binghamton, NY 7.5 S     103.5 -2
    418 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 6.8 S       34.1 -7
    419 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 6.6 S     127.0 1
    420 Pine Bluff, AR 6.1 S       33.8 -1
    421 Johnstown, PA 5.7 S       56.5 -13

     

  • Small Cities Manufacturing Jobs – 2015 Best Cities Rankings

    Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

    We used five measures of growth to rank MSAs over the past 10 years. “Large” areas include those with a current nonfarm employment base of at least 450,000 jobs. “Midsize” areas range from 150,000 to 450,000 jobs. “Small” areas have as many as 150,000 jobs. This year’s rankings reflect the new Office of Management and Budget definitions of MSAs for all series released after March 2015. As a result, the MSA listed in this year’s rankings do not necessary correspond directly to those listed in prior years. In some instances, MSAs were consolidated with others — for example Pascagoula, MS, was combined with the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, MSA to form the new Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS, MSA. Others were separated from previously consolidated MSAs and in still other instances individual counties were shifted from one MSA to another. The bottom line is that this year’s rankings are based on good time series for the newly defined MSAs but may not be precisely comparable to those listed in prior years. The total number of MSAs included in this year’s rankings has risen from 398 to 421. This year’s rankings reflect the current size of each MSA’s employment.

    2015  Mfg Rank – Small MSAs Area Weighted INDEX 2014 Mfg Emplmt (1000s) Total Mfg Emplmt Growth Rate 2013-2014 Total Mfg Emplmt Cum Growth
    2009-2014    		 2015 Overall Mfg Rank
    1 Madera, CA 74.4 4.6 10.3% 59.8% 1
    2 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 74.0 3.5 10.5% 40.0% 2
    3 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 71.3 2.1 4.9% 39.1% 3
    4 San Rafael, CA Metro Div 70.5 3.8 17.7% 76.6% 4
    5 Midland, TX 68.9 4.1 8.8% 72.2% 5
    6 Grants Pass, OR 68.6 2.9 19.2% 26.1% 6
    7 Pueblo, CO 68.4 4.8 7.5% 22.2% 7
    8 Merced, CA 68.3 10.7 26.8% 35.3% 8
    9 Lewiston, ID-WA 67.7 4.1 2.5% 40.9% 9
    10 College Station-Bryan, TX 67.2 6.2 10.7% 19.2% 10
    11 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY 66.4 7.3 10.7% 42.5% 11
    12 Columbus, IN 65.5 19.2 7.4% 43.2% 12
    13 Auburn-Opelika, AL 65.1 6.6 5.9% 19.3% 13
    14 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 65.0 6.1 7.6% 26.9% 14
    15 Idaho Falls, ID 64.1 3.9 4.5% 34.9% 15
    16 Kokomo, IN 63.3 11.6 4.8% 42.6% 17
    17 Odessa, TX 63.0 5.8 7.4% 46.2% 18
    18 Bend-Redmond, OR 60.9 4.5 5.4% 24.8% 21
    19 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 60.8 57.8 3.9% 41.9% 22
    20 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 60.5 6.4 6.0% 23.7% 23
    21 Monroe, MI 60.3 5.6 8.4% 28.5% 24
    22 Napa, CA 59.9 12.3 8.5% 17.9% 25
    23 Medford, OR 59.6 7.6 6.1% 24.0% 27
    24 Jackson, MI 59.5 9.6 4.0% 33.8% 28
    25 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 58.9 11.1 7.4% 16.0% 29
    26 Prescott, AZ 58.7 3.3 1.0% 31.6% 30
    27 Fort Collins, CO 58.5 12.6 7.1% 20.4% 31
    28 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 58.5 17.3 4.4% 26.7% 32
    29 Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA 57.5 10.0 3.1% 31.4% 34
    30 St. George, UT 57.2 2.8 3.7% 25.4% 36
    31 Kennewick-Richland, WA 57.2 7.7 7.5% 15.6% 37
    32 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 57.1 7.6 3.2% 21.2% 38
    33 Tuscaloosa, AL 57.1 15.2 8.9% 12.9% 39
    34 Flint, MI 56.4 12.5 4.5% 31.2% 42
    35 Grand Forks, ND-MN 56.3 4.0 8.1% 11.1% 43
    36 Muskegon, MI 56.2 13.2 3.9% 33.8% 44
    37 Port St. Lucie, FL 55.9 6.0 2.3% 24.3% 45
    38 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 55.2 6.9 6.2% 19.7% 47
    39 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 54.1 13.1 4.3% 17.0% 51
    40 Ocala, FL 53.7 7.4 6.7% 13.8% 53
    41 Morgantown, WV 53.5 4.5 3.1% 21.6% 54
    42 Spartanburg, SC 52.5 28.4 5.3% 16.6% 59
    43 Lima, OH 52.3 8.8 5.6% 11.9% 61
    44 Fond du Lac, WI 52.2 11.1 0.9% 28.2% 62
    45 Kankakee, IL 52.1 5.8 -0.6% 27.7% 63
    46 Appleton, WI 52.1 24.1 4.8% 17.2% 64
    47 Greeley, CO 52.1 12.0 4.6% 17.2% 65
    48 Panama City, FL 51.8 3.7 0.9% 16.7% 67
    49 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 51.3 9.3 -3.1% 31.8% 70
    50 Bowling Green, KY 51.1 10.5 3.3% 20.7% 71
    51 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 50.6 20.4 4.3% 11.9% 74
    52 Gettysburg, PA 50.5 6.9 4.0% 12.4% 75
    53 Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 50.4 1.2 0.0% 20.0% 76
    54 Yakima, WA 49.9 8.4 4.1% 16.7% 79
    55 Bellingham, WA 49.6 9.3 2.2% 22.5% 82
    56 Janesville-Beloit, WI 49.0 9.4 2.9% 17.1% 86
    57 Danville, IL 48.6 5.3 12.9% 9.0% 88
    58 Sioux Falls, SD 48.5 13.9 3.0% 17.2% 90
    59 Sheboygan, WI 48.5 20.5 2.7% 11.2% 92
    60 Santa Fe, NM 47.8 0.9 4.0% 8.3% 94
    61 Wenatchee, WA 47.5 2.5 1.4% 17.5% 97
    62 Battle Creek, MI 47.5 11.5 3.0% 12.1% 98
    63 Coeur d’Alene, ID 47.2 4.9 -3.3% 21.7% 99
    64 Ithaca, NY 47.0 3.5 2.0% 16.9% 100
    65 Visalia-Porterville, CA 47.0 12.2 5.2% 8.0% 101
    66 Chico, CA 47.0 3.8 4.5% 15.0% 102
    67 Yuma, AZ 46.8 2.2 1.5% 31.4% 104
    68 Sumter, SC 46.6 6.6 3.1% 8.2% 105
    69 Fargo, ND-MN 45.6 10.3 1.0% 19.8% 109
    70 Longview, WA 45.4 6.5 2.1% 12.0% 110
    71 Olympia-Tumwater, WA 45.4 3.3 4.2% 7.6% 111
    72 Bismarck, ND 45.4 2.0 5.2% -1.6% 112
    73 Dalton, GA 44.8 23.2 7.2% -1.7% 115
    74 Wausau, WI 44.8 15.6 3.1% 7.3% 116
    75 Saginaw, MI 44.8 11.9 -0.8% 27.1% 117
    76 Punta Gorda, FL 44.6 0.7 0.0% 40.0% 119
    77 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 44.5 4.6 3.7% 8.6% 122
    78 Springfield, OH 44.3 6.7 2.0% 10.5% 124
    79 Gadsden, AL 44.0 5.2 4.7% 8.3% 126
    80 Eugene, OR 43.6 13.0 1.8% 8.9% 129
    81 Grand Junction, CO 43.2 2.8 1.2% 12.0% 134
    82 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 42.6 3.0 1.1% 9.6% 138
    83 Lake Charles, LA 42.1 9.4 2.9% 5.2% 140
    84 Greenville, NC 41.6 6.8 3.0% 13.4% 142
    85 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 41.6 3.9 6.4% 0.0% 143
    86 Redding, CA 41.3 2.3 1.5% 1.5% 148
    87 Racine, WI 41.2 18.8 0.7% 16.0% 149
    88 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 40.7 11.5 3.6% 4.9% 152
    89 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 40.6 2.1 0.0% 10.5% 153
    90 Clarksville, TN-KY 40.4 10.1 3.1% 9.4% 154
    91 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 40.2 17.1 3.6% 7.6% 157
    92 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 40.2 2.4 6.0% 0.0% 158
    93 Columbus, GA-AL 40.2 10.8 -0.9% 16.9% 159
    94 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 40.1 5.2 4.0% 1.3% 161
    95 Charlottesville, VA 40.0 3.8 4.6% 0.0% 162
    96 Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH NECTA Div 39.9 9.1 0.4% 9.7% 163
    97 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 39.8 39.0 2.4% 5.2% 164
    98 Burlington, NC 39.7 8.7 5.2% 4.0% 165
    99 Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA 39.4 5.2 1.3% 7.6% 168
    100 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 39.0 4.2 0.8% 5.0% 170
    101 St. Cloud, MN 38.9 15.3 2.0% 7.5% 171
    102 Abilene, TX 38.8 2.9 3.6% -1.1% 173
    103 Walla Walla, WA 38.6 3.6 0.9% 9.2% 174
    104 Albany, OR 38.4 7.0 1.4% 5.0% 176
    105 Rapid City, SD 38.3 2.8 -1.2% 13.5% 177
    106 Logan, UT-ID 38.2 11.3 1.8% 6.9% 178
    107 Longview, TX 38.1 10.5 6.8% -0.6% 180
    108 San Angelo, TX 38.0 3.5 9.4% 2.9% 181
    109 Cleveland, TN 38.0 8.9 -2.9% 18.7% 182
    110 Mansfield, OH 37.9 9.6 1.4% 9.1% 184
    111 Erie, PA 37.8 22.2 1.1% 14.7% 185
    112 Morristown, TN 37.6 10.3 1.0% 0.0% 187
    113 Flagstaff, AZ 37.4 4.2 0.8% 15.5% 189
    114 Owensboro, KY 36.5 8.5 1.2% 7.2% 194
    115 Dover, DE 36.4 4.8 1.4% 3.6% 195
    116 Kingston, NY 36.3 3.5 4.0% -1.9% 197
    117 Casper, WY 36.0 1.8 0.0% 17.0% 201
    118 Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Div 35.6 6.2 1.1% 1.6% 205
    119 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 35.5 15.2 1.3% 1.3% 206
    120 Muncie, IN 34.4 4.2 0.8% 9.6% 212
    121 Killeen-Temple, TX 34.0 7.4 0.9% 1.8% 216
    122 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 33.8 2.8 2.4% 0.0% 219
    123 Sherman-Denison, TX 33.5 5.4 1.9% 5.9% 221
    124 Monroe, LA 33.4 6.8 1.0% 3.0% 222
    125 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 32.9 17.3 -1.7% 12.1% 224
    126 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 32.9 5.8 3.0% 0.0% 225
    127 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 32.9 21.6 1.4% 4.7% 226
    128 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 32.8 7.6 1.8% 5.6% 227
    129 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div 32.8 5.5 0.0% -0.6% 228
    130 Eau Claire, WI 32.7 10.4 0.0% 6.8% 229
    131 Fort Smith, AR-OK 32.1 18.2 2.4% -8.5% 235
    132 Yuba City, CA 32.0 2.1 0.0% 8.6% 236
    133 Lawton, OK 31.8 3.6 0.0% 0.9% 238
    134 Jackson, TN 31.8 9.7 1.4% -1.0% 239
    135 Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL 31.6 5.9 1.1% -0.6% 240
    136 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div 31.5 22.2 0.3% 1.5% 241
    137 Lubbock, TX 31.0 4.9 2.8% 0.7% 243
    138 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 30.8 8.5 -1.2% 5.8% 245
    139 Salisbury, MD-DE 30.6 14.2 1.2% -2.1% 248
    140 Johnson City, TN 30.6 7.6 3.2% -3.8% 249
    141 New Bedford, MA NECTA 30.5 7.9 3.5% 0.9% 251
    142 Bloomington, IL 29.8 4.8 -2.0% 7.5% 254
    143 Champaign-Urbana, IL 29.8 8.1 1.3% 2.1% 256
    144 Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ 29.4 8.3 0.4% -0.4% 259
    145 Charleston, WV 29.1 3.4 -1.0% -1.9% 261
    146 Topeka, KS 28.9 7.1 0.9% 2.9% 264
    147 Rome, GA 28.8 5.7 1.8% -7.6% 265
    148 Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Div 27.5 9.4 -0.7% 1.4% 273
    149 Cheyenne, WY 27.3 1.4 -2.4% -6.8% 275
    150 Cedar Rapids, IA 27.3 20.1 0.5% -0.2% 276
    151 Lynchburg, VA 27.2 14.6 0.0% -0.9% 277
    152 Texarkana, TX-AR 27.2 5.3 1.3% -1.3% 278
    153 Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA 27.1 14.8 -0.2% -2.8% 279
    154 Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Div 26.7 7.7 -0.9% -0.9% 281
    155 Utica-Rome, NY 26.5 11.1 -0.9% -2.1% 282
    156 Tyler, TX 26.5 5.6 1.8% -17.2% 283
    157 Altoona, PA 26.3 7.5 -1.7% 2.3% 284
    158 Joplin, MO 26.3 12.8 1.1% -5.4% 285
    159 Duluth, MN-WI 26.0 7.1 -1.8% 6.5% 286
    160 Decatur, AL 26.0 11.9 -2.2% 0.0% 287
    161 Carson City, NV 25.8 2.6 -3.7% 2.7% 289
    162 Amarillo, TX 25.0 13.1 -1.8% 1.0% 294
    163 State College, PA 24.9 3.9 -1.7% 3.5% 295
    164 Bloomington, IN 24.8 8.6 0.4% 1.6% 296
    165 Victoria, TX 24.8 2.6 0.0% 1.3% 297
    166 Albany, GA 24.3 4.3 0.0% -4.4% 298
    167 Manchester, NH NECTA 23.8 7.7 -0.9% -3.3% 301
    168 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 23.8 5.6 -2.9% 0.6% 302
    169 Waco, TX 23.3 14.4 -2.7% 0.9% 304
    170 Terre Haute, IN 23.2 10.9 -4.1% 6.2% 306
    171 Springfield, IL 22.9 3.0 0.0% -8.2% 307
    172 East Stroudsburg, PA 22.8 4.6 0.7% -9.2% 309
    173 Lebanon, PA 22.6 8.7 -3.7% 2.3% 311
    174 Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div 22.4 19.7 0.3% -6.6% 314
    175 Decatur, IL 22.3 10.1 0.0% 0.3% 315
    176 Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA 21.8 6.1 -0.5% -10.7% 318
    177 Rochester, MN 21.4 10.7 0.0% -2.7% 321
    178 Rocky Mount, NC 20.0 10.2 -1.6% -7.0% 323
    179 Salinas, CA 19.8 5.0 -3.2% -5.6% 325
    180 Glens Falls, NY 19.1 6.0 -1.1% -4.8% 329
    181 Gainesville, FL 19.0 4.2 -0.8% -3.8% 330
    182 Williamsport, PA 18.6 8.0 -1.2% -9.1% 331
    183 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 18.5 7.5 -3.0% -6.7% 332
    184 Corvallis, OR 18.4 3.0 0.0% -12.7% 333
    185 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 16.9 2.0 0.0% -10.3% 338
    186 Wichita Falls, TX 16.7 5.1 -3.7% -3.7% 339
    187 Waterbury, CT NECTA 16.3 7.3 -6.0% -3.1% 340
    188 Bay City, MI 16.2 3.8 -3.4% -5.0% 342
    189 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 16.1 0.5 -6.3% -11.8% 343
    190 Hattiesburg, MS 15.8 4.0 -2.4% -4.8% 345
    191 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 15.5 13.4 -3.1% -5.0% 346
    192 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 15.2 5.5 -3.5% -12.8% 348
    193 Johnstown, PA 14.6 3.8 -1.7% -14.3% 350
    194 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 14.2 22.0 -2.4% -7.4% 352
    195 Elmira, NY 13.8 5.1 0.0% -11.0% 354
    196 Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Div 13.4 4.5 -3.6% -7.5% 356
    197 Fairbanks, AK 10.6 0.5 -21.1% -11.8% 358
    198 Wilmington, NC 10.6 5.7 -3.9% -14.9% 359
    199 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 9.9 3.0 -4.3% -16.0% 360
    200 Wheeling, WV-OH 9.7 3.0 -5.3% -16.7% 363
    201 Laredo, TX 9.2 0.7 -12.5% -12.5% 364
    202 Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metro Div 7.8 10.4 -4.3% -19.1% 365
    203 Bangor, ME NECTA 7.1 2.4 -4.1% -25.3% 366
    204 Fayetteville, NC 6.9 7.9 -5.6% -18.5% 367
    205 Dothan, AL 6.9 4.3 -7.9% -23.7% 368
    206 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 6.7 3.5 -8.7% -22.8% 369
    207 Las Cruces, NM 6.4 2.5 -7.5% -17.8% 370
    208 Binghamton, NY 5.3 11.6 -2.8% -21.3% 371
    209 Pocatello, ID 0.2 1.5 -16.4% -28.1% 372
    210 El Centro, CA 0.0 1.0 -56.5% -61.5% 373

  • Mid-sized Cities Manufacturing Jobs – 2015 Best Cities Rankings

    Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

    We used five measures of growth to rank MSAs over the past 10 years. “Large” areas include those with a current nonfarm employment base of at least 450,000 jobs. “Midsize” areas range from 150,000 to 450,000 jobs. “Small” areas have as many as 150,000 jobs. This year’s rankings reflect the new Office of Management and Budget definitions of MSAs for all series released after March 2015. As a result, the MSA listed in this year’s rankings do not necessary correspond directly to those listed in prior years. In some instances, MSAs were consolidated with others — for example Pascagoula, MS, was combined with the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, MSA to form the new Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS, MSA. Others were separated from previously consolidated MSAs and in still other instances individual counties were shifted from one MSA to another. The bottom line is that this year’s rankings are based on good time series for the newly defined MSAs but may not be precisely comparable to those listed in prior years. The total number of MSAs included in this year’s rankings has risen from 398 to 421. This year’s rankings reflect the current size of each MSA’s employment.

    2015  Mfg Rank – Midsized MSAs Area Weighted INDEX 2014 Mfg Emplmt (1000s) Total Mfg Emplmt Growth Rate 2013-2014 Total Mfg Emplmt Cum Growth
    2009-2014    		 2015 Overall Mfg Rank
    1 Toledo, OH 62.7 44.0 6.7% 27.4% 19
    2 Savannah, GA 59.8 16.5 6.2% 20.5% 26
    3 Baton Rouge, LA 57.6 29.5 4.5% 20.2% 33
    4 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 57.5 5.1 4.8% 20.3% 35
    5 Bakersfield, CA 56.5 15.0 4.9% 17.8% 41
    6 Springfield, MO 55.2 15.1 5.9% 19.9% 48
    7 Lafayette, LA 55.1 20.2 0.0% 34.3% 49
    8 Columbia, SC 55.0 30.6 7.0% 13.7% 50
    9 Reno, NV 54.0 12.9 2.4% 15.5% 52
    10 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 53.3 25.1 3.7% 21.4% 55
    11 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 53.2 19.7 1.5% 20.1% 56
    12 Madison, WI 52.9 34.1 6.8% 12.0% 57
    13 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 52.5 10.3 0.7% 22.1% 58
    14 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 52.4 29.8 3.8% 13.6% 60
    15 Stockton-Lodi, CA 51.7 18.8 7.0% 7.2% 69
    16 Provo-Orem, UT 50.8 18.7 2.4% 16.4% 72
    17 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 50.6 15.6 3.1% 19.1% 73
    18 Anchorage, AK 50.1 2.3 6.2% 16.9% 77
    19 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 49.7 6.1 3.4% 14.5% 80
    20 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 49.6 22.4 3.7% 16.5% 81
    21 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 49.1 16.5 0.8% 15.4% 83
    22 Tulsa, OK 49.1 52.1 3.7% 20.6% 84
    23 Mobile, AL 48.6 18.9 0.7% 32.4% 89
    24 Boulder, CO 48.5 17.7 2.5% 18.8% 91
    25 Trenton, NJ 48.3 9.4 8.5% 1.4% 93
    26 Canton-Massillon, OH 47.7 28.4 2.8% 18.0% 95
    27 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 47.6 54.7 2.8% 13.6% 96
    28 Jackson, MS 45.9 18.2 4.8% 9.6% 106
    29 Lincoln, NE 45.8 14.1 3.2% 12.8% 107
    30 Winston-Salem, NC 45.6 31.0 4.6% 4.1% 108
    31 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 45.3 12.5 4.7% 9.6% 113
    32 Salem, OR 45.1 11.7 3.5% 5.7% 114
    33 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 44.7 20.0 1.5% 13.0% 118
    34 Fort Wayne, IN 44.6 34.9 1.4% 14.7% 120
    35 Evansville, IN-KY 44.6 23.0 5.3% 4.7% 121
    36 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 44.5 21.0 4.1% 5.5% 123
    37 Rockford, IL 44.3 32.1 2.0% 24.1% 125
    38 Gary, IN Metro Div 43.8 37.2 2.7% 10.1% 127
    39 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 43.3 30.7 1.7% 17.5% 133
    40 Dayton, OH 43.2 39.6 3.3% 12.4% 136
    41 Montgomery, AL 42.7 18.9 2.9% 11.2% 137
    42 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 42.0 59.1 1.5% 9.1% 141
    43 Boise City, ID 41.4 24.8 1.8% 11.5% 146
    44 Reading, PA 41.1 30.5 2.2% 10.6% 151
    45 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 40.1 16.9 1.8% 7.9% 160
    46 Lexington-Fayette, KY 38.9 30.7 2.7% 3.0% 172
    47 Chattanooga, TN-GA 37.8 30.8 1.1% 11.3% 186
    48 Roanoke, VA 37.4 16.7 2.4% 5.7% 188
    49 Green Bay, WI 37.2 29.2 0.8% 8.0% 190
    50 Knoxville, TN 36.2 35.5 1.5% 8.8% 198
    51 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 36.1 17.3 -0.2% 6.6% 199
    52 Asheville, NC 35.8 19.0 1.1% 6.7% 203
    53 Elgin, IL Metro Div 35.8 34.9 1.2% 8.8% 204
    54 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 34.8 24.3 -0.4% 11.3% 208
    55 Greensboro-High Point, NC 34.7 53.8 0.9% 6.1% 209
    56 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 34.3 35.7 2.2% 1.4% 213
    57 Santa Rosa, CA 34.0 20.2 0.5% 2.9% 214
    58 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 33.9 20.3 3.2% -2.2% 217
    59 Corpus Christi, TX 33.5 9.9 1.7% 5.3% 220
    60 Fresno, CA 33.1 23.2 2.7% -2.2% 223
    61 Akron, OH 32.6 39.9 0.3% 7.3% 231
    62 Colorado Springs, CO 32.1 11.8 -1.4% 5.7% 233
    63 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 31.9 27.5 2.1% -4.5% 237
    64 Ann Arbor, MI 30.0 14.1 0.5% 2.4% 253
    65 Lancaster, PA 29.8 35.9 0.7% -0.5% 255
    66 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 29.5 30.4 1.4% -3.5% 258
    67 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 29.0 10.9 1.9% -5.2% 262
    68 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 27.7 20.3 0.0% 0.5% 270
    69 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 27.7 30.2 0.1% -3.3% 271
    70 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA 27.6 27.5 0.0% -2.2% 272
    71 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 26.8 19.2 0.5% -10.8% 280
    72 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 25.7 27.1 0.2% -4.7% 290
    73 Syracuse, NY 25.6 24.5 1.2% -8.8% 291
    74 Huntsville, AL 25.6 23.2 0.7% -7.6% 292
    75 Peoria, IL 25.6 26.6 -1.4% 7.8% 293
    76 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 23.7 20.1 1.3% -4.6% 303
    77 Wichita, KS 22.9 52.3 -1.3% -1.1% 308
    78 El Paso, TX 22.8 17.1 -2.3% 3.2% 310
    79 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 22.4 6.3 -1.6% -0.5% 313
    80 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 22.1 25.5 -1.2% -2.3% 316
    81 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 21.5 12.1 -0.3% -4.0% 319
    82 York-Hanover, PA 19.7 30.6 -1.1% -6.8% 326
    83 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 19.2 17.8 -2.0% -4.6% 328
    84 Baltimore City, MD 18.2 11.8 -0.6% -13.0% 335
    85 Tucson, AZ 16.9 22.4 -1.9% -8.3% 337
    86 Modesto, CA 16.2 18.4 -6.6% -4.2% 341
    87 New Haven, CT NECTA 16.0 24.3 -3.1% -8.5% 344
    88 Albuquerque, NM 15.2 16.4 -3.3% -5.6% 347
    89 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 15.0 32.0 -3.0% -9.7% 349
    90 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 14.3 29.1 -3.7% -7.2% 351
    91 Delaware County, PA 14.1 14.6 -3.1% -8.5% 353
    92 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 11.7 7.8 -2.1% -27.2% 357
    93 Tallahassee, FL 9.7 2.9 -1.1% -22.1% 362

  • Large Cities Manufacturing Jobs – 2015 Best Cities Rankings

    Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

    We used five measures of growth to rank MSAs over the past 10 years. “Large” areas include those with a current nonfarm employment base of at least 450,000 jobs. “Midsize” areas range from 150,000 to 450,000 jobs. “Small” areas have as many as 150,000 jobs. This year’s rankings reflect the new Office of Management and Budget definitions of MSAs for all series released after March 2015. As a result, the MSA listed in this year’s rankings do not necessary correspond directly to those listed in prior years. In some instances, MSAs were consolidated with others — for example Pascagoula, MS, was combined with the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, MSA to form the new Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS, MSA. Others were separated from previously consolidated MSAs and in still other instances individual counties were shifted from one MSA to another. The bottom line is that this year’s rankings are based on good time series for the newly defined MSAs but may not be precisely comparable to those listed in prior years. The total number of MSAs included in this year’s rankings has risen from 398 to 421. This year’s rankings reflect the current size of each MSA’s employment.

    2015  Mfg Rank – Large MSAs Area Weighted INDEX 2014 Mfg Emplmt (1000s) Total Mfg Emplmt Growth Rate 2013-2014 Total Mfg Emplmt Cum Growth
    2009-2014    		 2015 Overall Mfg Rank
    1 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div 63.6 89.3 9.8% 31.3% 16
    2 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 61.2 157.9 5.1% 38.8% 20
    3 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 57.0 104.3 3.7% 27.9% 40
    4 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 55.5 79.7 3.4% 23.9% 46
    5 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 52.0 24.5 2.8% 19.9% 66
    6 Oklahoma City, OK 51.7 37.9 2.4% 23.1% 68
    7 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 50.1 74.9 3.2% 23.1% 78
    8 Kansas City, MO 49.0 41.8 5.1% 8.6% 85
    9 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 48.8 257.3 2.4% 19.8% 87
    10 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 46.8 119.1 2.8% 12.7% 103
    11 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div 43.8 16.8 3.7% 5.5% 128
    12 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 43.4 192.6 2.9% 10.5% 130
    13 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 43.4 66.4 3.8% 8.4% 131
    14 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 43.3 27.2 2.5% 7.1% 132
    15 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 43.2 161.5 3.4% 8.0% 135
    16 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 42.2 39.8 2.9% 5.8% 139
    17 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 41.5 96.9 2.0% 11.6% 144
    18 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 41.5 90.8 2.5% 6.9% 145
    19 Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA 41.3 35.0 3.0% 6.4% 147
    20 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 41.1 90.6 3.3% 5.6% 150
    21 Raleigh, NC 40.4 31.9 2.9% 6.0% 155
    22 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 40.4 37.7 2.0% 5.0% 156
    23 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 39.6 153.7 2.2% 8.5% 166
    24 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 39.5 100.5 2.4% 9.5% 167
    25 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 39.1 109.4 1.8% 5.9% 169
    26 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div 38.5 82.8 2.6% 3.3% 175
    27 St. Louis, MO-IL 38.1 113.1 2.7% 5.2% 179
    28 San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div 38.0 36.0 2.1% 2.0% 183
    29 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 37.1 21.2 0.5% 5.8% 191
    30 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 37.0 52.2 2.4% 2.8% 192
    31 Austin-Round Rock, TX 36.9 57.7 -0.3% 10.7% 193
    32 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 36.4 61.2 0.9% 5.0% 196
    33 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 36.1 120.9 1.3% 8.1% 200
    34 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 35.9 169.9 0.0% 12.9% 202
    35 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div 35.1 160.1 1.1% 7.2% 207
    36 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 34.7 97.0 1.0% 5.2% 210
    37 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 34.7 38.4 -0.5% 7.3% 211
    38 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 34.0 52.2 0.4% 5.1% 215
    39 Columbus, OH 33.8 69.7 0.0% 6.8% 218
    40 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 32.6 124.0 -0.2% 7.6% 230
    41 Urban Honolulu, HI 32.2 11.0 0.6% 2.8% 232
    42 Pittsburgh, PA 32.1 90.2 1.3% 3.5% 234
    43 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div 31.5 91.2 1.3% -0.5% 242
    44 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 30.9 117.1 -0.2% 5.0% 244
    45 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 30.8 43.7 1.4% -1.2% 246
    46 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 30.7 54.7 0.1% 3.4% 247
    47 Jacksonville, FL 30.5 28.0 1.6% -0.1% 250
    48 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 30.1 32.0 -1.4% 2.6% 252
    49 Salt Lake City, UT 29.7 54.0 -0.2% 5.1% 257
    50 Kansas City, KS 29.2 30.1 1.9% -3.3% 260
    51 Northern Virginia, VA 28.9 23.9 0.4% -0.8% 263
    52 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 28.6 45.7 -0.9% 5.6% 266
    53 Richmond, VA 28.5 31.0 0.3% -2.8% 267
    54 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div 28.3 16.4 1.9% -6.5% 268
    55 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 28.0 166.3 1.1% -0.9% 269
    56 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 27.4 44.4 0.8% -1.1% 274
    57 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div 26.0 82.2 -0.3% -0.8% 288
    58 Camden, NJ Metro Div 24.1 35.2 0.3% -7.5% 299
    59 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 24.0 363.9 -1.0% -2.9% 300
    60 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div 23.2 278.2 -0.8% -1.5% 305
    61 Rochester, NY 22.6 58.8 -0.6% -4.1% 312
    62 New York City, NY 22.1 74.7 -2.4% -3.3% 317
    63 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div 21.5 79.8 -1.8% -5.4% 320
    64 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div 20.7 71.5 -2.1% -2.4% 322
    65 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 19.9 54.9 -1.4% -3.1% 324
    66 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 19.2 57.2 -2.6% -5.7% 327
    67 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 18.4 33.3 -1.3% -10.7% 334
    68 Philadelphia City, PA 17.0 21.4 -1.2% -14.2% 336
    69 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 13.5 29.3 -3.4% -9.7% 355
    70 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 9.8 30.1 -5.0% -15.3% 361

  • All Cities Manufacturing Jobs – 2015 Best Cities Rankings

    Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

    We used five measures of growth to rank MSAs over the past 10 years. “Large” areas include those with a current nonfarm employment base of at least 450,000 jobs. “Midsize” areas range from 150,000 to 450,000 jobs. “Small” areas have as many as 150,000 jobs. This year’s rankings reflect the new Office of Management and Budget definitions of MSAs for all series released after March 2015. As a result, the MSA listed in this year’s rankings do not necessary correspond directly to those listed in prior years. In some instances, MSAs were consolidated with others — for example Pascagoula, MS, was combined with the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, MSA to form the new Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS, MSA. Others were separated from previously consolidated MSAs and in still other instances individual counties were shifted from one MSA to another. The bottom line is that this year’s rankings are based on good time series for the newly defined MSAs but may not be precisely comparable to those listed in prior years. The total number of MSAs included in this year’s rankings has risen from 398 to 421. This year’s rankings reflect the current size of each MSA’s employment.

    2015 Overall Mfg Rank Area Weighted INDEX 2014 Mfg Emplmt (1000s) Total Mfg Emplmt Growth Rate 2013-2014 Total Mfg Emplmt Cum Growth
    2009-2014
    1 Madera, CA 74.4 4.6 10.3% 59.8%
    2 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 74.0 3.5 10.5% 40.0%
    3 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 71.3 2.1 4.9% 39.1%
    4 San Rafael, CA Metro Div 70.5 3.8 17.7% 76.6%
    5 Midland, TX 68.9 4.1 8.8% 72.2%
    6 Grants Pass, OR 68.6 2.9 19.2% 26.1%
    7 Pueblo, CO 68.4 4.8 7.5% 22.2%
    8 Merced, CA 68.3 10.7 26.8% 35.3%
    9 Lewiston, ID-WA 67.7 4.1 2.5% 40.9%
    10 College Station-Bryan, TX 67.2 6.2 10.7% 19.2%
    11 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY 66.4 7.3 10.7% 42.5%
    12 Columbus, IN 65.5 19.2 7.4% 43.2%
    13 Auburn-Opelika, AL 65.1 6.6 5.9% 19.3%
    14 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 65.0 6.1 7.6% 26.9%
    15 Idaho Falls, ID 64.1 3.9 4.5% 34.9%
    16 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div 63.6 89.3 9.8% 31.3%
    17 Kokomo, IN 63.3 11.6 4.8% 42.6%
    18 Odessa, TX 63.0 5.8 7.4% 46.2%
    19 Toledo, OH 62.7 44.0 6.7% 27.4%
    20 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 61.2 157.9 5.1% 38.8%
    21 Bend-Redmond, OR 60.9 4.5 5.4% 24.8%
    22 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 60.8 57.8 3.9% 41.9%
    23 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 60.5 6.4 6.0% 23.7%
    24 Monroe, MI 60.3 5.6 8.4% 28.5%
    25 Napa, CA 59.9 12.3 8.5% 17.9%
    26 Savannah, GA 59.8 16.5 6.2% 20.5%
    27 Medford, OR 59.6 7.6 6.1% 24.0%
    28 Jackson, MI 59.5 9.6 4.0% 33.8%
    29 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 58.9 11.1 7.4% 16.0%
    30 Prescott, AZ 58.7 3.3 1.0% 31.6%
    31 Fort Collins, CO 58.5 12.6 7.1% 20.4%
    32 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 58.5 17.3 4.4% 26.7%
    33 Baton Rouge, LA 57.6 29.5 4.5% 20.2%
    34 Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA 57.5 10.0 3.1% 31.4%
    35 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 57.5 5.1 4.8% 20.3%
    36 St. George, UT 57.2 2.8 3.7% 25.4%
    37 Kennewick-Richland, WA 57.2 7.7 7.5% 15.6%
    38 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 57.1 7.6 3.2% 21.2%
    39 Tuscaloosa, AL 57.1 15.2 8.9% 12.9%
    40 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 57.0 104.3 3.7% 27.9%
    41 Bakersfield, CA 56.5 15.0 4.9% 17.8%
    42 Flint, MI 56.4 12.5 4.5% 31.2%
    43 Grand Forks, ND-MN 56.3 4.0 8.1% 11.1%
    44 Muskegon, MI 56.2 13.2 3.9% 33.8%
    45 Port St. Lucie, FL 55.9 6.0 2.3% 24.3%
    46 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 55.5 79.7 3.4% 23.9%
    47 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 55.2 6.9 6.2% 19.7%
    48 Springfield, MO 55.2 15.1 5.9% 19.9%
    49 Lafayette, LA 55.1 20.2 0.0% 34.3%
    50 Columbia, SC 55.0 30.6 7.0% 13.7%
    51 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 54.1 13.1 4.3% 17.0%
    52 Reno, NV 54.0 12.9 2.4% 15.5%
    53 Ocala, FL 53.7 7.4 6.7% 13.8%
    54 Morgantown, WV 53.5 4.5 3.1% 21.6%
    55 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 53.3 25.1 3.7% 21.4%
    56 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 53.2 19.7 1.5% 20.1%
    57 Madison, WI 52.9 34.1 6.8% 12.0%
    58 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 52.5 10.3 0.7% 22.1%
    59 Spartanburg, SC 52.5 28.4 5.3% 16.6%
    60 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 52.4 29.8 3.8% 13.6%
    61 Lima, OH 52.3 8.8 5.6% 11.9%
    62 Fond du Lac, WI 52.2 11.1 0.9% 28.2%
    63 Kankakee, IL 52.1 5.8 -0.6% 27.7%
    64 Appleton, WI 52.1 24.1 4.8% 17.2%
    65 Greeley, CO 52.1 12.0 4.6% 17.2%
    66 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 52.0 24.5 2.8% 19.9%
    67 Panama City, FL 51.8 3.7 0.9% 16.7%
    68 Oklahoma City, OK 51.7 37.9 2.4% 23.1%
    69 Stockton-Lodi, CA 51.7 18.8 7.0% 7.2%
    70 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 51.3 9.3 -3.1% 31.8%
    71 Bowling Green, KY 51.1 10.5 3.3% 20.7%
    72 Provo-Orem, UT 50.8 18.7 2.4% 16.4%
    73 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 50.6 15.6 3.1% 19.1%
    74 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 50.6 20.4 4.3% 11.9%
    75 Gettysburg, PA 50.5 6.9 4.0% 12.4%
    76 Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 50.4 1.2 0.0% 20.0%
    77 Anchorage, AK 50.1 2.3 6.2% 16.9%
    78 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 50.1 74.9 3.2% 23.1%
    79 Yakima, WA 49.9 8.4 4.1% 16.7%
    80 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 49.7 6.1 3.4% 14.5%
    81 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 49.6 22.4 3.7% 16.5%
    82 Bellingham, WA 49.6 9.3 2.2% 22.5%
    83 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 49.1 16.5 0.8% 15.4%
    84 Tulsa, OK 49.1 52.1 3.7% 20.6%
    85 Kansas City, MO 49.0 41.8 5.1% 8.6%
    86 Janesville-Beloit, WI 49.0 9.4 2.9% 17.1%
    87 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 48.8 257.3 2.4% 19.8%
    88 Danville, IL 48.6 5.3 12.9% 9.0%
    89 Mobile, AL 48.6 18.9 0.7% 32.4%
    90 Sioux Falls, SD 48.5 13.9 3.0% 17.2%
    91 Boulder, CO 48.5 17.7 2.5% 18.8%
    92 Sheboygan, WI 48.5 20.5 2.7% 11.2%
    93 Trenton, NJ 48.3 9.4 8.5% 1.4%
    94 Santa Fe, NM 47.8 0.9 4.0% 8.3%
    95 Canton-Massillon, OH 47.7 28.4 2.8% 18.0%
    96 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 47.6 54.7 2.8% 13.6%
    97 Wenatchee, WA 47.5 2.5 1.4% 17.5%
    98 Battle Creek, MI 47.5 11.5 3.0% 12.1%
    99 Coeur d’Alene, ID 47.2 4.9 -3.3% 21.7%
    100 Ithaca, NY 47.0 3.5 2.0% 16.9%
    101 Visalia-Porterville, CA 47.0 12.2 5.2% 8.0%
    102 Chico, CA 47.0 3.8 4.5% 15.0%
    103 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 46.8 119.1 2.8% 12.7%
    104 Yuma, AZ 46.8 2.2 1.5% 31.4%
    105 Sumter, SC 46.6 6.6 3.1% 8.2%
    106 Jackson, MS 45.9 18.2 4.8% 9.6%
    107 Lincoln, NE 45.8 14.1 3.2% 12.8%
    108 Winston-Salem, NC 45.6 31.0 4.6% 4.1%
    109 Fargo, ND-MN 45.6 10.3 1.0% 19.8%
    110 Longview, WA 45.4 6.5 2.1% 12.0%
    111 Olympia-Tumwater, WA 45.4 3.3 4.2% 7.6%
    112 Bismarck, ND 45.4 2.0 5.2% -1.6%
    113 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 45.3 12.5 4.7% 9.6%
    114 Salem, OR 45.1 11.7 3.5% 5.7%
    115 Dalton, GA 44.8 23.2 7.2% -1.7%
    116 Wausau, WI 44.8 15.6 3.1% 7.3%
    117 Saginaw, MI 44.8 11.9 -0.8% 27.1%
    118 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 44.7 20.0 1.5% 13.0%
    119 Punta Gorda, FL 44.6 0.7 0.0% 40.0%
    120 Fort Wayne, IN 44.6 34.9 1.4% 14.7%
    121 Evansville, IN-KY 44.6 23.0 5.3% 4.7%
    122 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 44.5 4.6 3.7% 8.6%
    123 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 44.5 21.0 4.1% 5.5%
    124 Springfield, OH 44.3 6.7 2.0% 10.5%
    125 Rockford, IL 44.3 32.1 2.0% 24.1%
    126 Gadsden, AL 44.0 5.2 4.7% 8.3%
    127 Gary, IN Metro Div 43.8 37.2 2.7% 10.1%
    128 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div 43.8 16.8 3.7% 5.5%
    129 Eugene, OR 43.6 13.0 1.8% 8.9%
    130 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 43.4 192.6 2.9% 10.5%
    131 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 43.4 66.4 3.8% 8.4%
    132 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 43.3 27.2 2.5% 7.1%
    133 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 43.3 30.7 1.7% 17.5%
    134 Grand Junction, CO 43.2 2.8 1.2% 12.0%
    135 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 43.2 161.5 3.4% 8.0%
    136 Dayton, OH 43.2 39.6 3.3% 12.4%
    137 Montgomery, AL 42.7 18.9 2.9% 11.2%
    138 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 42.6 3.0 1.1% 9.6%
    139 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 42.2 39.8 2.9% 5.8%
    140 Lake Charles, LA 42.1 9.4 2.9% 5.2%
    141 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 42.0 59.1 1.5% 9.1%
    142 Greenville, NC 41.6 6.8 3.0% 13.4%
    143 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 41.6 3.9 6.4% 0.0%
    144 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 41.5 96.9 2.0% 11.6%
    145 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 41.5 90.8 2.5% 6.9%
    146 Boise City, ID 41.4 24.8 1.8% 11.5%
    147 Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA 41.3 35.0 3.0% 6.4%
    148 Redding, CA 41.3 2.3 1.5% 1.5%
    149 Racine, WI 41.2 18.8 0.7% 16.0%
    150 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 41.1 90.6 3.3% 5.6%
    151 Reading, PA 41.1 30.5 2.2% 10.6%
    152 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 40.7 11.5 3.6% 4.9%
    153 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 40.6 2.1 0.0% 10.5%
    154 Clarksville, TN-KY 40.4 10.1 3.1% 9.4%
    155 Raleigh, NC 40.4 31.9 2.9% 6.0%
    156 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 40.4 37.7 2.0% 5.0%
    157 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 40.2 17.1 3.6% 7.6%
    158 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 40.2 2.4 6.0% 0.0%
    159 Columbus, GA-AL 40.2 10.8 -0.9% 16.9%
    160 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 40.1 16.9 1.8% 7.9%
    161 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 40.1 5.2 4.0% 1.3%
    162 Charlottesville, VA 40.0 3.8 4.6% 0.0%
    163 Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH NECTA Div 39.9 9.1 0.4% 9.7%
    164 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 39.8 39.0 2.4% 5.2%
    165 Burlington, NC 39.7 8.7 5.2% 4.0%
    166 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 39.6 153.7 2.2% 8.5%
    167 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 39.5 100.5 2.4% 9.5%
    168 Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA 39.4 5.2 1.3% 7.6%
    169 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 39.1 109.4 1.8% 5.9%
    170 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 39.0 4.2 0.8% 5.0%
    171 St. Cloud, MN 38.9 15.3 2.0% 7.5%
    172 Lexington-Fayette, KY 38.9 30.7 2.7% 3.0%
    173 Abilene, TX 38.8 2.9 3.6% -1.1%
    174 Walla Walla, WA 38.6 3.6 0.9% 9.2%
    175 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div 38.5 82.8 2.6% 3.3%
    176 Albany, OR 38.4 7.0 1.4% 5.0%
    177 Rapid City, SD 38.3 2.8 -1.2% 13.5%
    178 Logan, UT-ID 38.2 11.3 1.8% 6.9%
    179 St. Louis, MO-IL 38.1 113.1 2.7% 5.2%
    180 Longview, TX 38.1 10.5 6.8% -0.6%
    181 San Angelo, TX 38.0 3.5 9.4% 2.9%
    182 Cleveland, TN 38.0 8.9 -2.9% 18.7%
    183 San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div 38.0 36.0 2.1% 2.0%
    184 Mansfield, OH 37.9 9.6 1.4% 9.1%
    185 Erie, PA 37.8 22.2 1.1% 14.7%
    186 Chattanooga, TN-GA 37.8 30.8 1.1% 11.3%
    187 Morristown, TN 37.6 10.3 1.0% 0.0%
    188 Roanoke, VA 37.4 16.7 2.4% 5.7%
    189 Flagstaff, AZ 37.4 4.2 0.8% 15.5%
    190 Green Bay, WI 37.2 29.2 0.8% 8.0%
    191 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 37.1 21.2 0.5% 5.8%
    192 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 37.0 52.2 2.4% 2.8%
    193 Austin-Round Rock, TX 36.9 57.7 -0.3% 10.7%
    194 Owensboro, KY 36.5 8.5 1.2% 7.2%
    195 Dover, DE 36.4 4.8 1.4% 3.6%
    196 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 36.4 61.2 0.9% 5.0%
    197 Kingston, NY 36.3 3.5 4.0% -1.9%
    198 Knoxville, TN 36.2 35.5 1.5% 8.8%
    199 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 36.1 17.3 -0.2% 6.6%
    200 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 36.1 120.9 1.3% 8.1%
    201 Casper, WY 36.0 1.8 0.0% 17.0%
    202 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 35.9 169.9 0.0% 12.9%
    203 Asheville, NC 35.8 19.0 1.1% 6.7%
    204 Elgin, IL Metro Div 35.8 34.9 1.2% 8.8%
    205 Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Div 35.6 6.2 1.1% 1.6%
    206 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 35.5 15.2 1.3% 1.3%
    207 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div 35.1 160.1 1.1% 7.2%
    208 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 34.8 24.3 -0.4% 11.3%
    209 Greensboro-High Point, NC 34.7 53.8 0.9% 6.1%
    210 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 34.7 97.0 1.0% 5.2%
    211 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 34.7 38.4 -0.5% 7.3%
    212 Muncie, IN 34.4 4.2 0.8% 9.6%
    213 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 34.3 35.7 2.2% 1.4%
    214 Santa Rosa, CA 34.0 20.2 0.5% 2.9%
    215 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 34.0 52.2 0.4% 5.1%
    216 Killeen-Temple, TX 34.0 7.4 0.9% 1.8%
    217 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 33.9 20.3 3.2% -2.2%
    218 Columbus, OH 33.8 69.7 0.0% 6.8%
    219 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 33.8 2.8 2.4% 0.0%
    220 Corpus Christi, TX 33.5 9.9 1.7% 5.3%
    221 Sherman-Denison, TX 33.5 5.4 1.9% 5.9%
    222 Monroe, LA 33.4 6.8 1.0% 3.0%
    223 Fresno, CA 33.1 23.2 2.7% -2.2%
    224 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 32.9 17.3 -1.7% 12.1%
    225 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 32.9 5.8 3.0% 0.0%
    226 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 32.9 21.6 1.4% 4.7%
    227 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 32.8 7.6 1.8% 5.6%
    228 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div 32.8 5.5 0.0% -0.6%
    229 Eau Claire, WI 32.7 10.4 0.0% 6.8%
    230 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 32.6 124.0 -0.2% 7.6%
    231 Akron, OH 32.6 39.9 0.3% 7.3%
    232 Urban Honolulu, HI 32.2 11.0 0.6% 2.8%
    233 Colorado Springs, CO 32.1 11.8 -1.4% 5.7%
    234 Pittsburgh, PA 32.1 90.2 1.3% 3.5%
    235 Fort Smith, AR-OK 32.1 18.2 2.4% -8.5%
    236 Yuba City, CA 32.0 2.1 0.0% 8.6%
    237 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 31.9 27.5 2.1% -4.5%
    238 Lawton, OK 31.8 3.6 0.0% 0.9%
    239 Jackson, TN 31.8 9.7 1.4% -1.0%
    240 Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL 31.6 5.9 1.1% -0.6%
    241 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div 31.5 22.2 0.3% 1.5%
    242 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div 31.5 91.2 1.3% -0.5%
    243 Lubbock, TX 31.0 4.9 2.8% 0.7%
    244 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 30.9 117.1 -0.2% 5.0%
    245 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 30.8 8.5 -1.2% 5.8%
    246 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 30.8 43.7 1.4% -1.2%
    247 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 30.7 54.7 0.1% 3.4%
    248 Salisbury, MD-DE 30.6 14.2 1.2% -2.1%
    249 Johnson City, TN 30.6 7.6 3.2% -3.8%
    250 Jacksonville, FL 30.5 28.0 1.6% -0.1%
    251 New Bedford, MA NECTA 30.5 7.9 3.5% 0.9%
    252 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 30.1 32.0 -1.4% 2.6%
    253 Ann Arbor, MI 30.0 14.1 0.5% 2.4%
    254 Bloomington, IL 29.8 4.8 -2.0% 7.5%
    255 Lancaster, PA 29.8 35.9 0.7% -0.5%
    256 Champaign-Urbana, IL 29.8 8.1 1.3% 2.1%
    257 Salt Lake City, UT 29.7 54.0 -0.2% 5.1%
    258 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 29.5 30.4 1.4% -3.5%
    259 Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ 29.4 8.3 0.4% -0.4%
    260 Kansas City, KS 29.2 30.1 1.9% -3.3%
    261 Charleston, WV 29.1 3.4 -1.0% -1.9%
    262 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 29.0 10.9 1.9% -5.2%
    263 Northern Virginia, VA 28.9 23.9 0.4% -0.8%
    264 Topeka, KS 28.9 7.1 0.9% 2.9%
    265 Rome, GA 28.8 5.7 1.8% -7.6%
    266 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 28.6 45.7 -0.9% 5.6%
    267 Richmond, VA 28.5 31.0 0.3% -2.8%
    268 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div 28.3 16.4 1.9% -6.5%
    269 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 28.0 166.3 1.1% -0.9%
    270 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 27.7 20.3 0.0% 0.5%
    271 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 27.7 30.2 0.1% -3.3%
    272 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA 27.6 27.5 0.0% -2.2%
    273 Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Div 27.5 9.4 -0.7% 1.4%
    274 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 27.4 44.4 0.8% -1.1%
    275 Cheyenne, WY 27.3 1.4 -2.4% -6.8%
    276 Cedar Rapids, IA 27.3 20.1 0.5% -0.2%
    277 Lynchburg, VA 27.2 14.6 0.0% -0.9%
    278 Texarkana, TX-AR 27.2 5.3 1.3% -1.3%
    279 Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA 27.1 14.8 -0.2% -2.8%
    280 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 26.8 19.2 0.5% -10.8%
    281 Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Div 26.7 7.7 -0.9% -0.9%
    282 Utica-Rome, NY 26.5 11.1 -0.9% -2.1%
    283 Tyler, TX 26.5 5.6 1.8% -17.2%
    284 Altoona, PA 26.3 7.5 -1.7% 2.3%
    285 Joplin, MO 26.3 12.8 1.1% -5.4%
    286 Duluth, MN-WI 26.0 7.1 -1.8% 6.5%
    287 Decatur, AL 26.0 11.9 -2.2% 0.0%
    288 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div 26.0 82.2 -0.3% -0.8%
    289 Carson City, NV 25.8 2.6 -3.7% 2.7%
    290 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 25.7 27.1 0.2% -4.7%
    291 Syracuse, NY 25.6 24.5 1.2% -8.8%
    292 Huntsville, AL 25.6 23.2 0.7% -7.6%
    293 Peoria, IL 25.6 26.6 -1.4% 7.8%
    294 Amarillo, TX 25.0 13.1 -1.8% 1.0%
    295 State College, PA 24.9 3.9 -1.7% 3.5%
    296 Bloomington, IN 24.8 8.6 0.4% 1.6%
    297 Victoria, TX 24.8 2.6 0.0% 1.3%
    298 Albany, GA 24.3 4.3 0.0% -4.4%
    299 Camden, NJ Metro Div 24.1 35.2 0.3% -7.5%
    300 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 24.0 363.9 -1.0% -2.9%
    301 Manchester, NH NECTA 23.8 7.7 -0.9% -3.3%
    302 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 23.8 5.6 -2.9% 0.6%
    303 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 23.7 20.1 1.3% -4.6%
    304 Waco, TX 23.3 14.4 -2.7% 0.9%
    305 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div 23.2 278.2 -0.8% -1.5%
    306 Terre Haute, IN 23.2 10.9 -4.1% 6.2%
    307 Springfield, IL 22.9 3.0 0.0% -8.2%
    308 Wichita, KS 22.9 52.3 -1.3% -1.1%
    309 East Stroudsburg, PA 22.8 4.6 0.7% -9.2%
    310 El Paso, TX 22.8 17.1 -2.3% 3.2%
    311 Lebanon, PA 22.6 8.7 -3.7% 2.3%
    312 Rochester, NY 22.6 58.8 -0.6% -4.1%
    313 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 22.4 6.3 -1.6% -0.5%
    314 Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div 22.4 19.7 0.3% -6.6%
    315 Decatur, IL 22.3 10.1 0.0% 0.3%
    316 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 22.1 25.5 -1.2% -2.3%
    317 New York City, NY 22.1 74.7 -2.4% -3.3%
    318 Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA 21.8 6.1 -0.5% -10.7%
    319 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 21.5 12.1 -0.3% -4.0%
    320 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div 21.5 79.8 -1.8% -5.4%
    321 Rochester, MN 21.4 10.7 0.0% -2.7%
    322 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div 20.7 71.5 -2.1% -2.4%
    323 Rocky Mount, NC 20.0 10.2 -1.6% -7.0%
    324 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 19.9 54.9 -1.4% -3.1%
    325 Salinas, CA 19.8 5.0 -3.2% -5.6%
    326 York-Hanover, PA 19.7 30.6 -1.1% -6.8%
    327 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 19.2 57.2 -2.6% -5.7%
    328 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 19.2 17.8 -2.0% -4.6%
    329 Glens Falls, NY 19.1 6.0 -1.1% -4.8%
    330 Gainesville, FL 19.0 4.2 -0.8% -3.8%
    331 Williamsport, PA 18.6 8.0 -1.2% -9.1%
    332 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 18.5 7.5 -3.0% -6.7%
    333 Corvallis, OR 18.4 3.0 0.0% -12.7%
    334 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 18.4 33.3 -1.3% -10.7%
    335 Baltimore City, MD 18.2 11.8 -0.6% -13.0%
    336 Philadelphia City, PA 17.0 21.4 -1.2% -14.2%
    337 Tucson, AZ 16.9 22.4 -1.9% -8.3%
    338 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 16.9 2.0 0.0% -10.3%
    339 Wichita Falls, TX 16.7 5.1 -3.7% -3.7%
    340 Waterbury, CT NECTA 16.3 7.3 -6.0% -3.1%
    341 Modesto, CA 16.2 18.4 -6.6% -4.2%
    342 Bay City, MI 16.2 3.8 -3.4% -5.0%
    343 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 16.1 0.5 -6.3% -11.8%
    344 New Haven, CT NECTA 16.0 24.3 -3.1% -8.5%
    345 Hattiesburg, MS 15.8 4.0 -2.4% -4.8%
    346 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 15.5 13.4 -3.1% -5.0%
    347 Albuquerque, NM 15.2 16.4 -3.3% -5.6%
    348 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 15.2 5.5 -3.5% -12.8%
    349 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 15.0 32.0 -3.0% -9.7%
    350 Johnstown, PA 14.6 3.8 -1.7% -14.3%
    351 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 14.3 29.1 -3.7% -7.2%
    352 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 14.2 22.0 -2.4% -7.4%
    353 Delaware County, PA 14.1 14.6 -3.1% -8.5%
    354 Elmira, NY 13.8 5.1 0.0% -11.0%
    355 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 13.5 29.3 -3.4% -9.7%
    356 Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Div 13.4 4.5 -3.6% -7.5%
    357 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 11.7 7.8 -2.1% -27.2%
    358 Fairbanks, AK 10.6 0.5 -21.1% -11.8%
    359 Wilmington, NC 10.6 5.7 -3.9% -14.9%
    360 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 9.9 3.0 -4.3% -16.0%
    361 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 9.8 30.1 -5.0% -15.3%
    362 Tallahassee, FL 9.7 2.9 -1.1% -22.1%
    363 Wheeling, WV-OH 9.7 3.0 -5.3% -16.7%
    364 Laredo, TX 9.2 0.7 -12.5% -12.5%
    365 Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metro Div 7.8 10.4 -4.3% -19.1%
    366 Bangor, ME NECTA 7.1 2.4 -4.1% -25.3%
    367 Fayetteville, NC 6.9 7.9 -5.6% -18.5%
    368 Dothan, AL 6.9 4.3 -7.9% -23.7%
    369 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 6.7 3.5 -8.7% -22.8%
    370 Las Cruces, NM 6.4 2.5 -7.5% -17.8%
    371 Binghamton, NY 5.3 11.6 -2.8% -21.3%
    372 Pocatello, ID 0.2 1.5 -16.4% -28.1%
    373 El Centro, CA 0.0 1.0 -56.5% -61.5%

  • Large Business Services Jobs – 2015 Best Cities Rankings

    Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

    We used five measures of growth to rank MSAs over the past 10 years. “Large” areas include those with a current nonfarm employment base of at least 450,000 jobs. “Midsize” areas range from 150,000 to 450,000 jobs. “Small” areas have as many as 150,000 jobs. This year’s rankings reflect the new Office of Management and Budget definitions of MSAs for all series released after March 2015. As a result, the MSA listed in this year’s rankings do not necessary correspond directly to those listed in prior years. In some instances, MSAs were consolidated with others — for example Pascagoula, MS, was combined with the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, MSA to form the new Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS, MSA. Others were separated from previously consolidated MSAs and in still other instances individual counties were shifted from one MSA to another. The bottom line is that this year’s rankings are based on good time series for the newly defined MSAs but may not be precisely comparable to those listed in prior years. The total number of MSAs included in this year’s rankings has risen from 398 to 421. This year’s rankings reflect the current size of each MSA’s employment.

    2015 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Large MSA Ranking Area 2015 Prof & Bus Svcs Weighted INDEX 2014 Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt (1000s) Total Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt Growth Rate 2013-2014 Total Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt Cum Growth
    2009-2014    		 2015 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Overall Ranking
    1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 65.9   212.7 7.9% 34.7% 13
    2 San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div 65.4   256.9 9.0% 42.3% 15
    3 Raleigh, NC 62.6   113.1 8.6% 36.5% 22
    4 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 59.1   136.8 4.3% 41.4% 38
    5 Austin-Round Rock, TX 57.3   150.3 4.3% 37.2% 44
    6 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 57.2   437.4 6.8% 29.7% 45
    7 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div 54.9   103.9 5.9% 25.0% 51
    8 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 53.8   144.8 8.3% 19.5% 54
    9 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 52.5   177.2 4.4% 26.8% 62
    10 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 51.6   469.1 5.2% 24.0% 67
    11 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 51.1     79.5 2.7% 31.5% 68
    12 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 50.3   156.8 5.0% 25.8% 77
    13 Kansas City, KS 50.3     87.9 4.5% 28.0% 78
    14 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 50.1     97.2 3.8% 26.9% 80
    15 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 49.9   164.8 3.8% 25.4% 81
    16 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 49.2     84.8 6.1% 20.9% 86
    17 Columbus, OH 48.9   179.0 4.0% 24.8% 89
    18 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 48.8     70.4 4.8% 21.3% 92
    19 Jacksonville, FL 48.7     99.7 3.2% 23.3% 93
    20 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 48.3   119.7 5.4% 20.6% 97
    21 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 48.0   469.1 3.8% 27.8% 100
    22 Salt Lake City, UT 47.5   115.5 2.3% 26.1% 102
    23 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 47.4   156.5 1.1% 26.2% 103
    24 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div 47.2   184.1 5.1% 23.1% 105
    25 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 46.8   139.2 4.3% 19.9% 109
    26 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 45.9     66.7 2.9% 17.2% 112
    27 Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA 45.0   120.9 4.2% 21.1% 116
    28 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 44.9   123.3 5.7% 17.6% 117
    29 New York City, NY 44.5   682.2 4.1% 20.5% 120
    30 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div 44.4   281.6 4.3% 17.2% 121
    31 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 43.8   235.2 3.5% 21.9% 125
    32 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 42.9   114.0 3.1% 21.6% 131
    33 Camden, NJ Metro Div 41.6     81.1 2.8% 16.1% 140
    34 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 41.5   246.5 1.4% 26.6% 141
    35 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 41.4   187.8 4.4% 14.8% 143
    36 Oklahoma City, OK 41.4     81.9 4.7% 16.3% 144
    37 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 41.4   242.0 2.7% 20.4% 145
    38 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 41.0   171.4 3.7% 17.3% 147
    39 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 40.1   318.4 2.5% 17.6% 151
    40 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 39.8   203.9 1.9% 21.1% 154
    41 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 39.4   236.1 3.3% 14.8% 160
    42 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div 39.1   669.9 1.7% 18.1% 162
    43 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 37.9   304.0 3.0% 17.1% 174
    44 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 37.4   613.8 0.5% 17.4% 181
    45 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div 36.4   331.8 1.8% 16.5% 190
    46 Urban Honolulu, HI 36.2     66.9 1.4% 16.3% 191
    47 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 36.2     65.5 5.3% 10.6% 192
    48 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div 35.9   123.0 2.2% 19.4% 196
    49 St. Louis, MO-IL 35.6   204.0 2.0% 13.2% 200
    50 Kansas City, MO 35.1     83.3 3.4% 14.4% 204
    51 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 32.8   148.5 1.2% 14.9% 220
    52 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 31.7   123.2 -0.4% 17.5% 229
    53 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 31.2     71.1 -1.1% 14.9% 232
    54 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 31.0     86.6 2.0% 12.1% 234
    55 Philadelphia City, PA 30.5     89.1 1.9% 10.3% 237
    56 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 29.2     74.0 0.4% 9.6% 242
    57 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 29.1   141.2 1.0% 12.4% 244
    58 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div 27.2   167.6 -0.4% 11.8% 256
    59 Richmond, VA 26.8   100.3 2.4% 10.1% 260
    60 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div 26.5   192.8 1.6% 8.8% 262
    61 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 26.1   104.3 2.0% 5.8% 264
    62 Pittsburgh, PA 25.8   173.6 0.2% 13.5% 267
    63 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 25.1   140.7 -0.5% 11.1% 275
    64 Rochester, NY 23.5     66.3 -0.5% 10.1% 286
    65 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 21.3   584.9 1.3% 5.8% 300
    66 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div 19.9   212.7 0.0% 4.6% 306
    67 Northern Virginia, VA 17.4   374.6 -0.2% 4.6% 325
    68 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 17.0     71.8 -0.2% 2.2% 330
    69 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 16.5     51.4 -0.6% 2.6% 332
    70 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div 15.9   121.7 -0.1% -0.2% 336

  • Mid-Sized Cities Business Services Jobs – 2015 Best Cities Rankings

    Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

    We used five measures of growth to rank MSAs over the past 10 years. “Large” areas include those with a current nonfarm employment base of at least 450,000 jobs. “Midsize” areas range from 150,000 to 450,000 jobs. “Small” areas have as many as 150,000 jobs. This year’s rankings reflect the new Office of Management and Budget definitions of MSAs for all series released after March 2015. As a result, the MSA listed in this year’s rankings do not necessary correspond directly to those listed in prior years. In some instances, MSAs were consolidated with others — for example Pascagoula, MS, was combined with the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, MSA to form the new Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS, MSA. Others were separated from previously consolidated MSAs and in still other instances individual counties were shifted from one MSA to another. The bottom line is that this year’s rankings are based on good time series for the newly defined MSAs but may not be precisely comparable to those listed in prior years. The total number of MSAs included in this year’s rankings has risen from 398 to 421. This year’s rankings reflect the current size of each MSA’s employment.

    2015 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Midsized MSA Ranking Area 2015 Prof & Bus Svcs Weighted INDEX 2014 Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt (1000s) Total Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt Growth Rate 2013-2014 Total Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt Cum Growth
    2009-2014    		 2015 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Overall Ranking
    1 Provo-Orem, UT 67.3     29.6 11.5% 46.5% 9
    2 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 64.7     40.0 8.3% 32.6% 17
    3 Reading, PA 62.6     23.5 7.6% 26.6% 21
    4 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 61.8     45.7 6.8% 36.6% 26
    5 Fresno, CA 61.3     33.5 12.1% 24.9% 27
    6 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 59.9     21.5 9.1% 24.3% 35
    7 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 59.8     28.6 5.2% 35.6% 36
    8 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 58.5     15.7 13.5% 21.8% 40
    9 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 58.5     30.5 5.7% 26.4% 41
    10 Springfield, MO 55.8     25.5 6.0% 37.2% 49
    11 Lancaster, PA 55.7     23.9 7.0% 26.1% 50
    12 Lexington-Fayette, KY 53.7     39.1 -4.2% 30.2% 55
    13 Greensboro-High Point, NC 53.3     51.8 8.3% 22.5% 57
    14 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 52.0     68.5 3.9% 31.3% 65
    15 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 51.0     45.7 4.5% 23.5% 69
    16 Modesto, CA 51.0     14.8 8.8% 13.0% 70
    17 Knoxville, TN 50.2     61.1 6.0% 20.9% 79
    18 Rockford, IL 49.8     16.7 8.9% 16.3% 83
    19 Savannah, GA 49.7     20.2 6.1% 19.8% 85
    20 York-Hanover, PA 48.3     20.8 3.1% 31.6% 98
    21 Wichita, KS 45.6     33.6 3.9% 18.4% 113
    22 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 45.5     49.2 5.0% 22.4% 114
    23 Gary, IN Metro Div 43.7     23.4 2.3% 20.0% 126
    24 Madison, WI 42.4     48.5 2.1% 21.7% 136
    25 Elgin, IL Metro Div 42.0     35.5 -3.5% 32.0% 138
    26 Baton Rouge, LA 41.5     47.7 6.0% 13.8% 142
    27 Winston-Salem, NC 41.2     34.8 5.2% 23.1% 146
    28 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 40.7     22.0 4.3% 16.6% 149
    29 Asheville, NC 39.9     17.4 0.4% 21.3% 152
    30 Baltimore City, MD 39.8     47.2 0.5% 23.0% 155
    31 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 39.1     25.7 3.6% 16.8% 161
    32 Ann Arbor, MI 38.8     27.7 5.7% 9.8% 165
    33 Canton-Massillon, OH 38.5     15.0 5.6% 11.7% 168
    34 Montgomery, AL 38.3     21.9 6.0% 11.5% 169
    35 New Haven, CT NECTA 38.2     30.3 2.4% 19.8% 172
    36 Chattanooga, TN-GA 38.0     27.7 3.5% 27.8% 173
    37 Salem, OR 37.7     12.6 2.2% 9.3% 177
    38 Evansville, IN-KY 37.5     19.0 4.0% 13.6% 179
    39 Jackson, MS 37.5     32.8 2.5% 20.1% 180
    40 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 37.4     28.2 8.3% 5.6% 182
    41 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 37.1     25.6 3.9% 8.5% 186
    42 Santa Rosa, CA 36.8     20.1 1.2% 11.2% 188
    43 Stockton-Lodi, CA 36.0     18.2 2.6% 12.6% 194
    44 Tallahassee, FL 36.0     19.7 5.3% 9.4% 195
    45 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 35.7     24.1 4.8% 15.5% 199
    46 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 35.2     68.3 -1.2% 24.8% 202
    47 Boulder, CO 35.0     32.5 0.4% 18.3% 205
    48 Delaware County, PA 34.8     31.9 2.6% 16.0% 209
    49 Dayton, OH 34.3     49.6 3.7% 11.3% 213
    50 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 33.9     35.1 3.2% 11.4% 215
    51 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 33.3     33.0 3.9% 8.7% 218
    52 Tulsa, OK 33.2     59.7 3.9% 9.9% 219
    53 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 32.7     23.3 0.6% 14.8% 222
    54 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 31.7     54.6 1.3% 11.2% 228
    55 Columbia, SC 31.4     47.4 -3.3% 23.3% 231
    56 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 30.5     44.9 0.4% 17.0% 236
    57 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 28.9     48.2 -2.4% 14.8% 245
    58 Reno, NV 28.9     27.6 1.2% 9.1% 246
    59 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 28.9     47.8 5.3% 2.1% 247
    60 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 28.7     26.8 4.4% 4.4% 249
    61 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA 27.8     28.3 -1.6% 14.3% 252
    62 Fort Wayne, IN 27.4     20.9 3.5% 6.3% 254
    63 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 27.2     17.8 1.9% 5.7% 257
    64 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 26.9     15.6 -1.5% 11.5% 258
    65 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 26.8     23.3 -0.3% 15.5% 259
    66 Toledo, OH 26.2     34.4 -4.5% 12.1% 263
    67 Trenton, NJ 25.7     38.4 1.5% 10.1% 269
    68 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 25.6     26.5 -0.7% 13.4% 270
    69 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 25.6     21.5 0.5% 8.8% 273
    70 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 25.1     23.2 -1.4% 13.2% 274
    71 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 24.3     29.9 4.7% -6.9% 280
    72 Lafayette, LA 23.8     22.9 -2.3% 15.6% 283
    73 Akron, OH 23.6     50.2 0.2% 8.4% 285
    74 Colorado Springs, CO 23.3     41.7 1.2% 1.1% 289
    75 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 23.0     36.9 0.6% 5.7% 290
    76 Tucson, AZ 22.8     50.4 0.3% 7.2% 292
    77 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 22.5     65.4 0.6% 7.4% 294
    78 Bakersfield, CA 21.4     25.7 0.4% 9.7% 299
    79 Roanoke, VA 21.3     21.2 0.8% 4.4% 301
    80 Boise City, ID 19.6     40.1 -2.4% 5.4% 308
    81 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 19.5     36.0 -1.0% 4.7% 309
    82 Huntsville, AL 19.2     49.7 0.5% 0.3% 311
    83 Albuquerque, NM 19.2     57.7 1.1% -1.7% 312
    84 Lincoln, NE 18.8     18.3 -2.8% 7.2% 316
    85 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 18.2     43.9 -2.2% 4.4% 319
    86 Green Bay, WI 18.1     20.1 -2.0% 3.4% 320
    87 Syracuse, NY 17.6     33.1 -0.2% 1.2% 322
    88 El Paso, TX 17.5     31.2 -1.9% -1.4% 323
    89 Corpus Christi, TX 17.4     15.7 0.9% 0.6% 324
    90 Mobile, AL 15.9     21.2 -2.0% 3.4% 335
    91 Anchorage, AK 13.7     20.6 -4.9% 4.6% 340
    92 Peoria, IL 10.6     20.5 -1.6% -2.2% 351
    93 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 7.4     15.3 -6.9% -5.4% 359

  • Small Business Services Jobs – 2015 Best Cities Rankings

    Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

    We used five measures of growth to rank MSAs over the past 10 years. “Large” areas include those with a current nonfarm employment base of at least 450,000 jobs. “Midsize” areas range from 150,000 to 450,000 jobs. “Small” areas have as many as 150,000 jobs. This year’s rankings reflect the new Office of Management and Budget definitions of MSAs for all series released after March 2015. As a result, the MSA listed in this year’s rankings do not necessary correspond directly to those listed in prior years. In some instances, MSAs were consolidated with others — for example Pascagoula, MS, was combined with the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, MSA to form the new Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS, MSA. Others were separated from previously consolidated MSAs and in still other instances individual counties were shifted from one MSA to another. The bottom line is that this year’s rankings are based on good time series for the newly defined MSAs but may not be precisely comparable to those listed in prior years. The total number of MSAs included in this year’s rankings has risen from 398 to 421. This year’s rankings reflect the current size of each MSA’s employment.

    2015 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Small MSA Ranking Area 2015 Prof & Bus Svcs Weighted INDEX 2014 Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt (1000s) Total Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt Growth Rate 2013-2014 Total Prof & Bus Svcs Emplmt Cum Growth
    2009-2014    		 2015 MSA Prof & Bus Svcs Overall Ranking
    1 Auburn-Opelika, AL 74.3         7.7 13.3% 66.7% 1
    2 Tuscaloosa, AL 71.8      10.9 19.9% 68.0% 2
    3 Grants Pass, OR 71.7         2.2 8.3% 54.8% 3
    4 Jackson, TN 70.9         6.6 9.4% 58.4% 4
    5 New Bedford, MA NECTA 69.6         5.7 12.5% 43.7% 5
    6 Port St. Lucie, FL 69.0      17.0 15.7% 38.3% 6
    7 Janesville-Beloit, WI 68.0         6.0 13.9% 46.3% 7
    8 Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Div 67.6         3.1 9.4% 31.0% 8
    9 Waco, TX 67.0      11.3 12.6% 30.4% 10
    10 Burlington, NC 66.8         6.0 22.6% 45.5% 11
    11 Monroe, MI 66.1         4.5 7.1% 51.7% 12
    12 Sherman-Denison, TX 65.8         3.3 6.5% 46.3% 14
    13 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 65.0         8.4 8.1% 61.1% 16
    14 Greeley, CO 64.6         9.7 6.2% 49.7% 18
    15 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 63.7      10.1 6.7% 43.4% 19
    16 Columbus, IN 63.2         5.5 5.7% 48.2% 20
    17 Springfield, OH 62.3         4.8 9.9% 28.6% 23
    18 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 62.2      15.2 7.8% 44.9% 24
    19 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 61.9         4.1 10.9% 29.8% 25
    20 Gadsden, AL 61.2         4.4 3.9% 50.0% 28
    21 Salinas, CA 61.1      13.0 12.4% 19.7% 29
    22 Morgantown, WV 60.8         6.5 9.0% 24.4% 30
    23 Redding, CA 60.2         6.1 10.2% 19.6% 31
    24 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 60.1      14.6 7.4% 30.8% 32
    25 Cleveland, TN 60.0         6.2 -34.5% 97.9% 33
    26 Gainesville, FL 59.9      12.9 10.6% 27.0% 34
    27 Yuba City, CA 59.8         3.1 9.4% 24.0% 37
    28 Kankakee, IL 58.6         4.1 -1.6% 42.5% 39
    29 Flagstaff, AZ 58.5         3.1 13.3% 23.7% 42
    30 Odessa, TX 57.6         5.0 11.2% 25.2% 43
    31 Manchester, NH NECTA 57.0      16.2 8.3% 23.1% 46
    32 Bend-Redmond, OR 56.8         7.9 10.2% 20.9% 47
    33 Topeka, KS 56.8      13.0 2.9% 37.0% 48
    34 Macon, GA 54.6      12.4 6.9% 22.4% 52
    35 College Station-Bryan, TX 54.0         7.7 4.5% 27.6% 53
    36 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 53.5         3.1 10.8% 24.3% 56
    37 Wausau, WI 53.1         5.2 6.8% 21.9% 58
    38 Iowa City, IA 53.1         7.1 4.9% 37.4% 59
    39 Bay City, MI 52.7         3.6 6.9% 18.7% 60
    40 Saginaw, MI 52.5      11.5 3.9% 21.8% 61
    41 Ocala, FL 52.4         9.8 6.9% 21.4% 63
    42 Victoria, TX 52.4         2.7 15.7% 14.1% 64
    43 Laredo, TX 51.6         8.3 6.0% 40.9% 66
    44 Prescott, AZ 51.0         3.7 12.1% 11.0% 71
    45 Fond du Lac, WI 50.9         2.6 5.3% 19.7% 72
    46 Corvallis, OR 50.8         4.3 10.3% 21.9% 73
    47 Lawrence, KS 50.8         5.6 7.1% 12.1% 74
    48 Ithaca, NY 50.8         3.4 6.3% 18.8% 75
    49 Charlottesville, VA 50.5      14.5 6.4% 21.9% 76
    50 Bismarck, ND 49.8         8.1 6.1% 26.4% 82
    51 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 49.7      16.5 6.0% 18.8% 84
    52 Bangor, ME NECTA 49.2         6.6 7.1% 14.5% 87
    53 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 49.2         7.5 3.2% 24.3% 88
    54 Muskegon, MI 48.9         3.6 2.9% 22.7% 90
    55 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 48.8      12.7 5.2% 15.4% 91
    56 Napa, CA 48.6         6.6 5.9% 20.7% 94
    57 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 48.4         8.9 10.3% 14.1% 95
    58 Panama City, FL 48.4         9.1 -3.5% 21.9% 96
    59 Lake Charles, LA 48.2         8.6 3.6% 27.2% 99
    60 Midland, TX 47.9         9.8 3.9% 40.2% 101
    61 Pueblo, CO 47.3         6.8 5.7% 20.7% 104
    62 Battle Creek, MI 47.1         6.6 10.7% 10.7% 106
    63 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 47.1      13.9 3.5% 29.1% 107
    64 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 46.9      12.2 4.3% 28.3% 108
    65 Greenville, NC 46.5         7.4 0.9% 29.1% 110
    66 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY 46.4         5.7 4.9% 25.0% 111
    67 Waterbury, CT NECTA 45.3         5.5 5.8% 12.2% 115
    68 Punta Gorda, FL 44.7         4.5 -1.4% 37.4% 118
    69 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 44.5      13.3 5.5% 14.3% 119
    70 Chico, CA 44.2         6.1 3.4% 30.7% 122
    71 Elmira, NY 44.1         2.7 5.3% 14.3% 123
    72 Danbury, CT NECTA 44.1         9.2 5.3% 19.4% 124
    73 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 43.6         9.9 1.7% 21.6% 127
    74 Salisbury, MD-DE 43.6      11.7 3.5% 18.1% 128
    75 Olympia-Tumwater, WA 43.4      10.0 0.3% 30.0% 129
    76 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div 42.9         7.9 1.3% 19.8% 130
    77 Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA 42.7         5.2 8.3% 3.3% 132
    78 Pocatello, ID 42.7         3.9 0.0% 21.9% 133
    79 Flint, MI 42.6      15.1 4.6% 24.5% 134
    80 Cheyenne, WY 42.5         3.5 6.1% 10.5% 135
    81 Wilmington, NC 42.3      14.8 3.5% 15.3% 137
    82 Fargo, ND-MN 41.9      16.1 3.6% 25.4% 139
    83 Medford, OR 40.9         7.2 10.7% 5.9% 148
    84 Clarksville, TN-KY 40.4         9.1 7.5% 10.5% 150
    85 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 39.8      11.7 -3.6% 29.5% 153
    86 Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 39.7         7.1 3.9% 16.9% 156
    87 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 39.7      11.5 2.1% 20.3% 157
    88 Appleton, WI 39.7      13.3 5.0% 14.4% 158
    89 Bellingham, WA 39.4         7.8 5.0% 7.9% 159
    90 Spartanburg, SC 39.1      15.5 3.1% 14.5% 163
    91 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 39.1      12.2 8.3% 4.6% 164
    92 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 38.7         5.1 6.9% 10.0% 166
    93 State College, PA 38.6         6.1 5.2% 9.6% 167
    94 Abilene, TX 38.3         5.6 2.4% 9.1% 170
    95 Tyler, TX 38.3         9.0 5.9% 4.7% 171
    96 Altoona, PA 37.8         5.7 2.4% 18.1% 175
    97 Dothan, AL 37.7         4.7 10.9% 8.4% 176
    98 Morristown, TN 37.7         3.4 0.0% 14.8% 178
    99 St. George, UT 37.3         4.2 2.4% 23.5% 183
    100 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 37.3         9.6 4.0% 17.6% 184
    101 Dalton, GA 37.1         6.2 9.4% -7.0% 185
    102 Mansfield, OH 37.1         5.3 -1.3% 15.3% 187
    103 Johnson City, TN 36.6         8.4 5.4% 11.9% 189
    104 Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA 36.1         3.9 4.5% 11.4% 193
    105 Longview, TX 35.8         9.4 4.5% 11.5% 197
    106 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 35.8         4.5 -3.5% 27.1% 198
    107 Erie, PA 35.2      10.1 6.7% -1.0% 201
    108 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 35.1         6.8 0.0% 15.2% 203
    109 Coeur d’Alene, ID 35.0         6.4 2.1% 6.7% 206
    110 Grand Forks, ND-MN 35.0         3.1 9.4% 4.5% 207
    111 Athens-Clarke County, GA 34.8         7.2 -0.9% 13.7% 208
    112 Binghamton, NY 34.7         9.9 4.6% 12.1% 210
    113 Bowling Green, KY 34.6         8.6 1.6% 16.1% 211
    114 Glens Falls, NY 34.3         5.6 -0.6% 16.8% 212
    115 Fort Smith, AR-OK 34.2      12.2 4.0% 10.6% 214
    116 Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA 33.6         3.6 1.9% 12.5% 216
    117 Carson City, NV 33.3         2.1 6.9% 10.7% 217
    118 Monroe, LA 32.7         8.2 2.1% 10.4% 221
    119 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 32.4         9.6 5.1% 2.9% 223
    120 Rochester, MN 32.1         5.8 -0.6% 21.8% 224
    121 Kingston, NY 32.0         4.4 -3.0% 11.0% 225
    122 Madera, CA 32.0         2.9 0.0% 17.8% 226
    123 Casper, WY 31.9         3.0 0.0% 15.4% 227
    124 Albany, OR 31.5         3.4 1.0% 11.0% 230
    125 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 31.1         1.4 7.5% -12.2% 233
    126 Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div 30.7      14.4 -0.2% 13.9% 235
    127 Fort Collins, CO 30.4      19.0 -0.7% 15.2% 238
    128 San Angelo, TX 30.2         3.9 -0.9% 12.6% 239
    129 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div 29.3      21.5 6.3% 2.2% 240
    130 Lubbock, TX 29.2      11.0 0.3% 16.6% 241
    131 Lima, OH 29.2         4.7 -2.8% 21.6% 243
    132 Duluth, MN-WI 28.8         8.4 2.9% 7.2% 248
    133 Sioux Falls, SD 28.1      13.1 -4.1% 22.7% 250
    134 Grand Junction, CO 27.9         5.5 1.9% 5.8% 251
    135 Johnstown, PA 27.5         5.7 3.6% 4.9% 253
    136 Missoula, MT 27.3         7.0 3.5% 3.5% 255
    137 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 26.6         1.9 5.6% 1.8% 261
    138 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 26.0      13.3 0.8% 7.0% 265
    139 Champaign-Urbana, IL 26.0         8.2 1.7% 10.3% 266
    140 Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Div 25.8         5.7 1.2% 11.0% 268
    141 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 25.6         5.5 7.8% 3.1% 271
    142 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 25.6         9.7 3.9% -10.7% 272
    143 Rapid City, SD 24.9         5.1 1.3% 10.1% 276
    144 Sheboygan, WI 24.8         4.5 -2.2% 9.8% 277
    145 Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH NECTA Div 24.5         5.2 -0.6% 10.6% 278
    146 Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA 24.4         9.2 3.4% 0.0% 279
    147 Amarillo, TX 24.1         8.9 1.9% 5.5% 281
    148 Eau Claire, WI 23.8         9.0 0.0% 5.9% 282
    149 Decatur, AL 23.7         5.3 -5.3% 16.8% 284
    150 Racine, WI 23.4         6.3 0.0% 12.5% 287
    151 Lawton, OK 23.3         3.8 4.6% 9.6% 288
    152 Logan, UT-ID 22.9         5.6 -0.6% 5.7% 291
    153 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 22.6         4.6 7.9% -25.9% 293
    154 Lynchburg, VA 22.5      12.4 1.1% -4.4% 295
    155 Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Div 22.4         9.9 0.7% 8.4% 296
    156 Idaho Falls, ID 22.3      12.1 2.3% -5.2% 297
    157 Fairbanks, AK 21.6         2.3 3.0% 4.5% 298
    158 Charleston, WV 21.2      14.6 -0.2% 7.6% 302
    159 Eugene, OR 20.7      15.3 -1.5% 7.0% 303
    160 Owensboro, KY 20.4         3.8 -5.0% 16.5% 304
    161 Danville, IL 20.1         1.9 1.8% -10.8% 305
    162 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 19.9      10.6 0.3% -0.9% 307
    163 Dover, DE 19.4         4.2 -2.3% 1.6% 310
    164 Walla Walla, WA 19.2         0.9 -6.7% 3.7% 313
    165 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 19.0         6.5 -1.5% 7.7% 314
    166 Las Cruces, NM 18.8         7.3 -0.9% -4.3% 315
    167 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 18.7         3.7 0.9% 0.9% 317
    168 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 18.3         9.4 0.4% 5.6% 318
    169 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 17.8         7.1 0.0% -2.3% 321
    170 Wichita Falls, TX 17.3         3.5 -2.8% 9.5% 326
    171 Billings, MT 17.2         8.6 1.2% -6.5% 327
    172 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 17.2         4.0 4.4% -12.5% 328
    173 East Stroudsburg, PA 17.1         3.3 4.3% -12.5% 329
    174 Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Div 16.6      10.1 0.0% 5.9% 331
    175 Kennewick-Richland, WA 16.3      20.8 2.6% -9.3% 333
    176 Rocky Mount, NC 16.2         5.5 1.2% -1.2% 334
    177 Yuma, AZ 14.9         6.1 -2.7% 4.6% 337
    178 Visalia-Porterville, CA 13.9         9.1 -6.8% 6.6% 338
    179 Yakima, WA 13.7         3.7 0.0% -2.7% 339
    180 San Rafael, CA Metropolitan Div 13.5      18.3 -1.8% -0.4% 341
    181 Columbus, GA-AL 13.2      12.6 -3.1% -3.3% 342
    182 Terre Haute, IN 13.0         5.4 -2.4% -4.7% 343
    183 St. Cloud, MN 12.6         8.3 -9.5% 2.9% 344
    184 Jackson, MI 12.5         3.8 -6.6% 4.6% 345
    185 Killeen-Temple, TX 12.2         9.0 -0.7% -7.5% 346
    186 Great Falls, MT 11.7         3.1 -1.1% -3.2% 347
    187 Santa Fe, NM 11.3         4.3 -2.3% -2.3% 348
    188 Fayetteville, NC 10.7      12.4 -0.8% -4.8% 349
    189 Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metropolitan Div 10.7      11.5 -2.3% -4.4% 350
    190 Springfield, IL 9.9      10.3 -0.6% -7.5% 352
    191 Cedar Rapids, IA 9.5      12.9 -6.3% -1.5% 353
    192 Merced, CA 9.4         3.9 -2.5% -3.3% 354
    193 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 9.1         8.6 -7.2% -1.5% 355
    194 El Centro, CA 9.1         2.5 -18.5% 1.4% 356
    195 Bloomington, IL 8.8      17.1 -4.3% -4.5% 357
    196 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 8.3         2.1 -9.9% -12.3% 358
    197 Lewiston, ID-WA 7.1         1.2 -2.7% -16.3% 360
    198 Decatur, IL 7.1         3.0 -4.2% -9.9% 361
    199 Texarkana, TX-AR 6.9         3.7 -7.6% -6.0% 362
    200 Utica-Rome, NY 6.5         7.9 -4.8% -9.5% 363
    201 Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ 5.6         3.3 -20.6% -7.4% 364
    202 Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL 5.3         4.3 -7.9% -14.6% 365
    203 Bloomington, IN 5.2         4.1 -8.1% -34.4% 366