Midsized Cities Rankings - 2011 Best Cities for Job Growth

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2011 Size Ranking
Area
2011 Weighted INDEX
2010 Nonfarm Empl (1000s)
2010 Size Rank
Size Movement from 2010
1
El Paso, TX
92.5
281.2
5
4
2
Corpus Christi, TX
82.5
179.1
7
5
3
Anchorage, AK
79.8
170.7
3
0
4
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
78.7
223.4
6
2
5
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
71.4
201.9
13
8
6
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
68.3
338.8
15
9
7
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
67.5
176.7
12
5
8
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC
67.1
283.8
25
17
9
Knoxville, TN
66.5
325.5
43
34
10
Provo-Orem, UT
65.9
180.3
30
20
11
Lincoln, NE
65.3
171.5
10
-1
12
Lexington-Fayette, KY
64.8
247.5
14
2
13
Honolulu, HI
64.7
441.2
3
14
York-Hanover, PA
64.6
176.0
46
32
15
Madison, WI
64.5
344.7
33
18
16
Green Bay, WI
63.5
165.7
56
40
17
Huntsville, AL
63.4
207.7
4
-13
18
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
63.3
159.7
38
20
19
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
62.5
219.2
68
49
20
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
62.1
333.6
26
6
21
Ann Arbor, MI
62.0
198.0
50
29
22
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
60.8
280.6
1
-21
23
Worcester, MA-CT NECTA
60.3
240.7
59
36
24
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
59.3
254.2
28
4
25
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
59.2
191.2
19
-6
26
Boulder, CO
59.1
159.5
35
9
27
Peoria, IL
59.0
178.8
65
38
28
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA
58.8
187.8
41
13
29
Reading, PA
58.4
167.6
55
26
30
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY
57.8
248.1
29
-1
31
Asheville, NC
57.6
167.2
60
29
32
Springfield, MO
57.5
191.2
24
-8
33
Mobile, AL
56.4
175.0
63
30
34
Trenton-Ewing, NJ
56.1
237.0
11
-23
35
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
56.0
158.2
45
10
36
Syracuse, NY
55.8
314.7
18
-18
37
Evansville, IN-KY
55.5
172.8
57
20
38
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
55.3
313.5
9
-29
39
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
55.1
209.5
22
-17
40
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
54.7
366.9
86
46
41
Jackson, MS
52.7
250.9
27
-14
42
Lancaster, PA
52.6
226.7
62
20
43
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
51.6
225.5
36
-7
44
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA
51.3
398.7
54
10
45
Baton Rouge, LA
51.0
363.5
2
-43
46
Tallahassee, FL
50.5
170.1
16
-30
47
Chattanooga, TN-GA
50.1
230.7
82
35
48
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
49.8
317.1
21
-27
49
Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD
49.4
377.4
48
-1
50
Framingham, MA NECTA Division
49.2
153.3
53
3
51
New Haven, CT NECTA
47.6
266.4
44
-7
52
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division
47.6
264.5
39
-13
53
Springfield, MA-CT NECTA
47.6
285.4
77
24
54
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC
47.6
296.2
74
20
55
Tulsa, OK
47.6
408.0
37
-18
56
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
47.3
179.0
69
13
57
Kansas City, KS
45.2
421.2
32
-25
58
Colorado Springs, CO
45.1
245.1
49
-9
59
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
44.8
433.1
17
-42
60
Baltimore City, MD
42.3
349.1
73
13
61
Spokane, WA
42.1
204.7
31
-30
62
Columbia, SC
39.1
342.0
42
-20
63
Toledo, OH
39.1
299.9
95
32
64
Albuquerque, NM
39.1
370.5
20
-44
65
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
38.3
274.0
80
15
66
Wichita, KS
37.8
283.5
64
-2
67
Akron, OH
36.4
318.9
87
20
68
Fort Wayne, IN
35.5
201.2
79
11
69
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division
35.3
371.2
71
2
70
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA
34.9
161.2
66
-4
71
Boise City-Nampa, ID
34.3
250.0
61
-10
72
Fresno, CA
34.2
279.6
67
-5
73
Roanoke, VA
33.6
153.6
51
-22
74
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
32.4
220.5
93
19
75
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
31.5
194.5
70
-5
76
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division
30.7
262.2
76
0
77
Tucson, AZ
29.9
354.1
58
-19
78
Dayton, OH
29.4
370.8
90
12
79
Canton-Massillon, OH
29.3
159.2
94
15
80
Montgomery, AL
29.3
166.7
52
-28
81
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
24.4
192.0
75
-6
82
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
24.0
239.9
89
7
83
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
23.9
170.3
88
5
84
Winston-Salem, NC
23.6
203.4
47
-37
85
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
22.9
153.4
83
-2
86
Stockton, CA
21.8
187.7
78
-8
87
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division
21.3
328.1
72
-15
88
Reno-Sparks, NV
20.1
189.8
92
4
89
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
17.2
194.9
91
2
90
Greensboro-High Point, NC
15.0
337.5
85
-5
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