Mid Sized Cities Rankings - 2018 Best Cities for Job Growth

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 2018 Midsized MSA Ranking  Area Weighted INDEX 2017 Nonfarm Employment (1000s) Size Movement 2017-2018 2018

Overall Ranking
1 Provo-Orem, UT 99.4     254.9 0 1
2 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 93.5     256.0 0 10
3 Boise City, ID 92.8     321.2 2 12
4 Fort Collins, CO 92.2     166.2 -1 17
5 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 88.0     255.2 1 27
6 Stockton-Lodi, CA 87.1     239.0 9 30
7 Spartanburg, SC 86.0     155.4 5 31
8 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 85.4     354.2 -4 34
9 Fresno, CA 85.3     350.1 3 35
10 Reno, NV 83.0     235.3 10 43
11 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 81.7     160.9 16 45
12 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 81.5     306.3 -1 47
13 Colorado Springs, CO 80.8     288.7 6 48
14 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 78.0     315.9 -5 56
15 Boulder, CO 78.0     190.3 -5 57
16 Santa Rosa, CA 76.3     207.4 14 64
17 Asheville, NC 76.2     193.3 -4 66
18 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div 75.8     158.7 13 68
19 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 75.1     241.2 15 74
20 Modesto, CA 75.0     175.6 -4 76
21 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 74.3     266.1 -13 78
22 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 74.3     261.6 6 80
23 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 73.9     178.6 12 82
24 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 73.9     224.5 2 83
25 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 73.6     365.7 -4 86
26 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 73.4     202.7 -4 87
27 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 73.2     420.6 2 90
28 Trenton, NJ 72.0     270.7 -14 94
29 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 71.8     311.7 -4 96
30 Salem, OR 71.0     164.6 -13 101
31 Huntsville, AL 69.7     234.7 1 105
32 Savannah, GA 67.8     178.4 -25 112
33 Sioux Falls, SD 64.9     155.4 -10 126
34 Chattanooga, TN-GA 64.8     260.3 7 127
35 Ann Arbor, MI 63.9     223.5 7 131
36 Madison, WI 63.6     403.3 -3 135
37 El Paso, TX 61.7     315.2 -19 145
38 Springfield, MO 60.1     214.1 -2 154
39 Eugene, OR 60.0     161.2 5 155
40 Lexington-Fayette, KY 59.5     281.3 -16 158
41 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 59.0     289.6 17 159
42 Lancaster, PA 58.9     254.1 6 160
43 Evansville, IN-KY 55.3     162.7 38 175
44 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 54.8     184.4 2 177
45 Knoxville, TN 54.1     398.2 -2 178
46 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 53.8     205.7 9 179
47 Baltimore City, MD 53.1     377.1 23 181
48 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 52.3     237.8 -3 184
49 Bakersfield, CA 51.9     261.8 10 187
50 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 51.8     214.3 -12 189
51 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 51.6     371.0 13 191
52 Tallahassee, FL 51.2     182.6 -5 194
53 Salisbury, MD-DE 50.1     151.6 -3 197
54 Fort Wayne, IN 49.3     223.0 0 201
55 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 48.3     244.1 -18 208
56 Delaware County, PA 46.7     238.0 0 213
57 Jackson, MS 46.3     283.0 3 218
58 Dayton, OH 46.0     393.6 22 220
59 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 45.5     336.6 -7 225
60 Green Bay, WI 45.0     177.8 17 227
61 Baton Rouge, LA 44.7     406.7 -11 228
62 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 44.1     414.1 14 234
63 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 43.5     306.4 -12 237
64 Columbia, SC 43.2     395.5 -25 239
65 Lincoln, NE 43.0     189.0 -25 241
66 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 42.4     360.8 6 246
67 Elgin, IL Metro Div 42.1     259.4 20 248
68 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 41.9     154.3 -5 249
69 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA 39.5     266.5 22 257
70 Winston-Salem, NC 39.1     265.2 -8 260
71 Reading, PA 38.8     179.4 -6 263
72 York-Hanover, PA 37.6     186.9 -1 267
73 Tucson, AZ 36.5     382.9 9 271
74 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 36.4     341.2 -13 274
75 Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD 34.0     413.5 -26 282
76 Montgomery, AL 33.8     178.4 -2 285
77 Albuquerque, NM 33.5     391.4 -8 287
78 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 33.3     186.1 15 289
79 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 31.1     173.1 -22 303
80 Mobile, AL 30.2     184.9 3 307
81 Akron, OH 29.9     342.0 -3 308
82 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 29.5     359.5 -14 311
83 Canton-Massillon, OH 28.9     173.5 2 316
84 Toledo, OH 27.3     308.8 -31 329
85 Greensboro-High Point, NC 26.7     361.0 -12 331
86 Rockford, IL 26.2     151.4 8 334
87 Corpus Christi, TX 25.5     191.0 -20 336
88 Syracuse, NY 24.2     318.6 -2 342
89 New Haven, CT NECTA 22.3     282.6 -5 352
90 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 22.3     154.8 -1 353
91 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 20.2     163.6 3 366
92 Gary, IN Metro Div 19.8     275.9 -26 368
93 Wichita, KS 16.3     295.2 -5 383
94 Anchorage, AK 15.9     171.6 -4 387
95 Roanoke, VA 15.7     159.8 -20 391
96 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 15.6     404.3 -4 392
97 Lafayette, LA 12.1     200.4 -2 405
98 Peoria, IL 11.1     170.6 0 409
99 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 9.0     178.9 -2 413
100 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 8.1     218.6 -4 414
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