Best Cities 2014

All Cities Rankings - 2016 Best Cities for Job Growth

Mark Schill — Tue, 10 May 2016 18:06:29 -0400

Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

2016 Overall Ranking	Area	2016 Weighted INDEX	2016 Size	2015 Nonfarm Emplymt (1000s)	Overall Rank Change
1	St. George, UT	98.9	S	59.0	30
2	Provo-Orem, UT	98.4	M	230.0	4
3	San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div	98.3	L	1,072.8	1
4	Gainesville, GA	97.3	S	85.6	12
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	96.8	L	1,063.1	0
6	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	96.6	M	240.7	14
7	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	95.5	L	1,184.4	14
8	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	95.2	L	931.6	5
9	Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div	95.2	L	2,459.2	1
10	Columbus, IN	95.1	S	53.1	-1
11	Austin-Round Rock, TX	94.8	L	980.5	1
12	Fort Collins, CO	94.2	M	157.0	35
13	Napa, CA	93.2	S	71.5	2
14	Bend-Redmond, OR	92.9	S	74.7	9
15	Ogden-Clearfield, UT	92.6	M	244.2	25
16	Savannah, GA	92.6	M	174.5	18
17	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	91.9	M	254.2	-9
18	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	91.5	L	1,407.2	1
19	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	91.4	M	336.8	23
20	Lake Charles, LA	91.3	S	103.9	5
21	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	91.3	L	1,122.4	5
22	The Villages, FL	90.9	S	26.9	5
23	Raleigh, NC	90.5	L	593.6	18
24	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	86.8	L	1,128.6	31
25	Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	86.7	S	69.2	41
26	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div	86.7	L	1,614.4	12
27	Greeley, CO	86.3	S	101.0	-25
28	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	85.5	L	992.3	2
29	Wenatchee, WA	85.4	S	42.8	47
30	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	85.2	L	2,628.8	6
31	College Station-Bryan, TX	84.9	S	111.8	104
32	Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH NECTA Div	84.7	S	65.7	99
33	Boise City, ID	84.1	M	294.6	42
34	Jonesboro, AR	83.8	S	55.3	-6
35	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	83.8	L	1,381.2	-2
36	Salt Lake City, UT	83.1	L	685.6	14
37	New York City, NY	83.1	L	4,287.0	8
38	Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	82.6	L	1,970.2	43
39	Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA	82.5	S	88.8	192
40	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC	81.9	M	150.9	8
41	Coeur d'Alene, ID	81.8	S	59.0	2
42	Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Div	81.6	S	83.3	76
43	Port St. Lucie, FL	81.5	S	141.1	15
44	Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL	81.4	S	139.0	-37
45	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC	81.3	S	74.6	14
46	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA	80.8	S	115.1	3
47	Auburn-Opelika, AL	80.7	S	61.8	-33
48	Jacksonville, FL	80.5	L	662.1	62
49	Laredo, TX	80.3	S	103.1	15
50	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div	79.8	L	600.9	-4
51	Stockton-Lodi, CA	79.7	M	222.5	45
52	Sioux Falls, SD	79.6	M	152.3	92
53	Richmond, VA	79.4	L	667.7	141
54	Visalia-Porterville, CA	78.8	S	120.3	65
55	Winchester, VA-WV	78.8	S	62.4	-3
56	Fargo, ND-MN	78.5	S	140.8	-45
57	Fresno, CA	78.5	M	329.0	4
58	Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC	78.0	M	406.6	-1
59	Elkhart-Goshen, IN	78.0	S	127.8	-30
60	Logan, UT-ID	77.8	S	60.2	41
61	Trenton, NJ	77.2	M	265.2	153
62	Charlottesville, VA	76.7	S	114.0	27
63	North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL	76.5	M	287.6	-31
64	Ames, IA	76.2	S	53.7	-47
65	Punta Gorda, FL	76.1	S	46.8	107
66	Santa Rosa, CA	76.1	M	199.2	6
67	Boulder, CO	76.0	M	182.0	7
68	Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	76.0	L	926.7	25
69	Killeen-Temple, TX	75.9	S	141.0	86
70	Spartanburg, SC	75.7	S	145.7	38
71	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div	75.6	L	1,141.8	-27
72	Asheville, NC	75.5	M	184.7	14
73	Clarksville, TN-KY	75.4	S	89.6	-5
74	Salem, OR	75.4	M	157.4	90
75	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div	75.3	L	817.2	-24
76	Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div	75.1	M	301.2	36
77	Prescott, AZ	74.9	S	62.2	23
78	Idaho Falls, ID	74.8	S	63.0	79
79	Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	74.8	L	3,003.4	-61
80	Manhattan, KS	74.4	S	45.5	135
81	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	74.3	L	1,274.2	17
82	Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN	74.2	L	654.9	-28
83	Columbia, SC	73.9	M	391.4	106
84	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	73.8	L	534.4	-13
85	Olympia-Tumwater, WA	73.7	S	110.4	-8
86	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI	73.5	S	74.3	8
87	Colorado Springs, CO	73.1	M	274.1	98
88	Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div	71.7	L	1,001.2	-51
89	Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY	71.4	S	56.5	48
90	San Diego-Carlsbad, CA	71.2	L	1,406.7	-6
91	Vallejo-Fairfield, CA	71.0	S	135.0	45
92	Columbus, OH	70.9	L	1,052.3	-14
93	Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	70.6	L	1,027.8	4
94	Baton Rouge, LA	70.5	M	409.0	12
95	Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div	70.0	L	1,110.2	-7
96	Lubbock, TX	70.0	S	142.6	38
97	Merced, CA	69.6	S	64.1	-75
98	Columbia, MO	69.4	S	100.6	52
99	Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div	69.0	L	1,567.9	-19
100	Lexington-Fayette, KY	68.9	M	274.5	-8
101	Tuscaloosa, AL	68.9	S	105.9	-48
102	Bismarck, ND	68.9	S	74.5	-67
103	Bowling Green, KY	68.7	S	73.1	-40
104	El Paso, TX	68.7	M	308.0	129
105	San Rafael, CA Metro Div	68.7	S	114.9	-40
106	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	68.4	M	251.8	-33
107	Modesto, CA	68.1	M	168.2	-25
108	Knoxville, TN	67.8	M	392.8	52
109	Bakersfield, CA	67.3	M	262.5	-70
110	Kennewick-Richland, WA	67.3	S	107.9	23
111	Tyler, TX	67.2	S	102.4	10
112	Reno, NV	66.9	M	214.2	64
113	Athens-Clarke County, GA	66.6	S	93.5	0
114	Salinas, CA	66.5	S	135.7	-15
115	Victoria, TX	66.4	S	45.1	-91
116	Kansas City, KS	65.8	L	463.1	-47
117	Billings, MT	65.6	S	84.7	103
118	Madera, CA	65.5	S	36.6	40
119	Springfield, MO	64.8	M	210.0	43
120	Wilmington, NC	64.4	S	118.9	-11
121	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div	64.2	S	82.0	-14
122	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	64.2	M	182.7	-39
123	Corpus Christi, TX	64.2	M	196.3	-61
124	Salisbury, MD-DE	63.6	M	150.1	214
125	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA	63.2	S	61.0	36
126	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	62.9	M	191.7	67
127	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div	62.8	L	1,781.9	24
128	Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL	62.6	S	49.7	-8
129	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	62.5	M	212.6	101
130	Yuba City, CA	62.4	S	41.6	10
131	Cleveland, TN	62.4	S	49.9	-2
132	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div	62.3	L	1,212.3	27
133	Oklahoma City, OK	61.8	L	633.7	-31
134	Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA	61.8	L	926.6	12
135	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	61.8	M	349.5	-12
136	Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	61.4	S	140.7	11
137	Madison, WI	61.3	M	393.7	1
138	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	61.3	M	298.1	5
139	Midland, TX	61.3	S	91.3	-138
140	Longview, WA	61.2	S	39.5	-84
141	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	61.0	S	98.0	-46
142	Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	61.0	S	103.1	-63
143	Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA	60.9	S	126.4	-11
144	Yakima, WA	60.7	S	82.5	78
145	St. Cloud, MN	60.6	S	108.5	-4
146	Janesville-Beloit, WI	59.9	S	67.6	-16
147	Chico, CA	59.7	S	78.6	-33
148	San Angelo, TX	59.6	S	49.5	-88
149	Pueblo, CO	59.2	S	61.4	0
150	Medford, OR	59.0	S	83.5	-47
151	Ocean City, NJ	58.8	S	37.2	26
152	Monroe, MI	58.7	S	43.0	31
153	Manchester, NH NECTA	58.4	S	110.0	-63
154	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	57.8	S	38.6	58
155	Chattanooga, TN-GA	57.8	M	249.9	97
156	El Centro, CA	57.5	S	53.3	-69
157	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div	57.2	L	2,613.8	89
158	Hattiesburg, MS	57.1	S	63.8	28
159	Iowa City, IA	57.1	S	99.6	-44
160	Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ	57.0	L	877.5	103
161	Gainesville, FL	56.6	S	137.7	39
162	Grants Pass, OR	56.5	S	24.9	-77
163	Bellingham, WA	56.3	S	87.8	-96
164	Dubuque, IA	56.3	S	60.7	-37
165	Barnstable Town, MA NECTA	56.2	S	99.3	31
166	Ann Arbor, MI	56.0	M	218.1	111
167	Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div	55.9	M	363.5	52
168	New Bedford, MA NECTA	55.9	S	67.1	-57
169	Sherman-Denison, TX	55.9	S	46.6	38
170	Morgantown, WV	55.8	S	72.0	21
171	Panama City, FL	55.7	S	80.5	-2
172	Corvallis, OR	55.7	S	41.4	-27
173	Eugene, OR	55.6	M	154.4	64
174	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	55.6	S	48.3	-70
175	Pocatello, ID	55.1	S	36.0	30
176	Odessa, TX	54.9	S	73.8	-173
177	Missoula, MT	54.6	S	58.7	101
178	Flagstaff, AZ	54.4	S	65.3	9
179	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	53.7	L	1,936.4	-26
180	Fort Wayne, IN	53.3	M	220.6	95
181	Lincoln, NE	53.3	M	187.5	1
182	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div	53.1	L	4,337.3	-65
183	Bremerton-Silverdale, WA	52.8	S	89.0	59
184	Kansas City, MO	52.5	L	583.9	55
185	Lancaster, PA	52.4	M	246.3	19
186	Brunswick, GA	52.3	S	42.4	100
187	Northern Virginia, VA	52.1	L	1,415.6	75
188	Waco, TX	51.9	S	116.1	100
189	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	51.8	S	105.0	-26
190	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	51.8	M	168.7	-74
191	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	51.4	M	236.6	-13
192	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	51.0	L	494.4	16
193	Owensboro, KY	50.6	S	53.5	50
194	Redding, CA	50.5	S	64.0	-29
195	Amarillo, TX	50.5	S	119.6	71
196	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div	49.8	S	149.6	-12
197	Florence, SC	49.7	S	87.1	62
198	Morristown, TN	49.4	S	45.5	86
199	Macon, GA	49.0	S	103.7	-32
200	Appleton, WI	48.9	S	124.0	2
201	Huntsville, AL	48.8	M	221.7	44
202	Jackson, TN	48.7	S	66.9	-3
203	Urban Honolulu, HI	48.6	L	474.1	24
204	Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div	48.4	L	3,670.5	13
205	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	48.4	S	77.2	-51
206	Cheyenne, WY	47.9	S	46.9	-82
207	Ocala, FL	47.6	S	98.6	-79
208	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	47.5	L	573.8	8
209	Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	47.0	S	88.5	4
210	Rochester, MN	46.8	S	116.4	77
211	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	46.6	S	145.4	107
212	Akron, OH	46.6	M	343.4	104
213	Reading, PA	46.5	M	178.3	-25
214	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	46.4	S	141.5	98
215	Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD	46.4	M	398.4	115
216	Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY	45.9	L	707.1	103
217	Dover, DE	45.2	S	69.1	-11
218	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	45.1	L	1,062.5	-21
219	Yuma, AZ	44.7	S	54.8	155
220	Mankato-North Mankato, MN	44.6	S	56.5	-52
221	Lewiston, ID-WA	43.6	S	27.7	-20
222	Tulsa, OK	43.5	M	446.4	-42
223	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	43.1	M	167.9	-84
224	Philadelphia City, PA	42.7	L	693.8	24
225	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	42.5	M	357.9	10
226	Framingham, MA NECTA Div	42.3	M	172.0	-17
227	York-Hanover, PA	41.9	M	184.0	107
228	Kokomo, IN	41.8	S	40.7	-54
229	Sebring, FL	41.7	S	25.4	-103
230	Wausau, WI	41.5	S	72.9	2
231	Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Div	41.3	S	44.8	-126
232	Carbondale-Marion, IL	41.2	S	58.2	177
233	Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div	40.7	M	404.4	35
234	Tucson, AZ	40.5	M	378.5	112
235	Albany, OR	40.5	S	41.7	5
236	Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div	40.4	L	590.6	101
237	Gadsden, AL	40.3	S	38.0	13
238	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	40.3	M	353.5	84
239	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	40.2	M	228.4	-64
240	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	40.2	M	204.0	62
241	Toledo, OH	40.0	M	308.1	110
242	Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA	40.0	S	52.5	-63
243	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	39.9	M	335.4	58
244	Pittsfield, MA NECTA	39.9	S	42.3	97
245	Midland, MI	39.7	S	37.9	-75
246	Elgin, IL Metro Div	39.7	M	254.8	19
247	Winston-Salem, NC	39.6	M	258.8	32
248	Greensboro-High Point, NC	39.6	M	359.2	26
249	Ithaca, NY	39.6	S	70.4	-51
250	Rockford, IL	39.4	M	152.8	22
251	Jackson, MS	39.4	M	276.3	-13
252	Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div	39.4	L	1,309.4	3
253	Greenville, NC	39.3	S	78.6	-27
254	Saginaw, MI	39.3	S	90.0	66
255	Delaware County, PA	39.0	M	233.6	-26
256	Muncie, IN	39.0	S	52.2	132
257	Dalton, GA	38.9	S	68.0	-29
258	Worcester, MA-CT NECTA	38.7	M	279.3	-85
259	Walla Walla, WA	38.3	S	27.3	1
260	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	38.1	L	634.3	61
261	Muskegon, MI	38.0	S	63.7	-12
262	Sumter, SC	37.8	S	39.2	-9
263	Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA	37.8	S	51.3	7
264	Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div	37.7	L	1,040.2	40
265	Eau Claire, WI	37.7	S	85.3	-47
266	Texarkana, TX-AR	37.7	S	61.1	134
267	Battle Creek, MI	37.7	S	58.9	-57
268	Lawrence, KS	37.6	S	53.1	-10
269	Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ	37.3	L	917.6	90
270	Grand Forks, ND-MN	37.2	S	57.4	-104
271	California-Lexington Park, MD	37.2	S	44.8	43
272	Camden, NJ Metro Div	36.8	L	525.3	121
273	St. Louis, MO-IL	36.7	L	1,347.4	75
274	La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	36.6	S	77.9	29
275	Grand Junction, CO	36.6	S	61.8	-94
276	Niles-Benton Harbor, MI	36.5	S	61.4	68
277	Valdosta, GA	36.4	S	55.6	-30
278	Anchorage, AK	36.3	M	178.4	-5
279	Danbury, CT NECTA	36.1	S	78.8	-157
280	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA	36.0	L	577.9	17
281	Casper, WY	35.6	S	40.7	-156
282	Dayton, OH	35.5	M	383.0	63
283	Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA	35.4	S	51.0	-22
284	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	35.0	S	95.4	9
285	Springfield, MA-CT NECTA	34.9	M	327.5	-44
286	Green Bay, WI	34.6	M	173.7	-83
287	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	34.5	M	228.6	41
288	New Bern, NC	34.4	S	44.5	20
289	Roanoke, VA	34.1	M	163.2	20
290	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA	34.0	S	123.0	5
291	Kankakee, IL	33.8	S	45.1	-47
292	Santa Fe, NM	33.8	S	62.7	69
293	Fond du Lac, WI	33.8	S	48.1	-137
294	St. Joseph, MO-KS	33.8	S	62.9	-3
295	Harrisonburg, VA	33.5	S	65.4	-39
296	Farmington, NM	33.4	S	51.1	-205
297	Johnson City, TN	33.1	S	79.2	32
298	Wichita, KS	33.1	M	298.0	49
299	Cedar Rapids, IA	32.9	S	143.5	41
300	Jacksonville, NC	32.7	S	49.1	-105
301	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	32.6	M	297.6	-78
302	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	32.6	S	104.0	-51
303	Springfield, IL	32.6	S	113.6	65
304	Rapid City, SD	32.5	S	64.2	-112
305	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	32.4	S	47.5	27
306	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA	32.2	L	572.7	-24
307	Lima, OH	32.0	S	53.5	88
308	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	31.9	L	855.5	-16
309	Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div	31.6	L	741.3	4
310	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	31.5	L	457.6	-27
311	Abilene, TX	31.4	S	68.8	-77
312	Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Div	31.0	S	96.0	-122
313	Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA	30.9	M	195.9	10
314	Tallahassee, FL	30.5	M	175.5	-93
315	Joplin, MO	30.0	S	81.5	-9
316	Glens Falls, NY	29.9	S	54.1	48
317	Rome, GA	29.9	S	40.6	-50
318	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA	29.8	M	410.5	-54
319	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	29.8	L	765.9	36
320	Longview, TX	29.7	S	100.4	-250
321	Burlington, NC	29.6	S	59.8	-169
322	Sheboygan, WI	29.3	S	60.7	-98
323	Champaign-Urbana, IL	29.2	S	109.6	34
324	Birmingham-Hoover, AL	29.0	L	518.1	-28
325	Houma-Thibodaux, LA	28.8	S	93.9	-183
326	Lawton, OK	28.7	S	46.4	56
327	Lebanon, PA	28.7	S	51.3	-42
328	New Haven, CT NECTA	28.6	M	281.5	-74
329	Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA	28.6	S	42.5	-48
330	Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	28.6	S	42.2	42
331	Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div	28.5	S	126.7	23
332	State College, PA	28.5	S	76.9	-27
333	Hinesville, GA	28.5	S	19.8	-43
334	Homosassa Springs, FL	27.9	S	32.9	64
335	Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Div	27.7	S	59.2	-9
336	Warner Robins, GA	27.7	S	70.6	7
337	Cleveland-Elyria, OH	27.7	L	1,048.2	12
338	Canton-Massillon, OH	27.6	M	171.9	-49
339	Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div	27.2	L	1,196.5	23
340	Hammond, LA	26.9	S	43.8	-129
341	Kingston, NY	26.8	S	61.3	-2
342	Albuquerque, NM	26.7	M	383.0	10
343	Las Cruces, NM	26.6	S	71.2	-26
344	Montgomery, AL	26.1	M	171.2	6
345	Great Falls, MT	26.1	S	35.9	26
346	Monroe, LA	25.8	S	79.1	35
347	Evansville, IN-KY	25.4	M	156.8	-111
348	Baltimore City, MD	25.3	M	365.2	-13
349	Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	25.0	S	56.5	-50
350	Hot Springs, AR	24.9	S	37.6	-70
351	Fayetteville, NC	24.3	S	128.9	25
352	Gary, IN Metro Div	24.0	M	275.5	-54
353	Gettysburg, PA	24.0	S	34.1	-205
354	Staunton-Waynesboro, VA	23.9	S	49.2	26
355	East Stroudsburg, PA	23.5	S	56.4	58
356	Pittsburgh, PA	23.5	L	1,160.4	-45
357	Goldsboro, NC	23.3	S	42.6	42
358	Lafayette, LA	23.3	M	210.4	-133
359	Bangor, ME NECTA	23.2	S	66.6	-6
360	Mobile, AL	23.1	M	176.9	19
361	Altoona, PA	22.8	S	61.3	5
362	Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY	22.7	L	555.8	-31
363	Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS	22.6	M	153.3	31
364	Alexandria, LA	22.6	S	64.2	-49
365	Grand Island, NE	22.4	S	42.0	-108
366	Lynchburg, VA	22.4	S	104.3	9
367	Danville, IL	21.6	S	29.3	-4
368	Columbus, GA-AL	21.1	S	122.2	-61
369	Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	21.0	S	44.5	-4
370	Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA	20.9	S	128.3	44
371	Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metro Div	20.0	S	144.2	20
372	Duluth, MN-WI	19.8	S	132.7	-62
373	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA	19.6	M	259.6	-97
374	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	19.6	S	91.0	-80
375	Albany, GA	19.6	S	62.2	21
376	Rochester, NY	19.4	L	524.9	-43
377	Topeka, KS	19.4	S	110.4	-50
378	Decatur, IL	19.3	S	51.5	32
379	Flint, MI	19.1	S	140.0	-110
380	Fort Smith, AR-OK	18.7	S	113.7	-24
381	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	18.7	S	147.2	-23
382	Syracuse, NY	18.6	M	318.5	1
383	Williamsport, PA	18.2	S	54.6	-212
384	Racine, WI	17.6	S	76.3	-15
385	Erie, PA	17.5	S	129.8	-60
386	Peoria, IL	17.2	M	177.7	-13
387	Terre Haute, IN	16.4	S	71.2	18
388	Bloomington, IN	16.4	S	76.3	-52
389	Waterbury, CT NECTA	16.3	S	67.0	-65
390	Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ	16.3	S	57.8	31
391	Wichita Falls, TX	16.1	S	58.7	10
392	Utica-Rome, NY	15.7	S	127.4	12
393	Jefferson City, MO	15.5	S	76.0	10
394	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	15.5	M	226.1	-10
395	Fairbanks, AK	14.8	S	37.1	-10
396	Wheeling, WV-OH	14.8	S	68.2	-54
397	Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	14.6	S	43.3	20
398	Rocky Mount, NC	14.4	S	58.0	20
399	Dothan, AL	14.3	S	57.2	-9
400	Bay City, MI	14.2	S	36.7	-30
401	Jackson, MI	13.2	S	55.0	-101
402	Bloomington, IL	13.1	S	94.6	4
403	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	12.7	M	183.2	-6
404	Decatur, AL	12.5	S	53.8	-2
405	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	12.2	M	180.7	-27
406	Springfield, OH	12.0	S	50.7	-135
407	Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	11.9	S	140.7	-21
408	Mansfield, OH	11.2	S	52.3	-48
409	Elmira, NY	10.2	S	38.7	-22
410	Carson City, NV	10.1	S	27.7	-18
411	Michigan City-La Porte, IN	9.9	S	41.5	1
412	Beckley, WV	9.2	S	46.4	-23
413	Cumberland, MD-WV	9.1	S	38.8	-36
414	Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	9.1	S	42.2	-47
415	Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL	9.0	S	46.0	1
416	Charleston, WV	8.0	S	122.4	-9
417	Binghamton, NY	7.5	S	103.5	-2
418	Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	6.8	S	34.1	-7
419	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	6.6	S	127.0	1
420	Pine Bluff, AR	6.1	S	33.8	-1
421	Johnstown, PA	5.7	S	56.5	-13

The Cities Stealing Jobs From Wall Street

Joel Kotkin and Michael Shires — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:04:06 -0400

When we think about American finance, the default image is of a pinstriped banker on Wall Street. But increasingly financial services is shifting away from the traditional bastions of money.

In an analysis of recent and longer-term employment trends, we have identified the large cities –those with over 450,000 jobs – that are gaining jobs in financial services, a sector that employs 7.9 million people nationwide. Overwhelmingly, the fastest growth has been in cities not associated with high finance, but largely low-cost Sun Belt cities, which account for seven of the top 10 large metro areas on our list.

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In first place: Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Ariz., where financial employment has expanded 12.3% since 2008 and a remarkable 7.2% last year. Close behind in second through fourth are San Antonio-New-Braunfels, Texas, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas, and Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tenn. These metro areas have advantages beyond just warmer weather; all are places with affordable housing and no state income taxes.

The three metro areas outside the Sun Belt in our top 10 also enjoy lower levels of taxation and housing prices. St. Louis, Mo. (fifth), Salt Lake City (seventh), and Richmond, Va. (ninth), have begun to bulk up on financial jobs, largely to the detriment of the traditional money centers New York (44th), San Francisco (48th), Boston (55th), Los Angeles (57th) and Chicago (61st). Despite the current stock market boom, and good times for large banks, financial services employment in these cities has been stagnant in recent years. Since 2008, New York has lost 3.8% of all its finance-related jobs, while Los Angeles’ financial sector has shed 7% of its jobs and Chicago 6.7%.

Why Financial Services Are Moving

Current financial trends—accelerated By TARP and “too big to fail” regulations—have ledto a growing concentration of banking and financial services in the six largest money-center banks. In the first five years of the Obama administration the share of financial assets held by the top six banks soared 37% to account for two-thirds of all bank assets.

But as we have seen in other industries, that domination of market share don’t necessarily drive employment growth where the big banks are headquartered. Increasingly we are seeing the rise of what urban analyst Aaron Renn describes as the “executive headquarters,” where only elite employees and their support staff remain while the vast majority of jobs migrate to lower-cost places.

Given the advances in telecommunications technology, many of the core functions of banks can be conducted anywhere. Why have a midlevel salesperson or mortgage loan processor occupy expensive Manhattan office space when they could function as effectively from much cheaper space in Phoenix, Saint Louis or Richmond?

Pundits like to speak about “face to face” contact as critical in financial services. This may be true for putting together mergers or IPOs, or to concoct the latest derivative, but it doesn’t matter in taking care of customer questions, monitoring credit cards or administering offices in suburban strip malls.

The People Advantage

These smaller cities have advantages for both the financial institutions and their employees. For one thing, the cost of employees is much lower. According to salary reporting website Payscale.com, the median financial manager in New York or San Francisco costs $90,724 to $98,783, respectively; while one in Phoenix costs only $77,467.

But this is not just good for the companies. Employees who make less in St. Louis, Phoenix or Dallas often live far better than their counterparts who earn higher salaries in the traditional money centers. One big reason is housing costs, which are a third to half cheaper in the top cities on our list than in places like Boston (2013 median home price of $375,900) New York ($465,700), or San Francisco ($679,200). Compare that to $183,600 in top-rated Phoenix or $171,000 in San Antonio-New Braunfels. Even in Austin, with its surging growth in technology and its role as state capital and home to a huge public university, the median home costs a relatively affordable $222,900, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Sometimes it‘s not just lower costs. If you are servicing Spanish-language customers, for example, a location in San Antonio, Phoenix or Austin with their large Spanish-speaking workforces might prove convenient. If you are interested in trade finance, Texas, now the leading export state, might prove attractive. Firms concentrating on mortgages might also see advantages in locating in places like Nashville, Phoenix, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio, which are all expected to add many more households, according to a recent Pitney Bowes survey, than much slower-growing locales in California or the Northeastern seaboard.

And then there is the unique case of Salt Lake, another emerging financial powerhouse. Mormons’ linguistic skills have attracted loads of big international companies, such as Goldman Sachs, who need people capable of conversing in Lithuanian, Chinese and Tongan. Goldman has 1,400 employees in Salt Lake City, making it the investment bank’s sixth largest location worldwide.

Future Trends

People tend to see the growth of the biggest banks as confirming the notion that economic opportunity will continue to be concentrated in our elite, expensive cities. Yet in reality urban growth patterns seem to suggest that these cities cannot easily accommodate mid-skill or middle-management jobs. So even as decision-making remains ensconced in New York, Boston or Chicago, the flow of the vast majority of financial jobs should continue to head outward.

This competition may become all the greater if, as Deloitte predicts, financial service employment begins to spike with a long-term economic recovery. Nor will the emerging financial states be satisfied long-term with the bottom end of the financial employment pool. Palm Beach, Fla., for example, has set up an office to lure hedge funds out of the New York area, touting warm weather and much lower taxes.

Increasingly, some New York financial institutions are starting movemore critical roles to lower-cost areas, like investment advisory and technology jobs. Places like St. Louis, where the industry has grownand approaches critical mass, seem to be in position to make a serious bid for higher-end jobs.

Although no one expects Phoenix or Salt Lake City to overtake Manhattan as the financial center of the world, over time we can expect these cities to develop into important banking centers. Just as the move of automakers to the Southeast and tech companies to Austin, Salt Lake City and Raleigh remade the economic map of those industries, the shift of financial services to the new centers might eventually do the same in that sector as well.

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This story originally appeared at Forbes.

Joel Kotkin is executive editor of NewGeography.com and Distinguished Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University, and a member of the editorial board of the Orange County Register. He is author of The City: A Global History and The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050. His most recent study, The Rise of Postfamilialism, has been widely discussed and distributed internationally. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Michael Shires, Ph.D. is a professor at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy.

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All Cities Finance Jobs - 2014 Best Cities Rankings

Mark Schill — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:29:28 -0400

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2014 MSA Financial Activities Overall Ranking	Area	2014 Financial Activities Weighted INDEX	2013 Financial Activities Emplymnt (1000s)	2012-2013 Financial Activities Sector Growth	2014 FA Ranking Change from 2013 - All MSAs
1	Owensboro, KY	99.1	3.6	5.9%	0
2	Ann Arbor, MI	99.1	8.3	7.4%	0
3	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA	97.2	4.4	7.3%	5
4	Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA	90.8	4.8	10.9%	40
5	Odessa, TX	90.8	3.3	8.8%	(2)
6	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	90.5	9.9	7.2%	29
7	Midland, TX	89.9	4.3	5.7%	(2)
8	Holland-Grand Haven, MI	89.8	3.7	5.7%	20
9	Victoria, TX	89.4	2.4	5.9%	3
10	Fargo, ND-MN	89.1	9.8	6.5%	68
11	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ	88.6	165.1	7.2%	36
12	Pocatello, ID	88.4	2.2	8.2%	84
13	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	88.1	76.1	2.4%	17
14	College Station-Bryan, TX	86.3	3.8	4.6%	69
15	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX	86.3	6.3	3.9%	18
16	Rapid City, SD	86.2	4.1	6.0%	110
17	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	85.3	49.1	4.1%	38
18	Trenton-Ewing, NJ	85.3	18.0	3.3%	83
19	Macon, GA	84.9	9.6	1.4%	(12)
20	Bellingham, WA	84.7	3.4	3.0%	1
21	San Angelo, TX	84.7	2.3	7.8%	59
22	Greenville, NC	83.5	2.9	6.1%	4
23	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	83.3	50.9	1.9%	91
24	Provo-Orem, UT	82.2	6.9	3.0%	1
25	Framingham, MA NECTA Div	82.1	5.5	2.5%	79
26	Jackson, TN	81.8	1.8	5.9%	74
27	Naples-Marco Island, FL	80.5	7.1	4.4%	171
28	St. Louis, MO-IL	80.4	87.1	1.7%	18
29	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	79.3	70.9	3.8%	109
30	Ithaca, NY	79.0	1.7	6.2%	136
31	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	78.9	6.0	4.1%	105
32	Salt Lake City, UT	78.8	51.8	4.4%	28
33	Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div	78.0	196.9	1.8%	(1)
34	Logan, UT-ID	77.8	1.8	12.5%	232
35	Richmond, VA	77.6	48.4	2.3%	(26)
36	Tyler, TX	77.4	4.4	2.3%	25
37	St. Cloud, MN	77.2	4.5	2.3%	0
38	Savannah, GA	77.1	6.6	4.8%	102
39	Clarksville, TN-KY	76.2	3.0	0.0%	(33)
40	Las Cruces, NM	76.1	2.6	4.0%	17
41	Casper, WY	75.9	2.1	3.3%	52
42	Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA	75.4	3.3	3.1%	39
43	Spokane, WA	74.7	13.1	3.7%	94
44	St. George, UT	74.3	2.0	5.3%	113
45	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	74.2	100.6	2.9%	47
46	Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	74.0	5.5	2.5%	(1)
47	Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN	74.0	43.8	3.0%	77
48	Bloomington, IN	73.9	2.9	4.8%	220
49	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div	73.7	73.1	3.3%	14
50	Wilmington, NC	73.6	6.6	8.2%	172
51	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	73.5	8.5	-0.4%	(28)
52	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	73.4	8.9	1.9%	(9)
53	Columbia, SC	73.4	29.8	3.1%	(15)
54	Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR	73.3	2.7	2.5%	62
55	Green Bay, WI	73.2	13.7	1.5%	(38)
56	Auburn-Opelika, AL	73.1	1.8	3.9%	107
57	Northern Virginia, VA	73.0	68.7	2.0%	(17)
58	Lafayette, LA	72.5	9.0	1.9%	(10)
59	Yuma, AZ	71.9	1.7	0.0%	175
60	Huntsville, AL	71.4	6.3	3.3%	110
61	Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div	71.3	40.8	2.9%	111
62	Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div	70.6	22.5	6.8%	57
63	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC	70.6	14.1	3.7%	111
64	Sioux Falls, SD	70.3	16.5	2.5%	(8)
65	Kansas City, KS	70.0	33.9	2.2%	5
66	Colorado Springs, CO	70.0	16.6	4.6%	174
67	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC	69.9	75.2	2.5%	116
68	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	69.1	27.6	3.0%	39
69	Boise City-Nampa, ID	68.8	14.7	0.5%	(19)
70	Lincoln, NE	68.4	14.3	0.5%	(8)
71	Bismarck, ND	68.4	3.5	0.0%	(44)
72	Reno-Sparks, NV	68.4	9.6	4.7%	174
73	Abilene, TX	68.1	3.8	2.7%	25
74	Cheyenne, WY	68.1	2.3	3.0%	(55)
75	Columbus, GA-AL	68.0	13.0	1.6%	(22)
76	Birmingham-Hoover, AL	68.0	42.0	2.7%	46
77	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div	67.9	112.5	2.2%	(11)
78	Tuscaloosa, AL	67.9	3.9	1.7%	76
79	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	67.5	7.6	0.4%	(5)
80	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	67.4	3.5	5.1%	(12)
81	Tacoma, WA Metro Div	67.2	13.6	1.2%	(23)
82	Cedar Rapids, IA	66.8	10.4	3.3%	71
83	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC	66.6	12.8	0.5%	(42)
84	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	66.1	21.4	0.2%	(12)
85	Corpus Christi, TX	65.6	7.9	4.0%	21
86	Columbus, OH	65.5	74.9	0.7%	(15)
87	Lubbock, TX	65.4	7.1	4.4%	55
88	Ogden-Clearfield, UT	64.5	8.3	3.7%	97
89	Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	64.5	44.0	3.0%	57
90	La Crosse, WI-MN	64.4	3.8	2.7%	42
91	Raleigh-Cary, NC	64.2	26.9	1.1%	111
92	Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	64.2	2.2	0.0%	69
93	Longview, TX	63.9	4.0	0.0%	(57)
94	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	63.6	4.2	3.3%	(74)
95	Madera-Chowchilla, CA	63.6	0.8	0.0%	(79)
96	Wichita Falls, TX	63.6	2.8	2.5%	(7)
97	Rochester, MN	63.4	2.6	5.4%	190
98	Canton-Massillon, OH	63.4	8.4	0.8%	46
99	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	63.0	11.5	5.5%	127
100	Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	63.0	1.9	5.6%	95
101	Idaho Falls, ID	62.8	2.2	3.2%	48
102	Bend, OR	62.8	4.3	3.2%	207
103	Oklahoma City, OK	62.7	34.6	1.8%	(17)
104	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	62.7	4.0	0.0%	(70)
105	Jackson, MI	62.6	1.9	5.6%	132
106	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	62.0	20.2	2.0%	6
107	Tucson, AZ	61.7	17.2	1.2%	(16)
108	Boulder, CO	61.6	7.5	2.8%	105
109	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	61.5	158.0	2.4%	0
110	Kankakee-Bradley, IL	61.4	2.0	1.7%	(106)
111	Baton Rouge, LA	61.4	17.8	2.5%	62
112	Erie, PA	60.7	6.3	2.2%	(27)
113	Pittsburgh, PA	60.5	71.3	0.3%	(102)
114	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	60.4	8.8	0.8%	(90)
115	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	60.4	14.7	1.8%	140
116	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	60.3	41.9	0.0%	(13)
117	Indianapolis-Carmel, IN	60.1	60.5	3.5%	102
118	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	60.0	52.0	-0.5%	(10)
119	Yuba City, CA	59.7	1.4	7.7%	85
120	Jacksonville, FL	59.6	60.6	-0.9%	(89)
121	Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div	59.1	53.6	-2.8%	(107)
122	Coeur d'Alene, ID	58.9	3.2	2.2%	55
123	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO	58.5	95.5	1.3%	(69)
124	Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN	58.2	65.6	1.0%	55
125	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div	58.1	33.0	0.5%	(35)
126	Grand Forks, ND-MN	57.6	1.7	0.0%	4
127	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div	56.9	37.8	0.3%	61
128	Elmira, NY	56.5	1.5	0.0%	(69)
129	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div	56.1	111.3	0.1%	(64)
130	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA	55.9	15.4	2.0%	41
131	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	55.7	14.0	1.9%	53
132	Duluth, MN-WI	55.1	5.5	3.1%	54
133	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	55.1	12.8	-0.3%	17
134	Albuquerque, NM	55.0	18.0	2.5%	82
135	Bloomington-Normal, IL	54.4	12.5	-3.8%	(120)
136	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	54.2	141.2	0.1%	(31)
137	Rochester, NY	54.2	21.4	0.8%	(8)
138	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX	54.1	141.0	-0.1%	(18)
139	Danville, IL	54.0	1.5	0.0%	(97)
140	Knoxville, TN	53.7	17.3	1.4%	(29)
141	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA	53.4	34.8	1.3%	(31)
142	Laredo, TX	53.3	3.8	2.7%	50
143	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA NECTA	53.2	1.7	2.0%	(94)
144	Springfield, IL	52.4	7.5	-0.9%	(92)
145	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	52.1	4.9	3.5%	(30)
146	Topeka, KS	51.9	7.1	0.5%	45
147	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	51.6	25.3	0.1%	(26)
148	Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY	51.6	34.0	1.6%	112
149	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	51.5	8.0	-2.0%	(85)
150	Redding, CA	51.5	2.5	4.2%	70
151	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	51.4	11.7	0.9%	64
152	Sherman-Denison, TX	51.1	2.8	-3.4%	(139)
153	Gainesville, FL	51.0	6.2	0.0%	(114)
154	Rochester-Dover, NH-ME NECTA	50.7	4.3	-3.0%	(132)
155	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL	50.1	4.0	5.3%	136
156	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div	50.0	3.0	0.0%	56
157	Vallejo-Fairfield, CA	49.9	5.1	0.0%	42
158	Asheville, NC	49.2	5.7	-1.2%	63
159	Kansas City, MO	49.2	39.9	-2.5%	(83)
160	Fort Smith, AR-OK	49.1	4.2	0.0%	(43)
161	Niles-Benton Harbor, MI	49.0	2.3	-1.4%	(2)
162	Eau Claire, WI	48.5	4.4	-5.7%	not rated
163	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div	48.3	55.4	0.2%	42
164	New Haven, CT NECTA	48.2	12.4	2.5%	99
165	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	48.2	42.0	0.7%	(14)
166	Morristown, TN	48.1	1.2	0.0%	(79)
167	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	47.9	33.2	-0.6%	(40)
168	Tallahassee, FL	47.7	7.3	2.8%	121
169	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA	47.5	71.4	0.4%	(2)
170	Lafayette, IN	47.5	3.9	-2.5%	(97)
171	El Centro, CA	47.3	1.3	-4.8%	(28)
172	Punta Gorda, FL	47.3	1.9	3.7%	136
173	Fort Wayne, IN	47.2	11.7	0.6%	(13)
174	Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div	47.0	7.9	-1.3%	(107)
175	Madison, WI	46.9	28.2	-1.9%	(87)
176	Greeley, CO	46.8	4.2	0.8%	20
177	Barnstable Town, MA NECTA	46.6	3.7	3.8%	(80)
178	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div	46.6	83.2	2.0%	107
179	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	46.4	6.7	2.6%	115
180	Dayton, OH	45.7	17.2	-0.6%	(78)
181	New York City, NY	45.7	438.3	0.3%	29
182	Anchorage, AK	45.6	8.1	0.0%	(35)
183	Roanoke, VA	45.5	8.4	-0.8%	(88)
184	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	45.2	5.6	0.6%	(59)
185	Charleston, WV	45.0	8.1	0.0%	(3)
186	Salem, OR	44.9	7.1	1.0%	47
187	Michigan City-La Porte, IN	44.9	1.2	-5.1%	(169)
188	El Paso, TX	44.4	12.1	-1.9%	(159)
189	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	44.3	7.8	2.2%	(8)
190	Palm Coast, FL	44.2	0.8	0.0%	(51)
191	Medford, OR	44.1	3.7	4.8%	110
192	New Bedford, MA NECTA	44.0	1.9	1.8%	92
193	Evansville, IN-KY	44.0	5.7	0.6%	93
194	Muncie, IN	43.9	2.5	1.4%	(125)
195	Worcester, MA-CT NECTA	43.9	13.5	-0.5%	(64)
196	Manchester, NH NECTA	43.4	7.2	1.9%	92
197	Appleton, WI	43.2	7.2	-0.9%	(32)
198	Grand Junction, CO	43.2	3.0	1.1%	46
199	Santa Fe, NM	43.1	2.7	-3.6%	(41)
200	Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ	43.0	70.3	1.3%	73
201	Fairbanks, AK	42.8	1.3	0.0%	68
202	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA	42.5	41.9	0.5%	43
203	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	41.3	62.6	-0.3%	25
204	Honolulu, HI	41.2	20.6	1.5%	13
205	Tulsa, OK	41.0	22.9	1.3%	94
206	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div	40.9	76.2	0.8%	(72)
207	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	40.7	22.7	2.1%	45
208	Sheboygan, WI	40.5	2.4	-1.4%	(90)
209	Utica-Rome, NY	40.5	7.3	0.5%	62
210	Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div	40.2	72.1	-0.2%	(87)
211	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div	40.2	49.2	0.3%	31
212	Johnson City, TN	40.0	3.8	2.7%	101
213	Norwich-New London, CT-RI NECTA	39.8	3.1	-2.1%	(68)
214	Springfield, MO	39.4	11.6	-1.7%	(135)
215	Wausau, WI	39.3	5.5	0.6%	(8)
216	Fond du Lac, WI	39.1	1.8	-3.5%	(139)
217	Champaign-Urbana, IL	38.0	4.3	0.0%	(16)
218	Corvallis, OR	37.6	1.3	0.0%	65
219	Johnstown, PA	37.4	2.8	0.0%	(19)
220	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div	36.9	39.7	0.5%	41
221	Flint, MI	36.9	6.3	0.0%	14
222	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	36.6	7.1	-2.8%	(67)
223	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Div	36.3	2.6	-2.5%	8
224	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	36.2	14.9	0.4%	(31)
225	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	35.9	8.0	0.4%	(28)
226	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	35.8	7.5	-0.4%	(17)
227	Kingston, NY	35.5	2.2	4.8%	76
228	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	35.5	36.5	-2.6%	(144)
229	Eugene-Springfield, OR	35.4	7.2	-1.4%	(5)
230	Fresno, CA	34.8	12.8	-0.3%	13
231	Terre Haute, IN	34.8	2.5	0.0%	(156)
232	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	34.7	31.5	-2.3%	(104)
233	Wichita, KS	34.3	10.6	0.3%	(71)
234	Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA	34.2	49.1	0.5%	(26)
235	Dover, DE	33.6	1.6	6.7%	69
236	Dothan, AL	33.5	2.0	0.0%	38
237	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Div	33.4	142.2	0.0%	(59)
238	Lancaster, PA	33.1	8.6	0.8%	(35)
239	Waterbury, CT NECTA	33.0	2.0	0.0%	(71)
240	Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA	32.8	4.6	0.7%	30
241	Decatur, IL	32.7	1.9	0.0%	39
242	Lawton, OK	32.0	2.3	1.5%	39
243	Anniston-Oxford, AL	31.9	1.3	0.0%	(63)
244	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	31.6	1.6	-4.1%	(103)
245	Montgomery, AL	31.4	7.4	3.3%	(4)
246	Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD	31.4	14.0	1.2%	2
247	Camden, NJ Metro Div	31.3	29.9	-2.4%	(165)
248	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	31.2	4.0	-1.7%	14
249	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div	31.0	210.5	-0.9%	(62)
250	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	30.4	7.4	1.4%	(3)
251	Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div	30.2	66.5	-0.2%	(138)
252	Bangor, ME NECTA	30.2	2.1	0.0%	(96)
253	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div	30.1	66.5	-1.9%	(77)
254	Port St. Lucie, FL	30.1	5.4	0.6%	56
255	Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div	30.0	55.3	-0.7%	(41)
256	Modesto, CA	29.7	5.4	0.0%	(62)
257	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div	29.7	257.5	0.0%	(28)
258	Mansfield, OH	29.5	1.6	0.0%	17
259	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA	29.4	3.8	0.0%	(95)
260	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	29.4	11.9	1.1%	(3)
261	Gadsden, AL	29.1	1.3	0.0%	15
262	Gary, IN Metro Div	29.0	8.7	-0.4%	(129)
263	Waco, TX	28.7	6.0	-1.6%	(73)
264	York-Hanover, PA	28.6	5.1	0.0%	(14)
265	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI	27.9	3.8	-1.7%	(54)
266	Decatur, AL	27.9	2.0	0.0%	29
267	Ocala, FL	27.9	4.1	-2.4%	0
268	Winston-Salem, NC	27.8	11.6	-0.3%	25
269	Lexington-Fayette, KY	27.8	9.6	-1.0%	(33)
270	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	27.7	27.8	1.6%	49
271	Janesville, WI	27.3	1.7	2.0%	(44)
272	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	27.2	8.7	0.8%	25
273	Glens Falls, NY	27.1	1.9	-1.8%	(48)
274	Merced, CA	27.0	1.5	0.0%	(126)
275	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	26.8	3.1	-4.1%	(21)
276	Bay City, MI	26.5	1.4	-4.5%	(37)
277	Chico, CA	26.2	2.8	-1.2%	(18)
278	Burlington, NC	26.0	1.8	-1.8%	(109)
279	Philadelphia City, PA	25.3	41.0	0.7%	(41)
280	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH	24.7	62.1	-1.1%	(105)
281	Napa, CA	24.6	2.2	-1.5%	(187)
282	Akron, OH	24.5	12.9	-3.0%	(147)
283	Racine, WI	24.5	2.7	2.5%	37
284	Baltimore City, MD	24.3	17.9	-0.7%	(61)
285	Jackson, MS	24.0	14.9	-1.1%	(96)
286	Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL	23.6	2.3	0.0%	4
287	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA	23.3	6.5	-0.5%	(38)
288	Mobile, AL	23.0	8.6	-8.5%	(237)
289	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	22.8	53.3	-1.8%	(31)
290	Pittsfield, MA NECTA	22.3	1.5	0.0%	6
291	Prescott, AZ	22.1	1.7	0.0%	27
292	Springfield, MA-CT NECTA	21.4	14.7	-0.2%	22
293	Rockford, IL	21.3	5.5	2.5%	7
294	Peoria, IL	20.4	7.3	0.5%	4
295	Syracuse, NY	20.2	16.0	-3.8%	(23)
296	Lewiston, ID-WA	19.5	1.6	-5.9%	(78)
297	Stockton, CA	19.5	7.6	0.0%	9
298	Amarillo, TX	18.9	5.9	-2.7%	(20)
299	Flagstaff, AZ	18.3	1.2	-7.9%	16
300	Elkhart-Goshen, IN	18.1	2.8	-2.3%	(201)
301	Battle Creek, MI	17.9	1.3	-4.9%	(149)
302	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA	17.1	58.6	-2.2%	(37)
303	Visalia-Porterville, CA	16.6	3.8	-1.7%	(1)
304	Pueblo, CO	16.4	1.8	0.0%	(48)
305	Cleveland, TN	16.3	1.4	-2.4%	(26)
306	Anderson, IN	16.1	1.4	-4.5%	(42)
307	Monroe, MI	14.7	1.2	-2.8%	10
308	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	14.1	18.6	-3.8%	(3)
309	Peabody, MA NECTA Div	13.8	4.5	0.0%	12
310	Columbus, IN	13.8	1.3	0.0%	(3)
311	Greensboro-High Point, NC	13.4	18.0	-3.4%	1
312	Toledo, OH	12.8	10.3	-1.3%	(20)
313	Fayetteville, NC	12.1	3.7	-4.3%	(62)
314	Altoona, PA	10.0	1.5	0.0%	8
315	Reading, PA	9.0	6.0	-1.1%	8
316	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div	8.7	3.3	-7.4%	(86)
317	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	8.0	0.9	-6.9%	(307)
318	Kokomo, IN	7.9	1.2	-7.7%	(112)
319	Salinas, CA	7.4	3.9	-2.5%	(42)
320	Binghamton, NY	5.9	3.7	-5.2%	(4)
321	Chattanooga, TN-GA	5.3	13.9	-0.7%	(89)
322	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	3.2	5.2	-3.1%	(69)
323	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	3.1	7.4	-3.9%	(12)
324	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ	2.7	1.4	-2.4%	(42)

Large Cities Finance Jobs - 2014 Best Cities Rankings

Mark Schill — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:29:21 -0400

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2014 MSA Financial Activities Ranking - LARGE MSAs	Area	2014 Financial Activities Weighted INDEX	2013 Financial Activities Employment	2012-2013 Financial Activities Sector Growth	2014 FA Ranking Change from 2013 - Large MSAs
1	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ	88.6	165.1	7.2%	8
2	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	88.1	76.1	2.4%	2
3	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	85.3	49.1	4.1%	8
4	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	83.3	50.9	1.9%	25
5	St. Louis, MO-IL	80.4	87.1	1.7%	3
6	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	79.3	70.9	3.8%	32
7	Salt Lake City, UT	78.8	51.8	4.4%	5
8	Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div	78.0	196.9	1.8%	(2)
9	Richmond, VA	77.6	48.4	2.3%	(8)
10	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	74.2	100.6	2.9%	12
11	Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN	74.0	43.8	3.0%	22
12	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div	73.7	73.1	3.3%	1
13	Northern Virginia, VA	73.0	68.7	2.0%	(6)
14	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC	69.9	75.2	2.5%	32
15	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	69.1	27.6	3.0%	10
16	Birmingham-Hoover, AL	68.0	42.0	2.7%	15
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div	67.9	112.5	2.2%	(2)
18	Columbus, OH	65.5	74.9	0.7%	(2)
19	Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	64.5	44.0	3.0%	20
20	Raleigh-Cary, NC	64.2	26.9	1.1%	29
21	Oklahoma City, OK	62.7	34.6	1.8%	(1)
22	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	61.5	158.0	2.4%	4
23	Pittsburgh, PA	60.5	71.3	0.3%	(21)
24	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	60.3	41.9	0.0%	(1)
25	Indianapolis-Carmel, IN	60.1	60.5	3.5%	30
26	Jacksonville, FL	59.6	60.6	-0.9%	(21)
27	Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div	59.1	53.6	-2.8%	(24)
28	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO	58.5	95.5	1.3%	(18)
29	Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN	58.2	65.6	1.0%	16
30	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div	58.1	33.0	0.5%	(9)
31	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div	56.9	37.8	0.3%	17
32	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div	56.1	111.3	0.1%	(18)
33	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	54.2	141.2	0.1%	(9)
34	Rochester, NY	54.2	21.4	0.8%	2
35	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX	54.1	141.0	-0.1%	(5)
36	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA	53.4	34.8	1.3%	(9)
37	Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY	51.6	34.0	1.6%	24
38	Kansas City, MO	49.2	39.9	-2.5%	(21)
39	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div	48.3	55.4	0.2%	11
40	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	48.2	42.0	0.7%	0
41	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	47.9	33.2	-0.6%	(7)
42	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA	47.5	71.4	0.4%	(1)
43	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div	46.6	83.2	2.0%	22
44	New York City, NY	45.7	438.3	0.3%	8
45	Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ	43.0	70.3	1.3%	19
46	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	41.3	62.6	-0.3%	10
47	Honolulu, HI	41.2	20.6	1.5%	7
48	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div	40.9	76.2	0.8%	(11)
49	Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div	40.2	72.1	-0.2%	(17)
50	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div	40.2	49.2	0.3%	9
51	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div	36.9	39.7	0.5%	11
52	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	35.5	36.5	-2.6%	(33)
53	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	34.7	31.5	-2.3%	(18)
54	Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA	34.2	49.1	0.5%	(3)
55	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Div	33.4	142.2	0.0%	(11)
56	Camden, NJ Metro Div	31.3	29.9	-2.4%	(38)
57	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div	31.0	210.5	-0.9%	(10)
58	Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div	30.2	66.5	-0.2%	(30)
59	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div	30.1	66.5	-1.9%	(16)
60	Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div	30.0	55.3	-0.7%	(7)
61	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div	29.7	257.5	0.0%	(4)
62	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	27.7	27.8	1.6%	4
63	Philadelphia City, PA	25.3	41.0	0.7%	(5)
64	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH	24.7	62.1	-1.1%	(22)
65	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	22.8	53.3	-1.8%	(5)
66	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA	17.1	58.6	-2.2%	(3)

MidSized Cities Finance Jobs - 2014 Best Cities Rankings

Mark Schill — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:29:14 -0400

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2014 MSA Financial Activities Ranking - Midsized MSAs	Area	2014 Financial Activities Weighted INDEX	2013 Financial Activities Employment	2012-2013 Financial Activities Sector Growth	2014 FA Ranking Change from 2013 - Midsized MSAs
1	Ann Arbor, MI	99.1	8.3	7.4%	0
2	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	90.5	9.9	7.2%	4
3	Trenton-Ewing, NJ	85.3	18.0	3.3%	19
4	Provo-Orem, UT	82.2	6.9	3.0%	0
5	Framingham, MA NECTA Div	82.1	5.5	2.5%	19
6	Savannah, GA	77.1	6.6	4.8%	30
7	Spokane, WA	74.7	13.1	3.7%	28
8	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	73.4	8.9	1.9%	1
9	Columbia, SC	73.4	29.8	3.1%	(2)
10	Green Bay, WI	73.2	13.7	1.5%	(8)
11	Lafayette, LA	72.5	9.0	1.9%	(1)
12	Huntsville, AL	71.4	6.3	3.3%	31
13	Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div	71.3	40.8	2.9%	32
14	Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div	70.6	22.5	6.8%	15
15	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC	70.6	14.1	3.7%	32
16	Kansas City, KS	70.0	33.9	2.2%	(1)
17	Colorado Springs, CO	70.0	16.6	4.6%	47
18	Boise City-Nampa, ID	68.8	14.7	0.5%	(7)
19	Lincoln, NE	68.4	14.3	0.5%	(5)
20	Reno-Sparks, NV	68.4	9.6	4.7%	48
21	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	67.5	7.6	0.4%	(4)
22	Tacoma, WA Metro Div	67.2	13.6	1.2%	(9)
23	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC	66.6	12.8	0.5%	(15)
24	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	66.1	21.4	0.2%	(8)
25	Corpus Christi, TX	65.6	7.9	4.0%	0
26	Ogden-Clearfield, UT	64.5	8.3	3.7%	24
27	Canton-Massillon, OH	63.4	8.4	0.8%	10
28	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	63.0	11.5	5.5%	33
29	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	62.0	20.2	2.0%	(1)
30	Tucson, AZ	61.7	17.2	1.2%	(10)
31	Boulder, CO	61.6	7.5	2.8%	25
32	Baton Rouge, LA	61.4	17.8	2.5%	14
33	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	60.4	8.8	0.8%	(30)
34	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	60.4	14.7	1.8%	40
35	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	60.0	52.0	-0.5%	(9)
36	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA	55.9	15.4	2.0%	8
37	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	55.7	14.0	1.9%	12
38	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	55.1	12.8	-0.3%	1
39	Albuquerque, NM	55.0	18.0	2.5%	19
40	Knoxville, TN	53.7	17.3	1.4%	(13)
41	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	51.6	25.3	0.1%	(11)
42	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	51.4	11.7	0.9%	15
43	Asheville, NC	49.2	5.7	-1.2%	16
44	New Haven, CT NECTA	48.2	12.4	2.5%	32
45	Tallahassee, FL	47.7	7.3	2.8%	34
46	Fort Wayne, IN	47.2	11.7	0.6%	(5)
47	Madison, WI	46.9	28.2	-1.9%	(28)
48	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	46.4	6.7	2.6%	34
49	Dayton, OH	45.7	17.2	-0.6%	(26)
50	Anchorage, AK	45.6	8.1	0.0%	(12)
51	Roanoke, VA	45.5	8.4	-0.8%	(30)
52	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	45.2	5.6	0.6%	(21)
53	El Paso, TX	44.4	12.1	-1.9%	(48)
54	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	44.3	7.8	2.2%	(6)
55	Evansville, IN-KY	44.0	5.7	0.6%	23
56	Worcester, MA-CT NECTA	43.9	13.5	-0.5%	(24)
57	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA	42.5	41.9	0.5%	10
58	Tulsa, OK	41.0	22.9	1.3%	27
59	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	40.7	22.7	2.1%	14
60	Springfield, MO	39.4	11.6	-1.7%	(42)
61	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	36.6	7.1	-2.8%	(21)
62	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	36.2	14.9	0.4%	(10)
63	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	35.9	8.0	0.4%	(10)
64	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	35.8	7.5	-0.4%	(9)
65	Fresno, CA	34.8	12.8	-0.3%	1
66	Wichita, KS	34.3	10.6	0.3%	(24)
67	Lancaster, PA	33.1	8.6	0.8%	(13)
68	Montgomery, AL	31.4	7.4	3.3%	(3)
69	Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD	31.4	14.0	1.2%	1
70	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	30.4	7.4	1.4%	(1)
71	Modesto, CA	29.7	5.4	0.0%	(18)
72	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	29.4	11.9	1.1%	3
73	Gary, IN Metro Div	29.0	8.7	-0.4%	(40)
74	York-Hanover, PA	28.6	5.1	0.0%	(2)
75	Winston-Salem, NC	27.8	11.6	-0.3%	6
76	Lexington-Fayette, KY	27.8	9.6	-1.0%	(13)
77	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	27.2	8.7	0.8%	6
78	Akron, OH	24.5	12.9	-3.0%	(44)
79	Baltimore City, MD	24.3	17.9	-0.7%	(19)
80	Jackson, MS	24.0	14.9	-1.1%	(29)
81	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA	23.3	6.5	-0.5%	(10)
82	Mobile, AL	23.0	8.6	-8.5%	(70)
83	Springfield, MA-CT NECTA	21.4	14.7	-0.2%	7
84	Peoria, IL	20.4	7.3	0.5%	0
85	Syracuse, NY	20.2	16.0	-3.8%	(8)
86	Stockton, CA	19.5	7.6	0.0%	1
87	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	14.1	18.6	-3.8%	(1)
88	Greensboro-High Point, NC	13.4	18.0	-3.4%	1
89	Toledo, OH	12.8	10.3	-1.3%	(9)
90	Reading, PA	9.0	6.0	-1.1%	1
91	Chattanooga, TN-GA	5.3	13.9	-0.7%	(29)
92	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	3.1	7.4	-3.9%	(4)

Small Cities Finance Jobs - 2014 Best Cities Rankings

Mark Schill — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:29:09 -0400

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2014 MSA Financial Activities Ranking - SMALL MSAs	Area	2014 Financial Activities Weighted INDEX	2013 Financial Activities Employment	2012-2013 Financial Activities Sector Growth	2014 FA Ranking Change from 2013 - Small MSAs
1	Owensboro, KY	99.1	3.6	5.9%	0
2	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA	97.2	4.4	7.3%	5
3	Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA	90.8	4.8	10.9%	25
4	Odessa, TX	90.8	3.3	8.8%	(2)
5	Midland, TX	89.9	4.3	5.7%	(1)
6	Holland-Grand Haven, MI	89.8	3.7	5.7%	15
7	Victoria, TX	89.4	2.4	5.9%	2
8	Fargo, ND-MN	89.1	9.8	6.5%	36
9	Pocatello, ID	88.4	2.2	8.2%	44
10	College Station-Bryan, TX	86.3	3.8	4.6%	37
11	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX	86.3	6.3	3.9%	11
12	Rapid City, SD	86.2	4.1	6.0%	50
13	Macon, GA	84.9	9.6	1.4%	(7)
14	Bellingham, WA	84.7	3.4	3.0%	2
15	San Angelo, TX	84.7	2.3	7.8%	30
16	Greenville, NC	83.5	2.9	6.1%	3
17	Jackson, TN	81.8	1.8	5.9%	40
18	Naples-Marco Island, FL	80.5	7.1	4.4%	79
19	Ithaca, NY	79.0	1.7	6.2%	65
20	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	78.9	6.0	4.1%	45
21	Logan, UT-ID	77.8	1.8	12.5%	106
22	Tyler, TX	77.4	4.4	2.3%	14
23	St. Cloud, MN	77.2	4.5	2.3%	2
24	Clarksville, TN-KY	76.2	3.0	0.0%	(19)
25	Las Cruces, NM	76.1	2.6	4.0%	9
26	Casper, WY	75.9	2.1	3.3%	25
27	Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA	75.4	3.3	3.1%	19
28	St. George, UT	74.3	2.0	5.3%	49
29	Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	74.0	5.5	2.5%	0
30	Bloomington, IN	73.9	2.9	4.8%	99
31	Wilmington, NC	73.6	6.6	8.2%	77
32	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	73.5	8.5	-0.4%	(14)
33	Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR	73.3	2.7	2.5%	26
34	Auburn-Opelika, AL	73.1	1.8	3.9%	47
35	Yuma, AZ	71.9	1.7	0.0%	80
36	Sioux Falls, SD	70.3	16.5	2.5%	(3)
37	Bismarck, ND	68.4	3.5	0.0%	(17)
38	Abilene, TX	68.1	3.8	2.7%	17
39	Cheyenne, WY	68.1	2.3	3.0%	(25)
40	Columbus, GA-AL	68.0	13.0	1.6%	(8)
41	Tuscaloosa, AL	67.9	3.9	1.7%	34
42	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	67.4	3.5	5.1%	(3)
43	Cedar Rapids, IA	66.8	10.4	3.3%	31
44	Lubbock, TX	65.4	7.1	4.4%	24
45	La Crosse, WI-MN	64.4	3.8	2.7%	19
46	Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	64.2	2.2	0.0%	34
47	Longview, TX	63.9	4.0	0.0%	(23)
48	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	63.6	4.2	3.3%	(33)
49	Madera-Chowchilla, CA	63.6	0.8	0.0%	(37)
50	Wichita Falls, TX	63.6	2.8	2.5%	0
51	Rochester, MN	63.4	2.6	5.4%	93
52	Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	63.0	1.9	5.6%	43
53	Idaho Falls, ID	62.8	2.2	3.2%	19
54	Bend, OR	62.8	4.3	3.2%	103
55	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	62.7	4.0	0.0%	(32)
56	Jackson, MI	62.6	1.9	5.6%	61
57	Kankakee-Bradley, IL	61.4	2.0	1.7%	(54)
58	Erie, PA	60.7	6.3	2.2%	(10)
59	Yuba City, CA	59.7	1.4	7.7%	42
60	Coeur d'Alene, ID	58.9	3.2	2.2%	27
61	Grand Forks, ND-MN	57.6	1.7	0.0%	2
62	Elmira, NY	56.5	1.5	0.0%	(27)
63	Duluth, MN-WI	55.1	5.5	3.1%	27
64	Bloomington-Normal, IL	54.4	12.5	-3.8%	(53)
65	Danville, IL	54.0	1.5	0.0%	(38)
66	Laredo, TX	53.3	3.8	2.7%	27
67	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA NECTA	53.2	1.7	2.0%	(37)
68	Springfield, IL	52.4	7.5	-0.9%	(37)
69	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	52.1	4.9	3.5%	(11)
70	Topeka, KS	51.9	7.1	0.5%	22
71	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	51.5	8.0	-2.0%	(34)
72	Redding, CA	51.5	2.5	4.2%	35
73	Sherman-Denison, TX	51.1	2.8	-3.4%	(63)
74	Gainesville, FL	51.0	6.2	0.0%	(48)
75	Rochester-Dover, NH-ME NECTA	50.7	4.3	-3.0%	(58)
76	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL	50.1	4.0	5.3%	71
77	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division	50.0	3.0	0.0%	28
78	Vallejo-Fairfield, CA	49.9	5.1	0.0%	20
79	Fort Smith, AR-OK	49.1	4.2	0.0%	(19)
80	Niles-Benton Harbor, MI	49.0	2.3	-1.4%	(1)
81	Eau Claire, WI	48.5	4.4	-5.7%	not rated
82	Morristown, TN	48.1	1.2	0.0%	(33)
83	Lafayette, IN	47.5	3.9	-2.5%	(42)
84	El Centro, CA	47.3	1.3	-4.8%	(15)
85	Punta Gorda, FL	47.3	1.9	3.7%	71
86	Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division	47.0	7.9	-1.3%	(48)
87	Greeley, CO	46.8	4.2	0.8%	9
88	Barnstable Town, MA NECTA	46.6	3.7	3.8%	(34)
89	Charleston, WV	45.0	8.1	0.0%	0
90	Salem, OR	44.9	7.1	1.0%	24
91	Michigan City-La Porte, IN	44.9	1.2	-5.1%	(78)
92	Palm Coast, FL	44.2	0.8	0.0%	(26)
93	Medford, OR	44.1	3.7	4.8%	58
94	New Bedford, MA NECTA	44.0	1.9	1.8%	49
95	Muncie, IN	43.9	2.5	1.4%	(55)
96	Manchester, NH NECTA	43.4	7.2	1.9%	49
97	Appleton, WI	43.2	7.2	-0.9%	(14)
98	Grand Junction, CO	43.2	3.0	1.1%	21
99	Santa Fe, NM	43.1	2.7	-3.6%	(21)
100	Fairbanks, AK	42.8	1.3	0.0%	30
101	Sheboygan, WI	40.5	2.4	-1.4%	(40)
102	Utica-Rome, NY	40.5	7.3	0.5%	30
103	Johnson City, TN	40.0	3.8	2.7%	56
104	Norwich-New London, CT-RI NECTA	39.8	3.1	-2.1%	(34)
105	Wausau, WI	39.3	5.5	0.6%	(2)
106	Fond du Lac, WI	39.1	1.8	-3.5%	(63)
107	Champaign-Urbana, IL	38.0	4.3	0.0%	(7)
108	Corvallis, OR	37.6	1.3	0.0%	34
109	Johnstown, PA	37.4	2.8	0.0%	(10)
110	Flint, MI	36.9	6.3	0.0%	6
111	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division	36.3	2.6	-2.5%	2
112	Kingston, NY	35.5	2.2	4.8%	41
113	Eugene-Springfield, OR	35.4	7.2	-1.4%	(4)
114	Terre Haute, IN	34.8	2.5	0.0%	(72)
115	Dover, DE	33.6	1.6	6.7%	39
116	Dothan, AL	33.5	2.0	0.0%	17
117	Waterbury, CT NECTA	33.0	2.0	0.0%	(32)
118	Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA	32.8	4.6	0.7%	13
119	Decatur, IL	32.7	1.9	0.0%	20
120	Lawton, OK	32.0	2.3	1.5%	20
121	Anniston-Oxford, AL	31.9	1.3	0.0%	(33)
122	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	31.6	1.6	-4.1%	(55)
123	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	31.2	4.0	-1.7%	2
124	Bangor, ME NECTA	30.2	2.1	0.0%	(48)
125	Port St. Lucie, FL	30.1	5.4	0.6%	33
126	Mansfield, OH	29.5	1.6	0.0%	8
127	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA	29.4	3.8	0.0%	(45)
128	Gadsden, AL	29.1	1.3	0.0%	7
129	Waco, TX	28.7	6.0	-1.6%	(38)
130	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI	27.9	3.8	-1.7%	(26)
131	Decatur, AL	27.9	2.0	0.0%	17
132	Ocala, FL	27.9	4.1	-2.4%	(4)
133	Janesville, WI	27.3	1.7	2.0%	(22)
134	Glens Falls, NY	27.1	1.9	-1.8%	(24)
135	Merced, CA	27.0	1.5	0.0%	(64)
136	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	26.8	3.1	-4.1%	(14)
137	Bay City, MI	26.5	1.4	-4.5%	(19)
138	Chico, CA	26.2	2.8	-1.2%	(14)
139	Burlington, NC	26.0	1.8	-1.8%	(53)
140	Napa, CA	24.6	2.2	-1.5%	(88)
141	Racine, WI	24.5	2.7	2.5%	23
142	Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL	23.6	2.3	0.0%	4
143	Pittsfield, MA NECTA	22.3	1.5	0.0%	6
144	Prescott, AZ	22.1	1.7	0.0%	19
145	Rockford, IL	21.3	5.5	2.5%	5
146	Lewiston, ID-WA	19.5	1.6	-5.9%	(40)
147	Amarillo, TX	18.9	5.9	-2.7%	(10)
148	Flagstaff, AZ	18.3	1.2	-7.9%	12
149	Elkhart-Goshen, IN	18.1	2.8	-2.3%	(93)
150	Battle Creek, MI	17.9	1.3	-4.9%	(77)
151	Visalia-Porterville, CA	16.6	3.8	-1.7%	1
152	Pueblo, CO	16.4	1.8	0.0%	(29)
153	Cleveland, TN	16.3	1.4	-2.4%	(15)
154	Anderson, IN	16.1	1.4	-4.5%	(28)
155	Monroe, MI	14.7	1.2	-2.8%	7
156	Peabody, MA NECTA Division	13.8	4.5	0.0%	9
158	Columbus, IN	13.8	1.3	0.0%	(3)
159	Fayetteville, NC	12.1	3.7	-4.3%	(39)
160	Altoona, PA	10.0	1.5	0.0%	6
161	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division	8.7	3.3	-7.4%	(49)
162	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	8.0	0.9	-6.9%	(154)
163	Kokomo, IN	7.9	1.2	-7.7%	(61)
164	Salinas, CA	7.4	3.9	-2.5%	(28)
165	Binghamton, NY	5.9	3.7	-5.2%	(4)
166	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	3.2	5.2	-3.1%	(45)
167	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ	2.7	1.4	-2.4%	(26)

America's New Industrial Boomtowns

Joel Kotkin and Michael Shires — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:26:13 -0400

David Peebles works in a glass tower across from Houston’s Galleria mall, a cathedral of consumption, but his attention is focused on the city’s highly industrialized ship channel 30 miles away. “Houston is the Chicago of this era,” says Peebles, who runs the Texas office of Odebrecht, a $45 billion engineering firm based in Brazil. “In the sixties you had to go to Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit. Now Houston is the place for new industry.”

With upward of $35 billion of new refineries, chemical plants and factories planned through 2015 for Houston and the surrounding Gulf Coast, companies like Odebrecht, which runs chemical plants and is working on a new freeway in the area, have converged on the nation’s oil and gas capital. They are part of the reason why the Texas metropolis ranks first on our list of the best large cities for manufacturing.

Houston, with 255,000 manufacturing jobs, is not yet the country’s largest industrial center; it still lags behind the longtime leaders Los Angeles, with 360,000 manufacturing jobs, and Chicago, home to 314,000. But it is clearly on a stronger trajectory. Since 2008, Houston’s manufacturing workforce has expanded 5% while Los Angeles has lost 13% of its industrial jobs and Chicago’s factory workforce has shrunk 11%.

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Why Manufacturing Matters

Whether America is on the path to a sustainable industrial expansion or is just seeing a weak bounce back has been widely debated, but the recent numbers are impressive. Since 2010 the U.S. has added 647,000 manufacturing jobs. New energy finds have led to the construction and expansion of pipelines and refineries, and has sparked foreign industrial investment reflecting electricity costs that are now well below those in Europe or East Asia. Besides Houston, also ranking high on our big cities list are two other energy towns, No. 5 Oklahoma City and No. 10 Ft. Worth, Texas. Our mid-sized cities list is led by Lafayette, La., with nearby Baton Rouge in 11th place.

Evangelists of the “information economy” may think that industrial jobs are passé, as epitomized by a recent Slate article that recommended that working-class people from places like Detroit should move to areas like Silicon Valley or Boston where they can make money cutting the hair and walking the dogs of high-tech magnates. But the notion that U.S. manufacturing is doomed, and that the jobs are of lower quality than those in high-tech centers, is largely bogus; even in Silicon Valley the majority of new projected jobs are expected to pay under $50,000 annually. In contrast manufacturers pay above-average wages, in some cases due to unionization, but in many others because of the increasing sophisticated skills required by today’s factories.

Although we will likely never see a boom in factory employment on the scale experienced in the last century, the demand for blue-collar skills is projected to increase in future years. Among all professions for non-college graduates, manufacturing skills are most in demand, according to a study by Express Employment Professionals. By 2020, according to BCG and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nation could face a shortfall of around 875,000 machinists, welders, industrial-machinery operators, and other highly skilled manufacturing professionals.

Southern Comfort

Our research suggests that much of this growth will be in metro areas in the South and the Great Plains that are known for friendly business climates. New industrial investment is tending to go to places that are largely non-union, and feature lower taxes and light regulation. Epitomizing this trend is the No. 2 city on our large metro area list, Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tenn., where manufacturing employment is up 6% since 2008. Nashville has become a hotbed for foreign investment in manufacturing, with the expansion of the Nissan facilities in nearby Smyrna, as well as a host of suppliers.

This is occurring, in part, because some large companies are shifting production to America from China in response to rising Chinese wages as well as sometimes unpredictable business conditions there.

Investment inflows, both from overseas and domestic companies, have boosted other standout southern industrial hubs, as well as the smaller metro areas on our mid-sized city list, notably Mobile, Ala. (third place), with its expanding industrially oriented port, and No. 14 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, S.C., which has been a beneficiary of major new foreign investment as well as the expanded presence of U.S. aerospace giant Boeing. The South also is home to our No. 1 small manufacturing city, Florence-Muscle Shoals, Ala.

The Resurgence of the Rust Belt

The progress is not confined to the Sun Belt. The resurgence of the U.S. auto industry has revived the economy of Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich., also known as “automation alley.” The home to many parts suppliers, engineering and tech support for the car industry, this area has enjoyed an impressive 12.7 percent growth in manufacturing jobs since 2008, placing it third on our big cities list.

Detroit, the center of the auto industry, ranks a respectable 16th on our big city list, but the big improvements in the Rust Belt are occurring in mid-sized cities such as Lansing-East Lansing, Mich. (eighth), Grand Rapids (ninth) and Ft. Wayne, Ind. (10th).

But arguably the strongest Rust Belt recovery has occurred in Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., third on our small cities list. Since 2008 Elkhart’s industrial employment — much of it in the recreational vehicle industry — has expanded 30%, one of the most dramatic employment turnarounds of any place in America. Unemployment has fallen to 5% from a recession high of 20.2%.

Western Exposure

The South and the Great Lakes may be America’s industrial heartland, but there are several strong pockets in the West. One region that is doing particularly well is the Pacific Northwest, led by Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, which has experienced 11% manufacturing employment growth since 2010.

Boeing is key here, but the Pacific Northwest’s industrial expansion has also been fueled by low electricity rates, largely due to the area’s strength in hydroelectricity. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro OR-WA (11th) is usually associated more with hipsters, but manufacturing growth has taken off, particularly with the expansion of Intel’s large semiconductor facility in suburban Hillsboro.

Another Western industrial hotspot is Utah, a state with low energy costs and business friendly regulation. Salt Lake City, 12th on our large metro area list, has enjoyed a 5.7% increase in industrial jobs since 2010. Growth has been even stronger in two other Utah cities, Provo -Orem and Ogden-Clearfield, which rank fifth and seventh, respectively, on our mid-sized cities list.

One surprising place where manufacturing is making a mild comeback is in the Bay Area, which for years has exported high-tech manufacturing jobs to places like Utah as well as the rest of the world. Despite ultra-expensive electricity, high labor costs and some of the world’s most demanding environmental laws, San Jose (13th on our big metros list) San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood (15th) have posted solid industrial growth after years of decline. Yet both remain below their 2008 levels, and may find new growth difficult once the current tech bubble collapses.

Laggards

Two of the worst performers on this list are the big metro areas that have for decades been the country’s largest industrial hubs, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale (55th) and Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (56th). It appears they lack the cost competitiveness and specialized focus of America’s ascendant industrial regions.

Another clear loser is the Northeast, which accounts for seven of the eight lowest ranked big metro areas. Since 2008, Philadelphia (62nd) has lost 21% of its once-large industrial job base, while New York City, which has been losing industrial jobs for decades, ranks 45th. Here, too, high costs and regulation are a factor, as well as the loss of industrial know-how resulting from long-term erosion of their manufacturing bases.

Of course, some information age enthusiasts may argue that losing such jobs is something of a badge of honor, since “smart” regions do not focus on the gritty business of making things. Yet if you look across the country, you can see that many of the strongest local economies, from Houston and Nashville to Seattle, have taken part in the U.S. industrial resurgence. It seems this is one party more worth joining than avoiding.

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This article first appeared at Forbes.com.

Houston skyline photo by Bigstock.

All Cities Manufacturing Jobs - 2014 Best Cities Rankings

Mark Schill — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:58:37 -0400

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2014 Overall Mfg Rank	Area	2014 Mfg Weighted INDEX	2013 Manufacturing Employment (1000s)	2012-13 Mfg Growth Rate	Overall Rank Change 2013-2014
1	Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	98.8	9.5	7.1%	2
2	Lewiston, ID-WA	98.0	3.9	8.3%	163
3	Madera-Chowchilla, CA	97.3	4.0	6.3%	24
4	Elkhart-Goshen, IN	97.2	54.6	5.0%	90
5	Idaho Falls, ID	93.4	3.7	4.7%	26
6	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	91.9	2.5	4.2%	8
7	Naples-Marco Isl&, FL	91.7	3.2	13.1%	134
8	Lafayette, LA	91.4	12.5	7.4%	14
9	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	90.8	9.2	7.4%	159
10	Fond du Lac, WI	89.3	11.0	5.4%	16
11	Coeur d'Alene, ID	89.2	4.9	8.1%	64
12	Mobile, AL	88.9	18.7	0.7%	(7)
13	Flagstaff, AZ	88.5	4.4	3.1%	(6)
14	Bremerton-Silverdale, WA	88.2	2.1	5.0%	18
15	Midl&, TX	88.1	3.7	2.8%	(7)
16	Columbus, IN	87.9	18.0	2.3%	(15)
17	Medford, OR	87.8	7.2	4.4%	106
18	Fairbanks, AK	87.2	0.6	12.5%	297
19	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	87.0	5.6	6.3%	61
20	Napa, CA	86.4	11.7	6.0%	(9)
21	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	86.3	24.0	3.0%	4
22	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL	85.8	3.6	4.9%	(7)
23	Provo-Orem, UT	85.2	18.5	5.9%	125
24	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	85.1	14.2	4.7%	38
25	Prescott, AZ	84.8	3.2	6.7%	135
26	Morgantown, WV	84.0	4.4	4.0%	51
27	Houston-Sugar L&-Baytown, TX	83.9	255.4	3.1%	(18)
28	Ogden-Clearfield, UT	83.5	23.7	2.4%	13
29	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	82.2	19.2	7.6%	144
30	Gr& Rapids-Wyoming, MI	81.7	69.2	4.2%	24
31	Battle Creek, MI	81.6	12.1	6.2%	24
32	Holl&-Gr& Haven, MI	81.4	34.6	4.2%	(3)
33	Pueblo, CO	81.2	4.4	8.1%	168
34	Fort Wayne, IN	80.9	34.9	4.2%	106
35	Baton Rouge, LA	80.5	27.8	3.3%	13
36	Auburn-Opelika, AL	80.4	6.2	8.1%	228
37	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	80.3	72.3	4.0%	9
38	Jackson, MI	80.1	9.2	4.5%	6
39	Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	79.6	12.7	1.9%	(27)
40	Haverhill-North &over-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Div	79.4	10.7	3.2%	28
41	Kennewick-Pasco-Richl&, WA	78.7	7.0	2.9%	(39)
42	Punta Gorda, FL	78.3	0.7	0.0%	(26)
43	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	77.4	6.5	0.5%	(1)
44	Lakel&-Winter Haven, FL	77.2	16.0	6.0%	84
45	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div	77.2	150.5	5.3%	(5)
46	Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA	76.9	3.7	4.8%	14
47	Merced, CA	76.2	8.8	7.3%	34
48	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	76.1	4.9	5.8%	243
49	Kokomo, IN	76.0	11.5	5.5%	162
50	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC	75.6	24.1	1.3%	(13)
51	Anchorage, AK	75.0	2.3	1.5%	(16)
52	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	75.0	5.9	3.5%	44
53	Elizabethtown, KY	74.8	6.2	1.6%	(40)
54	Vallejo-Fairfield, CA	74.2	10.2	2.3%	12
55	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	74.2	19.7	1.4%	4
56	Toledo, OH	73.9	43.2	6.2%	17
57	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC	73.8	40.8	3.8%	43
58	Sioux Falls, SD	73.6	13.4	1.0%	(20)
59	Fargo, ND-MN	73.3	10.1	1.3%	(31)
60	Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN	73.0	74.4	0.4%	(36)
61	Boulder, CO	72.8	17.2	1.8%	15
62	Dover, DE	72.3	4.8	3.6%	40
63	Savannah, GA	72.1	15.2	1.6%	(53)
64	Tulsa, OK	72.0	51.1	0.7%	(30)
65	Port St. Lucie, FL	71.1	5.5	1.2%	92
66	Oklahoma City, OK	71.1	36.3	1.2%	(30)
67	Clevel&, TN	71.1	8.6	1.6%	(20)
68	Odessa, TX	71.1	5.3	-2.5%	(64)
69	Birmingham-Hoover, AL	70.9	38.9	3.4%	22
70	Racine, WI	70.8	18.7	1.1%	(40)
71	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	70.7	52.7	2.7%	50
72	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	70.5	17.5	-0.2%	(54)
73	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div	70.5	169.0	-0.5%	(40)
74	Logan, UT-ID	70.1	11.1	0.9%	11
75	Reno-Sparks, NV	70.1	12.2	5.2%	186
76	Kankakee-Bradley, IL	69.4	5.5	0.0%	(24)
77	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	69.2	21.7	2.5%	(8)
78	Montgomery, AL	69.2	18.3	-0.2%	29
79	Bellingham, WA	69.1	8.9	-1.1%	(29)
80	Fort Collins-Lovel&, CO	68.9	11.8	1.4%	(22)
81	Lima, OH	68.9	8.3	2.9%	135
82	Greeley, CO	68.4	11.5	1.5%	0
83	S&usky, OH	68.1	6.1	2.2%	(13)
84	Spartanburg, SC	68.0	26.0	3.2%	(33)
85	Amarillo, TX	67.9	13.4	1.0%	48
86	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	67.9	32.3	2.6%	46
87	Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div	67.8	92.9	1.8%	(20)
88	Portl&-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	67.4	115.9	1.3%	62
89	Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div	67.3	57.4	2.1%	63
90	Salt Lake City, UT	67.2	55.4	0.2%	(11)
91	Rapid City, SD	67.1	2.9	7.4%	4
92	Visalia-Porterville, CA	66.9	11.6	0.6%	(71)
93	Ithaca, NY	66.8	3.4	3.0%	16
94	El Centro, CA	66.8	2.5	4.1%	(51)
95	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	66.7	158.7	2.8%	34
96	Lafayette, IN	66.3	16.3	0.6%	(76)
97	Green Bay, WI	66.3	28.9	1.4%	13
98	Honolulu, HI	65.8	11.2	3.1%	73
99	Lake Charles, LA	65.7	9.0	1.5%	17
100	Lawton, OK	65.6	3.6	2.9%	66
101	Chico, CA	65.5	3.6	-2.7%	217
102	Rockford, IL	65.3	31.3	-3.0%	(83)
103	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div	65.2	38.0	4.5%	111
104	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div	65.1	82.8	2.9%	(41)
105	Appleton, WI	64.5	22.9	0.4%	(49)
106	Bay City, MI	64.3	4.2	3.3%	(41)
107	Longview, WA	64.1	6.3	1.6%	52
108	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI	63.9	11.8	2.3%	(47)
109	Olympia, WA	63.9	3.2	2.1%	129
110	&erson, SC	63.5	12.5	2.5%	(7)
111	Yakima, WA	63.3	8.1	1.7%	73
112	Bloomington, IN	63.2	9.2	-2.1%	(55)
113	Sheboygan, WI	63.0	19.5	3.7%	188
114	Lincoln, NE	62.9	13.8	2.2%	(16)
115	Reading, PA	62.9	30.0	0.9%	(31)
116	Rochester-Dover, NH-ME NECTA	62.6	6.1	1.7%	120
117	Tacoma, WA Metro Div	62.6	17.2	2.4%	169
118	Victoria, TX	62.5	6.0	-1.1%	(54)
119	Niles-Benton Harbor, MI	62.5	12.3	3.4%	60
120	Tuscaloosa, AL	62.3	13.4	1.0%	17
121	Bowling Green, KY	61.9	8.6	0.4%	(7)
122	&erson, IN	61.9	3.9	3.5%	(35)
123	College Station-Bryan, TX	61.9	5.4	0.0%	(100)
124	Yuba City, CA	61.8	2.1	0.0%	(19)
125	Boise City-Nampa, ID	61.0	24.4	1.5%	152
126	Trenton-Ewing, NJ	61.0	8.7	2.4%	(14)
127	Gr& Junction, CO	60.8	2.8	3.8%	58
128	Orl&o-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	60.0	38.9	3.4%	130
129	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	60.0	184.0	1.3%	(9)
130	Charleston, WV	59.9	5.7	4.3%	57
131	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	59.6	14.9	1.6%	72
132	Monroe, MI	59.6	5.3	2.6%	(15)
133	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA	59.5	12.1	0.3%	(22)
134	Columbia, SC	59.4	28.3	1.2%	(7)
135	Lebanon, PA	59.4	9.0	-0.4%	74
136	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	59.3	46.1	-1.3%	(46)
137	Greenville, NC	59.1	6.9	-0.5%	(131)
138	Gr& Forks, ND-MN	58.4	3.5	1.9%	25
139	Evansville, IN-KY	58.4	29.1	1.2%	7
140	Bend, OR	58.3	4.1	2.5%	129
141	Waco, TX	58.2	14.6	0.0%	(58)
142	Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	58.1	20.9	2.3%	115
143	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	57.9	54.1	-0.7%	(94)
144	La Crosse, WI-MN	57.8	8.5	0.0%	149
145	Eau Claire, WI	57.4	10.4	-0.6%	(73)
146	Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	57.3	12.5	2.2%	(24)
147	Framingham, MA NECTA Div	56.9	24.8	-0.4%	(46)
148	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	56.6	5.8	1.8%	128
149	Terre Haute, IN	56.2	11.4	-0.6%	(43)
150	Abilene, TX	55.7	2.7	0.0%	154
151	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO	55.5	63.9	0.4%	(9)
152	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Div	55.2	7.5	2.8%	182
153	Norwich-New London, CT-RI NECTA	55.1	14.6	1.9%	73
154	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	55.1	61.6	4.1%	135
155	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	54.6	19.9	1.9%	34
156	Springfield, OH	54.6	6.5	3.7%	(139)
157	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	54.3	19.4	3.0%	7
158	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC	53.9	73.1	0.1%	(66)
159	Roanoke, VA	53.7	16.3	-0.6%	(106)
160	Atlanta-S&y Springs-Marietta, GA	53.1	150.4	0.9%	15
161	Barnstable Town, MA NECTA	53.0	2.9	0.0%	(25)
162	Vinel&-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ	52.4	8.3	0.8%	10
163	Raleigh-Cary, NC	52.3	30.8	0.3%	15
164	Erie, PA	52.3	22.2	-1.0%	(119)
165	St. George, UT	52.3	2.5	-2.6%	(7)
166	Decatur, AL	51.6	12.1	2.2%	81
167	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div	51.5	17.5	1.0%	(23)
168	Madison, WI	51.4	28.5	-0.1%	113
169	Spokane, WA	51.4	15.1	0.2%	114
170	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div	51.0	158.6	0.1%	(35)
171	Gary, IN Metro Div	50.9	35.4	-0.5%	(93)
172	Ocala, FL	50.8	6.8	0.0%	118
173	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ	50.7	116.2	-0.8%	(35)
174	Oakl&-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div	50.6	79.8	2.7%	47
175	Davenport-Moline-Rock Isl&, IA-IL	50.5	23.4	-4.5%	(104)
176	Clevel&-Elyria-Mentor, OH	50.3	124.4	0.2%	(20)
177	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA	50.3	94.5	-0.6%	(7)
178	Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN	50.2	106.6	1.2%	(27)
179	Huntington-Ashl&, WV-KY-OH	50.2	8.9	0.0%	15
180	Indianapolis-Carmel, IN	50.2	83.9	1.2%	(33)
181	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div	49.9	37.3	4.5%	140
182	Asheville, NC	49.6	18.7	0.2%	(52)
183	Canton-Massillon, OH	49.4	26.8	-1.6%	(38)
184	Yuma, AZ	49.2	2.1	-3.0%	(8)
185	Cedar Rapids, IA	49.2	20.2	-0.5%	46
186	Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL	48.9	1.8	5.9%	138
187	Pascagoula, MS	48.2	13.8	1.7%	157
188	Kansas City, MO	48.0	39.4	2.3%	125
189	Gainesville, FL	47.8	4.5	0.7%	117
190	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	47.6	118.7	-0.8%	(72)
191	Lubbock, TX	47.6	4.9	-1.4%	(103)
192	Bloomington-Normal, IL	47.4	4.4	1.5%	(68)
193	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	47.3	6.5	0.5%	22
194	Salem, OR	47.1	11.1	1.8%	102
195	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	47.0	20.4	0.5%	13
196	Jacksonville, FL	46.8	28.2	1.4%	2
197	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	46.8	16.8	0.6%	27
198	Bismarck, ND	46.8	1.9	9.6%	154
199	Salinas, CA	46.7	5.4	5.2%	98
200	Owensboro, KY	46.5	8.3	0.0%	(20)
201	Akron, OH	46.0	40.0	-0.2%	(67)
202	Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div	45.9	73.8	0.0%	(9)
203	Duluth, MN-WI	45.9	7.3	-1.4%	17
204	Columbus, OH	45.9	66.8	-0.6%	(43)
205	Morristown, TN	45.2	10.8	3.8%	74
206	St. Cloud, MN	44.9	14.8	-0.7%	13
207	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Div	44.8	92.2	0.4%	(8)
208	Knoxville, TN	44.7	31.5	-0.6%	(89)
209	Modesto, CA	44.5	19.1	-0.5%	91
210	Gadsden, AL	44.4	4.9	-2.0%	(57)
211	Topeka, KS	43.6	7.0	-3.7%	(72)
212	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	43.4	44.5	-0.1%	31
213	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div	43.4	25.9	1.3%	(87)
214	Casper, WY	43.4	1.8	-3.6%	(128)
215	Greensboro-High Point, NC	43.2	52.6	-0.9%	(15)
216	Monroe, LA	42.9	6.7	0.5%	(34)
217	Pittsfield, MA NECTA	42.7	3.2	1.1%	(55)
218	Carson City, NV	42.3	2.6	1.3%	26
219	Stockton, CA	41.9	17.4	2.2%	120
220	Pittsburgh, PA	41.9	88.4	-1.7%	(65)
221	Springfield, MO	41.7	14.0	-0.5%	21
222	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	41.6	2.8	1.2%	40
223	Chattanooga, TN-GA	41.6	29.9	-2.0%	(108)
224	State College, PA	41.3	4.0	-0.8%	(50)
225	Rocky Mount, NC	41.1	8.0	5.7%	49
226	Janesville, WI	41.1	9.0	1.1%	22
227	Lynchburg, VA	40.6	14.6	-0.2%	7
228	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div	40.5	15.7	-0.2%	38
229	Peoria, IL	40.4	27.1	-4.8%	(43)
230	Santa Fe, NM	40.4	0.8	0.0%	(40)
231	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX	40.3	7.2	0.0%	19
232	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	40.2	18.3	0.9%	(2)
233	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	40.1	34.6	-0.9%	(144)
234	Lexington-Fayette, KY	40.1	29.4	0.3%	(6)
235	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	40.1	27.5	0.9%	11
236	Eugene-Springfield, OR	39.6	12.6	2.4%	110
237	Jackson, MS	39.1	16.6	-1.6%	15
238	Utica-Rome, NY	38.9	11.0	0.0%	(26)
239	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	38.8	37.8	1.3%	21
240	Kansas City, KS	38.7	32.4	-1.8%	(63)
241	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	38.7	19.9	1.0%	(36)
242	Redding, CA	38.4	2.2	3.2%	(73)
243	Wausau, WI	38.3	14.8	1.1%	94
244	Joplin, MO	38.2	12.8	0.3%	5
245	Flint, MI	38.2	11.4	-2.6%	(137)
246	Dayton, OH	38.1	41.3	-0.3%	(39)
247	New York City, NY	37.8	77.4	2.6%	26
248	Corpus Christi, TX	37.3	9.8	-1.3%	(105)
249	Lancaster, PA	37.3	35.5	0.0%	(58)
250	Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA	37.0	13.4	-3.6%	(137)
251	Glens Falls, NY	36.6	6.1	-2.7%	(63)
252	St. Louis, MO-IL	36.5	112.3	-0.1%	(19)
253	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA	36.5	56.3	-1.6%	(51)
254	Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ	36.3	59.4	1.2%	(50)
255	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA	36.3	21.4	-0.9%	(124)
256	Sherman-Denison, TX	36.2	5.3	-1.9%	(64)
257	Springfield, IL	36.2	3.0	0.0%	(39)
258	Sumter, SC	36.0	6.1	0.0%	14
259	El Paso, TX	35.6	17.5	-2.8%	(162)
260	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	35.5	30.0	-0.3%	(63)
261	Muncie, IN	35.5	4.1	-3.9%	(187)
262	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA	35.1	50.8	0.4%	(27)
263	Tucson, AZ	34.8	23.2	-0.6%	(38)
264	Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA	34.5	33.1	-1.2%	(97)
265	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	33.9	50.4	-1.6%	(70)
266	Mansfield, OH	33.8	9.3	-1.1%	(83)
267	Decatur, IL	33.6	10.0	-7.7%	73
268	Peabody, MA NECTA Div	33.5	10.1	-0.7%	(29)
269	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	33.4	86.9	0.6%	56
270	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	33.1	3.8	-4.2%	(16)
271	Richmond, VA	32.1	32.0	0.5%	14
272	Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div	32.1	58.8	0.1%	12
273	Colorado Springs, CO	31.9	11.6	-0.3%	(5)
274	Springfield, MA-CT NECTA	31.8	30.9	-1.3%	(61)
275	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	31.4	29.9	0.2%	56
276	Kingston, NY	31.1	3.4	1.0%	46
277	Hattiesburg, MS	31.1	4.1	-5.4%	(173)
278	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div	30.3	360.5	-1.6%	(37)
279	Wichita, KS	30.2	51.5	-3.1%	(50)
280	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div	29.9	314.9	-1.5%	(99)
281	Jackson, TN	29.7	8.4	1.2%	(58)
282	Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div	29.7	162.9	-2.4%	(42)
283	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	29.6	5.4	-1.2%	4
284	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA	29.5	33.6	-0.3%	(9)
285	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	29.1	26.3	-0.9%	(5)
286	Ann Arbor, MI	29.1	13.8	-2.4%	(21)
287	San Angelo, TX	28.1	3.2	-10.3%	(248)
288	Portl&-South Portl&-Biddeford, ME NECTA	28.1	12.4	-2.1%	(56)
289	Danville, VA	28.0	6.6	-3.9%	(196)
290	Rochester, NY	27.9	58.4	-1.0%	2
291	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	27.8	19.7	-4.2%	(54)
292	Wilmington, NC	27.4	7.3	-2.7%	(29)
293	Fayetteville, NC	27.3	11.3	-5.0%	(168)
294	Altoona, PA	27.1	6.8	-3.8%	(195)
295	Albany, GA	26.8	4.4	1.5%	17
296	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA NECTA	26.5	6.1	0.0%	34
297	Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div	26.4	18.4	-0.4%	(91)
298	Waterbury, CT NECTA	26.2	7.5	-0.4%	(45)
299	Northern Virginia, VA	25.9	21.8	-2.5%	10
300	Burlington, NC	25.7	8.5	-0.8%	(104)
301	Huntsville, AL	25.7	22.8	-0.7%	49
302	New Haven, CT NECTA	25.6	25.5	-0.8%	(32)
303	Winston-Salem, NC	25.2	19.8	-0.2%	(1)
304	Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	24.8	5.5	-2.9%	(155)
305	Oxnard-Thous& Oaks-Ventura, CA	24.7	29.6	-0.4%	42
306	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	24.6	19.6	-0.7%	(51)
307	Fresno, CA	24.4	22.0	-2.4%	16
308	Manchester, NH NECTA	24.1	7.5	-0.4%	(14)
309	Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div	23.7	64.4	-1.1%	10
310	Worcester, MA-CT NECTA	23.5	23.6	-0.8%	(2)
311	Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA	23.4	4.7	-0.7%	9
312	Baltimore City, MD	23.2	12.0	-1.4%	(7)
313	Bangor, ME NECTA	23.2	2.6	-1.3%	(91)
314	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	22.6	29.4	-0.7%	(16)
315	Michigan City-La Porte, IN	22.5	7.5	-2.6%	(105)
316	Champaign-Urbana, IL	22.5	8.0	-2.0%	(99)
317	York-Hanover, PA	22.3	30.8	-1.8%	(66)
318	Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV	21.8	5.7	1.8%	10
319	Wichita Falls, TX	21.2	5.2	-3.7%	24
320	Rome, GA	20.9	5.5	-1.2%	(13)
321	Palm Coast, FL	20.5	0.8	0.0%	14
322	Dalton, GA	20.4	21.1	-0.3%	31
323	Williamsport, PA	20.3	8.1	-1.6%	(7)
324	Anniston-Oxford, AL	19.9	5.6	-1.7%	(79)
325	Philadelphia City, PA	19.4	21.7	-1.5%	(66)
326	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	19.1	7.6	-2.6%	(38)
327	Longview, TX	19.0	9.7	-5.8%	(60)
328	Camden, NJ Metro Div	19.0	34.9	-0.9%	5
329	Cheyenne, WY	18.8	1.2	-5.1%	(47)
330	Rochester, MN	18.3	9.8	-6.4%	(103)
331	Pocatello, ID	17.4	3.0	-3.2%	(17)
332	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div	17.1	15.7	-2.7%	(21)
333	New Bedford, MA NECTA	16.9	7.8	-7.2%	(62)
334	Danville, IL	16.5	4.8	-7.7%	(180)
335	Syracuse, NY	16.4	24.1	-1.0%	(9)
336	Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR	15.7	3.9	-4.9%	(4)
337	Tallahassee, FL	15.5	3.0	-6.3%	5
338	Clarksville, TN-KY	14.8	9.9	-4.8%	(9)
339	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	14.5	3.3	-3.9%	6
340	Fort Smith, AR-OK	14.5	18.3	0.2%	8
341	Albuquerque, NM	13.7	16.7	-4.7%	(5)
342	Putnam-Rockl&-Westchester, NY	13.1	23.6	-4.6%	(25)
343	Elmira, NY	12.6	5.1	-10.1%	(65)
344	Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Div	12.2	19.7	-4.5%	(45)
345	Las Cruces, NM	12.1	2.7	-6.9%	(89)
346	Dothan, AL	11.7	4.7	0.0%	9
347	Johnstown, PA	11.0	3.7	-6.7%	(52)
348	Johnson City, TN	10.9	7.3	-3.5%	(38)
349	Wheeling, WV-OH	8.2	3.2	-4.0%	(46)
350	Tyler, TX	7.7	5.2	-1.9%	1
351	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	7.3	2.1	-4.6%	3
352	Washington-Arlington-Alex&ria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div	6.7	30.4	-6.8%	(25)
353	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	5.5	8.7	-5.5%	3
354	Corvallis, OR	5.2	2.9	-4.3%	(16)
355	Binghamton, NY	3.9	11.9	-5.3%	(6)
356	Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD	2.1	7.6	-6.2%	(15)
357	Laredo, TX	1.0	0.7	-8.7%	0

Large Cities Manufacturing Jobs - 2014 Best Cities Rankings

Mark Schill — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:58:35 -0400

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2014 Mfg Rank - Large MSAs	Area	2014 Weighted Manufacturing INDEX	2013 Manufacturing Employment (1000s)	Mfg Growth 2012-2013	2014 Mfg Rank Change from 2013 - Large MSAs
1	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX	83.9	255.4	3.1%	0
2	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	80.3	72.3	4.0%	4
3	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div	77.2	150.5	5.3%	2
4	Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN	73.0	74.4	0.4%	(2)
5	Oklahoma City, OK	71.1	36.3	1.2%	(1)
6	Birmingham-Hoover, AL	70.9	38.9	3.4%	6
7	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	70.7	52.7	2.7%	9
8	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div	70.5	169.0	-0.5%	(5)
9	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	67.9	32.3	2.6%	10
10	Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div	67.8	92.9	1.8%	(1)
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	67.4	115.9	1.3%	13
12	Salt Lake City, UT	67.2	55.4	0.2%	(2)
13	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	66.7	158.7	2.8%	5
14	Honolulu, HI	65.8	11.2	3.1%	17
15	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div	65.2	38.0	4.5%	26
16	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div	65.1	82.8	2.9%	(8)
17	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	60.0	38.9	3.4%	32
18	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	60.0	184.0	1.3%	(3)
19	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	59.3	46.1	-1.3%	(8)
20	Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	58.1	20.9	2.3%	28
21	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	57.9	54.1	-0.7%	(14)
22	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO	55.5	63.9	0.4%	0
23	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	55.1	61.6	4.1%	32
24	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC	53.9	73.1	0.1%	(11)
25	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	53.1	150.4	0.9%	7
26	Raleigh-Cary, NC	52.3	30.8	0.3%	7
27	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div	51.0	158.6	0.1%	(7)
28	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ	50.7	116.2	-0.8%	(7)
29	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div	50.6	79.8	2.7%	13
30	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH	50.3	124.4	0.2%	(3)
31	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA	50.3	94.5	-0.6%	(1)
32	Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN	50.2	106.6	1.2%	(7)
33	Indianapolis-Carmel, IN	50.2	83.9	1.2%	(10)
34	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div	49.9	37.3	4.5%	29
35	Kansas City, MO	48.0	39.4	2.3%	25
36	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	47.6	118.7	-0.8%	(22)
37	Jacksonville, FL	46.8	28.2	1.4%	0
38	Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div	45.9	73.8	0.0%	(3)
39	Columbus, OH	45.9	66.8	-0.6%	(11)
40	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Div	44.8	92.2	0.4%	(2)
41	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	43.4	44.5	-0.1%	6
42	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div	43.4	25.9	1.3%	(25)
43	Pittsburgh, PA	41.9	88.4	-1.7%	(17)
44	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div	40.5	15.7	-0.2%	7
45	New York City, NY	37.8	77.4	2.6%	7
46	St. Louis, MO-IL	36.5	112.3	-0.1%	(3)
47	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA	36.5	56.3	-1.6%	(8)
48	Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ	36.3	59.4	1.2%	(8)
49	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA	35.1	50.8	0.4%	(5)
50	Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA	34.5	33.1	-1.2%	(21)
51	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	33.9	50.4	-1.6%	(15)
52	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	33.4	86.9	0.6%	12
53	Richmond, VA	32.1	32.0	0.5%	1
54	Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div	32.1	58.8	0.1%	(1)
55	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div	30.3	360.5	-1.6%	(9)
56	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div	29.9	314.9	-1.5%	(22)
57	Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div	29.7	162.9	-2.4%	(12)
58	Rochester, NY	27.9	58.4	-1.0%	(2)
59	Northern Virginia, VA	25.9	21.8	-2.5%	(1)
60	Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div	23.7	64.4	-1.1%	2
61	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	22.6	29.4	-0.7%	(4)
62	Philadelphia City, PA	19.4	21.7	-1.5%	(12)
63	Camden, NJ Metro Div	19.0	34.9	-0.9%	3
64	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div	17.1	15.7	-2.7%	(5)
65	Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY	13.1	23.6	-4.6%	(4)
66	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div	6.7	30.4	-6.8%	(1)

Midsized Cities Manufacturing Jobs - 2014 Best Cities Rankings

Mark Schill — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:58:32 -0400

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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)