Large Cities Manufacturing Jobs - 2015 Best Cities Rankings

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

We used five measures of growth to rank MSAs over the past 10 years. “Large” areas include those with a current nonfarm employment base of at least 450,000 jobs. “Midsize” areas range from 150,000 to 450,000 jobs. “Small” areas have as many as 150,000 jobs. This year’s rankings reflect the new Office of Management and Budget definitions of MSAs for all series released after March 2015. As a result, the MSA listed in this year’s rankings do not necessary correspond directly to those listed in prior years. In some instances, MSAs were consolidated with others — for example Pascagoula, MS, was combined with the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, MSA to form the new Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS, MSA. Others were separated from previously consolidated MSAs and in still other instances individual counties were shifted from one MSA to another. The bottom line is that this year’s rankings are based on good time series for the newly defined MSAs but may not be precisely comparable to those listed in prior years. The total number of MSAs included in this year’s rankings has risen from 398 to 421. This year’s rankings reflect the current size of each MSA’s employment.







2015  Mfg Rank - Large MSAs Area Weighted INDEX 2014 Mfg Emplmt (1000s) Total Mfg Emplmt Growth Rate 2013-2014 Total Mfg Emplmt Cum Growth

2009-2014		 2015 Overall Mfg Rank
1 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div 63.6 89.3 9.8% 31.3% 16
2 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div 61.2 157.9 5.1% 38.8% 20
3 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 57.0 104.3 3.7% 27.9% 40
4 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 55.5 79.7 3.4% 23.9% 46
5 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 52.0 24.5 2.8% 19.9% 66
6 Oklahoma City, OK 51.7 37.9 2.4% 23.1% 68
7 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 50.1 74.9 3.2% 23.1% 78
8 Kansas City, MO 49.0 41.8 5.1% 8.6% 85
9 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 48.8 257.3 2.4% 19.8% 87
10 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 46.8 119.1 2.8% 12.7% 103
11 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div 43.8 16.8 3.7% 5.5% 128
12 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 43.4 192.6 2.9% 10.5% 130
13 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 43.4 66.4 3.8% 8.4% 131
14 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div 43.3 27.2 2.5% 7.1% 132
15 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 43.2 161.5 3.4% 8.0% 135
16 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 42.2 39.8 2.9% 5.8% 139
17 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div 41.5 96.9 2.0% 11.6% 144
18 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 41.5 90.8 2.5% 6.9% 145
19 Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA 41.3 35.0 3.0% 6.4% 147
20 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 41.1 90.6 3.3% 5.6% 150
21 Raleigh, NC 40.4 31.9 2.9% 6.0% 155
22 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div 40.4 37.7 2.0% 5.0% 156
23 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 39.6 153.7 2.2% 8.5% 166
24 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 39.5 100.5 2.4% 9.5% 167
25 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 39.1 109.4 1.8% 5.9% 169
26 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div 38.5 82.8 2.6% 3.3% 175
27 St. Louis, MO-IL 38.1 113.1 2.7% 5.2% 179
28 San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div 38.0 36.0 2.1% 2.0% 183
29 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 37.1 21.2 0.5% 5.8% 191
30 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 37.0 52.2 2.4% 2.8% 192
31 Austin-Round Rock, TX 36.9 57.7 -0.3% 10.7% 193
32 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 36.4 61.2 0.9% 5.0% 196
33 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 36.1 120.9 1.3% 8.1% 200
34 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div 35.9 169.9 0.0% 12.9% 202
35 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div 35.1 160.1 1.1% 7.2% 207
36 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 34.7 97.0 1.0% 5.2% 210
37 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 34.7 38.4 -0.5% 7.3% 211
38 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 34.0 52.2 0.4% 5.1% 215
39 Columbus, OH 33.8 69.7 0.0% 6.8% 218
40 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 32.6 124.0 -0.2% 7.6% 230
41 Urban Honolulu, HI 32.2 11.0 0.6% 2.8% 232
42 Pittsburgh, PA 32.1 90.2 1.3% 3.5% 234
43 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div 31.5 91.2 1.3% -0.5% 242
44 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 30.9 117.1 -0.2% 5.0% 244
45 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 30.8 43.7 1.4% -1.2% 246
46 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 30.7 54.7 0.1% 3.4% 247
47 Jacksonville, FL 30.5 28.0 1.6% -0.1% 250
48 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 30.1 32.0 -1.4% 2.6% 252
49 Salt Lake City, UT 29.7 54.0 -0.2% 5.1% 257
50 Kansas City, KS 29.2 30.1 1.9% -3.3% 260
51 Northern Virginia, VA 28.9 23.9 0.4% -0.8% 263
52 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 28.6 45.7 -0.9% 5.6% 266
53 Richmond, VA 28.5 31.0 0.3% -2.8% 267
54 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div 28.3 16.4 1.9% -6.5% 268
55 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div 28.0 166.3 1.1% -0.9% 269
56 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 27.4 44.4 0.8% -1.1% 274
57 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div 26.0 82.2 -0.3% -0.8% 288
58 Camden, NJ Metro Div 24.1 35.2 0.3% -7.5% 299
59 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div 24.0 363.9 -1.0% -2.9% 300
60 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div 23.2 278.2 -0.8% -1.5% 305
61 Rochester, NY 22.6 58.8 -0.6% -4.1% 312
62 New York City, NY 22.1 74.7 -2.4% -3.3% 317
63 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div 21.5 79.8 -1.8% -5.4% 320
64 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div 20.7 71.5 -2.1% -2.4% 322
65 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 19.9 54.9 -1.4% -3.1% 324
66 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 19.2 57.2 -2.6% -5.7% 327
67 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div 18.4 33.3 -1.3% -10.7% 334
68 Philadelphia City, PA 17.0 21.4 -1.2% -14.2% 336
69 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 13.5 29.3 -3.4% -9.7% 355
70 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 9.8 30.1 -5.0% -15.3% 361
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