View the Best Cities for Manufacturing Jobs 2014 List
| 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) |
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