Mid Sized Cities Rankings - 2017 Best Cities for Job Growth

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2017 Midsized MSA Rankings Area Weighted INDEX 2016 Nonfarm Employment (1000s) Size Movement 2016-2017
1 Provo-Orem, UT 99.0         243.4 0
2 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 95.6         249.5 0
3 Fort Collins, CO 94.3         162.6 0
4 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 92.6         350.5 3
5 Boise City, ID 92.0         311.0 3
6 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 90.7         249.8 -2
7 Savannah, GA 86.6         177.9 -2
8 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 84.6         262.6 -2
9 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 84.2         309.8 11
10 Boulder, CO 83.6         188.2 7
11 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 83.4         301.9 4
12 Fresno, CA 78.7         339.1 0
13 Asheville, NC 78.2         188.7 5
14 Trenton, NJ 78.0         269.6 0
15 Stockton-Lodi, CA 76.4         227.9 -5
16 Modesto, CA 76.3         173.5 11
17 Salem, OR 76.1         162.1 2
18 El Paso, TX 75.7         315.1 7
19 Colorado Springs, CO 75.6         281.6 3
20 Reno, NV 74.5         225.1 10
21 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 74.0         360.1 16
22 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 73.5         199.3 13
23 Sioux Falls, SD 72.8         153.4 -12
24 Lexington-Fayette, KY 72.1         281.2 0
25 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 71.4         307.1 14
26 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 71.3         219.6 10
27 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 71.0         154.1 -18
28 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 70.8         256.4 -2
29 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 69.9         412.4 -16
30 Santa Rosa, CA 69.4         202.0 -14
31 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div 67.6         155.0 18
32 Huntsville, AL 66.0         228.8 17
33 Madison, WI 65.0         399.4 5
34 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 64.8         237.3 27
35 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 64.4         174.3 12
36 Springfield, MO 64.4         212.6 -5
37 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 61.3         242.3 11
38 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 59.8         213.4 24
39 Columbia, SC 59.4         395.4 -18
40 Lincoln, NE 59.4         189.9 5
41 Chattanooga, TN-GA 58.9         255.5 -1
42 Ann Arbor, MI 58.7         220.3 -1
43 Knoxville, TN 58.6         395.7 -15
44 Eugene, OR 58.5         158.4 -1
45 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 57.7         235.5 31
46 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 57.6         182.9 -14
47 Tallahassee, FL 55.9         181.7 34
48 Lancaster, PA 54.8         250.3 -2
49 Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD 54.5         404.3 3
50 Baton Rouge, LA 51.7         405.2 -27
51 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 49.3         305.9 28
52 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 47.5         334.8 22
53 Toledo, OH 46.8         313.5 10
54 Fort Wayne, IN 46.7         221.0 -10
55 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 46.7         200.9 25
56 Delaware County, PA 45.9         235.9 14
57 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 45.5         173.9 -1
58 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 45.2         284.1 13
59 Bakersfield, CA 43.5         258.1 -30
60 Jackson, MS 42.6         280.2 9
61 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 39.2         339.0 3
62 Winston-Salem, NC 39.0         262.3 4
63 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 38.9         151.9 31
64 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 38.5         361.6 -9
65 Reading, PA 37.6         178.5 -14
66 Gary, IN Metro Div 37.1         280.2 23
67 Corpus Christi, TX 36.4         191.0 -34
68 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 36.3         359.8 -26
69 Albuquerque, NM 36.1         390.1 16
70 Baltimore City, MD 35.8         367.5 18
71 York-Hanover, PA 35.8         184.5 -14
72 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 35.8         354.8 -12
73 Greensboro-High Point, NC 35.4         361.6 -6
74 Montgomery, AL 34.0         173.4 12
75 Roanoke, VA 32.3         163.5 2
76 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 32.2         404.0 -18
77 Green Bay, WI 32.0         173.9 -2
78 Akron, OH 31.2         340.8 -28
79 Tulsa, OK 31.1         444.4 -26
80 Dayton, OH 30.7         385.4 -7
81 Evansville, IN-KY 30.4         159.0 6
82 Tucson, AZ 28.5         377.8 -23
83 Mobile, AL 27.5         179.0 8
84 New Haven, CT NECTA 26.0         281.7 -1
85 Canton-Massillon, OH 25.7         171.7 -1
86 Syracuse, NY 25.6         317.6 8
87 Elgin, IL Metro Div 25.1         253.1 -22
88 Wichita, KS 24.0         296.9 -10
89 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 23.1         154.0 3
90 Anchorage, AK 22.0         173.7 -18
91 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA 21.8         261.1 2
92 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 21.4         407.9 -10
93 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 19.1         182.9 5
94 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 15.7         163.7 -40
95 Lafayette, LA 14.0         198.5 -5
96 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 12.5         223.7 0
97 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 9.5         180.1 0
98 Peoria, IL 7.2         173.0 -3

 

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