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Author: Mark Schill

  • Small Cities Rankings – 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

    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  Rank Among Small Cities Area 2015 Weighted INDEX  2014 Nonfarm Emplymt (1000s)  Rank Change 2014 Size Ranking
    1 Midland, TX 100.0        98.6 5 6
    2 Greeley, CO 99.8      101.5 3 5
    3 Odessa, TX 99.7        81.7 12 15
    4 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 96.3      136.2 4 8
    5 Columbus, IN 93.0        51.8 17 22
    6 Fargo, ND-MN 91.2      140.2 13 19
    7 Auburn-Opelika, AL 90.7        60.7 0 7
    8 Napa, CA 90.7        69.5 10 18
    9 Gainesville, GA 90.5        82.0 34 43
    10 Ames, IA 90.4        53.6 17 27
    11 Merced, CA 87.9        64.5 33 44
    12 Bend-Redmond, OR 87.7        70.3 29 41
    13 Victoria, TX 87.3        45.5 8 21
    14 Lake Charles, LA 86.7      101.1 71 85
    15 The Villages, FL 85.9        26.1  
    16 Jonesboro, AR 85.9        54.6 -2 14
    17 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 85.0      124.5 -15 2
    18 St. George, UT 84.8        54.6 -14 4
    19 Bismarck, ND 83.8        74.0 -18 1
    20 Coeur d’Alene, ID 81.7        58.3 12 32
    21 Fort Collins, CO 79.9      148.9 -4 17
    22 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 79.5      148.3 11 33
    23 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 79.5      111.1 25 48
    24 Winchester, VA-WV 78.0        60.7 12 36
    25 Tuscaloosa, AL 77.7      104.4 73 98
    26 Longview, WA 77.0        39.4 104 130
    27 Port St. Lucie, FL 76.6      135.3 33 60
    28 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC 76.5        72.0  
    29 San Angelo, TX 76.4        49.3 -18 11
    30 Bowling Green, KY 75.5        72.6 -2 28
    31 Laredo, TX 74.9      100.2 -7 24
    32 San Rafael, CA Metro Div. 74.9      113.0  
    33 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL 74.8        66.8  
    34 Bellingham, WA 74.1        88.4 24 58
    35 Clarksville, TN-KY 74.0        88.2 46 81
    36 Longview, TX 74.0      105.4 38 74
    37 Wenatchee, WA 72.6        41.1 25 62
    38 Olympia-Tumwater, WA 72.4      108.9 16 54
    39 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 72.3      102.3 47 86
    40 Grants Pass, OR 71.0        24.5  
    41 El Centro, CA 70.8        54.9 -31 10
    42 Charlottesville, VA 69.8      112.2 51 93
    43 Manchester, NH NECTA 69.8      108.6 91 134
    44 Farmington, NM 69.7        53.5 139 183
    45 Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 69.0        72.4  
    46 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 68.9        95.7 22 68
    47 Salinas, CA 68.4      132.8 91 138
    48 Prescott, AZ 68.1        60.9 57 105
    49 Logan, UT-ID 67.8        58.3 -14 35
    50 Medford, OR 67.5        82.0 76 126
    51 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 67.4        48.1 12 63
    52 Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Div. 67.3        45.2  
    53 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div. 66.8        80.8 -11 42
    54 Spartanburg, SC 66.8      140.6 -41 13
    55 Wilmington, NC 66.4      117.1 -18 37
    56 New Bedford, MA NECTA 65.8        66.3 -4 52
    57 Athens-Clarke County, GA 65.3        93.3 35 92
    58 Chico, CA 65.1        76.9 -12 46
    59 Iowa City, IA 65.0        99.0 -36 23
    60 Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Div. 63.8        79.2  
    61 Visalia-Porterville, CA 63.5      116.6 -6 55
    62 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 63.4        48.4 99 161
    63 Tyler, TX 63.2      100.2 -4 59
    64 Danbury, CT NECTA 63.2        79.5 58 122
    65 Cheyenne, WY 62.4        47.1 -27 38
    66 Casper, WY 62.4        43.2 4 70
    67 Sebring, FL 62.4        25.8  
    68 Dubuque, IA 62.3        60.3 21 89
    69 Ocala, FL 62.2        98.3 104 173
    70 Cleveland, TN 62.2        46.0 -44 26
    71 Janesville-Beloit, WI 61.6        66.8 23 94
    72 Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH NECTA Div. 61.3        62.8 -47 25
    73 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 61.0      124.2 42 115
    74 Kennewick-Richland, WA 60.7      104.6 -9 65
    75 Lubbock, TX 60.6      138.6 -59 16
    76 College Station-Bryan, TX 60.5      106.1 -67 9
    77 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 60.5      130.4 3 80
    78 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY 60.4        54.5 28 106
    79 Yuba City, CA 59.8        40.5 34 113
    80 St. Cloud, MN 59.6      107.0 -23 57
    81 Houma-Thibodaux, LA 59.4      101.6 -61 20
    82 Sioux Falls, SD 59.2      146.5 -48 34
    83 Corvallis, OR 59.2        40.3 50 133
    84 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 58.9      138.1 -55 29
    85 Gettysburg, PA 58.7        34.9  
    86 Pueblo, CO 57.9        60.6 -14 72
    87 Columbia, MO 57.9        98.5 -84 3
    88 Burlington, NC 57.5        60.9 107 195
    89 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 57.3        77.0 -23 66
    90 Killeen-Temple, TX 57.2      136.2 -50 40
    91 Fond du Lac, WI 57.1        48.3 9 100
    92 Idaho Falls, ID 56.8        60.2 -28 64
    93 Madera, CA 56.7        36.5 -3 90
    94 Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA 55.9        59.8  
    95 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 55.4      103.4 9 104
    96 Redding, CA 54.9        63.1 5 101
    97 Grand Forks, ND-MN 54.8        58.0 -15 82
    98 Macon, GA 54.7      102.7 81 179
    99 Mankato-North Mankato, MN 54.7        56.4 -43 56
    100 Panama City, FL 54.4        78.4 9 109
    101 Midland, MI 54.3        37.7  
    102 Williamsport, PA 54.0        56.8 6 108
    103 Punta Gorda, FL 53.8        44.6 -56 47
    104 Kokomo, IN 53.6        40.7 -53 51
    105 Ocean City, NJ 53.3        36.6 -60 45
    106 Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA 53.2        52.7  
    107 Grand Junction, CO 53.1        61.9 16 123
    108 Monroe, MI 52.6        41.8 -39 69
    109 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div. 52.3      147.6 34 143
    110 Hattiesburg, MS 52.0        62.5 21 131
    111 Flagstaff, AZ 51.9        64.3 -34 77
    112 Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Div. 51.2        96.2 16 128
    113 Morgantown, WV 51.0        70.2 -64 49
    114 Rapid City, SD 50.9        65.0 18 132
    115 Jacksonville, NC 50.5        50.0 -32 83
    116 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 50.3        97.6 -49 67
    117 Ithaca, NY 49.7        70.6 -46 71
    118 Jackson, TN 49.7        65.6 -2 116
    119 Gainesville, FL 49.4      135.2 27 146
    120 Lewiston, ID-WA 49.0        27.4 30 150
    121 Appleton, WI 48.9      122.1 30 151
    122 Pocatello, ID 48.2        35.2 40 162
    123 Dover, DE 47.5        68.0 -44 79
    124 Sherman-Denison, TX 47.5        45.6 -49 75
    125 Battle Creek, MI 47.2        58.9 -49 76
    126 Hammond, LA 47.2        44.7  
    127 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 47.1        37.6 31 158
    128 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 47.0        88.2 -37 91
    129 Manhattan, KS 46.7        43.7 37 166
    130 Eau Claire, WI 46.5        85.3 -33 97
    131 Billings, MT 46.1        83.1 -47 84
    132 Yakima, WA 46.0        80.5 -14 118
    133 Sheboygan, WI 45.3        60.9 31 164
    134 Greenville, NC 45.1        78.4 -84 50
    135 Dalton, GA 44.8        67.7 98 233
    136 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 44.1        83.6 -97 39
    137 Wausau, WI 44.0        71.6 55 192
    138 Abilene, TX 43.7        69.2 -31 107
    139 Eugene, OR 43.1      149.7 -10 129
    140 Albany, OR 42.7        41.1  
    141 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 41.9        87.1 36 177
    142 Owensboro, KY 41.7        52.6 -47 95
    143 Kankakee, IL 41.6        45.2 -3 140
    144 Valdosta, GA 41.3        55.5 23 167
    145 Muskegon, MI 40.9        63.0 3 148
    146 Gadsden, AL 40.8        37.6 3 149
    147 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 40.7      103.4 -36 111
    148 Sumter, SC 40.4        38.9 -49 99
    149 Harrisonburg, VA 39.4        65.4 -28 121
    150 Grand Island, NE 38.9        43.0  
    151 Lawrence, KS 38.8        52.9 -27 124
    152 Florence, SC 38.4        85.6 -38 114
    153 Walla Walla, WA 38.4        27.1  
    154 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 38.2        50.6 0 154
    155 Amarillo, TX 37.9      117.4 -30 125
    156 Rome, GA 37.6        40.4 32 188
    157 Flint, MI 37.4      142.3 44 201
    158 Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA 37.3        50.4 24 182
    159 Springfield, OH 37.2        52.3 -81 78
    160 Missoula, MT 36.3        57.6 -99 61
    161 Hot Springs, AR 35.8        38.0 11 172
    162 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 35.7        43.2  
    163 Morristown, TN 35.5        44.2 -4 159
    164 Lebanon, PA 35.4        51.4 -77 87
    165 Brunswick, GA 35.1        41.7 56 221
    166 Rochester, MN 34.2      114.9 -56 110
    167 Waco, TX 33.9      112.4 -30 137
    168 Hinesville, GA 33.6        19.9 -27 141
    169 St. Joseph, MO-KS 33.2        62.9 -73 96
    170 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 32.9        95.1 -50 120
    171 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 32.4        92.7 -35 136
    172 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 32.3      122.2 17 189
    173 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 31.9        56.4 -34 139
    174 Jackson, MI 31.9        55.9 22 196
    175 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 31.6        77.2 -102 73
    176 State College, PA 31.4        77.3 -49 127
    177 Joplin, MO 31.2        81.6 -74 103
    178 Columbus, GA-AL 31.2      123.2 -31 147
    179 New Bern, NC 31.0        44.1  
    180 Duluth, MN-WI 30.9      134.0 -63 117
    181 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 30.4      137.6 22 203
    182 California-Lexington Park, MD 30.1        44.3  
    183 Alexandria, LA 30.1        64.3 17 200
    184 Las Cruces, NM 30.1        71.1 -72 112
    185 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 29.9      141.0 35 220
    186 Saginaw, MI 29.6        88.7 -31 155
    187 Waterbury, CT NECTA 29.0        68.4 -34 153
    188 Erie, PA 29.0      130.6 -2 186
    189 Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Div. 28.5        58.7  
    190 Topeka, KS 28.3      111.6 -20 170
    191 Johnson City, TN 28.2        78.6 22 213
    192 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 27.8        46.6 10 202
    193 Bloomington, IN 27.1        77.0 -41 152
    194 Salisbury, MD-DE 25.7      142.3 0 194
    195 Kingston, NY 25.7        60.9 -14 181
    196 Cedar Rapids, IA 25.2      140.5 -31 165
    197 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 25.1        41.4 0 197
    198 Wheeling, WV-OH 25.0        69.1 -79 119
    199 Warner Robins, GA 24.9        70.5 -39 160
    200 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 24.7        60.2 -26 174
    201 Bangor, ME NECTA 23.3        66.4 -45 156
    202 Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div. 22.8      125.4 -33 169
    203 Fort Smith, AR-OK 22.6      113.4 2 205
    204 Champaign-Urbana, IL 22.6      108.7 -6 198
    205 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 22.6      147.2 -6 199
    206 Mansfield, OH 22.4        52.9 19 225
    207 Santa Fe, NM 21.8        61.8 -27 180
    208 Danville, IL 21.6        29.3 30 238
    209 Glens Falls, NY 21.5        53.6 3 212
    210 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 21.4        44.7 -39 171
    211 Altoona, PA 21.1        61.1 -18 193
    212 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 21.1        43.2 6 218
    213 Springfield, IL 20.8      111.4 -23 190
    214 Racine, WI 20.6        76.0 -8 206
    215 Bay City, MI 20.6        37.4 -39 176
    216 Great Falls, MT 20.4        35.5 -128 88
    217 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 20.4        41.6  
    218 Yuma, AZ 20.0        52.7 -40 178
    219 Lynchburg, VA 19.8      103.7 -5 214
    220 Fayetteville, NC 19.8      128.6 -57 163
    221 Cumberland, MD-WV 19.5        39.9 -46 175
    222 Staunton-Waynesboro, VA 18.4        48.6  
    223 Monroe, LA 18.3        78.3 -81 142
    224 Lawton, OK 18.0        45.4 -79 145
    225 Fairbanks, AK 17.7        37.5 -90 135
    226 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 17.0      141.5 -19 207
    227 Elmira, NY 16.4        39.6 0 227
    228 Muncie, IN 16.3        51.0 -44 184
    229 Beckley, WV 16.1        47.3  
    230 Dothan, AL 16.1        57.3 -13 217
    231 Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metro Div. 15.6      142.4  
    232 Carson City, NV 15.6        27.9 3 235
    233 Lima, OH 15.3        52.6 -48 185
    234 Albany, GA 15.2        61.6 -25 209
    235 Homosassa Springs, FL 14.9        32.5  
    236 Goldsboro, NC 14.4        42.6 -68 168
    237 Texarkana, TX-AR 13.9        59.1 -21 216
    238 Wichita Falls, TX 13.7        58.5 -10 228
    239 Decatur, AL 13.0        53.8 -35 204
    240 Jefferson City, MO 12.0        76.1 -29 211
    241 Utica-Rome, NY 11.9      127.8 -26 215
    242 Terre Haute, IN 11.7        70.8 -34 208
    243 Bloomington, IL 11.2        94.4 -17 226
    244 Charleston, WV 10.5      123.3 -15 229
    245 Johnstown, PA 10.0        57.8 -22 223
    246 Carbondale-Marion, IL 9.8        54.4  
    247 Decatur, IL 9.7        50.8 -15 232
    248 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 9.4        34.7  
    249 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 9.4        41.9 -10 239
    250 East Stroudsburg, PA 9.4        55.4  
    251 Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA 9.2      127.5 -20 231
    252 Binghamton, NY 8.8      105.7 -16 236
    253 Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL 8.6        46.3 -23 230
    254 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 6.9        42.9 -32 222
    255 Rocky Mount, NC 6.3        57.7 -21 234
    256 Pine Bluff, AR 3.7        33.9 -16 240
    257 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 3.6      130.6 -20 237
    258 Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ 3.6        56.6 -34 224

  • 2014’s Top Stories at New Geography

    We’ve come to the end of another year at New Geography. Here’s a look back at the most popular pieces from 2013. Happy New Year, and thanks for reading.

    12. The Rust Belt Roars Back from the Dead In December, Joel and Richey Piiparinen laid out the case for the rustbelt resurgence based on human capital and a new maker economy. This piece also appeared at The Daily Beast.

    11. Best Cities Rankings Our annual Best Cities for Jobs rankings crunched by Michael Shires are based on an index of short-, medium-, and long-range job growth.

    10. How Segregated is New York City? Daniel Hertz uses a series of maps to show that New York City is more segregated than many people realize. Be sure to check out Daniel’s blog: City Notes.

    9. Affordable Cities are the New Sweet Spots Photographer and keen city observer Johnny Sanphillippo uses a Cincinnati neighborhood to point out that older, affordable urban neighborhoods are great places to be. He concludes that “It’s like moving to the suburbs except you get to live in a great vibrant city instead of a crappy tract house on a cul-de-sac an hour from civilization.” Read more from Johnny at GranolaShotgun.com.

    8. Composite Traffic Congestion Index Shows Richmond Best In June, Wendell Cox combined the results of the three major American traffic congestion indexes to show the best and worst metropolitan areas for traffic.

    7. Special Report: 2013 Metropolitan Area Population Estimates In April Wendell summarized the results of the latest Metropolitan Area population estimates.

    6. Our Father, Who Art in the Apple Store In this Forbes column, Joel ponders the implications of our increasingly techno-centric culture.

    5. The U.S. Middle Class is Turning Proletarian Joel argues that the biggest issue facing American society is the gradual decent of the middle class to proletarian status. What to do about it? Encourage growth of blue-collar industries over those profiting from asset inflation, address the costs of education, promote skills training, and work to ensure the benefits of capitalism inure to all. This piece also appeared in Forbes.

    4. The Metro Areas with the Most Economic Momentum Going into 2014 One year ago, Joel and I created this economic performance index of the nation’s 52 largest metropolitan areas using 8 short-term indicators, covering jobs, unemployment, income growth, migration, birth rates, and education. This piece was also published by Forbes.

    3. America’s Smartest Cities This piece covers our human talent index of all the nation’s metropolitan areas. Places ranking at the top increased their share of residents with a bachelor’s degree the fastest, added the most educated residents, and have the highest current educational attainment rates.

    2. The Demographics that Sank the Democrats in the Midterm Elections Joel’s post-mortem from November’s mid-term elections was this year’s second most read piece on the site. It also appeared at Forbes.

    1. Largest World Cities: 2014 This year’s most read article is Wendell’s intro to his annual World Urban Areas publication, a comprehensive report listing population, land area, and density data for the world’s urban areas. The report is the only annually published inventory of these data for the world’s urban areas of more than 500,000 population.

  • All Cities Finance Jobs – 2014 Best Cities Rankings

    View the Best Cities for Manufacturing Jobs 2014 List

    2014 MSA Financial Activities Overall Ranking Area 2014 Financial Activities Weighted INDEX 2013 Financial Activities Emplymnt (1000s) 2012-2013 Financial Activities Sector Growth 2014 FA Ranking Change from 2013 –
    All MSAs
    1 Owensboro, KY 99.1         3.6 5.9% 0
    2 Ann Arbor, MI 99.1         8.3 7.4% 0
    3 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 97.2         4.4 7.3% 5
    4 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 90.8         4.8 10.9% 40
    5 Odessa, TX 90.8         3.3 8.8% (2)
    6 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 90.5         9.9 7.2% 29
    7 Midland, TX 89.9         4.3 5.7% (2)
    8 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 89.8         3.7 5.7% 20
    9 Victoria, TX 89.4         2.4 5.9% 3
    10 Fargo, ND-MN 89.1         9.8 6.5% 68
    11 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 88.6    165.1 7.2% 36
    12 Pocatello, ID 88.4         2.2 8.2% 84
    13 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 88.1       76.1 2.4% 17
    14 College Station-Bryan, TX 86.3         3.8 4.6% 69
    15 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 86.3         6.3 3.9% 18
    16 Rapid City, SD 86.2         4.1 6.0% 110
    17 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 85.3       49.1 4.1% 38
    18 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 85.3       18.0 3.3% 83
    19 Macon, GA 84.9         9.6 1.4% (12)
    20 Bellingham, WA 84.7         3.4 3.0% 1
    21 San Angelo, TX 84.7         2.3 7.8% 59
    22 Greenville, NC 83.5         2.9 6.1% 4
    23 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 83.3       50.9 1.9% 91
    24 Provo-Orem, UT 82.2         6.9 3.0% 1
    25 Framingham, MA  NECTA Div 82.1         5.5 2.5% 79
    26 Jackson, TN 81.8         1.8 5.9% 74
    27 Naples-Marco Island, FL 80.5         7.1 4.4% 171
    28 St. Louis, MO-IL 80.4       87.1 1.7% 18
    29 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 79.3       70.9 3.8% 109
    30 Ithaca, NY 79.0         1.7 6.2% 136
    31 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 78.9         6.0 4.1% 105
    32 Salt Lake City, UT 78.8       51.8 4.4% 28
    33 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 78.0    196.9 1.8% (1)
    34 Logan, UT-ID 77.8         1.8 12.5% 232
    35 Richmond, VA 77.6       48.4 2.3% (26)
    36 Tyler, TX 77.4         4.4 2.3% 25
    37 St. Cloud, MN 77.2         4.5 2.3% 0
    38 Savannah, GA 77.1         6.6 4.8% 102
    39 Clarksville, TN-KY 76.2         3.0 0.0% (33)
    40 Las Cruces, NM 76.1         2.6 4.0% 17
    41 Casper, WY 75.9         2.1 3.3% 52
    42 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 75.4         3.3 3.1% 39
    43 Spokane, WA 74.7       13.1 3.7% 94
    44 St. George, UT 74.3         2.0 5.3% 113
    45 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 74.2    100.6 2.9% 47
    46 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 74.0         5.5 2.5% (1)
    47 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 74.0       43.8 3.0% 77
    48 Bloomington, IN 73.9         2.9 4.8% 220
    49 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 73.7       73.1 3.3% 14
    50 Wilmington, NC 73.6         6.6 8.2% 172
    51 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 73.5         8.5 -0.4% (28)
    52 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 73.4         8.9 1.9% (9)
    53 Columbia, SC 73.4       29.8 3.1% (15)
    54 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 73.3         2.7 2.5% 62
    55 Green Bay, WI 73.2       13.7 1.5% (38)
    56 Auburn-Opelika, AL 73.1         1.8 3.9% 107
    57 Northern Virginia, VA 73.0       68.7 2.0% (17)
    58 Lafayette, LA 72.5         9.0 1.9% (10)
    59 Yuma, AZ 71.9         1.7 0.0% 175
    60 Huntsville, AL 71.4         6.3 3.3% 110
    61 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 71.3       40.8 2.9% 111
    62 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 70.6       22.5 6.8% 57
    63 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 70.6       14.1 3.7% 111
    64 Sioux Falls, SD 70.3       16.5 2.5% (8)
    65 Kansas City, KS 70.0       33.9 2.2% 5
    66 Colorado Springs, CO 70.0       16.6 4.6% 174
    67 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 69.9       75.2 2.5% 116
    68 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 69.1       27.6 3.0% 39
    69 Boise City-Nampa, ID 68.8       14.7 0.5% (19)
    70 Lincoln, NE 68.4       14.3 0.5% (8)
    71 Bismarck, ND 68.4         3.5 0.0% (44)
    72 Reno-Sparks, NV 68.4         9.6 4.7% 174
    73 Abilene, TX 68.1         3.8 2.7% 25
    74 Cheyenne, WY 68.1         2.3 3.0% (55)
    75 Columbus, GA-AL 68.0       13.0 1.6% (22)
    76 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 68.0       42.0 2.7% 46
    77 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 67.9    112.5 2.2% (11)
    78 Tuscaloosa, AL 67.9         3.9 1.7% 76
    79 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 67.5         7.6 0.4% (5)
    80 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 67.4         3.5 5.1% (12)
    81 Tacoma, WA Metro Div 67.2       13.6 1.2% (23)
    82 Cedar Rapids, IA 66.8       10.4 3.3% 71
    83 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 66.6       12.8 0.5% (42)
    84 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 66.1       21.4 0.2% (12)
    85 Corpus Christi, TX 65.6         7.9 4.0% 21
    86 Columbus, OH 65.5       74.9 0.7% (15)
    87 Lubbock, TX 65.4         7.1 4.4% 55
    88 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 64.5         8.3 3.7% 97
    89 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 64.5       44.0 3.0% 57
    90 La Crosse, WI-MN 64.4         3.8 2.7% 42
    91 Raleigh-Cary, NC 64.2       26.9 1.1% 111
    92 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 64.2         2.2 0.0% 69
    93 Longview, TX 63.9         4.0 0.0% (57)
    94 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 63.6         4.2 3.3% (74)
    95 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 63.6         0.8 0.0% (79)
    96 Wichita Falls, TX 63.6         2.8 2.5% (7)
    97 Rochester, MN 63.4         2.6 5.4% 190
    98 Canton-Massillon, OH 63.4         8.4 0.8% 46
    99 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 63.0       11.5 5.5% 127
    100 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 63.0         1.9 5.6% 95
    101 Idaho Falls, ID 62.8         2.2 3.2% 48
    102 Bend, OR 62.8         4.3 3.2% 207
    103 Oklahoma City, OK 62.7       34.6 1.8% (17)
    104 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 62.7         4.0 0.0% (70)
    105 Jackson, MI 62.6         1.9 5.6% 132
    106 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 62.0       20.2 2.0% 6
    107 Tucson, AZ 61.7       17.2 1.2% (16)
    108 Boulder, CO 61.6         7.5 2.8% 105
    109 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 61.5    158.0 2.4% 0
    110 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 61.4         2.0 1.7% (106)
    111 Baton Rouge, LA 61.4       17.8 2.5% 62
    112 Erie, PA 60.7         6.3 2.2% (27)
    113 Pittsburgh, PA 60.5       71.3 0.3% (102)
    114 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 60.4         8.8 0.8% (90)
    115 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 60.4       14.7 1.8% 140
    116 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 60.3       41.9 0.0% (13)
    117 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 60.1       60.5 3.5% 102
    118 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 60.0       52.0 -0.5% (10)
    119 Yuba City, CA 59.7         1.4 7.7% 85
    120 Jacksonville, FL 59.6       60.6 -0.9% (89)
    121 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 59.1       53.6 -2.8% (107)
    122 Coeur d’Alene, ID 58.9         3.2 2.2% 55
    123 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 58.5       95.5 1.3% (69)
    124 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 58.2       65.6 1.0% 55
    125 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div 58.1       33.0 0.5% (35)
    126 Grand Forks, ND-MN 57.6         1.7 0.0% 4
    127 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div 56.9       37.8 0.3% 61
    128 Elmira, NY 56.5         1.5 0.0% (69)
    129 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div 56.1    111.3 0.1% (64)
    130 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA 55.9       15.4 2.0% 41
    131 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 55.7       14.0 1.9% 53
    132 Duluth, MN-WI 55.1         5.5 3.1% 54
    133 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 55.1       12.8 -0.3% 17
    134 Albuquerque, NM 55.0       18.0 2.5% 82
    135 Bloomington-Normal, IL 54.4       12.5 -3.8% (120)
    136 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 54.2    141.2 0.1% (31)
    137 Rochester, NY 54.2       21.4 0.8% (8)
    138 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 54.1    141.0 -0.1% (18)
    139 Danville, IL 54.0         1.5 0.0% (97)
    140 Knoxville, TN 53.7       17.3 1.4% (29)
    141 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 53.4       34.8 1.3% (31)
    142 Laredo, TX 53.3         3.8 2.7% 50
    143 Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA NECTA 53.2         1.7 2.0% (94)
    144 Springfield, IL 52.4         7.5 -0.9% (92)
    145 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 52.1         4.9 3.5% (30)
    146 Topeka, KS 51.9         7.1 0.5% 45
    147 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 51.6       25.3 0.1% (26)
    148 Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY 51.6       34.0 1.6% 112
    149 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 51.5         8.0 -2.0% (85)
    150 Redding, CA 51.5         2.5 4.2% 70
    151 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 51.4       11.7 0.9% 64
    152 Sherman-Denison, TX 51.1         2.8 -3.4% (139)
    153 Gainesville, FL 51.0         6.2 0.0% (114)
    154 Rochester-Dover, NH-ME NECTA 50.7         4.3 -3.0% (132)
    155 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 50.1         4.0 5.3% 136
    156 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA  NECTA Div 50.0         3.0 0.0% 56
    157 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 49.9         5.1 0.0% 42
    158 Asheville, NC 49.2         5.7 -1.2% 63
    159 Kansas City, MO 49.2       39.9 -2.5% (83)
    160 Fort Smith, AR-OK 49.1         4.2 0.0% (43)
    161 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 49.0         2.3 -1.4% (2)
    162 Eau Claire, WI 48.5         4.4 -5.7% not rated
    163 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 48.3       55.4 0.2% 42
    164 New Haven, CT NECTA 48.2       12.4 2.5% 99
    165 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 48.2       42.0 0.7% (14)
    166 Morristown, TN 48.1         1.2 0.0% (79)
    167 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 47.9       33.2 -0.6% (40)
    168 Tallahassee, FL 47.7         7.3 2.8% 121
    169 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 47.5       71.4 0.4% (2)
    170 Lafayette, IN 47.5         3.9 -2.5% (97)
    171 El Centro, CA 47.3         1.3 -4.8% (28)
    172 Punta Gorda, FL 47.3         1.9 3.7% 136
    173 Fort Wayne, IN 47.2       11.7 0.6% (13)
    174 Nashua, NH-MA  NECTA Div 47.0         7.9 -1.3% (107)
    175 Madison, WI 46.9       28.2 -1.9% (87)
    176 Greeley, CO 46.8         4.2 0.8% 20
    177 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 46.6         3.7 3.8% (80)
    178 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 46.6       83.2 2.0% 107
    179 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 46.4         6.7 2.6% 115
    180 Dayton, OH 45.7       17.2 -0.6% (78)
    181 New York City, NY 45.7    438.3 0.3% 29
    182 Anchorage, AK 45.6         8.1 0.0% (35)
    183 Roanoke, VA 45.5         8.4 -0.8% (88)
    184 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 45.2         5.6 0.6% (59)
    185 Charleston, WV 45.0         8.1 0.0% (3)
    186 Salem, OR 44.9         7.1 1.0% 47
    187 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 44.9         1.2 -5.1% (169)
    188 El Paso, TX 44.4       12.1 -1.9% (159)
    189 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 44.3         7.8 2.2% (8)
    190 Palm Coast, FL 44.2         0.8 0.0% (51)
    191 Medford, OR 44.1         3.7 4.8% 110
    192 New Bedford, MA NECTA 44.0         1.9 1.8% 92
    193 Evansville, IN-KY 44.0         5.7 0.6% 93
    194 Muncie, IN 43.9         2.5 1.4% (125)
    195 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 43.9       13.5 -0.5% (64)
    196 Manchester, NH NECTA 43.4         7.2 1.9% 92
    197 Appleton, WI 43.2         7.2 -0.9% (32)
    198 Grand Junction, CO 43.2         3.0 1.1% 46
    199 Santa Fe, NM 43.1         2.7 -3.6% (41)
    200 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 43.0       70.3 1.3% 73
    201 Fairbanks, AK 42.8         1.3 0.0% 68
    202 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 42.5       41.9 0.5% 43
    203 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 41.3       62.6 -0.3% 25
    204 Honolulu, HI 41.2       20.6 1.5% 13
    205 Tulsa, OK 41.0       22.9 1.3% 94
    206 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div 40.9       76.2 0.8% (72)
    207 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 40.7       22.7 2.1% 45
    208 Sheboygan, WI 40.5         2.4 -1.4% (90)
    209 Utica-Rome, NY 40.5         7.3 0.5% 62
    210 Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div 40.2       72.1 -0.2% (87)
    211 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div 40.2       49.2 0.3% 31
    212 Johnson City, TN 40.0         3.8 2.7% 101
    213 Norwich-New London, CT-RI NECTA 39.8         3.1 -2.1% (68)
    214 Springfield, MO 39.4       11.6 -1.7% (135)
    215 Wausau, WI 39.3         5.5 0.6% (8)
    216 Fond du Lac, WI 39.1         1.8 -3.5% (139)
    217 Champaign-Urbana, IL 38.0         4.3 0.0% (16)
    218 Corvallis, OR 37.6         1.3 0.0% 65
    219 Johnstown, PA 37.4         2.8 0.0% (19)
    220 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div 36.9       39.7 0.5% 41
    221 Flint, MI 36.9         6.3 0.0% 14
    222 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 36.6         7.1 -2.8% (67)
    223 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH  NECTA Div 36.3         2.6 -2.5% 8
    224 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 36.2       14.9 0.4% (31)
    225 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 35.9         8.0 0.4% (28)
    226 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 35.8         7.5 -0.4% (17)
    227 Kingston, NY 35.5         2.2 4.8% 76
    228 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 35.5       36.5 -2.6% (144)
    229 Eugene-Springfield, OR 35.4         7.2 -1.4% (5)
    230 Fresno, CA 34.8       12.8 -0.3% 13
    231 Terre Haute, IN 34.8         2.5 0.0% (156)
    232 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 34.7       31.5 -2.3% (104)
    233 Wichita, KS 34.3       10.6 0.3% (71)
    234 Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA 34.2       49.1 0.5% (26)
    235 Dover, DE 33.6         1.6 6.7% 69
    236 Dothan, AL 33.5         2.0 0.0% 38
    237 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Div 33.4    142.2 0.0% (59)
    238 Lancaster, PA 33.1         8.6 0.8% (35)
    239 Waterbury, CT NECTA 33.0         2.0 0.0% (71)
    240 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 32.8         4.6 0.7% 30
    241 Decatur, IL 32.7         1.9 0.0% 39
    242 Lawton, OK 32.0         2.3 1.5% 39
    243 Anniston-Oxford, AL 31.9         1.3 0.0% (63)
    244 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 31.6         1.6 -4.1% (103)
    245 Montgomery, AL 31.4         7.4 3.3% (4)
    246 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 31.4       14.0 1.2% 2
    247 Camden, NJ Metro Div 31.3       29.9 -2.4% (165)
    248 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 31.2         4.0 -1.7% 14
    249 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 31.0    210.5 -0.9% (62)
    250 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 30.4         7.4 1.4% (3)
    251 Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div 30.2       66.5 -0.2% (138)
    252 Bangor, ME NECTA 30.2         2.1 0.0% (96)
    253 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 30.1       66.5 -1.9% (77)
    254 Port St. Lucie, FL 30.1         5.4 0.6% 56
    255 Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div 30.0       55.3 -0.7% (41)
    256 Modesto, CA 29.7         5.4 0.0% (62)
    257 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div 29.7    257.5 0.0% (28)
    258 Mansfield, OH 29.5         1.6 0.0% 17
    259 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 29.4         3.8 0.0% (95)
    260 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA 29.4       11.9 1.1% (3)
    261 Gadsden, AL 29.1         1.3 0.0% 15
    262 Gary, IN Metro Div 29.0         8.7 -0.4% (129)
    263 Waco, TX 28.7         6.0 -1.6% (73)
    264 York-Hanover, PA 28.6         5.1 0.0% (14)
    265 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 27.9         3.8 -1.7% (54)
    266 Decatur, AL 27.9         2.0 0.0% 29
    267 Ocala, FL 27.9         4.1 -2.4% 0
    268 Winston-Salem, NC 27.8       11.6 -0.3% 25
    269 Lexington-Fayette, KY 27.8         9.6 -1.0% (33)
    270 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 27.7       27.8 1.6% 49
    271 Janesville, WI 27.3         1.7 2.0% (44)
    272 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 27.2         8.7 0.8% 25
    273 Glens Falls, NY 27.1         1.9 -1.8% (48)
    274 Merced, CA 27.0         1.5 0.0% (126)
    275 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 26.8         3.1 -4.1% (21)
    276 Bay City, MI 26.5         1.4 -4.5% (37)
    277 Chico, CA 26.2         2.8 -1.2% (18)
    278 Burlington, NC 26.0         1.8 -1.8% (109)
    279 Philadelphia City, PA 25.3       41.0 0.7% (41)
    280 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 24.7       62.1 -1.1% (105)
    281 Napa, CA 24.6         2.2 -1.5% (187)
    282 Akron, OH 24.5       12.9 -3.0% (147)
    283 Racine, WI 24.5         2.7 2.5% 37
    284 Baltimore City, MD 24.3       17.9 -0.7% (61)
    285 Jackson, MS 24.0       14.9 -1.1% (96)
    286 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 23.6         2.3 0.0% 4
    287 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 23.3         6.5 -0.5% (38)
    288 Mobile, AL 23.0         8.6 -8.5% (237)
    289 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 22.8       53.3 -1.8% (31)
    290 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 22.3         1.5 0.0% 6
    291 Prescott, AZ 22.1         1.7 0.0% 27
    292 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 21.4       14.7 -0.2% 22
    293 Rockford, IL 21.3         5.5 2.5% 7
    294 Peoria, IL 20.4         7.3 0.5% 4
    295 Syracuse, NY 20.2       16.0 -3.8% (23)
    296 Lewiston, ID-WA 19.5         1.6 -5.9% (78)
    297 Stockton, CA 19.5         7.6 0.0% 9
    298 Amarillo, TX 18.9         5.9 -2.7% (20)
    299 Flagstaff, AZ 18.3         1.2 -7.9% 16
    300 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 18.1         2.8 -2.3% (201)
    301 Battle Creek, MI 17.9         1.3 -4.9% (149)
    302 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 17.1       58.6 -2.2% (37)
    303 Visalia-Porterville, CA 16.6         3.8 -1.7% (1)
    304 Pueblo, CO 16.4         1.8 0.0% (48)
    305 Cleveland, TN 16.3         1.4 -2.4% (26)
    306 Anderson, IN 16.1         1.4 -4.5% (42)
    307 Monroe, MI 14.7         1.2 -2.8% 10
    308 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 14.1       18.6 -3.8% (3)
    309 Peabody, MA  NECTA Div 13.8         4.5 0.0% 12
    310 Columbus, IN 13.8         1.3 0.0% (3)
    311 Greensboro-High Point, NC 13.4       18.0 -3.4% 1
    312 Toledo, OH 12.8       10.3 -1.3% (20)
    313 Fayetteville, NC 12.1         3.7 -4.3% (62)
    314 Altoona, PA 10.0         1.5 0.0% 8
    315 Reading, PA 9.0         6.0 -1.1% 8
    316 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH  NECTA Div 8.7         3.3 -7.4% (86)
    317 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 8.0         0.9 -6.9% (307)
    318 Kokomo, IN 7.9         1.2 -7.7% (112)
    319 Salinas, CA 7.4         3.9 -2.5% (42)
    320 Binghamton, NY 5.9         3.7 -5.2% (4)
    321 Chattanooga, TN-GA 5.3       13.9 -0.7% (89)
    322 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 3.2         5.2 -3.1% (69)
    323 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 3.1         7.4 -3.9% (12)
    324 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 2.7         1.4 -2.4% (42)

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    2014 MSA Financial Activities  Ranking – LARGE MSAs Area 2014 Financial Activities Weighted INDEX 2013 Financial Activities Employment 2012-2013 Financial Activities Sector Growth 2014 FA Ranking Change from 2013 – Large MSAs
    1 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 88.6      165.1 7.2% 8
    2 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 88.1        76.1 2.4% 2
    3 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 85.3        49.1 4.1% 8
    4 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 83.3        50.9 1.9% 25
    5 St. Louis, MO-IL 80.4        87.1 1.7% 3
    6 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 79.3        70.9 3.8% 32
    7 Salt Lake City, UT 78.8        51.8 4.4% 5
    8 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 78.0      196.9 1.8% (2)
    9 Richmond, VA 77.6        48.4 2.3% (8)
    10 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 74.2      100.6 2.9% 12
    11 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 74.0        43.8 3.0% 22
    12 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 73.7        73.1 3.3% 1
    13 Northern Virginia, VA 73.0        68.7 2.0% (6)
    14 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 69.9        75.2 2.5% 32
    15 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 69.1        27.6 3.0% 10
    16 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 68.0        42.0 2.7% 15
    17 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 67.9      112.5 2.2% (2)
    18 Columbus, OH 65.5        74.9 0.7% (2)
    19 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 64.5        44.0 3.0% 20
    20 Raleigh-Cary, NC 64.2        26.9 1.1% 29
    21 Oklahoma City, OK 62.7        34.6 1.8% (1)
    22 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 61.5      158.0 2.4% 4
    23 Pittsburgh, PA 60.5        71.3 0.3% (21)
    24 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 60.3        41.9 0.0% (1)
    25 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 60.1        60.5 3.5% 30
    26 Jacksonville, FL 59.6        60.6 -0.9% (21)
    27 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 59.1        53.6 -2.8% (24)
    28 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 58.5        95.5 1.3% (18)
    29 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 58.2        65.6 1.0% 16
    30 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div 58.1        33.0 0.5% (9)
    31 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div 56.9        37.8 0.3% 17
    32 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div 56.1      111.3 0.1% (18)
    33 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 54.2      141.2 0.1% (9)
    34 Rochester, NY 54.2        21.4 0.8% 2
    35 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 54.1      141.0 -0.1% (5)
    36 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 53.4        34.8 1.3% (9)
    37 Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY 51.6        34.0 1.6% 24
    38 Kansas City, MO 49.2        39.9 -2.5% (21)
    39 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 48.3        55.4 0.2% 11
    40 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 48.2        42.0 0.7% 0
    41 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 47.9        33.2 -0.6% (7)
    42 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 47.5        71.4 0.4% (1)
    43 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 46.6        83.2 2.0% 22
    44 New York City, NY 45.7      438.3 0.3% 8
    45 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 43.0        70.3 1.3% 19
    46 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 41.3        62.6 -0.3% 10
    47 Honolulu, HI 41.2        20.6 1.5% 7
    48 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div 40.9        76.2 0.8% (11)
    49 Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div 40.2        72.1 -0.2% (17)
    50 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div 40.2        49.2 0.3% 9
    51 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div 36.9        39.7 0.5% 11
    52 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 35.5        36.5 -2.6% (33)
    53 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 34.7        31.5 -2.3% (18)
    54 Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA 34.2        49.1 0.5% (3)
    55 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Div 33.4      142.2 0.0% (11)
    56 Camden, NJ Metro Div 31.3        29.9 -2.4% (38)
    57 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 31.0      210.5 -0.9% (10)
    58 Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div 30.2        66.5 -0.2% (30)
    59 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 30.1        66.5 -1.9% (16)
    60 Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div 30.0        55.3 -0.7% (7)
    61 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div 29.7      257.5 0.0% (4)
    62 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 27.7        27.8 1.6% 4
    63 Philadelphia City, PA 25.3        41.0 0.7% (5)
    64 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 24.7        62.1 -1.1% (22)
    65 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 22.8        53.3 -1.8% (5)
    66 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 17.1        58.6 -2.2% (3)

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    2014 MSA Financial Activities  Ranking – Midsized MSAs Area 2014 Financial Activities Weighted INDEX 2013 Financial Activities Employment 2012-2013 Financial Activities Sector Growth 2014 FA Ranking Change from 2013 – Midsized MSAs
    1 Ann Arbor, MI 99.1            8.3 7.4% 0
    2 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 90.5            9.9 7.2% 4
    3 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 85.3         18.0 3.3% 19
    4 Provo-Orem, UT 82.2            6.9 3.0% 0
    5 Framingham, MA  NECTA Div 82.1            5.5 2.5% 19
    6 Savannah, GA 77.1            6.6 4.8% 30
    7 Spokane, WA 74.7         13.1 3.7% 28
    8 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 73.4            8.9 1.9% 1
    9 Columbia, SC 73.4         29.8 3.1% (2)
    10 Green Bay, WI 73.2         13.7 1.5% (8)
    11 Lafayette, LA 72.5            9.0 1.9% (1)
    12 Huntsville, AL 71.4            6.3 3.3% 31
    13 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 71.3         40.8 2.9% 32
    14 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 70.6         22.5 6.8% 15
    15 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 70.6         14.1 3.7% 32
    16 Kansas City, KS 70.0         33.9 2.2% (1)
    17 Colorado Springs, CO 70.0         16.6 4.6% 47
    18 Boise City-Nampa, ID 68.8         14.7 0.5% (7)
    19 Lincoln, NE 68.4         14.3 0.5% (5)
    20 Reno-Sparks, NV 68.4            9.6 4.7% 48
    21 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 67.5            7.6 0.4% (4)
    22 Tacoma, WA Metro Div 67.2         13.6 1.2% (9)
    23 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 66.6         12.8 0.5% (15)
    24 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 66.1         21.4 0.2% (8)
    25 Corpus Christi, TX 65.6            7.9 4.0% 0
    26 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 64.5            8.3 3.7% 24
    27 Canton-Massillon, OH 63.4            8.4 0.8% 10
    28 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 63.0         11.5 5.5% 33
    29 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 62.0         20.2 2.0% (1)
    30 Tucson, AZ 61.7         17.2 1.2% (10)
    31 Boulder, CO 61.6            7.5 2.8% 25
    32 Baton Rouge, LA 61.4         17.8 2.5% 14
    33 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 60.4            8.8 0.8% (30)
    34 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 60.4         14.7 1.8% 40
    35 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 60.0         52.0 -0.5% (9)
    36 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA 55.9         15.4 2.0% 8
    37 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 55.7         14.0 1.9% 12
    38 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 55.1         12.8 -0.3% 1
    39 Albuquerque, NM 55.0         18.0 2.5% 19
    40 Knoxville, TN 53.7         17.3 1.4% (13)
    41 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 51.6         25.3 0.1% (11)
    42 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 51.4         11.7 0.9% 15
    43 Asheville, NC 49.2            5.7 -1.2% 16
    44 New Haven, CT NECTA 48.2         12.4 2.5% 32
    45 Tallahassee, FL 47.7            7.3 2.8% 34
    46 Fort Wayne, IN 47.2         11.7 0.6% (5)
    47 Madison, WI 46.9         28.2 -1.9% (28)
    48 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 46.4            6.7 2.6% 34
    49 Dayton, OH 45.7         17.2 -0.6% (26)
    50 Anchorage, AK 45.6            8.1 0.0% (12)
    51 Roanoke, VA 45.5            8.4 -0.8% (30)
    52 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 45.2            5.6 0.6% (21)
    53 El Paso, TX 44.4         12.1 -1.9% (48)
    54 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 44.3            7.8 2.2% (6)
    55 Evansville, IN-KY 44.0            5.7 0.6% 23
    56 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 43.9         13.5 -0.5% (24)
    57 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 42.5         41.9 0.5% 10
    58 Tulsa, OK 41.0         22.9 1.3% 27
    59 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 40.7         22.7 2.1% 14
    60 Springfield, MO 39.4         11.6 -1.7% (42)
    61 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 36.6            7.1 -2.8% (21)
    62 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 36.2         14.9 0.4% (10)
    63 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 35.9            8.0 0.4% (10)
    64 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 35.8            7.5 -0.4% (9)
    65 Fresno, CA 34.8         12.8 -0.3% 1
    66 Wichita, KS 34.3         10.6 0.3% (24)
    67 Lancaster, PA 33.1            8.6 0.8% (13)
    68 Montgomery, AL 31.4            7.4 3.3% (3)
    69 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 31.4         14.0 1.2% 1
    70 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 30.4            7.4 1.4% (1)
    71 Modesto, CA 29.7            5.4 0.0% (18)
    72 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA 29.4         11.9 1.1% 3
    73 Gary, IN Metro Div 29.0            8.7 -0.4% (40)
    74 York-Hanover, PA 28.6            5.1 0.0% (2)
    75 Winston-Salem, NC 27.8         11.6 -0.3% 6
    76 Lexington-Fayette, KY 27.8            9.6 -1.0% (13)
    77 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 27.2            8.7 0.8% 6
    78 Akron, OH 24.5         12.9 -3.0% (44)
    79 Baltimore City, MD 24.3         17.9 -0.7% (19)
    80 Jackson, MS 24.0         14.9 -1.1% (29)
    81 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 23.3            6.5 -0.5% (10)
    82 Mobile, AL 23.0            8.6 -8.5% (70)
    83 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 21.4         14.7 -0.2% 7
    84 Peoria, IL 20.4            7.3 0.5% 0
    85 Syracuse, NY 20.2         16.0 -3.8% (8)
    86 Stockton, CA 19.5            7.6 0.0% 1
    87 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 14.1         18.6 -3.8% (1)
    88 Greensboro-High Point, NC 13.4         18.0 -3.4% 1
    89 Toledo, OH 12.8         10.3 -1.3% (9)
    90 Reading, PA 9.0            6.0 -1.1% 1
    91 Chattanooga, TN-GA 5.3         13.9 -0.7% (29)
    92 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 3.1            7.4 -3.9% (4)

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    2014 MSA Financial Activities  Ranking – SMALL MSAs Area 2014 Financial Activities Weighted INDEX 2013 Financial Activities Employment 2012-2013 Financial Activities Sector Growth 2014 FA Ranking Change from 2013 – Small MSAs
    1 Owensboro, KY 99.1           3.6 5.9% 0
    2 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 97.2           4.4 7.3% 5
    3 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 90.8           4.8 10.9% 25
    4 Odessa, TX 90.8           3.3 8.8% (2)
    5 Midland, TX 89.9           4.3 5.7% (1)
    6 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 89.8           3.7 5.7% 15
    7 Victoria, TX 89.4           2.4 5.9% 2
    8 Fargo, ND-MN 89.1           9.8 6.5% 36
    9 Pocatello, ID 88.4           2.2 8.2% 44
    10 College Station-Bryan, TX 86.3           3.8 4.6% 37
    11 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 86.3           6.3 3.9% 11
    12 Rapid City, SD 86.2           4.1 6.0% 50
    13 Macon, GA 84.9           9.6 1.4% (7)
    14 Bellingham, WA 84.7           3.4 3.0% 2
    15 San Angelo, TX 84.7           2.3 7.8% 30
    16 Greenville, NC 83.5           2.9 6.1% 3
    17 Jackson, TN 81.8           1.8 5.9% 40
    18 Naples-Marco Island, FL 80.5           7.1 4.4% 79
    19 Ithaca, NY 79.0           1.7 6.2% 65
    20 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 78.9           6.0 4.1% 45
    21 Logan, UT-ID 77.8           1.8 12.5% 106
    22 Tyler, TX 77.4           4.4 2.3% 14
    23 St. Cloud, MN 77.2           4.5 2.3% 2
    24 Clarksville, TN-KY 76.2           3.0 0.0% (19)
    25 Las Cruces, NM 76.1           2.6 4.0% 9
    26 Casper, WY 75.9           2.1 3.3% 25
    27 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 75.4           3.3 3.1% 19
    28 St. George, UT 74.3           2.0 5.3% 49
    29 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 74.0           5.5 2.5% 0
    30 Bloomington, IN 73.9           2.9 4.8% 99
    31 Wilmington, NC 73.6           6.6 8.2% 77
    32 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 73.5           8.5 -0.4% (14)
    33 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 73.3           2.7 2.5% 26
    34 Auburn-Opelika, AL 73.1           1.8 3.9% 47
    35 Yuma, AZ 71.9           1.7 0.0% 80
    36 Sioux Falls, SD 70.3         16.5 2.5% (3)
    37 Bismarck, ND 68.4           3.5 0.0% (17)
    38 Abilene, TX 68.1           3.8 2.7% 17
    39 Cheyenne, WY 68.1           2.3 3.0% (25)
    40 Columbus, GA-AL 68.0         13.0 1.6% (8)
    41 Tuscaloosa, AL 67.9           3.9 1.7% 34
    42 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 67.4           3.5 5.1% (3)
    43 Cedar Rapids, IA 66.8         10.4 3.3% 31
    44 Lubbock, TX 65.4           7.1 4.4% 24
    45 La Crosse, WI-MN 64.4           3.8 2.7% 19
    46 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 64.2           2.2 0.0% 34
    47 Longview, TX 63.9           4.0 0.0% (23)
    48 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 63.6           4.2 3.3% (33)
    49 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 63.6           0.8 0.0% (37)
    50 Wichita Falls, TX 63.6           2.8 2.5% 0
    51 Rochester, MN 63.4           2.6 5.4% 93
    52 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 63.0           1.9 5.6% 43
    53 Idaho Falls, ID 62.8           2.2 3.2% 19
    54 Bend, OR 62.8           4.3 3.2% 103
    55 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 62.7           4.0 0.0% (32)
    56 Jackson, MI 62.6           1.9 5.6% 61
    57 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 61.4           2.0 1.7% (54)
    58 Erie, PA 60.7           6.3 2.2% (10)
    59 Yuba City, CA 59.7           1.4 7.7% 42
    60 Coeur d’Alene, ID 58.9           3.2 2.2% 27
    61 Grand Forks, ND-MN 57.6           1.7 0.0% 2
    62 Elmira, NY 56.5           1.5 0.0% (27)
    63 Duluth, MN-WI 55.1           5.5 3.1% 27
    64 Bloomington-Normal, IL 54.4         12.5 -3.8% (53)
    65 Danville, IL 54.0           1.5 0.0% (38)
    66 Laredo, TX 53.3           3.8 2.7% 27
    67 Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA NECTA 53.2           1.7 2.0% (37)
    68 Springfield, IL 52.4           7.5 -0.9% (37)
    69 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 52.1           4.9 3.5% (11)
    70 Topeka, KS 51.9           7.1 0.5% 22
    71 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 51.5           8.0 -2.0% (34)
    72 Redding, CA 51.5           2.5 4.2% 35
    73 Sherman-Denison, TX 51.1           2.8 -3.4% (63)
    74 Gainesville, FL 51.0           6.2 0.0% (48)
    75 Rochester-Dover, NH-ME NECTA 50.7           4.3 -3.0% (58)
    76 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 50.1           4.0 5.3% 71
    77 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA  NECTA Division 50.0           3.0 0.0% 28
    78 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 49.9           5.1 0.0% 20
    79 Fort Smith, AR-OK 49.1           4.2 0.0% (19)
    80 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 49.0           2.3 -1.4% (1)
    81 Eau Claire, WI 48.5           4.4 -5.7% not rated
    82 Morristown, TN 48.1           1.2 0.0% (33)
    83 Lafayette, IN 47.5           3.9 -2.5% (42)
    84 El Centro, CA 47.3           1.3 -4.8% (15)
    85 Punta Gorda, FL 47.3           1.9 3.7% 71
    86 Nashua, NH-MA  NECTA Division 47.0           7.9 -1.3% (48)
    87 Greeley, CO 46.8           4.2 0.8% 9
    88 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 46.6           3.7 3.8% (34)
    89 Charleston, WV 45.0           8.1 0.0% 0
    90 Salem, OR 44.9           7.1 1.0% 24
    91 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 44.9           1.2 -5.1% (78)
    92 Palm Coast, FL 44.2           0.8 0.0% (26)
    93 Medford, OR 44.1           3.7 4.8% 58
    94 New Bedford, MA NECTA 44.0           1.9 1.8% 49
    95 Muncie, IN 43.9           2.5 1.4% (55)
    96 Manchester, NH NECTA 43.4           7.2 1.9% 49
    97 Appleton, WI 43.2           7.2 -0.9% (14)
    98 Grand Junction, CO 43.2           3.0 1.1% 21
    99 Santa Fe, NM 43.1           2.7 -3.6% (21)
    100 Fairbanks, AK 42.8           1.3 0.0% 30
    101 Sheboygan, WI 40.5           2.4 -1.4% (40)
    102 Utica-Rome, NY 40.5           7.3 0.5% 30
    103 Johnson City, TN 40.0           3.8 2.7% 56
    104 Norwich-New London, CT-RI NECTA 39.8           3.1 -2.1% (34)
    105 Wausau, WI 39.3           5.5 0.6% (2)
    106 Fond du Lac, WI 39.1           1.8 -3.5% (63)
    107 Champaign-Urbana, IL 38.0           4.3 0.0% (7)
    108 Corvallis, OR 37.6           1.3 0.0% 34
    109 Johnstown, PA 37.4           2.8 0.0% (10)
    110 Flint, MI 36.9           6.3 0.0% 6
    111 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH  NECTA Division 36.3           2.6 -2.5% 2
    112 Kingston, NY 35.5           2.2 4.8% 41
    113 Eugene-Springfield, OR 35.4           7.2 -1.4% (4)
    114 Terre Haute, IN 34.8           2.5 0.0% (72)
    115 Dover, DE 33.6           1.6 6.7% 39
    116 Dothan, AL 33.5           2.0 0.0% 17
    117 Waterbury, CT NECTA 33.0           2.0 0.0% (32)
    118 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 32.8           4.6 0.7% 13
    119 Decatur, IL 32.7           1.9 0.0% 20
    120 Lawton, OK 32.0           2.3 1.5% 20
    121 Anniston-Oxford, AL 31.9           1.3 0.0% (33)
    122 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 31.6           1.6 -4.1% (55)
    123 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 31.2           4.0 -1.7% 2
    124 Bangor, ME NECTA 30.2           2.1 0.0% (48)
    125 Port St. Lucie, FL 30.1           5.4 0.6% 33
    126 Mansfield, OH 29.5           1.6 0.0% 8
    127 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 29.4           3.8 0.0% (45)
    128 Gadsden, AL 29.1           1.3 0.0% 7
    129 Waco, TX 28.7           6.0 -1.6% (38)
    130 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 27.9           3.8 -1.7% (26)
    131 Decatur, AL 27.9           2.0 0.0% 17
    132 Ocala, FL 27.9           4.1 -2.4% (4)
    133 Janesville, WI 27.3           1.7 2.0% (22)
    134 Glens Falls, NY 27.1           1.9 -1.8% (24)
    135 Merced, CA 27.0           1.5 0.0% (64)
    136 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 26.8           3.1 -4.1% (14)
    137 Bay City, MI 26.5           1.4 -4.5% (19)
    138 Chico, CA 26.2           2.8 -1.2% (14)
    139 Burlington, NC 26.0           1.8 -1.8% (53)
    140 Napa, CA 24.6           2.2 -1.5% (88)
    141 Racine, WI 24.5           2.7 2.5% 23
    142 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 23.6           2.3 0.0% 4
    143 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 22.3           1.5 0.0% 6
    144 Prescott, AZ 22.1           1.7 0.0% 19
    145 Rockford, IL 21.3           5.5 2.5% 5
    146 Lewiston, ID-WA 19.5           1.6 -5.9% (40)
    147 Amarillo, TX 18.9           5.9 -2.7% (10)
    148 Flagstaff, AZ 18.3           1.2 -7.9% 12
    149 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 18.1           2.8 -2.3% (93)
    150 Battle Creek, MI 17.9           1.3 -4.9% (77)
    151 Visalia-Porterville, CA 16.6           3.8 -1.7% 1
    152 Pueblo, CO 16.4           1.8 0.0% (29)
    153 Cleveland, TN 16.3           1.4 -2.4% (15)
    154 Anderson, IN 16.1           1.4 -4.5% (28)
    155 Monroe, MI 14.7           1.2 -2.8% 7
    156 Peabody, MA  NECTA Division 13.8           4.5 0.0% 9
    158 Columbus, IN 13.8           1.3 0.0% (3)
    159 Fayetteville, NC 12.1           3.7 -4.3% (39)
    160 Altoona, PA 10.0           1.5 0.0% 6
    161 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH  NECTA Division 8.7           3.3 -7.4% (49)
    162 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 8.0           0.9 -6.9% (154)
    163 Kokomo, IN 7.9           1.2 -7.7% (61)
    164 Salinas, CA 7.4           3.9 -2.5% (28)
    165 Binghamton, NY 5.9           3.7 -5.2% (4)
    166 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 3.2           5.2 -3.1% (45)
    167 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 2.7           1.4 -2.4% (26)

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    2014 Overall Mfg Rank Area 2014 Mfg Weighted INDEX 2013 Manufacturing Employment (1000s) 2012-13 Mfg Growth Rate Overall Rank Change
    2013-2014
    1 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 98.8                  9.5 7.1% 2
    2 Lewiston, ID-WA 98.0                  3.9 8.3% 163
    3 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 97.3                  4.0 6.3% 24
    4 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 97.2                54.6 5.0% 90
    5 Idaho Falls, ID 93.4                  3.7 4.7% 26
    6 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 91.9                  2.5 4.2% 8
    7 Naples-Marco Isl&, FL 91.7                  3.2 13.1% 134
    8 Lafayette, LA 91.4                12.5 7.4% 14
    9 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 90.8                  9.2 7.4% 159
    10 Fond du Lac, WI 89.3                11.0 5.4% 16
    11 Coeur d’Alene, ID 89.2                  4.9 8.1% 64
    12 Mobile, AL 88.9                18.7 0.7% (7)
    13 Flagstaff, AZ 88.5                  4.4 3.1% (6)
    14 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 88.2                  2.1 5.0% 18
    15 Midl&, TX 88.1                  3.7 2.8% (7)
    16 Columbus, IN 87.9                18.0 2.3% (15)
    17 Medford, OR 87.8                  7.2 4.4% 106
    18 Fairbanks, AK 87.2                  0.6 12.5% 297
    19 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 87.0                  5.6 6.3% 61
    20 Napa, CA 86.4                11.7 6.0% (9)
    21 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 86.3                24.0 3.0% 4
    22 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 85.8                  3.6 4.9% (7)
    23 Provo-Orem, UT 85.2                18.5 5.9% 125
    24 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 85.1                14.2 4.7% 38
    25 Prescott, AZ 84.8                  3.2 6.7% 135
    26 Morgantown, WV 84.0                  4.4 4.0% 51
    27 Houston-Sugar L&-Baytown, TX 83.9             255.4 3.1% (18)
    28 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 83.5                23.7 2.4% 13
    29 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 82.2                19.2 7.6% 144
    30 Gr& Rapids-Wyoming, MI 81.7                69.2 4.2% 24
    31 Battle Creek, MI 81.6                12.1 6.2% 24
    32 Holl&-Gr& Haven, MI 81.4                34.6 4.2% (3)
    33 Pueblo, CO 81.2                  4.4 8.1% 168
    34 Fort Wayne, IN 80.9                34.9 4.2% 106
    35 Baton Rouge, LA 80.5                27.8 3.3% 13
    36 Auburn-Opelika, AL 80.4                  6.2 8.1% 228
    37 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 80.3                72.3 4.0% 9
    38 Jackson, MI 80.1                  9.2 4.5% 6
    39 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 79.6                12.7 1.9% (27)
    40 Haverhill-North &over-Amesbury, MA-NH  NECTA Div 79.4                10.7 3.2% 28
    41 Kennewick-Pasco-Richl&, WA 78.7                  7.0 2.9% (39)
    42 Punta Gorda, FL 78.3                  0.7 0.0% (26)
    43 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 77.4                  6.5 0.5% (1)
    44 Lakel&-Winter Haven, FL 77.2                16.0 6.0% 84
    45 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 77.2             150.5 5.3% (5)
    46 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 76.9                  3.7 4.8% 14
    47 Merced, CA 76.2                  8.8 7.3% 34
    48 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 76.1                  4.9 5.8% 243
    49 Kokomo, IN 76.0                11.5 5.5% 162
    50 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 75.6                24.1 1.3% (13)
    51 Anchorage, AK 75.0                  2.3 1.5% (16)
    52 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 75.0                  5.9 3.5% 44
    53 Elizabethtown, KY 74.8                  6.2 1.6% (40)
    54 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 74.2                10.2 2.3% 12
    55 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 74.2                19.7 1.4% 4
    56 Toledo, OH 73.9                43.2 6.2% 17
    57 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 73.8                40.8 3.8% 43
    58 Sioux Falls, SD 73.6                13.4 1.0% (20)
    59 Fargo, ND-MN 73.3                10.1 1.3% (31)
    60 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 73.0                74.4 0.4% (36)
    61 Boulder, CO 72.8                17.2 1.8% 15
    62 Dover, DE 72.3                  4.8 3.6% 40
    63 Savannah, GA 72.1                15.2 1.6% (53)
    64 Tulsa, OK 72.0                51.1 0.7% (30)
    65 Port St. Lucie, FL 71.1                  5.5 1.2% 92
    66 Oklahoma City, OK 71.1                36.3 1.2% (30)
    67 Clevel&, TN 71.1                  8.6 1.6% (20)
    68 Odessa, TX 71.1                  5.3 -2.5% (64)
    69 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 70.9                38.9 3.4% 22
    70 Racine, WI 70.8                18.7 1.1% (40)
    71 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 70.7                52.7 2.7% 50
    72 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 70.5                17.5 -0.2% (54)
    73 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 70.5             169.0 -0.5% (40)
    74 Logan, UT-ID 70.1                11.1 0.9% 11
    75 Reno-Sparks, NV 70.1                12.2 5.2% 186
    76 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 69.4                  5.5 0.0% (24)
    77 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 69.2                21.7 2.5% (8)
    78 Montgomery, AL 69.2                18.3 -0.2% 29
    79 Bellingham, WA 69.1                  8.9 -1.1% (29)
    80 Fort Collins-Lovel&, CO 68.9                11.8 1.4% (22)
    81 Lima, OH 68.9                  8.3 2.9% 135
    82 Greeley, CO 68.4                11.5 1.5% 0
    83 S&usky, OH 68.1                  6.1 2.2% (13)
    84 Spartanburg, SC 68.0                26.0 3.2% (33)
    85 Amarillo, TX 67.9                13.4 1.0% 48
    86 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 67.9                32.3 2.6% 46
    87 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 67.8                92.9 1.8% (20)
    88 Portl&-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 67.4             115.9 1.3% 62
    89 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 67.3                57.4 2.1% 63
    90 Salt Lake City, UT 67.2                55.4 0.2% (11)
    91 Rapid City, SD 67.1                  2.9 7.4% 4
    92 Visalia-Porterville, CA 66.9                11.6 0.6% (71)
    93 Ithaca, NY 66.8                  3.4 3.0% 16
    94 El Centro, CA 66.8                  2.5 4.1% (51)
    95 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 66.7             158.7 2.8% 34
    96 Lafayette, IN 66.3                16.3 0.6% (76)
    97 Green Bay, WI 66.3                28.9 1.4% 13
    98 Honolulu, HI 65.8                11.2 3.1% 73
    99 Lake Charles, LA 65.7                  9.0 1.5% 17
    100 Lawton, OK 65.6                  3.6 2.9% 66
    101 Chico, CA 65.5                  3.6 -2.7% 217
    102 Rockford, IL 65.3                31.3 -3.0% (83)
    103 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div 65.2                38.0 4.5% 111
    104 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div 65.1                82.8 2.9% (41)
    105 Appleton, WI 64.5                22.9 0.4% (49)
    106 Bay City, MI 64.3                  4.2 3.3% (41)
    107 Longview, WA 64.1                  6.3 1.6% 52
    108 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 63.9                11.8 2.3% (47)
    109 Olympia, WA 63.9                  3.2 2.1% 129
    110 &erson, SC 63.5                12.5 2.5% (7)
    111 Yakima, WA 63.3                  8.1 1.7% 73
    112 Bloomington, IN 63.2                  9.2 -2.1% (55)
    113 Sheboygan, WI 63.0                19.5 3.7% 188
    114 Lincoln, NE 62.9                13.8 2.2% (16)
    115 Reading, PA 62.9                30.0 0.9% (31)
    116 Rochester-Dover, NH-ME NECTA 62.6                  6.1 1.7% 120
    117 Tacoma, WA Metro Div 62.6                17.2 2.4% 169
    118 Victoria, TX 62.5                  6.0 -1.1% (54)
    119 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 62.5                12.3 3.4% 60
    120 Tuscaloosa, AL 62.3                13.4 1.0% 17
    121 Bowling Green, KY 61.9                  8.6 0.4% (7)
    122 &erson, IN 61.9                  3.9 3.5% (35)
    123 College Station-Bryan, TX 61.9                  5.4 0.0% (100)
    124 Yuba City, CA 61.8                  2.1 0.0% (19)
    125 Boise City-Nampa, ID 61.0                24.4 1.5% 152
    126 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 61.0                  8.7 2.4% (14)
    127 Gr& Junction, CO 60.8                  2.8 3.8% 58
    128 Orl&o-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 60.0                38.9 3.4% 130
    129 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 60.0             184.0 1.3% (9)
    130 Charleston, WV 59.9                  5.7 4.3% 57
    131 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 59.6                14.9 1.6% 72
    132 Monroe, MI 59.6                  5.3 2.6% (15)
    133 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 59.5                12.1 0.3% (22)
    134 Columbia, SC 59.4                28.3 1.2% (7)
    135 Lebanon, PA 59.4                  9.0 -0.4% 74
    136 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 59.3                46.1 -1.3% (46)
    137 Greenville, NC 59.1                  6.9 -0.5% (131)
    138 Gr& Forks, ND-MN 58.4                  3.5 1.9% 25
    139 Evansville, IN-KY 58.4                29.1 1.2% 7
    140 Bend, OR 58.3                  4.1 2.5% 129
    141 Waco, TX 58.2                14.6 0.0% (58)
    142 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 58.1                20.9 2.3% 115
    143 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 57.9                54.1 -0.7% (94)
    144 La Crosse, WI-MN 57.8                  8.5 0.0% 149
    145 Eau Claire, WI 57.4                10.4 -0.6% (73)
    146 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 57.3                12.5 2.2% (24)
    147 Framingham, MA  NECTA Div 56.9                24.8 -0.4% (46)
    148 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 56.6                  5.8 1.8% 128
    149 Terre Haute, IN 56.2                11.4 -0.6% (43)
    150 Abilene, TX 55.7                  2.7 0.0% 154
    151 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 55.5                63.9 0.4% (9)
    152 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA  NECTA Div 55.2                  7.5 2.8% 182
    153 Norwich-New London, CT-RI NECTA 55.1                14.6 1.9% 73
    154 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 55.1                61.6 4.1% 135
    155 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 54.6                19.9 1.9% 34
    156 Springfield, OH 54.6                  6.5 3.7% (139)
    157 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 54.3                19.4 3.0% 7
    158 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 53.9                73.1 0.1% (66)
    159 Roanoke, VA 53.7                16.3 -0.6% (106)
    160 Atlanta-S&y Springs-Marietta, GA 53.1             150.4 0.9% 15
    161 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 53.0                  2.9 0.0% (25)
    162 Vinel&-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 52.4                  8.3 0.8% 10
    163 Raleigh-Cary, NC 52.3                30.8 0.3% 15
    164 Erie, PA 52.3                22.2 -1.0% (119)
    165 St. George, UT 52.3                  2.5 -2.6% (7)
    166 Decatur, AL 51.6                12.1 2.2% 81
    167 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH  NECTA Div 51.5                17.5 1.0% (23)
    168 Madison, WI 51.4                28.5 -0.1% 113
    169 Spokane, WA 51.4                15.1 0.2% 114
    170 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div 51.0             158.6 0.1% (35)
    171 Gary, IN Metro Div 50.9                35.4 -0.5% (93)
    172 Ocala, FL 50.8                  6.8 0.0% 118
    173 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 50.7             116.2 -0.8% (35)
    174 Oakl&-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div 50.6                79.8 2.7% 47
    175 Davenport-Moline-Rock Isl&, IA-IL 50.5                23.4 -4.5% (104)
    176 Clevel&-Elyria-Mentor, OH 50.3             124.4 0.2% (20)
    177 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 50.3                94.5 -0.6% (7)
    178 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 50.2             106.6 1.2% (27)
    179 Huntington-Ashl&, WV-KY-OH 50.2                  8.9 0.0% 15
    180 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 50.2                83.9 1.2% (33)
    181 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 49.9                37.3 4.5% 140
    182 Asheville, NC 49.6                18.7 0.2% (52)
    183 Canton-Massillon, OH 49.4                26.8 -1.6% (38)
    184 Yuma, AZ 49.2                  2.1 -3.0% (8)
    185 Cedar Rapids, IA 49.2                20.2 -0.5% 46
    186 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 48.9                  1.8 5.9% 138
    187 Pascagoula, MS 48.2                13.8 1.7% 157
    188 Kansas City, MO 48.0                39.4 2.3% 125
    189 Gainesville, FL 47.8                  4.5 0.7% 117
    190 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 47.6             118.7 -0.8% (72)
    191 Lubbock, TX 47.6                  4.9 -1.4% (103)
    192 Bloomington-Normal, IL 47.4                  4.4 1.5% (68)
    193 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 47.3                  6.5 0.5% 22
    194 Salem, OR 47.1                11.1 1.8% 102
    195 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 47.0                20.4 0.5% 13
    196 Jacksonville, FL 46.8                28.2 1.4% 2
    197 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 46.8                16.8 0.6% 27
    198 Bismarck, ND 46.8                  1.9 9.6% 154
    199 Salinas, CA 46.7                  5.4 5.2% 98
    200 Owensboro, KY 46.5                  8.3 0.0% (20)
    201 Akron, OH 46.0                40.0 -0.2% (67)
    202 Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div 45.9                73.8 0.0% (9)
    203 Duluth, MN-WI 45.9                  7.3 -1.4% 17
    204 Columbus, OH 45.9                66.8 -0.6% (43)
    205 Morristown, TN 45.2                10.8 3.8% 74
    206 St. Cloud, MN 44.9                14.8 -0.7% 13
    207 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Div 44.8                92.2 0.4% (8)
    208 Knoxville, TN 44.7                31.5 -0.6% (89)
    209 Modesto, CA 44.5                19.1 -0.5% 91
    210 Gadsden, AL 44.4                  4.9 -2.0% (57)
    211 Topeka, KS 43.6                  7.0 -3.7% (72)
    212 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 43.4                44.5 -0.1% 31
    213 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 43.4                25.9 1.3% (87)
    214 Casper, WY 43.4                  1.8 -3.6% (128)
    215 Greensboro-High Point, NC 43.2                52.6 -0.9% (15)
    216 Monroe, LA 42.9                  6.7 0.5% (34)
    217 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 42.7                  3.2 1.1% (55)
    218 Carson City, NV 42.3                  2.6 1.3% 26
    219 Stockton, CA 41.9                17.4 2.2% 120
    220 Pittsburgh, PA 41.9                88.4 -1.7% (65)
    221 Springfield, MO 41.7                14.0 -0.5% 21
    222 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 41.6                  2.8 1.2% 40
    223 Chattanooga, TN-GA 41.6                29.9 -2.0% (108)
    224 State College, PA 41.3                  4.0 -0.8% (50)
    225 Rocky Mount, NC 41.1                  8.0 5.7% 49
    226 Janesville, WI 41.1                  9.0 1.1% 22
    227 Lynchburg, VA 40.6                14.6 -0.2% 7
    228 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div 40.5                15.7 -0.2% 38
    229 Peoria, IL 40.4                27.1 -4.8% (43)
    230 Santa Fe, NM 40.4                  0.8 0.0% (40)
    231 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 40.3                  7.2 0.0% 19
    232 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 40.2                18.3 0.9% (2)
    233 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 40.1                34.6 -0.9% (144)
    234 Lexington-Fayette, KY 40.1                29.4 0.3% (6)
    235 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA 40.1                27.5 0.9% 11
    236 Eugene-Springfield, OR 39.6                12.6 2.4% 110
    237 Jackson, MS 39.1                16.6 -1.6% 15
    238 Utica-Rome, NY 38.9                11.0 0.0% (26)
    239 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 38.8                37.8 1.3% 21
    240 Kansas City, KS 38.7                32.4 -1.8% (63)
    241 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 38.7                19.9 1.0% (36)
    242 Redding, CA 38.4                  2.2 3.2% (73)
    243 Wausau, WI 38.3                14.8 1.1% 94
    244 Joplin, MO 38.2                12.8 0.3% 5
    245 Flint, MI 38.2                11.4 -2.6% (137)
    246 Dayton, OH 38.1                41.3 -0.3% (39)
    247 New York City, NY 37.8                77.4 2.6% 26
    248 Corpus Christi, TX 37.3                  9.8 -1.3% (105)
    249 Lancaster, PA 37.3                35.5 0.0% (58)
    250 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 37.0                13.4 -3.6% (137)
    251 Glens Falls, NY 36.6                  6.1 -2.7% (63)
    252 St. Louis, MO-IL 36.5             112.3 -0.1% (19)
    253 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 36.5                56.3 -1.6% (51)
    254 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 36.3                59.4 1.2% (50)
    255 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 36.3                21.4 -0.9% (124)
    256 Sherman-Denison, TX 36.2                  5.3 -1.9% (64)
    257 Springfield, IL 36.2                  3.0 0.0% (39)
    258 Sumter, SC 36.0                  6.1 0.0% 14
    259 El Paso, TX 35.6                17.5 -2.8% (162)
    260 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 35.5                30.0 -0.3% (63)
    261 Muncie, IN 35.5                  4.1 -3.9% (187)
    262 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 35.1                50.8 0.4% (27)
    263 Tucson, AZ 34.8                23.2 -0.6% (38)
    264 Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA 34.5                33.1 -1.2% (97)
    265 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 33.9                50.4 -1.6% (70)
    266 Mansfield, OH 33.8                  9.3 -1.1% (83)
    267 Decatur, IL 33.6                10.0 -7.7% 73
    268 Peabody, MA  NECTA Div 33.5                10.1 -0.7% (29)
    269 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 33.4                86.9 0.6% 56
    270 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 33.1                  3.8 -4.2% (16)
    271 Richmond, VA 32.1                32.0 0.5% 14
    272 Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div 32.1                58.8 0.1% 12
    273 Colorado Springs, CO 31.9                11.6 -0.3% (5)
    274 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 31.8                30.9 -1.3% (61)
    275 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 31.4                29.9 0.2% 56
    276 Kingston, NY 31.1                  3.4 1.0% 46
    277 Hattiesburg, MS 31.1                  4.1 -5.4% (173)
    278 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 30.3             360.5 -1.6% (37)
    279 Wichita, KS 30.2                51.5 -3.1% (50)
    280 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div 29.9             314.9 -1.5% (99)
    281 Jackson, TN 29.7                  8.4 1.2% (58)
    282 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 29.7             162.9 -2.4% (42)
    283 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 29.6                  5.4 -1.2% 4
    284 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 29.5                33.6 -0.3% (9)
    285 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 29.1                26.3 -0.9% (5)
    286 Ann Arbor, MI 29.1                13.8 -2.4% (21)
    287 San Angelo, TX 28.1                  3.2 -10.3% (248)
    288 Portl&-South Portl&-Biddeford, ME NECTA 28.1                12.4 -2.1% (56)
    289 Danville, VA 28.0                  6.6 -3.9% (196)
    290 Rochester, NY 27.9                58.4 -1.0% 2
    291 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 27.8                19.7 -4.2% (54)
    292 Wilmington, NC 27.4                  7.3 -2.7% (29)
    293 Fayetteville, NC 27.3                11.3 -5.0% (168)
    294 Altoona, PA 27.1                  6.8 -3.8% (195)
    295 Albany, GA 26.8                  4.4 1.5% 17
    296 Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA NECTA 26.5                  6.1 0.0% 34
    297 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 26.4                18.4 -0.4% (91)
    298 Waterbury, CT NECTA 26.2                  7.5 -0.4% (45)
    299 Northern Virginia, VA 25.9                21.8 -2.5% 10
    300 Burlington, NC 25.7                  8.5 -0.8% (104)
    301 Huntsville, AL 25.7                22.8 -0.7% 49
    302 New Haven, CT NECTA 25.6                25.5 -0.8% (32)
    303 Winston-Salem, NC 25.2                19.8 -0.2% (1)
    304 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 24.8                  5.5 -2.9% (155)
    305 Oxnard-Thous& Oaks-Ventura, CA 24.7                29.6 -0.4% 42
    306 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 24.6                19.6 -0.7% (51)
    307 Fresno, CA 24.4                22.0 -2.4% 16
    308 Manchester, NH NECTA 24.1                  7.5 -0.4% (14)
    309 Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div 23.7                64.4 -1.1% 10
    310 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 23.5                23.6 -0.8% (2)
    311 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 23.4                  4.7 -0.7% 9
    312 Baltimore City, MD 23.2                12.0 -1.4% (7)
    313 Bangor, ME NECTA 23.2                  2.6 -1.3% (91)
    314 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 22.6                29.4 -0.7% (16)
    315 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 22.5                  7.5 -2.6% (105)
    316 Champaign-Urbana, IL 22.5                  8.0 -2.0% (99)
    317 York-Hanover, PA 22.3                30.8 -1.8% (66)
    318 Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV 21.8                  5.7 1.8% 10
    319 Wichita Falls, TX 21.2                  5.2 -3.7% 24
    320 Rome, GA 20.9                  5.5 -1.2% (13)
    321 Palm Coast, FL 20.5                  0.8 0.0% 14
    322 Dalton, GA 20.4                21.1 -0.3% 31
    323 Williamsport, PA 20.3                  8.1 -1.6% (7)
    324 Anniston-Oxford, AL 19.9                  5.6 -1.7% (79)
    325 Philadelphia City, PA 19.4                21.7 -1.5% (66)
    326 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 19.1                  7.6 -2.6% (38)
    327 Longview, TX 19.0                  9.7 -5.8% (60)
    328 Camden, NJ Metro Div 19.0                34.9 -0.9% 5
    329 Cheyenne, WY 18.8                  1.2 -5.1% (47)
    330 Rochester, MN 18.3                  9.8 -6.4% (103)
    331 Pocatello, ID 17.4                  3.0 -3.2% (17)
    332 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div 17.1                15.7 -2.7% (21)
    333 New Bedford, MA NECTA 16.9                  7.8 -7.2% (62)
    334 Danville, IL 16.5                  4.8 -7.7% (180)
    335 Syracuse, NY 16.4                24.1 -1.0% (9)
    336 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 15.7                  3.9 -4.9% (4)
    337 Tallahassee, FL 15.5                  3.0 -6.3% 5
    338 Clarksville, TN-KY 14.8                  9.9 -4.8% (9)
    339 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 14.5                  3.3 -3.9% 6
    340 Fort Smith, AR-OK 14.5                18.3 0.2% 8
    341 Albuquerque, NM 13.7                16.7 -4.7% (5)
    342 Putnam-Rockl&-Westchester, NY 13.1                23.6 -4.6% (25)
    343 Elmira, NY 12.6                  5.1 -10.1% (65)
    344 Nashua, NH-MA  NECTA Div 12.2                19.7 -4.5% (45)
    345 Las Cruces, NM 12.1                  2.7 -6.9% (89)
    346 Dothan, AL 11.7                  4.7 0.0% 9
    347 Johnstown, PA 11.0                  3.7 -6.7% (52)
    348 Johnson City, TN 10.9                  7.3 -3.5% (38)
    349 Wheeling, WV-OH 8.2                  3.2 -4.0% (46)
    350 Tyler, TX 7.7                  5.2 -1.9% 1
    351 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 7.3                  2.1 -4.6% 3
    352 Washington-Arlington-Alex&ria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 6.7                30.4 -6.8% (25)
    353 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 5.5                  8.7 -5.5% 3
    354 Corvallis, OR 5.2                  2.9 -4.3% (16)
    355 Binghamton, NY 3.9                11.9 -5.3% (6)
    356 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 2.1                  7.6 -6.2% (15)
    357 Laredo, TX 1.0                  0.7 -8.7% 0

  • Large Cities Manufacturing Jobs – 2014 Best Cities Rankings

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    2014  Mfg Rank – Large MSAs Area 2014 Weighted Manufacturing INDEX 2013 Manufacturing Employment (1000s) Mfg Growth 2012-2013 2014 Mfg Rank Change from 2013 – Large MSAs
    1 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 83.9        255.4 3.1% 0
    2 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 80.3          72.3 4.0% 4
    3 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 77.2        150.5 5.3% 2
    4 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 73.0          74.4 0.4% (2)
    5 Oklahoma City, OK 71.1          36.3 1.2% (1)
    6 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 70.9          38.9 3.4% 6
    7 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 70.7          52.7 2.7% 9
    8 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 70.5        169.0 -0.5% (5)
    9 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 67.9          32.3 2.6% 10
    10 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 67.8          92.9 1.8% (1)
    11 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 67.4        115.9 1.3% 13
    12 Salt Lake City, UT 67.2          55.4 0.2% (2)
    13 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 66.7        158.7 2.8% 5
    14 Honolulu, HI 65.8          11.2 3.1% 17
    15 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div 65.2          38.0 4.5% 26
    16 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div 65.1          82.8 2.9% (8)
    17 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 60.0          38.9 3.4% 32
    18 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 60.0        184.0 1.3% (3)
    19 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 59.3          46.1 -1.3% (8)
    20 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 58.1          20.9 2.3% 28
    21 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 57.9          54.1 -0.7% (14)
    22 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 55.5          63.9 0.4% 0
    23 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 55.1          61.6 4.1% 32
    24 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 53.9          73.1 0.1% (11)
    25 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 53.1        150.4 0.9% 7
    26 Raleigh-Cary, NC 52.3          30.8 0.3% 7
    27 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div 51.0        158.6 0.1% (7)
    28 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 50.7        116.2 -0.8% (7)
    29 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div 50.6          79.8 2.7% 13
    30 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 50.3        124.4 0.2% (3)
    31 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 50.3          94.5 -0.6% (1)
    32 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 50.2        106.6 1.2% (7)
    33 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 50.2          83.9 1.2% (10)
    34 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 49.9          37.3 4.5% 29
    35 Kansas City, MO 48.0          39.4 2.3% 25
    36 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 47.6        118.7 -0.8% (22)
    37 Jacksonville, FL 46.8          28.2 1.4% 0
    38 Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div 45.9          73.8 0.0% (3)
    39 Columbus, OH 45.9          66.8 -0.6% (11)
    40 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Div 44.8          92.2 0.4% (2)
    41 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 43.4          44.5 -0.1% 6
    42 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 43.4          25.9 1.3% (25)
    43 Pittsburgh, PA 41.9          88.4 -1.7% (17)
    44 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div 40.5          15.7 -0.2% 7
    45 New York City, NY 37.8          77.4 2.6% 7
    46 St. Louis, MO-IL 36.5        112.3 -0.1% (3)
    47 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 36.5          56.3 -1.6% (8)
    48 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 36.3          59.4 1.2% (8)
    49 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 35.1          50.8 0.4% (5)
    50 Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA 34.5          33.1 -1.2% (21)
    51 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 33.9          50.4 -1.6% (15)
    52 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 33.4          86.9 0.6% 12
    53 Richmond, VA 32.1          32.0 0.5% 1
    54 Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div 32.1          58.8 0.1% (1)
    55 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 30.3        360.5 -1.6% (9)
    56 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div 29.9        314.9 -1.5% (22)
    57 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 29.7        162.9 -2.4% (12)
    58 Rochester, NY 27.9          58.4 -1.0% (2)
    59 Northern Virginia, VA 25.9          21.8 -2.5% (1)
    60 Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div 23.7          64.4 -1.1% 2
    61 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 22.6          29.4 -0.7% (4)
    62 Philadelphia City, PA 19.4          21.7 -1.5% (12)
    63 Camden, NJ Metro Div 19.0          34.9 -0.9% 3
    64 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div 17.1          15.7 -2.7% (5)
    65 Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY 13.1          23.6 -4.6% (4)
    66 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 6.7          30.4 -6.8% (1)

  • Midsized Cities Manufacturing Jobs – 2014 Best Cities Rankings

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    2014  Mfg Rank – Midsized MSAs Area 2014 Weighted Manufacturing INDEX 2013 Mfg Employment (1000s) Mfg Growth 2012-2013 2014 Mfg Rank Change from 2013 – Midsized MSAs
    1 Lafayette, LA 91.4          12.5 7.4% 2
    2 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 90.8            9.2 7.4% 39
    3 Mobile, AL 88.9          18.7 0.7% (2)
    4 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 86.3          24.0 3.0% 0
    5 Provo-Orem, UT 85.2          18.5 5.9% 34
    6 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 85.1          14.2 4.7% 7
    7 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 83.5          23.7 2.4% 1
    8 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 82.2          19.2 7.6% 34
    9 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 81.7          69.2 4.2% 2
    10 Fort Wayne, IN 80.9          34.9 4.2% 25
    11 Baton Rouge, LA 80.5          27.8 3.3% (2)
    12 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 77.2          16.0 6.0% 20
    13 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 76.1            4.9 5.8% 65
    14 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 75.6          24.1 1.3% (7)
    15 Anchorage, AK 75.0            2.3 1.5% (9)
    16 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 74.2          19.7 1.4% (4)
    17 Toledo, OH 73.9          43.2 6.2% (1)
    18 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 73.8          40.8 3.8% 5
    19 Boulder, CO 72.8          17.2 1.8% (2)
    20 Savannah, GA 72.1          15.2 1.6% (18)
    21 Tulsa, OK 72.0          51.1 0.7% (16)
    22 Reno-Sparks, NV 70.1          12.2 5.2% 45
    23 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 69.2          21.7 2.5% (9)
    24 Montgomery, AL 69.2          18.3 -0.2% 1
    25 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 67.3          57.4 2.1% 15
    26 Green Bay, WI 66.3          28.9 1.4% 0
    27 Lincoln, NE 62.9          13.8 2.2% (5)
    28 Reading, PA 62.9          30.0 0.9% (9)
    29 Tacoma, WA Metro Div 62.6          17.2 2.4% 48
    30 Boise City-Nampa, ID 61.0          24.4 1.5% 43
    31 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 61.0            8.7 2.4% (3)
    32 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 59.6          14.9 1.6% 17
    33 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 59.5          12.1 0.3% (6)
    34 Columbia, SC 59.4          28.3 1.2% (3)
    35 Evansville, IN-KY 58.4          29.1 1.2% 3
    36 Framingham, MA  NECTA Div 56.9          24.8 -0.4% (12)
    37 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 56.6            5.8 1.8% 35
    38 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 54.6          19.9 1.9% 7
    39 Roanoke, VA 53.7          16.3 -0.6% (29)
    40 Madison, WI 51.4          28.5 -0.1% 35
    41 Spokane, WA 51.4          15.1 0.2% 35
    42 Gary, IN Metro Div 50.9          35.4 -0.5% (24)
    43 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 50.5          23.4 -4.5% (28)
    44 Asheville, NC 49.6          18.7 0.2% (11)
    45 Canton-Massillon, OH 49.4          26.8 -1.6% (8)
    46 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 47.3            6.5 0.5% 9
    47 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 47.0          20.4 0.5% 6
    48 Akron, OH 46.0          40.0 -0.2% (14)
    49 Knoxville, TN 44.7          31.5 -0.6% (19)
    50 Modesto, CA 44.5          19.1 -0.5%  
    51 Greensboro-High Point, NC 43.2          52.6 -0.9% (3)
    52 Stockton, CA 41.9          17.4 2.2% 34
    53 Springfield, MO 41.7          14.0 -0.5% 9
    54 Chattanooga, TN-GA 41.6          29.9 -2.0% (25)
    55 Peoria, IL 40.4          27.1 -4.8% (11)
    56 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 40.2          18.3 0.9% 3
    57 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 40.1          34.6 -0.9% (37)
    58 Lexington-Fayette, KY 40.1          29.4 0.3% (1)
    59 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA 40.1          27.5 0.9% 4
    60 Jackson, MS 39.1          16.6 -1.6% 5
    61 Kansas City, KS 38.7          32.4 -1.8% (18)
    62 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 38.7          19.9 1.0% (12)
    63 Dayton, OH 38.1          41.3 -0.3% (11)
    64 Corpus Christi, TX 37.3            9.8 -1.3% (28)
    65 Lancaster, PA 37.3          35.5 0.0% (19)
    66 El Paso, TX 35.6          17.5 -2.8% (45)
    67 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 35.5          30.0 -0.3% (20)
    68 Tucson, AZ 34.8          23.2 -0.6% (12)
    69 Colorado Springs, CO 31.9          11.6 -0.3% 0
    70 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 31.8          30.9 -1.3% (16)
    71 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 31.4          29.9 0.2% 13
    72 Wichita, KS 30.2          51.5 -3.1% (14)
    73 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 29.5          33.6 -0.3% (2)
    74 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 29.1          26.3 -0.9% 0
    75 Ann Arbor, MI 29.1          13.8 -2.4% (7)
    76 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA 28.1          12.4 -2.1% (16)
    77 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 27.8          19.7 -4.2% (16)
    78 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 26.4          18.4 -0.4% (27)
    79 Huntsville, AL 25.7          22.8 -0.7% 11
    80 New Haven, CT NECTA 25.6          25.5 -0.8% (10)
    81 Winston-Salem, NC 25.2          19.8 -0.2% (2)
    82 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 24.7          29.6 -0.4% 7
    83 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 24.6          19.6 -0.7% (17)
    84 Fresno, CA 24.4          22.0 -2.4% (2)
    85 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 23.5          23.6 -0.8% (4)
    86 Baltimore City, MD 23.2          12.0 -1.4% (6)
    87 York-Hanover, PA 22.3          30.8 -1.8% (23)
    88 Syracuse, NY 16.4          24.1 -1.0% (5)
    89 Tallahassee, FL 15.5            3.0 -6.3% (1)
    90 Albuquerque, NM 13.7          16.7 -4.7% (5)
    91 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 5.5            8.7 -5.5% 0
    92 Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD 2.1            7.6 -6.2% (5)

  • Small Cities Manufacturing Jobs – 2014 Best Cities Rankings

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    2014  Mfg Rank – Small MSAs Area 2014 Weighted Manufacturing INDEX 2013 Mfg Employment (1000s) Mfg Growth 2012-2013 2014 Mfg Rank Change from 2013 – Small MSAs
    1 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 98.8            9.5 7.1% 2
    2 Lewiston, ID-WA 98.0            3.9 8.3% 95
    3 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 97.3            4.0 6.3% 18
    4 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 97.2          54.6 5.0% 57
    5 Idaho Falls, ID 93.4            3.7 4.7% 20
    6 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 91.9            2.5 4.2% 4
    7 Naples-Marco Island, FL 91.7            3.2 13.1% 77
    8 Fond du Lac, WI 89.3          11.0 5.4% 12
    9 Coeur d’Alene, ID 89.2            4.9 8.1% 41
    10 Flagstaff, AZ 88.5            4.4 3.1% (4)
    11 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 88.2            2.1 5.0% 15
    12 Midland, TX 88.1            3.7 2.8% (5)
    13 Columbus, IN 87.9          18.0 2.3% (12)
    14 Medford, OR 87.8            7.2 4.4% 63
    15 Fairbanks, AK 87.2            0.6 12.5% 159
    16 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 87.0            5.6 6.3% 35
    17 Napa, CA 86.4          11.7 6.0% (10)
    18 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 85.8            3.6 4.9% (7)
    19 Prescott, AZ 84.8            3.2 6.7% 73
    20 Morgantown, WV 84.0            4.4 4.0% 30
    21 Battle Creek, MI 81.6          12.1 6.2% 16
    22 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 81.4          34.6 4.2% 1
    23 Pueblo, CO 81.2            4.4 8.1% 91
    24 Auburn-Opelika, AL 80.4            6.2 8.1% 123
    25 Jackson, MI 80.1            9.2 4.5% 6
    26 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 79.6          12.7 1.9% (18)
    27 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH  NECTA Div 79.4          10.7 3.2% 19
    28 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 78.7            7.0 2.9% (26)
    29 Punta Gorda, FL 78.3            0.7 0.0% (17)
    30 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 77.4            6.5 0.5% (2)
    31 Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 76.9            3.7 4.8% 9
    32 Merced, CA 76.2            8.8 7.3% 21
    33 Kokomo, IN 76.0          11.5 5.5% 85
    34 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 75.0            5.9 3.5% 28
    35 Elizabethtown, KY 74.8            6.2 1.6% (25)
    36 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 74.2          10.2 2.3% 8
    37 Sioux Falls, SD 73.6          13.4 1.0% (11)
    38 Fargo, ND-MN 73.3          10.1 1.3% (16)
    39 Dover, DE 72.3            4.8 3.6% 26
    40 Port St. Lucie, FL 71.1            5.5 1.2% 49
    41 Cleveland, TN 71.1            8.6 1.6% (8)
    42 Odessa, TX 71.1            5.3 -2.5% (39)
    43 Racine, WI 70.8          18.7 1.1% (20)
    44 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 70.5          17.5 -0.2% (30)
    45 Logan, UT-ID 70.1          11.1 0.9% 11
    46 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 69.4            5.5 0.0% (10)
    47 Bellingham, WA 69.1            8.9 -1.1% (13)
    48 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 68.9          11.8 1.4% (8)
    49 Lima, OH 68.9            8.3 2.9% 71
    50 Greeley, CO 68.4          11.5 1.5% 4
    51 Sandusky, OH 68.1            6.1 2.2% (5)
    52 Spartanburg, SC 68.0          26.0 3.2% (18)
    53 Amarillo, TX 67.9          13.4 1.0% 28
    54 Rapid City, SD 67.1            2.9 7.4% 7
    55 Visalia-Porterville, CA 66.9          11.6 0.6% (38)
    56 Ithaca, NY 66.8            3.4 3.0% 15
    57 El Centro, CA 66.8            2.5 4.1% (27)
    58 Lafayette, IN 66.3          16.3 0.6% (41)
    59 Lake Charles, LA 65.7            9.0 1.5% 15
    60 Lawton, OK 65.6            3.6 2.9% 38
    61 Chico, CA 65.5            3.6 -2.7% Not Rated
    62 Rockford, IL 65.3          31.3 -3.0% (47)
    63 Appleton, WI 64.5          22.9 0.4% (25)
    64 Bay City, MI 64.3            4.2 3.3% (20)
    65 Longview, WA 64.1            6.3 1.6% 27
    66 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 63.9          11.8 2.3% (25)
    67 Olympia, WA 63.9            3.2 2.1% 65
    68 Anderson, SC 63.5          12.5 2.5% (2)
    69 Yakima, WA 63.3            8.1 1.7% 37
    70 Bloomington, IN 63.2            9.2 -2.1% (31)
    71 Sheboygan, WI 63.0          19.5 3.7% 94
    72 Rochester-Dover, NH-ME NECTA 62.6            6.1 1.7% 59
    73 Victoria, TX 62.5            6.0 -1.1% (31)
    74 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 62.5          12.3 3.4% 28
    75 Tuscaloosa, AL 62.3          13.4 1.0% 7
    76 Bowling Green, KY 61.9            8.6 0.4% (3)
    77 Anderson, IN 61.9            3.9 3.5% (19)
    78 College Station-Bryan, TX 61.9            5.4 0.0% (59)
    79 Yuba City, CA 61.8            2.1 0.0% (12)
    80 Grand Junction, CO 60.8            2.8 3.8% 28
    81 Charleston, WV 59.9            5.7 4.3% 28
    82 Monroe, MI 59.6            5.3 2.6% (8)
    83 Lebanon, PA 59.4            9.0 -0.4% 33
    84 Greenville, NC 59.1            6.9 -0.5% (79)
    85 Grand Forks, ND-MN 58.4            3.5 1.9% 10
    86 Bend, OR 58.3            4.1 2.5% 63
    87 Waco, TX 58.2          14.6 0.0% (33)
    88 La Crosse, WI-MN 57.8            8.5 0.0% 71
    89 Eau Claire, WI 57.4          10.4 -0.6% (41)
    90 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 57.3          12.5 2.2% (15)
    91 Terre Haute, IN 56.2          11.4 -0.6% (23)
    92 Abilene, TX 55.7            2.7 0.0% 76
    93 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA  NECTA Div 55.2            7.5 2.8% 91
    94 Norwich-New London, CT-RI NECTA 55.1          14.6 1.9% 33
    95 Springfield, OH 54.6            6.5 3.7% (82)
    96 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 54.3          19.4 3.0% 0
    97 Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 53.0            2.9 0.0% (15)
    98 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 52.4            8.3 0.8% 1
    99 Erie, PA 52.3          22.2 -1.0% (67)
    100 St. George, UT 52.3            2.5 -2.6% (10)
    101 Decatur, AL 51.6          12.1 2.2% 36
    102 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH  NECTA Div 51.5          17.5 1.0% (16)
    103 Ocala, FL 50.8            6.8 0.0% 54
    104 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 50.2            8.9 0.0% 9
    105 Yuma, AZ 49.2            2.1 -3.0% (4)
    106 Cedar Rapids, IA 49.2          20.2 -0.5% 24
    107 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 48.9            1.8 5.9% 71
    108 Pascagoula, MS 48.2          13.8 1.7% 81
    109 Gainesville, FL 47.8            4.5 0.7% 60
    110 Lubbock, TX 47.6            4.9 -1.4% (51)
    111 Bloomington-Normal, IL 47.4            4.4 1.5% (33)
    112 Salem, OR 47.1          11.1 1.8% 49
    113 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 46.8          16.8 0.6% 13
    114 Bismarck, ND 46.8            1.9 9.6% 82
    115 Salinas, CA 46.7            5.4 5.2% 47
    116 Owensboro, KY 46.5            8.3 0.0% (13)
    117 Duluth, MN-WI 45.9            7.3 -1.4% 7
    118 Morristown, TN 45.2          10.8 3.8% 35
    119 St. Cloud, MN 44.9          14.8 -0.7% 3
    120 Gadsden, AL 44.4            4.9 -2.0% (32)
    121 Topeka, KS 43.6            7.0 -3.7% (38)
    122 Casper, WY 43.4            1.8 -3.6% (65)
    123 Monroe, LA 42.9            6.7 0.5% (19)
    124 Pittsfield, MA NECTA 42.7            3.2 1.1% (31)
    125 Carson City, NV 42.3            2.6 1.3% 10
    126 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 41.6            2.8 1.2% 19
    127 State College, PA 41.3            4.0 -0.8% (27)
    128 Rocky Mount, NC 41.1            8.0 5.7% 23
    129 Janesville, WI 41.1            9.0 1.1% 9
    130 Lynchburg, VA 40.6          14.6 -0.2% 1
    131 Santa Fe, NM 40.4            0.8 0.0% (21)
    132 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 40.3            7.2 0.0% 8
    133 Eugene-Springfield, OR 39.6          12.6 2.4% 59
    134 Utica-Rome, NY 38.9          11.0 0.0% (16)
    135 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 38.8          37.8 1.3% 9
    136 Redding, CA 38.4            2.2 3.2% (38)
    137 Wausau, WI 38.3          14.8 1.1% 48
    138 Joplin, MO 38.2          12.8 0.3% 1
    139 Flint, MI 38.2          11.4 -2.6% (69)
    140 Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA 37.0          13.4 -3.6% (68)
    141 Glens Falls, NY 36.6            6.1 -2.7% (31)
    142 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 36.3          21.4 -0.9% (62)
    143 Sherman-Denison, TX 36.2            5.3 -1.9% (32)
    144 Springfield, IL 36.2            3.0 0.0% (23)
    145 Sumter, SC 36.0            6.1 0.0% 5
    146 Muncie, IN 35.5            4.1 -3.9% (98)
    147 Mansfield, OH 33.8            9.3 -1.1% (41)
    148 Decatur, IL 33.6          10.0 -7.7% 40
    149 Peabody, MA  NECTA Div 33.5          10.1 -0.7% (16)
    150 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 33.1            3.8 -4.2% (8)
    151 Kingston, NY 31.1            3.4 1.0% 27
    152 Hattiesburg, MS 31.1            4.1 -5.4% (85)
    153 Jackson, TN 29.7            8.4 1.2% (27)
    154 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 29.6            5.4 -1.2% 2
    155 San Angelo, TX 28.1            3.2 -10.3% (128)
    156 Danville, VA 28.0            6.6 -3.9% (96)
    157 Wilmington, NC 27.4            7.3 -2.7% (12)
    158 Fayetteville, NC 27.3          11.3 -5.0% (79)
    159 Altoona, PA 27.1            6.8 -3.8% (95)
    160 Albany, GA 26.8            4.4 1.5% 12
    161 Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA NECTA 26.5            6.1 0.0% 21
    162 Waterbury, CT NECTA 26.2            7.5 -0.4% (22)
    163 Burlington, NC 25.7            8.5 -0.8% (49)
    164 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 24.8            5.5 -2.9% (77)
    165 Manchester, NH NECTA 24.1            7.5 -0.4% (5)
    166 Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA 23.4            4.7 -0.7% 11
    167 Bangor, ME NECTA 23.2            2.6 -1.3% (42)
    168 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 22.5            7.5 -2.6% (51)
    169 Champaign-Urbana, IL 22.5            8.0 -2.0% (48)
    170 Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV 21.8            5.7 1.8% 9
    171 Wichita Falls, TX 21.2            5.2 -3.7% 17
    172 Rome, GA 20.9            5.5 -1.2% (3)
    173 Palm Coast, FL 20.5            0.8 0.0% 11
    174 Dalton, GA 20.4          21.1 -0.3% 23
    175 Williamsport, PA 20.3            8.1 -1.6% (1)
    176 Anniston-Oxford, AL 19.9            5.6 -1.7% (40)
    177 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 19.1            7.6 -2.6% (20)
    178 Longview, TX 19.0            9.7 -5.8% (30)
    179 Cheyenne, WY 18.8            1.2 -5.1% (24)
    180 Rochester, MN 18.3            9.8 -6.4% (52)
    181 Pocatello, ID 17.4            3.0 -3.2% (9)
    182 New Bedford, MA NECTA 16.9            7.8 -7.2% (33)
    183 Danville, IL 16.5            4.8 -7.7% (94)
    184 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 15.7            3.9 -4.9% (2)
    185 Clarksville, TN-KY 14.8            9.9 -4.8% (4)
    186 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 14.5            3.3 -3.9% 5
    187 Fort Smith, AR-OK 14.5          18.3 0.2% 6
    188 Elmira, NY 12.6            5.1 -10.1% (35)
    189 Nashua, NH-MA  NECTA Div 12.2          19.7 -4.5% (26)
    190 Las Cruces, NM 12.1            2.7 -6.9% (47)
    191 Dothan, AL 11.7            4.7 0.0% 8
    192 Johnstown, PA 11.0            3.7 -6.7% (31)
    193 Johnson City, TN 10.9            7.3 -3.5% (22)
    194 Wheeling, WV-OH 8.2            3.2 -4.0% (28)
    195 Tyler, TX 7.7            5.2 -1.9% (1)
    196 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 7.3            2.1 -4.6% 2
    197 Corvallis, OR 5.2            2.9 -4.3% (10)
    198 Binghamton, NY 3.9          11.9 -5.3% (4)
    199 Laredo, TX 1.0            0.7 -8.7% 1