Large Cities Manufacturing Jobs - 2014 Best Cities Rankings

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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)
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