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