Large Cities Rankings - 2012 Best Cities for Job Growth

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2012 New Geography Rankings - Large (> 450k employment)






2012  Rank Among Large Cities
Area
2012 Weighted INDEX
 

2011 Nonfarm Employment (1000s) 
2011 Size Ranking
Size Movement
1
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
91.6
798.5
1
0
2
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
88.7
2637.3
3
1
3
Salt Lake City, UT
79.1
637.3
20
17
4
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division
76.0
872.3
15
11
5
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
75.9
891.6
27
22
6
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
75.9
2077.9
5
-1
7
Raleigh-Cary, NC
75.9
514.5
14
7
8
Pittsburgh, PA
75.2
1157.7
11
3
9
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
74.0
759.6
8
-1
10
Oklahoma City, OK
73.6
575.7
22
12
11
New York City, NY
73.5
3816.0
9
-2
12
Northern Virginia, VA
73.5
1342.3
7
-5
13
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA
70.8
529.3
2
-11
14
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division
70.0
1416.3
32
18
15
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO
69.3
1219.8
24
9
16
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Met. Div.
68.7
2451.8
6
-10
17
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Met. Div.
67.8
959.1
33
16
18
Rochester, NY
66.7
514.4
16
-2
19
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
65.7
830.0
30
11
20
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
65.4
854.0
4
-16
21
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
63.2
1019.5
36
15
22
Columbus, OH
62.7
924.0
19
-3
23
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
61.7
462.6
21
-2
24
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division
61.5
1248.0
17
-7
25
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN
60.1
605.8
34
9
26
Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY
59.8
564.6
29
3
27
Richmond, VA
59.6
613.1
39
12
28
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
59.3
993.2
35
7
29
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division
59.2
1689.9
13
-16
30
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
57.6
543.1
26
-4
31
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
56.9
2323.4
52
21
32
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN
56.0
883.5
28
-4
33
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
55.2
1145.7
51
18
34
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
54.8
1729.0
46
12
35
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
54.3
542.7
18
-17
36
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
51.6
1241.6
37
1
37
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division
51.1
1086.4
59
22
38
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
51.0
606.0
64
26
39
Jacksonville, FL
50.9
595.7
42
3
40
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN
50.8
992.7
49
9
41
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
50.0
1018.3
25
-16
42
Philadelphia City, PA
49.7
657.3
10
-32
43
Kansas City, MO
49.7
548.1
45
2
44
Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ
48.6
878.3
43
-1
45
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
47.8
1739.9
53
8
46
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division
47.3
561.1
12
-34
47
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division
45.4
1382.6
50
3
48
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metropolitan Division
45.2
3657.9
41
-7
49
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
45.0
733.5
38
-11
50
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
40.7
1147.6
57
7
51
Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division
39.2
978.3
40
-11
52
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Met. Div.
38.1
715.9
54
2
53
St. Louis, MO-IL
37.2
1289.9
31
-22
54
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
36.3
808.8
23
-31
55
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Met. Div.
36.3
509.1
56
1
56
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
35.4
813.2
62
6
57
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division
33.1
502.8
47
-10
58
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division
29.8
974.2
55
-3
59
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
26.1
3822.4
60
1
60
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA
25.8
801.3
58
-2
61
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH
24.7
985.0
48
-13
62
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division
24.3
699.8
63
1
63
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division
19.4
953.6
65
2
64
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
17.7
539.3
44
-20
65
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
14.9
487.3
61
-4
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