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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) |
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