Medium Cities Ranking

2008 Overall Rank Area State Nonfarm Employment (1,000s) 2008 Size Group Rank Change Since 2007 Weighted Index
1 Provo-Orem, UT Utah 193.6 M 6 93.7
2 Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division Washington 286.4 M 12 88.1
3 Savannah, GA Georgia 161.8 M 7 87.9
4 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Texas 213.5 M -2 85.7
5 Huntsville, AL Alabama 212.7 M 16 81.0
6 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC South Carolina 299.4 M 9 78.7
7 Asheville, NC North Carolina 180.5 M Was Small 78.5
8 Ogden-Clearfield, UT Utah 202.0 M 8 78.0
9 Bakersfield, CA California 241.1 M 2 77.8
10 Lafayette, LA Louisiana 150.7 M 68 77.5
11 Durham, NC North Carolina 291.5 M 34 77.5
12 Boise City-Nampa, ID Idaho 276.3 M -3 75.8
13 Springfield, MO Missouri 203.0 M 7 74.9
14 Spokane, WA Washington 219.6 M 8 71.2
15 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Iowa 323.8 M 15 69.7
16 Kansas City, KS Kansas 449.1 M 53 69.4
17 Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana 372.9 M -4 68.4
18 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC South Carolina 322.9 M 34 68.2
19 Columbia, SC South Carolina 371.4 M 5 66.0
20 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Arkansas 208.8 M -16 65.5
21 Peoria, IL Illinois 187.9 M 46 64.6
22 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Louisiana 180.7 M 4 64.0
23 York-Hanover, PA Pennsylvania 184.5 M 28 62.8
24 Wichita, KS Kansas 306.1 M 49 60.8
25 Salem, OR Oregon 151.8 M 10 60.5
26 El Paso, TX Texas 275.4 M 20 60.1
27 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Florida 175.2 M -10 59.4
28 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Arkansas 348.2 M 8 58.7
29 Reno-Sparks, NV Nevada 224.4 M -21 58.5
30 Stockton, CA California 214.2 M 1 58.1
31 Montgomery, AL Alabama 180.7 M 17 58.0
32 Boulder, CO Colorado 167.4 M 44 55.4
33 Winston-Salem, NC North Carolina 221.6 M 27 54.6
34 Corpus Christi, TX Texas 176.6 M 29 53.7
35 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 395.7 M -16 53.4
36 Eugene-Springfield, OR Oregon 157.0 M -3 53.1
37 Tallahassee, FL Florida 180.7 M -8 51.8
38 Tulsa, OK Oklahoma 426.3 M 5 51.5
39 Knoxville, TN Tennessee 338.8 M -12 51.2
40 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Texas 164.5 M 51 50.0
41 Colorado Springs, CO Colorado 261.9 M 15 49.9
42 Lexington-Fayette, KY Kentucky 257.9 M 13 49.7
43 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Florida 225.9 M -42 48.8
44 Mobile, AL Alabama 183.4 M -3 48.8
45 Fresno, CA California 305.4 M 14 48.4
46 Tucson, AZ Arizona 382.8 M -34 47.7
47 Rockford, IL Illinois 162.2 M 34 46.9
48 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 175.0 M 18 46.4
49 Jackson, MS Mississippi 263.3 M -2 45.9
50 Framingham, MA NECTA Division Massachusetts 158.7 M 25 45.7
51 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Florida 214.5 M -45 45.5
52 Anchorage, AK Alaska 165.1 M -29 45.1
53 Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD Maryland 398.9 M -9 44.1
54 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Florida 172.2 M -49 43.8
55 Greensboro-High Point, NC North Carolina 375.3 M 37 43.5
56 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA California 174.1 M 5 42.1
57 Lancaster, PA Pennsylvania 238.9 M -4 41.5
58 Trenton-Ewing, NJ New Jersey 239.5 M -33 41.2
59 Chattanooga, TN-GA Tennessee 248.6 M 3 41.1
60 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA California 191.4 M 35 40.2
61 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Pennsylvania 343.9 M -23 40.1
62 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA Connecticut 424.1 M 24 39.9
63 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Georgia 217.7 M -21 39.8
64 Akron, OH Ohio 340.4 M -10 39.7
65 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division Delaware 356.9 M -8 38.7
66 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA Maine 195.6 M 6 37.6
67 Madison, WI Wisconsin 349.3 M -33 37.6
68 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL Florida 293.7 M -65 36.9
69 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division Illinois 397.1 M -29 36.5
70 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Illinois 188.5 M 13 36.5
71 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Florida 212.3 M -53 36.4
72 Gary, IN Metropolitan Division Indiana 281.9 M 8 35.8
73 Reading, PA Pennsylvania 174.3 M 4 35.7
74 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Pennsylvania 331.4 M -25 34.8
75 Modesto, CA California 158.9 M -36 34.3
76 Green Bay, WI Wisconsin 169.4 M -18 33.4
77 Syracuse, NY New York 325.6 M -7 33.3
78 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Pennsylvania 262.8 M -10 32.9
79 New Haven, CT NECTA Connecticut 278.9 M 8 31.0
80 Roanoke, VA Virginia 163.5 M -2 29.0
81 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY New York 449.0 M -2 28.6
82 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA Massachusetts 248.6 M 3 28.6
83 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY New York 255.3 M -33 28.3
84 Evansville, IN-KY Indiana 180.0 M -10 27.1
85 Fort Wayne, IN Indiana 216.7 M -21 24.7
86 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Michigan 395.1 M -2 24.4
87 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA California 293.4 M -50 24.0
88 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA Massachusetts 297.8 M 0 23.1
89 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC North Carolina 164.1 M 9 20.7
90 Lansing-East Lansing, MI Michigan 226.7 M 6 19.8
91 Canton-Massillon, OH Ohio 172.6 M 2 19.7
92 Baltimore City, MD Maryland 370.6 M -21 17.4
93 Toledo, OH Ohio 327.1 M -4 15.9
94 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Ohio 239.8 M -4 14.5
95 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 200.4 M -1 13.6
96 Dayton, OH Ohio 403.5 M 1 8.0
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