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| 2014 MSA Info Overall Ranking | Area | Weighted INDEX | 2013 Information Employment | 20012-13 Info Growth | 2014 Change from 2013 - All MSAs |
| 1 | Janesville, WI | 97.9 | 1.5 | 18.4% | 121 |
| 2 | Flint, MI | 97.3 | 4.2 | 9.5% | 1 |
| 3 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 96.4 | 60.8 | 9.2% | (1) |
| 4 | Logan, UT-ID | 93.3 | 0.9 | 12.5% | 12 |
| 5 | Provo-Orem, UT | 93.0 | 9.8 | 10.5% | 6 |
| 6 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 90.7 | 23.6 | 2.6% | 12 |
| 7 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 90.3 | 3.2 | 5.4% | 3 |
| 8 | San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div | 89.5 | 52.3 | 3.2% | (3) |
| 9 | Abilene, TX | 88.2 | 1.2 | 9.1% | 74 |
| 10 | Laredo, TX | 88.1 | 0.7 | 16.7% | 26 |
| 11 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 87.3 | 1.4 | 7.7% | 34 |
| 12 | Rochester, MN | 87.2 | 1.7 | 6.2% | 2 |
| 13 | Fond du Lac, WI | 86.5 | 0.9 | 12.5% | 198 |
| 14 | Madison, WI | 85.5 | 12.6 | 1.9% | 5 |
| 15 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ | 84.9 | 33.7 | 4.1% | 15 |
| 16 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA | 84.7 | 4.3 | -0.8% | (8) |
| 17 | College Station-Bryan, TX | 84.5 | 1.3 | 0.0% | (13) |
| 18 | New York City, NY | 84.3 | 181.8 | 3.3% | 22 |
| 19 | Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA | 84.0 | 2.0 | 1.7% | 9 |
| 20 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA | 83.7 | 12.0 | 5.9% | 43 |
| 21 | Baton Rouge, LA | 83.2 | 5.5 | 6.4% | 8 |
| 22 | Huntsville, AL | 82.8 | 2.7 | 3.8% | 11 |
| 23 | Lafayette, IN | 80.5 | 1.1 | 6.5% | 42 |
| 24 | Tyler, TX | 80.3 | 2.3 | 2.9% | (15) |
| 25 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 80.1 | 59.5 | 2.5% | (8) |
| 26 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | 80.1 | 2.5 | 10.4% | 236 |
| 27 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 79.9 | 20.9 | 3.6% | (5) |
| 28 | Columbus, OH | 79.5 | 18.2 | 2.8% | 70 |
| 29 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 79.0 | 3.7 | 2.8% | 9 |
| 30 | Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC | 78.4 | 5.2 | 2.0% | 73 |
| 31 | Salt Lake City, UT | 78.2 | 18.5 | -2.8% | 31 |
| 32 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div | 78.0 | 88.0 | 1.7% | 18 |
| 33 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | 77.8 | 18.1 | 2.3% | (10) |
| 34 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div | 77.7 | 201.5 | 2.3% | 57 |
| 35 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 77.7 | 3.1 | 5.6% | 221 |
| 36 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 77.5 | 16.1 | 1.5% | 5 |
| 37 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 77.3 | 23.1 | 1.3% | 52 |
| 38 | El Paso, TX | 77.2 | 5.8 | -2.8% | 55 |
| 39 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div | 76.7 | 18.8 | 2.4% | 0 |
| 40 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 76.7 | 85.0 | 1.4% | (19) |
| 41 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 75.6 | 1.0 | 0.0% | (21) |
| 42 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC | 75.2 | 22.2 | 1.4% | (5) |
| 43 | Cheyenne, WY | 75.1 | 1.1 | 0.0% | (42) |
| 44 | Boise City-Nampa, ID | 74.6 | 4.5 | 3.1% | 98 |
| 45 | Binghamton, NY | 74.6 | 1.9 | 11.8% | 75 |
| 46 | Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 73.9 | 0.7 | 0.0% | 2 |
| 47 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 73.3 | 8.1 | -8.6% | (40) |
| 48 | Lincoln, NE | 73.1 | 2.5 | -1.3% | 184 |
| 49 | Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 72.9 | 1.6 | 2.1% | 22 |
| 50 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 72.6 | 20.3 | 1.2% | (16) |
| 51 | Greenville, NC | 72.6 | 1.0 | 11.1% | 44 |
| 52 | Bend, OR | 72.4 | 1.4 | 0.0% | 154 |
| 53 | Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | 72.1 | 1.4 | 7.7% | 194 |
| 54 | Las Cruces, NM | 71.9 | 0.9 | 0.0% | (12) |
| 55 | Worcester, MA-CT NECTA | 71.8 | 3.6 | 0.0% | 37 |
| 56 | Auburn-Opelika, AL | 71.7 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 201 |
| 57 | Flagstaff, AZ | 71.6 | 0.4 | 0.0% | 0 |
| 58 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div | 71.1 | 19.7 | 1.2% | (7) |
| 59 | Springfield, MA-CT NECTA | 71.0 | 3.9 | 6.3% | 43 |
| 60 | Lewiston, ID-WA | 70.8 | 0.4 | 0.0% | 0 |
| 61 | Cleveland, TN | 70.1 | 0.3 | 0.0% | (6) |
| 62 | Bay City, MI | 70.1 | 0.5 | 25.0% | 135 |
| 63 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | 69.7 | 3.3 | 0.0% | 54 |
| 64 | Tallahassee, FL | 69.6 | 3.4 | 2.0% | 33 |
| 65 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div | 69.4 | 66.6 | 3.0% | 46 |
| 66 | Spokane, WA | 69.0 | 2.9 | -3.3% | (14) |
| 67 | Tacoma, WA Metro Div | 69.0 | 2.9 | 3.6% | 167 |
| 68 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 68.8 | 23.9 | 2.0% | 78 |
| 69 | Knoxville, TN | 68.7 | 5.6 | -0.6% | 30 |
| 70 | Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 68.7 | 2.1 | 0.0% | 233 |
| 71 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 68.7 | 2.1 | -1.6% | 74 |
| 72 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 68.2 | 32.7 | 2.8% | 9 |
| 73 | Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 68.2 | 0.8 | 14.3% | 202 |
| 74 | Ann Arbor, MI | 68.2 | 4.1 | 2.5% | 34 |
| 75 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div | 67.8 | 9.6 | 1.8% | 63 |
| 76 | Clarksville, TN-KY | 67.7 | 1.1 | -3.0% | (52) |
| 77 | Jackson, MS | 67.7 | 4.7 | -3.4% | (42) |
| 78 | Columbus, IN | 67.6 | 0.5 | 0.0% | (63) |
| 79 | Wilmington, NC | 66.8 | 2.9 | 2.4% | 117 |
| 80 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 66.3 | 29.6 | 1.0% | 5 |
| 81 | Fargo, ND-MN | 66.2 | 3.3 | 3.1% | 111 |
| 82 | Prescott, AZ | 65.9 | 0.6 | 0.0% | (6) |
| 83 | Burlington, NC | 65.7 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 108 |
| 84 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 65.3 | 9.7 | -4.3% | (7) |
| 85 | Sherman-Denison, TX | 65.2 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 130 |
| 86 | Bloomington, IN | 65.0 | 1.3 | 0.0% | 1 |
| 87 | Rochester-Dover, NH-ME NECTA | 64.8 | 1.2 | 0.0% | (61) |
| 88 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 64.8 | 4.4 | 3.1% | 89 |
| 89 | St. Cloud, MN | 64.8 | 1.7 | 0.0% | (10) |
| 90 | Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 64.7 | 9.5 | -0.3% | (20) |
| 91 | Glens Falls, NY | 64.5 | 1.0 | 3.4% | (9) |
| 92 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 64.2 | 11.0 | -2.4% | 61 |
| 93 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 63.9 | 6.2 | 2.2% | 62 |
| 94 | Madera-Chowchilla, CA | 63.7 | 0.4 | 20.0% | 43 |
| 95 | Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 63.7 | 0.9 | -3.7% | 40 |
| 96 | Pueblo, CO | 63.4 | 0.7 | 5.0% | 61 |
| 97 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 63.1 | 3.1 | 1.1% | 29 |
| 98 | Gary, IN Metro Div | 62.8 | 2.1 | 3.3% | 43 |
| 99 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 62.5 | 38.7 | -0.3% | (24) |
| 100 | Yuma, AZ | 62.4 | 0.5 | -16.7% | (87) |
| 101 | Sioux Falls, SD | 62.2 | 2.7 | 1.3% | 109 |
| 102 | Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div | 62.2 | 25.6 | 3.2% | 26 |
| 103 | Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 62.0 | 6.7 | -0.5% | (42) |
| 104 | Kokomo, IN | 61.9 | 0.4 | 0.0% | (46) |
| 105 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | 61.7 | 1.5 | 0.0% | (11) |
| 106 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO | 61.7 | 43.4 | 0.2% | 13 |
| 107 | Victoria, TX | 61.6 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 166 |
| 108 | Akron, OH | 61.5 | 3.9 | 1.7% | 57 |
| 109 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 61.3 | 2.6 | 2.6% | (63) |
| 110 | Decatur, AL | 61.3 | 0.3 | 0.0% | 51 |
| 111 | Ithaca, NY | 61.3 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 5 |
| 112 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 61.2 | 14.0 | -1.2% | 11 |
| 113 | Altoona, PA | 61.2 | 0.9 | 4.0% | 92 |
| 114 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div | 60.7 | 74.6 | -0.2% | (42) |
| 115 | St. George, UT | 60.6 | 0.7 | 0.0% | (83) |
| 116 | Barnstable Town, MA NECTA | 60.4 | 1.6 | 0.0% | (49) |
| 117 | Montgomery, AL | 60.3 | 2.2 | 0.0% | (10) |
| 118 | Columbia, SC | 60.3 | 5.4 | -0.6% | 100 |
| 119 | York-Hanover, PA | 60.2 | 1.8 | 1.9% | (39) |
| 120 | Gadsden, AL | 60.1 | 0.4 | 22.2% | 187 |
| 121 | Winston-Salem, NC | 59.4 | 2.0 | 3.5% | 121 |
| 122 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 59.2 | 2.4 | 0.0% | (32) |
| 123 | Manchester, NH NECTA | 59.1 | 3.1 | -3.1% | (55) |
| 124 | Springfield, MO | 58.9 | 3.9 | 2.7% | (15) |
| 125 | Santa Fe, NM | 58.8 | 0.9 | 13.0% | 181 |
| 126 | Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 58.6 | 2.2 | 1.5% | 13 |
| 127 | Grand Junction, CO | 58.6 | 0.8 | 0.0% | 109 |
| 128 | Longview, TX | 58.6 | 1.4 | 0.0% | (16) |
| 129 | Anchorage, AK | 58.5 | 4.5 | 1.5% | 66 |
| 130 | Yuba City, CA | 58.5 | 0.4 | 0.0% | 18 |
| 131 | Fort Smith, AR-OK | 58.1 | 1.3 | -4.9% | (119) |
| 132 | Lawton, OK | 58.1 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 120 |
| 133 | Redding, CA | 58.0 | 0.6 | 5.6% | 41 |
| 134 | Terre Haute, IN | 57.7 | 0.7 | 0.0% | (33) |
| 135 | Mobile, AL | 57.6 | 2.0 | 1.7% | 66 |
| 136 | Toledo, OH | 57.3 | 3.4 | -1.0% | (40) |
| 137 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 57.2 | 1.8 | 0.0% | 71 |
| 138 | La Crosse, WI-MN | 57.2 | 1.1 | 0.0% | (50) |
| 139 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div | 57.0 | 18.1 | 0.0% | (25) |
| 140 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 56.9 | 4.9 | -0.7% | (10) |
| 141 | Fayetteville, NC | 56.6 | 1.5 | 0.0% | 76 |
| 142 | Asheville, NC | 56.6 | 1.9 | 0.0% | (99) |
| 143 | Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 56.4 | 2.1 | -3.1% | (118) |
| 144 | Boulder, CO | 56.3 | 8.4 | 0.0% | (40) |
| 145 | Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR | 56.3 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 24 |
| 146 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 56.3 | 5.1 | -1.9% | (17) |
| 147 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 55.9 | 11.0 | -0.3% | (78) |
| 148 | Honolulu, HI | 55.8 | 7.1 | -3.2% | 6 |
| 149 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 55.5 | 26.0 | 0.1% | 9 |
| 150 | Grand Forks, ND-MN | 55.3 | 0.6 | 0.0% | 88 |
| 151 | Pittsburgh, PA | 54.7 | 18.5 | -0.5% | (65) |
| 152 | Corpus Christi, TX | 54.6 | 2.1 | -1.6% | 35 |
| 153 | Fort Wayne, IN | 54.6 | 3.3 | -3.0% | (109) |
| 154 | Kankakee-Bradley, IL | 54.5 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 162 |
| 155 | Port St. Lucie, FL | 54.3 | 1.4 | 5.1% | 106 |
| 156 | Holland-Grand Haven, MI | 53.9 | 0.7 | 0.0% | (92) |
| 157 | Wichita Falls, TX | 53.7 | 1.1 | 10.0% | 83 |
| 158 | El Centro, CA | 53.7 | 0.4 | 0.0% | (102) |
| 159 | Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 53.6 | 5.4 | -4.1% | (153) |
| 160 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 53.0 | 0.7 | 16.7% | 135 |
| 161 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 52.1 | 3.3 | -1.0% | 60 |
| 162 | Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 51.2 | 1.1 | -2.9% | (26) |
| 163 | Fresno, CA | 50.7 | 3.8 | 0.9% | (89) |
| 164 | Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div | 50.5 | 7.4 | 3.2% | 56 |
| 165 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 50.2 | 2.5 | -7.4% | (99) |
| 166 | Anderson, IN | 49.8 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 87 |
| 167 | Kingston, NY | 49.0 | 1.0 | -6.3% | (140) |
| 168 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 48.9 | 7.4 | -1.8% | (50) |
| 169 | Philadelphia City, PA | 48.7 | 11.5 | -3.6% | (91) |
| 170 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 48.4 | 15.1 | -0.4% | (14) |
| 171 | Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 47.4 | 2.3 | 0.0% | 56 |
| 172 | Jacksonville, FL | 47.4 | 9.1 | -0.4% | 3 |
| 173 | Casper, WY | 46.9 | 0.5 | -6.7% | (119) |
| 174 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 46.7 | 2.5 | 0.0% | 35 |
| 175 | Duluth, MN-WI | 46.6 | 1.5 | 4.5% | 111 |
| 176 | Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 46.6 | 0.6 | 0.0% | (27) |
| 177 | Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div | 46.5 | 23.6 | -2.2% | (45) |
| 178 | Muncie, IN | 46.2 | 0.3 | 0.0% | 34 |
| 179 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 45.9 | 2.4 | 1.4% | 11 |
| 180 | Dothan, AL | 45.6 | 0.7 | 0.0% | (40) |
| 181 | Racine, WI | 45.3 | 0.4 | 0.0% | (48) |
| 182 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 44.9 | 6.0 | 0.6% | (31) |
| 183 | Elmira, NY | 44.6 | 0.4 | 0.0% | 50 |
| 184 | Pocatello, ID | 44.4 | 0.4 | 0.0% | 106 |
| 185 | Tucson, AZ | 44.2 | 4.3 | 1.6% | (17) |
| 186 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 44.1 | 14.5 | -1.4% | (15) |
| 187 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA | 44.0 | 2.2 | 0.0% | 90 |
| 188 | Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 44.0 | 5.3 | -3.6% | (73) |
| 189 | Kansas City, KS | 43.4 | 15.2 | 3.2% | (30) |
| 190 | Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div | 43.4 | 24.2 | -2.9% | (69) |
| 191 | Canton-Massillon, OH | 43.4 | 1.7 | 0.0% | (44) |
| 192 | Waco, TX | 43.3 | 1.3 | 0.0% | 71 |
| 193 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 43.0 | 11.2 | -2.0% | 66 |
| 194 | Dover, DE | 43.0 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 123 |
| 195 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | 42.8 | 5.6 | -5.1% | (2) |
| 196 | Gainesville, FL | 42.7 | 1.5 | 2.3% | 68 |
| 197 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 42.4 | 8.3 | -3.1% | (30) |
| 198 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div | 42.3 | 61.4 | -1.7% | (28) |
| 199 | Colorado Springs, CO | 42.2 | 6.9 | -5.0% | (86) |
| 200 | Waterbury, CT NECTA | 42.0 | 0.6 | 0.0% | 35 |
| 201 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | 41.9 | 2.8 | -2.3% | 83 |
| 202 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 41.7 | 8.8 | -0.8% | 1 |
| 203 | Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ | 41.6 | 0.8 | 0.0% | 55 |
| 204 | Amarillo, TX | 41.4 | 1.4 | 0.0% | 3 |
| 205 | Bismarck, ND | 41.3 | 0.9 | 0.0% | 23 |
| 206 | Charleston, WV | 40.7 | 1.9 | 1.8% | 49 |
| 207 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 40.7 | 4.9 | 1.4% | 34 |
| 208 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 40.6 | 1.8 | -3.5% | 11 |
| 209 | Napa, CA | 40.6 | 0.6 | 0.0% | (20) |
| 210 | Northern Virginia, VA | 40.1 | 38.9 | -1.7% | (50) |
| 211 | Palm Coast, FL | 40.1 | 0.9 | 0.0% | 60 |
| 212 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 40.0 | 0.8 | 0.0% | 53 |
| 213 | Eau Claire, WI | 39.8 | 0.9 | 0.0% | 0 |
| 214 | Fairbanks, AK | 39.7 | 0.5 | 0.0% | (38) |
| 215 | Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 39.4 | 1.9 | -5.0% | (162) |
| 216 | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 39.2 | 10.0 | -4.1% | (32) |
| 217 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 38.9 | 24.0 | -1.8% | (93) |
| 218 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 38.7 | 17.3 | -2.4% | (38) |
| 219 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div | 38.6 | 13.2 | -2.9% | (40) |
| 220 | New Bedford, MA NECTA | 38.6 | 0.6 | 0.0% | 10 |
| 221 | Green Bay, WI | 38.5 | 1.9 | -3.4% | (49) |
| 222 | Pittsfield, MA NECTA | 38.5 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 28 |
| 223 | Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 38.1 | 1.1 | -2.9% | 6 |
| 224 | Lancaster, PA | 37.7 | 3.1 | 0.0% | (2) |
| 225 | Odessa, TX | 37.7 | 0.5 | 0.0% | (120) |
| 226 | Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div | 37.5 | 13.7 | -4.8% | (76) |
| 227 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 37.5 | 0.2 | 0.0% | (2) |
| 228 | Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD | 37.4 | 5.2 | -5.5% | (181) |
| 229 | Lafayette, LA | 37.2 | 2.5 | -5.1% | 47 |
| 230 | Savannah, GA | 37.1 | 1.3 | -4.8% | (26) |
| 231 | Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div | 36.6 | 18.5 | -1.8% | (100) |
| 232 | Kansas City, MO | 36.5 | 14.7 | -1.6% | (1) |
| 233 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 36.4 | 11.2 | -2.9% | (47) |
| 234 | Peoria, IL | 35.2 | 2.2 | -8.3% | (128) |
| 235 | Lubbock, TX | 35.1 | 3.9 | -0.8% | 53 |
| 236 | Richmond, VA | 35.0 | 8.1 | 2.1% | 47 |
| 237 | Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 34.7 | 12.6 | -2.1% | (59) |
| 238 | Syracuse, NY | 34.4 | 4.5 | -3.6% | (55) |
| 239 | Tulsa, OK | 33.6 | 7.7 | -2.5% | (45) |
| 240 | Punta Gorda, FL | 33.6 | 0.4 | 0.0% | 9 |
| 241 | Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div | 33.4 | 21.4 | -2.3% | (41) |
| 242 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 33.3 | 7.1 | -2.3% | 24 |
| 243 | Albuquerque, NM | 32.9 | 7.4 | -7.9% | (212) |
| 244 | Reading, PA | 32.7 | 1.3 | -4.9% | (160) |
| 245 | Chico, CA | 32.2 | 1.0 | -6.3% | (196) |
| 246 | Johnstown, PA | 31.7 | 0.7 | -4.3% | (80) |
| 247 | Tuscaloosa, AL | 31.5 | 0.8 | 0.0% | (66) |
| 248 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 31.2 | 1.4 | -2.3% | (4) |
| 249 | Rochester, NY | 30.9 | 8.4 | -6.7% | (106) |
| 250 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 30.8 | 2.3 | -2.8% | 22 |
| 251 | Columbus, GA-AL | 30.3 | 1.5 | 0.0% | (25) |
| 252 | Merced, CA | 30.1 | 0.4 | 0.0% | 60 |
| 253 | Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 30.0 | 3.6 | -2.7% | (29) |
| 254 | Salinas, CA | 30.0 | 1.5 | -4.3% | (9) |
| 255 | Bangor, ME NECTA | 29.9 | 1.0 | -9.1% | (121) |
| 256 | Idaho Falls, ID | 29.6 | 0.9 | -6.9% | 33 |
| 257 | Medford, OR | 29.6 | 1.4 | -6.7% | (147) |
| 258 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 29.3 | 1.5 | -4.2% | (73) |
| 259 | Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 28.3 | 14.7 | -4.5% | (11) |
| 260 | Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div | 28.1 | 3.7 | -5.1% | (133) |
| 261 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 28.1 | 1.1 | 3.0% | 7 |
| 262 | Rapid City, SD | 27.4 | 0.8 | -11.1% | (137) |
| 263 | Jackson, TN | 27.3 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 31 |
| 264 | Owensboro, KY | 26.9 | 0.4 | -14.3% | 17 |
| 265 | Morristown, TN | 26.8 | 0.4 | 0.0% | 5 |
| 266 | Norwich-New London, CT-RI NECTA | 26.6 | 1.3 | 0.0% | (43) |
| 267 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 26.5 | 0.8 | 0.0% | 0 |
| 268 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | 26.2 | 4.9 | -7.0% | (124) |
| 269 | Roanoke, VA | 25.5 | 1.7 | -5.5% | (70) |
| 270 | Wichita, KS | 25.3 | 4.3 | 0.0% | 39 |
| 271 | Sheboygan, WI | 25.2 | 0.2 | 0.0% | 20 |
| 272 | Camden, NJ Metro Div | 24.8 | 6.2 | -9.7% | 38 |
| 273 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 23.8 | 1.8 | -6.9% | (109) |
| 274 | Stockton, CA | 23.5 | 1.9 | -6.6% | (5) |
| 275 | Appleton, WI | 23.2 | 1.5 | -6.3% | (73) |
| 276 | Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA | 22.2 | 3.1 | -2.1% | 38 |
| 277 | Greeley, CO | 22.0 | 0.7 | -4.8% | 23 |
| 278 | Johnson City, TN | 21.7 | 1.4 | 2.5% | 30 |
| 279 | Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 21.5 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 17 |
| 280 | Evansville, IN-KY | 21.3 | 1.9 | -3.4% | (34) |
| 281 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 21.3 | 7.0 | -2.8% | (65) |
| 282 | Baltimore City, MD | 20.9 | 3.8 | -4.2% | (109) |
| 283 | Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div | 20.5 | 4.4 | -4.3% | (44) |
| 284 | Dayton, OH | 19.7 | 8.5 | -3.8% | (5) |
| 285 | Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 19.4 | 0.4 | 0.0% | 7 |
| 286 | Anniston-Oxford, AL | 18.7 | 0.6 | 0.0% | 29 |
| 287 | Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL | 18.6 | 1.1 | -3.0% | 12 |
| 288 | Salem, OR | 18.3 | 1.0 | -6.3% | (100) |
| 289 | Decatur, IL | 18.2 | 0.6 | -10.0% | (189) |
| 290 | Ocala, FL | 18.0 | 0.9 | 0.0% | (76) |
| 291 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 17.4 | 1.9 | -5.0% | (93) |
| 292 | Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division | 17.4 | 0.6 | -14.3% | (129) |
| 293 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 17.3 | 2.0 | -3.2% | 12 |
| 294 | Visalia-Porterville, CA | 17.3 | 0.8 | -4.0% | 10 |
| 295 | Oklahoma City, OK | 17.1 | 8.1 | -2.4% | (52) |
| 296 | Reno-Sparks, NV | 16.9 | 1.9 | -3.4% | (36) |
| 297 | Springfield, IL | 15.7 | 1.4 | -2.3% | (4) |
| 298 | Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 15.5 | 3.7 | -4.3% | (20) |
| 299 | Topeka, KS | 15.5 | 1.4 | -6.7% | (226) |
| 300 | Wausau, WI | 15.1 | 0.4 | 0.0% | (2) |
| 301 | Bloomington-Normal, IL | 14.6 | 0.7 | -12.5% | (149) |
| 302 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 14.4 | 0.9 | 0.0% | 0 |
| 303 | Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA | 13.9 | 0.6 | -19.0% | (141) |
| 304 | Corvallis, OR | 13.8 | 0.6 | -14.3% | 7 |
| 305 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 13.3 | 3.8 | -3.4% | (68) |
| 306 | Danville, IL | 12.9 | 0.2 | 0.0% | (9) |
| 307 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 12.5 | 0.9 | -6.7% | (20) |
| 308 | Modesto, CA | 12.1 | 0.9 | 0.0% | 5 |
| 309 | Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA NECTA | 11.9 | 0.4 | -7.7% | (250) |
| 310 | Erie, PA | 10.5 | 1.3 | -7.1% | (128) |
| 311 | Midland, TX | 10.3 | 0.9 | -15.6% | (29) |
| 312 | Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 9.9 | 0.6 | -10.0% | (38) |
| 313 | San Angelo, TX | 9.7 | 0.9 | -10.0% | (59) |
| 314 | New Haven, CT NECTA | 9.5 | 4.1 | -4.7% | (29) |
| 315 | Rockford, IL | 8.3 | 1.3 | -13.3% | (64) |
| 316 | Utica-Rome, NY | 7.8 | 1.5 | -10.0% | (36) |
| 317 | Jackson, MI | 4.7 | 0.3 | -10.0% | (16) |
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