Large Cities Rankings - 2011 Best Cities for Job Growth

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2011 Size Ranking
 Area
2011 Weighted INDEX
2010 Nonfarm Empl (1000s)
2010 Size Rank
Size Movement from 2010
1
 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
89.1
769.3
1
0
2
 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA
88.9
522.6
46
44
3
 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
82.1
2552.3
3
0
4
 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
80.7
841.3
2
-2
5
 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
80.6
2043.4
5
0
6
 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
74.1
2412.6
6
0
7
 Northern Virginia, VA
73.8
1306.5
4
-3
8
 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
73.1
742.9
30
22
9
 New York City, NY
72.6
3731.4
10
1
10
 Philadelphia City, PA
71.9
661.8
14
4
11
 Pittsburgh, PA
71.7
1129.8
13
2
12
 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division
70.7
565.3
15
3
13
 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division
70.4
1679.0
19
6
14
 Raleigh-Cary, NC
67.8
500.0
8
-6
15
 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division
67.8
850.0
7
-8
16
 Rochester, NY
66.7
506.9
17
1
17
 Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division
65.5
1232.2
16
-1
18
 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
64.7
541.0
20
2
19
 Columbus, OH
64.3
912.1
26
7
20
 Salt Lake City, UT
64.2
613.9
12
-8
21
 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
63.1
456.9
9
-12
22
 Oklahoma City, OK
62.4
559.6
11
-11
23
 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
60.0
814.8
49
26
24
 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO
56.9
1191.0
24
0
25
 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
56.3
1010.7
36
11
26
 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
55.5
536.3
18
-8
27
 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
54.9
859.7
47
20
28
 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN
53.4
870.5
34
6
29
 Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY
51.4
554.2
33
4
30
 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
50.0
803.4
31
1
31
 St. Louis, MO-IL
49.7
1291.0
27
-4
32
 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division
49.2
1378.0
28
-4
33
 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division
47.9
936.1
42
9
34
 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN
47.0
590.7
25
-9
35
 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
46.2
969.9
41
6
36
 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
46.2
989.6
45
9
37
 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
46.1
1227.6
48
11
38
 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
45.0
727.4
23
-15
39
 Richmond, VA
44.1
598.6
32
-7
40
 Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division
43.6
974.0
39
-1
41
 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metropolitan Division
43.4
3624.2
50
9
42
 Jacksonville, FL
43.1
583.4
37
-5
43
 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ
43.0
868.7
38
-5
44
 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
42.9
542.0
55
11
45
 Kansas City, MO
37.5
536.2
21
-24
46
 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
36.8
1688.1
40
-6
47
 Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division
35.6
506.6
29
-18
48
 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH
34.7
992.9
58
10
49
 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN
33.9
980.6
35
-14
50
 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division
32.5
1359.6
60
10
51
 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
30.7
1117.4
54
3
52
 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
30.5
2247.7
43
-9
53
 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
29.3
1701.2
51
-2
54
 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
28.5
705.4
56
2
55
 Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division
27.7
962.8
44
-11
56
 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
26.3
503.0
61
5
57
 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
21.7
1112.1
63
6
58
 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA
20.6
799.5
53
-5
59
 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division
20.5
1044.7
66
7
60
 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
18.8
3782.6
59
-1
61
 Birmingham-Hoover, AL
18.8
488.7
64
3
62
 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
18.2
797.3
57
-5
63
 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division
15.1
694.6
65
2
64
 Memphis, TN-MS-AR
11.0
585.4
52
-12
65
 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division
9.4
947.0
62
-3
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