Midsized Cities Information Jobs - 2013 Best Cities Rankings

The methodology for the 2013 rankings for best cities for information jobs parallels that used for our 2013 Best Cities for Job Growth rankings (link to that page here or “above” if on the same page).  Instead of using Total Nonfarm Employment, the information rankings use employment in the information sector (supersector 50) in the BLS MSA employment data.  The information rankings include the 317 MSAs for which there are sectoral employment data for all 12 years used in our analysis. 






2013 MSA Info  Ranking - Midsized MSAs Area Weighted INDEX 2012 Info Emplymnt 2012 MSA Info Ranking - Midsized MSAs 2013 Ranking Change from 2012 - Midsized MSAs
1 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 88.3            6.7 64 63
2 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 86.6            4.2 7 5
3 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 85.9            3.0 4 1
4 Provo-Orem, UT 85.4            9.0 5 1
5 Madison, WI 81.1          11.9 1 (4)
6 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 77.9            2.2 12 6
7 Baton Rouge, LA 77.6            5.3 84 77
8 Albuquerque, NM 76.2            8.7 23 15
9 Huntsville, AL 75.4            2.6 3 (6)
10 Jackson, MS 74.9            4.5 25 15
11 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 74.4            3.6 47 36
12 Asheville, NC 72.3            2.0 17 5
13 Fort Wayne, IN 72.0            3.4 35 22
14 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 71.9            2.6 45 31
15 Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD 71.8            5.7 2 (13)
16 Spokane, WA 70.4            2.9 48 32
17 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 69.8            6.7 9 (8)
18 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 69.5          11.0 19 1
19 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 67.6            2.7 18 (1)
20 Fresno, CA 66.6            3.5 73 53
21 York-Hanover, PA 65.4            1.9 59 38
22 Reading, PA 65.1            1.4 33 11
23 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 63.9            3.5 79 56
24 El Paso, TX 63.6            5.0 26 2
25 Toledo, OH 63.5            3.4 22 (3)
26 Tallahassee, FL 63.5            3.2 6 (20)
27 Knoxville, TN 63.3            5.4 14 (13)
28 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 63.2            3.7 11 (17)
29 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 62.9            4.9 38 9
30 Boulder, CO 62.8            8.7 15 (15)
31 Peoria, IL 62.4            2.5 56 25
32 Montgomery, AL 62.3            2.2 39 7
33 Ann Arbor, MI 61.8            4.0 13 (20)
34 Springfield, MO 61.6            4.1 8 (26)
35 Colorado Springs, CO 60.9            7.1 21 (14)
36 Framingham, MA  NECTA Division 60.7            5.4 36 0
37 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 59.4            3.0 50 13
38 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Mtr Div 59.3            4.1 40 2
39 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 59.0            4.9 37 (2)
40 Gary, IN Mtr Div 57.2            2.0 52 12
41 Boise City-Nampa, ID 57.1            4.3 27 (14)
42 Greensboro-High Point, NC 56.7            5.3 32 (10)
43 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 56.7            1.9 10 (33)
44 Canton-Massillon, OH 56.4            1.8 29 (15)
45 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 55.2            5.7 67 22
46 Kansas City, KS 54.5          15.4 89 43
47 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 53.4            2.0 31 (16)
48 Akron, OH 53.3            3.7 43 (5)
49 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 52.7            8.4 57 8
50 Tucson, AZ 52.7            4.2 85 35
51 Green Bay, WI 51.9            1.9 75 24
52 Baltimore City, MD 51.8            4.1 54 2
53 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 50.7            4.1 66 13
54 Syracuse, NY 48.6            4.6 44 (10)
55 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 47.9            1.6 77 22
56 Corpus Christi, TX 47.7            2.0 83 27
57 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 47.2            2.5 68 11
58 Lexington-Fayette, KY 46.9            5.7 24 (34)
59 Tulsa, OK 46.8            7.8 51 (8)
60 Anchorage, AK 46.5            4.4 16 (44)
61 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 46.3            2.1 28 (33)
62 Roanoke, VA 45.8            1.8 81 19
63 Mobile, AL 45.7            2.0 41 (22)
64 Savannah, GA 45.1            1.4 65 1
65 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 44.1            2.4 63 (2)
66 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 43.6            7.4 46 (20)
67 Columbia, SC 43.4            5.2 20 (47)
68 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 42.7            1.9 82 14
69 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 42.5            3.3 65 (4)
70 Lancaster, PA 42.5            3.1 60 (10)
71 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 42.4            3.6 61 (10)
72 Lincoln, NE 40.2            2.1 34 (38)
73 Tacoma, WA Mtr Div 39.9            2.7 74 1
74 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 39.1            4.4 80 6
75 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Mtr Div 39.0            4.7 42 (33)
76 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 38.8            4.9 70 (6)
77 Winston-Salem, NC 37.9            1.8 30 (47)
78 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 37.2            1.4 91 13
79 Evansville, IN-KY 36.8            2.0 55 (24)
80 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 34.9            2.6 76 (4)
81 Reno-Sparks, NV 33.6            2.0 58 (23)
82 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 30.7            7.3 78 (4)
83 Stockton, CA 30.0            1.8 71 (12)
84 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 28.7            2.3 62 (22)
85 Lafayette, LA 27.7            2.4 49 (36)
86 Dayton, OH 26.2            8.7 69 (17)
87 Chattanooga, TN-GA 24.0            2.7 53 (34)
88 New Haven, CT NECTA 23.9            4.3 88 0
89 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 14.6            2.1 72 (17)
90 Wichita, KS 12.0            4.4 86 (4)
91 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA 7.0            3.0 90 (1)
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