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| 2016 MSA Info Ranking - Large MSAs | Area | 2016 Weighted INDEX | 2015 Info Emplymt | Total Info Emplymt Growth Rate 2014-2015 | 2015 MSA Info Ranking - Large MSAs | 2016 Change from 2015 - Large MSAs |
| 1 | San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div | 97.5 | 60.9 | 6.85% | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 96.5 | 76.8 | 9.30% | 1 | (1) |
| 3 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 90.6 | 38.2 | 7.51% | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Raleigh, NC | 90.3 | 20.0 | 4.34% | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 89.5 | 27.3 | 3.41% | 3 | (2) |
| 6 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 87.9 | 26.5 | 4.19% | 5 | (1) |
| 7 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div | 86.5 | 98.0 | 6.44% | 9 | 2 |
| 8 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 86.5 | 25.5 | 7.15% | 13 | 5 |
| 9 | New York City, NY | 80.1 | 191.1 | 1.63% | 7 | (2) |
| 10 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div | 76.1 | 19.4 | 2.47% | 15 | 5 |
| 11 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 75.9 | 87.3 | -0.68% | 12 | 1 |
| 12 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 74.9 | 10.6 | -0.31% | 11 | (1) |
| 13 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division | 74.2 | 56.8 | 1.43% | 14 | 1 |
| 14 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 73.9 | 21.2 | 3.41% | 21 | 7 |
| 15 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 72.4 | 46.2 | 2.59% | 30 | 15 |
| 16 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 72.3 | 11.9 | 2.59% | 25 | 9 |
| 17 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 70.2 | 21.3 | -0.62% | 8 | (9) |
| 18 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div | 70.2 | 10.5 | 0.32% | 17 | (1) |
| 19 | Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div | 70.0 | 73.1 | 2.67% | 29 | 10 |
| 20 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div | 68.9 | 203.8 | 2.79% | 28 | 8 |
| 21 | Salt Lake City, UT | 67.3 | 18.1 | 1.31% | 19 | (2) |
| 22 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 67.0 | 11.6 | 2.06% | 34 | 12 |
| 23 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div | 66.8 | 20.1 | -2.11% | 10 | (13) |
| 24 | Philadelphia City, PA | 66.3 | 11.9 | 2.29% | 38 | 14 |
| 25 | Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div | 65.4 | 25.7 | 3.62% | 51 | 26 |
| 26 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div | 64.8 | 68.8 | 0.88% | 23 | (3) |
| 27 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 62.7 | 19.6 | 1.55% | 22 | (5) |
| 28 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 62.2 | 13.8 | 1.72% | 39 | 11 |
| 29 | Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div | 60.6 | 22.8 | 4.92% | 53 | 24 |
| 30 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 60.3 | 23.7 | -2.06% | 16 | (14) |
| 31 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 58.9 | 16.0 | -3.42% | 18 | (13) |
| 32 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div | 57.3 | 18.5 | -1.59% | 20 | (12) |
| 33 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 56.8 | 39.1 | -0.34% | 32 | (1) |
| 34 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 56.5 | 9.1 | -1.45% | 24 | (10) |
| 35 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 56.0 | 25.8 | 0.78% | 36 | 1 |
| 36 | Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div | 52.5 | 7.5 | 2.75% | 60 | 24 |
| 37 | Columbus, OH | 52.1 | 16.8 | -0.40% | 40 | 3 |
| 38 | Pittsburgh, PA | 51.6 | 18.1 | 0.37% | 44 | 6 |
| 39 | Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | 51.5 | 17.2 | -1.72% | 34 | (5) |
| 40 | Rochester, NY | 51.4 | 9.0 | -1.82% | 47 | 7 |
| 41 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 51.3 | 27.9 | -2.56% | 26 | (15) |
| 42 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 51.1 | 31.5 | -1.66% | 33 | (9) |
| 43 | Northern Virginia, VA | 50.8 | 40.8 | -0.65% | 41 | (2) |
| 44 | Jacksonville, FL | 50.7 | 9.2 | 0.36% | 49 | 5 |
| 45 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 48.1 | 10.0 | 1.01% | 48 | 3 |
| 46 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 47.5 | 7.4 | -1.78% | 35 | (11) |
| 47 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 47.3 | 5.1 | -3.75% | 27 | (20) |
| 48 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 47.1 | 8.3 | -0.40% | 51 | 3 |
| 49 | Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div | 46.5 | 20.9 | 1.13% | 56 | 7 |
| 50 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 45.3 | 23.7 | -1.39% | 37 | (13) |
| 51 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div | 43.4 | 61.6 | -2.07% | 43 | (8) |
| 52 | Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div | 42.8 | 14.0 | -3.88% | 46 | (6) |
| 53 | Urban Honolulu, HI | 42.1 | 7.2 | -0.46% | 49 | (4) |
| 54 | Camden, NJ Metro Div | 42.0 | 7.0 | -3.23% | 45 | (9) |
| 55 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 41.9 | 5.8 | -2.81% | 42 | (13) |
| 56 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 40.1 | 11.3 | 0.00% | 61 | 5 |
| 57 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 39.8 | 14.2 | -1.62% | 52 | (5) |
| 58 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 39.1 | 14.0 | -3.67% | 50 | (8) |
| 59 | Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 39.0 | 14.0 | -0.71% | 66 | 7 |
| 60 | Oklahoma City, OK | 38.0 | 8.1 | -0.41% | 57 | (3) |
| 61 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 37.4 | 10.7 | -1.23% | 58 | (3) |
| 62 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 36.4 | 6.4 | -24.02% | 31 | (31) |
| 63 | Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 34.2 | 13.2 | -1.00% | 63 | 0 |
| 64 | Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div | 32.4 | 23.0 | -2.27% | 59 | (5) |
| 65 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 31.0 | 8.2 | -2.39% | 64 | (1) |
| 66 | Richmond, VA | 29.3 | 7.5 | -1.32% | 54 | (12) |
| 67 | Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div | 22.1 | 20.1 | -4.89% | 65 | (2) |
| 68 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div | 21.3 | 11.6 | -3.88% | 62 | (6) |
| 69 | Kansas City, KS | 14.5 | 8.1 | -7.60% | 45 | (24) |
| 70 | Kansas City, MO | 11.9 | 11.4 | -8.56% | 55 | (15) |
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