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Employment down over the year in most large metro areas
March 24, 2021
Over the year ending January 2021, nonfarm employment declined in 50 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, while employment was essentially unchanged in 1.
Percent change in employment for metropolitan areas with a Census 2010 population of 1 million or more, January 2020 to January 2021, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
1 year
5 year
10 year
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
-5.6%
3.6%
20.0%
Austin-Round Rock, TX
-2.7
13.1
39.7
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
-6.0
-2.1
5.5
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
-3.1
1.1
7.1
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
-9.4
-3.8
5.3
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
-8.7
-7.1
-4.2
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
-4.2
6.4
25.2
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
-8.7
-5.6
2.6
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
-6.1
-0.9
8.0
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
-7.5
-5.0
1.1
Columbus, OH
-4.0
2.6
16.9
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
-3.0
8.1
26.4
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
-5.7
3.5
22.7
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
-9.1
-5.1
5.9
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
-7.4
-5.1
-0.8
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
-6.8
-0.8
14.8
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
-3.7
2.8
15.8
Jacksonville, FL
-2.7
8.9
22.2
Kansas City, MO-KS
-4.0
0.8
10.5
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
-14.1
-3.2
12.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
-12.2
-6.7
4.0
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
-5.4
-1.4
10.6
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
-3.8
-0.7
6.9
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
-7.5
-0.4
15.0
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
-7.2
-5.5
0.3
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
-8.6
-3.5
6.1
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
-4.3
9.2
32.7
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-11.2
-9.0
-2.2
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
-11.2
-5.7
3.3
Oklahoma City, OK
-5.4
-0.5
9.8
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
-12.9
-1.4
17.5
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
-7.7
-2.2
2.7
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
-3.8
9.8
26.1
Pittsburgh, PA
-7.6
-5.2
-3.2
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
-8.9
-0.5
14.1
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
-8.7
-5.6
1.4
Raleigh, NC
-3.1
8.6
27.4
Richmond, VA
-6.5
-1.4
9.4
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
-6.7
6.8
28.9
Rochester, NY
-7.4
-6.5
-2.2
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
-5.8
3.8
17.7
Salt Lake City, UT
-0.7
9.8
27.7
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
-3.6
4.5
22.1
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
-10.2
-2.9
9.5
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
-11.4
-3.0
15.0
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
-9.0
-0.9
19.7
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
-7.4
2.3
17.2
St. Louis, MO-IL
-5.8
-2.3
3.1
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
-3.3
6.6
22.3
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
-5.0
-0.4
4.3
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
-6.7
-1.0
5.0
The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (−14.1 percent), Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (−12.9 percent), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (−12.2 percent).
United States Department of Labor
