Nonfarm employment increased in 327 metro areas over year ending April 2016
June 08, 2016
From April 2015 to April 2016, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 327 metropolitan areas, decreased in 54 areas, and was unchanged in 6 areas. The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+173,900), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+155,000), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+130,600). The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Madera, California (+7.7 percent), followed by St. George, Utah (+7.0 percent), and Bend-Redmond, Oregon (+6.3 percent).
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Over-the-year change in metropolitan area employment, April 2015–April 2016
Metropolitan area
Over-the-year change(p)
Abilene, TX
1,000
Akron, OH
5,100
Albany, GA
1,200
Albany, OR
900
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
-1,100
Albuquerque, NM
4,700
Alexandria, LA
300
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
2,200
Altoona, PA
900
Amarillo, TX
2,600
Ames, IA
800
Anchorage, AK
-900
Ann Arbor, MI
11,100
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
100
Appleton, WI
1,300
Asheville, NC
3,700
Athens-Clarke County, GA
4,100
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
83,300
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
300
Auburn-Opelika, AL
1,500
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
2,000
Austin-Round Rock, TX
38,300
Bakersfield, CA
5,200
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
30,200
Bangor, ME NECTA
-500
Barnstable Town, MA NECTA
2,900
Baton Rouge, LA
11,600
Battle Creek, MI
600
Bay City, MI
100
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
1,500
Beckley, WV
-700
Bellingham, WA
2,000
Bend-Redmond, OR
4,600
Billings, MT
1,700
Binghamton, NY
-600
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
4,800
Bismarck, ND
-400
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
700
Bloomington, IL
-2,600
Bloomington, IN
200
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
600
Boise City, ID
11,800
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
43,900
Boulder, CO
3,100
Bowling Green, KY
1,400
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
1,700
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA
4,700
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
4,100
Brunswick, GA
1,400
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
3,100
Burlington, NC
1,600
Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA
2,300
California-Lexington Park, MD
300
Canton-Massillon, OH
700
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
12,000
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
400
Carbondale-Marion, IL
-1,000
Carson City, NV
-200
Casper, WY
-2,800
Cedar Rapids, IA
1,300
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
1,900
Champaign-Urbana, IL
900
Charleston, WV
-1,100
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
8,100
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
32,200
Charlottesville, VA
4,000
Chattanooga, TN-GA
5,200
Cheyenne, WY
-200
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
74,000
Chico, CA
1,700
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
14,900
Clarksville, TN-KY
2,200
Cleveland, TN
1,900
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
10,200
Coeur d'Alene, ID
1,900
College Station-Bryan, TX
4,200
Colorado Springs, CO
7,200
Columbia, MO
3,400
Columbia, SC
9,900
Columbus, GA-AL
600
Columbus, IN
1,800
Columbus, OH
19,400
Corpus Christi, TX
5,400
Corvallis, OR
500
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
1,500
Cumberland, MD-WV
-500
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
130,600
Dalton, GA
1,500
Danbury, CT NECTA
200
Danville, IL
200
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
2,300
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL(2)
-2,900
Dayton, OH
6,800
Decatur, AL
200
Decatur, IL
-500
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
6,400
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
43,800
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
4,800
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
41,500
Dothan, AL
200
Dover, DE
1,900
Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA
200
Dubuque, IA
0
Duluth, MN-WI
-2,400
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
4,900
East Stroudsburg, PA
1,200
Eau Claire, WI
0
El Centro, CA
2,600
El Paso, TX
8,900
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
2,000
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
-1,100
Elmira, NY
-400
Erie, PA
-1,300
Eugene, OR
2,700
Evansville, IN-KY
-300
Fairbanks, AK
-700
Fargo, ND-MN
2,500
Farmington, NM
-400
Fayetteville, NC
1,600
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
10,200
Flagstaff, AZ
600
Flint, MI
900
Florence, SC
1,000
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
700
Fond du Lac, WI
500
Fort Collins, CO
5,200
Fort Smith, AR-OK
100
Fort Wayne, IN
5,800
Fresno, CA
12,100
Gadsden, AL
1,400
Gainesville, FL
4,100
Gainesville, GA
3,500
Gettysburg, PA
800
Glens Falls, NY
1,100
Goldsboro, NC
700
Grand Forks, ND-MN
-500
Grand Island, NE
600
Grand Junction, CO
200
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
14,800
Grants Pass, OR
600
Great Falls, MT
-400
Greeley, CO
800
Green Bay, WI
900
Greensboro-High Point, NC
5,200
Greenville, NC
-400
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
9,300
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
300
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
700
Hammond, LA
100
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
600
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
6,700
Harrisonburg, VA
300
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
6,600
Hattiesburg, MS
1,600
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
1,600
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
2,500
Hinesville, GA
0
Homosassa Springs, FL
300
Hot Springs, AR
1,000
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-4,600
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
10,000
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
1,100
Huntsville, AL
3,400
Idaho Falls, ID
2,200
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
16,400
Iowa City, IA
700
Ithaca, NY
-600
Jackson, MI
-1,000
Jackson, MS
4,100
Jackson, TN
1,100
Jacksonville, FL
22,800
Jacksonville, NC
-100
Janesville-Beloit, WI
2,900
Jefferson City, MO
900
Johnson City, TN
1,200
Johnstown, PA
-500
Jonesboro, AR
1,800
Joplin, MO
-100
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
2,400
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
3,600
Kankakee, IL
-100
Kansas City, MO-KS
11,600
Kennewick-Richland, WA
3,400
Killeen-Temple, TX
4,200
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
2,200
Kingston, NY
800
Knoxville, TN
10,300
Kokomo, IN
800
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
100
Lafayette, LA
-7,700
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
1,900
Lake Charles, LA
3,100
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
500
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
6,300
Lancaster, PA
3,700
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
4,400
Laredo, TX
2,100
Las Cruces, NM
200
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
20,600
Lawrence, KS
0
Lawton, OK
100
Lebanon, PA
400
Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA
600
Lewiston, ID-WA
900
Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA
600
Lexington-Fayette, KY
6,800
Lima, OH
1,800
Lincoln, NE
2,200
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
5,300
Logan, UT-ID
2,100
Longview, TX
-500
Longview, WA
1,200
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
155,000
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
22,500
Lubbock, TX
4,300
Lynchburg, VA
800
Macon, GA
2,500
Madera, CA
2,700
Madison, WI
4,500
Manchester, NH NECTA
2,800
Manhattan, KS
1,400
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
700
Mansfield, OH
0
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
7,300
Medford, OR
1,900
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
12,000
Merced, CA
2,000
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
68,000
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
-600
Midland, MI
0
Midland, TX
-2,600
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
5,100
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
28,800
Missoula, MT
700
Mobile, AL
2,000
Modesto, CA
5,900
Monroe, LA
600
Monroe, MI
1,500
Montgomery, AL
1,600
Morgantown, WV
700
Morristown, TN
1,400
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
900
Muncie, IN
200
Muskegon, MI
1,500
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
3,700
Napa, CA
2,500
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
3,000
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
29,400
New Bedford, MA NECTA
800
New Bern, NC
900
New Haven, CT NECTA
900
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-2,400
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
173,900
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
1,400
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
6,400
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA
2,500
Ocala, FL
1,800
Ocean City, NJ
1,300
Odessa, TX
-3,800
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
11,300
Oklahoma City, OK
6,400
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
2,700
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
4,800
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
51,900
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
500
Owensboro, KY
1,200
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
4,100
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
1,600
Panama City, FL
500
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
100
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
1,500
Peoria, IL
-1,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
63,200
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
68,800
Pine Bluff, AR
-200
Pittsburgh, PA
3,800
Pittsfield, MA NECTA
800
Pocatello, ID
1,000
Port St. Lucie, FL
3,900
Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA
1,600
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
34,300
Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA
3,400
Prescott, AZ
2,300
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
5,600
Provo-Orem, UT
12,800
Pueblo, CO
1,100
Punta Gorda, FL
900
Racine, WI
-900
Raleigh, NC
19,700
Rapid City, SD
-200
Reading, PA
2,200
Redding, CA
1,400
Reno, NV
8,500
Richmond, VA
23,600
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
43,500
Roanoke, VA
2,600
Rochester, MN
2,600
Rochester, NY
-2,000
Rockford, IL
3,300
Rocky Mount, NC
-500
Rome, GA
500
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
20,400
Saginaw, MI
3,000
Salem, OR
4,700
Salinas, CA
4,400
Salisbury, MD-DE(2)
6,500
Salt Lake City, UT
20,300
San Angelo, TX
1,100
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
25,400
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
36,900
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
71,300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
42,100
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
2,300
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
1,800
Santa Fe, NM
500
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
4,600
Santa Rosa, CA
5,100
Savannah, GA
6,800
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
2,300
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
60,900
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
1,400
Sebring, FL
1,100
Sheboygan, WI
700
Sherman-Denison, TX
900
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-3,500
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
-400
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
900
Sioux Falls, SD
4,200
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
3,200
Spartanburg, SC
4,400
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
5,100
Springfield, IL
1,700
Springfield, MA-CT NECTA
2,000
Springfield, MO
5,700
Springfield, OH
500
St. Cloud, MN
1,500
St. George, UT
4,000
St. Joseph, MO-KS
100
St. Louis, MO-IL(1)
24,800
State College, PA
900
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
-500
Stockton-Lodi, CA
9,600
Sumter, SC
1,100
Syracuse, NY
1,800
Tallahassee, FL
2,700
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
42,000
Terre Haute, IN
-200
Texarkana, TX-AR
900
The Villages, FL
700
Toledo, OH
6,000
Topeka, KS
-500
Trenton, NJ
8,200
Tucson, AZ
11,300
Tulsa, OK
-1,800
Tuscaloosa, AL
1,700
Tyler, TX
2,300
Urban Honolulu, HI
6,500
Utica-Rome, NY
900
Valdosta, GA
1,000
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
4,000
Victoria, TX
300
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
400
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
4,600
Visalia-Porterville, CA
3,200
Waco, TX
2,900
Walla Walla, WA
300
Warner Robins, GA
400
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
71,700
Waterbury, CT NECTA
500
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
-400
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
900
Wausau, WI
600
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH(2)
300
Wenatchee, WA
600
Wheeling, WV-OH
-100
Wichita Falls, TX
100
Wichita, KS
2,200
Williamsport, PA
-1,300
Wilmington, NC
1,700
Winchester, VA-WV
2,800
Winston-Salem, NC
1,300
Worcester, MA-CT NECTA
3,100
Yakima, WA
1,800
York-Hanover, PA
4,900
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
-600
Yuba City, CA
1,200
Yuma, AZ
1,000
The largest decreases in employment for the year ending April 2016 occurred in Lafayette, Louisiana (–7,700), Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana (–4,600), and Odessa, Texas (–3,800). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Casper, Wyoming (–6.6 percent), Odessa, Texas (–5.0 percent), and Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana (–4.7 percent).
Nonfarm employment rose over the year in 49 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more and fell in 2 areas: New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana, and Rochester, New York (–0.4 percent each). The largest over-the- year percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+4.5 percent), followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (+4.1 percent), and Austin-Round Rock, Texas (+4.0 percent).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — April 2016” (HTML ) (PDF ).
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