Mid Sized Cities Rankings - 2018 Best Cities for Job Growth

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2018 Midsized MSA Ranking	Area	Weighted INDEX	2017 Nonfarm Employment (1000s)	Size Movement 2017-2018	2018 Overall Ranking
1	Provo-Orem, UT	99.4	254.9	0	1
2	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	93.5	256.0	0	10
3	Boise City, ID	92.8	321.2	2	12
4	Fort Collins, CO	92.2	166.2	-1	17
5	Ogden-Clearfield, UT	88.0	255.2	1	27
6	Stockton-Lodi, CA	87.1	239.0	9	30
7	Spartanburg, SC	86.0	155.4	5	31
8	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	85.4	354.2	-4	34
9	Fresno, CA	85.3	350.1	3	35
10	Reno, NV	83.0	235.3	10	43
11	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC	81.7	160.9	16	45
12	North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL	81.5	306.3	-1	47
13	Colorado Springs, CO	80.8	288.7	6	48
14	Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div	78.0	315.9	-5	56
15	Boulder, CO	78.0	190.3	-5	57
16	Santa Rosa, CA	76.3	207.4	14	64
17	Asheville, NC	76.2	193.3	-4	66
18	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Div	75.8	158.7	13	68
19	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	75.1	241.2	15	74
20	Modesto, CA	75.0	175.6	-4	76
21	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	74.3	266.1	-13	78
22	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	74.3	261.6	6	80
23	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	73.9	178.6	12	82
24	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	73.9	224.5	2	83
25	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	73.6	365.7	-4	86
26	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	73.4	202.7	-4	87
27	Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC	73.2	420.6	2	90
28	Trenton, NJ	72.0	270.7	-14	94
29	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	71.8	311.7	-4	96
30	Salem, OR	71.0	164.6	-13	101
31	Huntsville, AL	69.7	234.7	1	105
32	Savannah, GA	67.8	178.4	-25	112
33	Sioux Falls, SD	64.9	155.4	-10	126
34	Chattanooga, TN-GA	64.8	260.3	7	127
35	Ann Arbor, MI	63.9	223.5	7	131
36	Madison, WI	63.6	403.3	-3	135
37	El Paso, TX	61.7	315.2	-19	145
38	Springfield, MO	60.1	214.1	-2	154
39	Eugene, OR	60.0	161.2	5	155
40	Lexington-Fayette, KY	59.5	281.3	-16	158
41	Worcester, MA-CT NECTA	59.0	289.6	17	159
42	Lancaster, PA	58.9	254.1	6	160
43	Evansville, IN-KY	55.3	162.7	38	175
44	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	54.8	184.4	2	177
45	Knoxville, TN	54.1	398.2	-2	178
46	Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA	53.8	205.7	9	179
47	Baltimore City, MD	53.1	377.1	23	181
48	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	52.3	237.8	-3	184
49	Bakersfield, CA	51.9	261.8	10	187
50	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	51.8	214.3	-12	189
51	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	51.6	371.0	13	191
52	Tallahassee, FL	51.2	182.6	-5	194
53	Salisbury, MD-DE	50.1	151.6	-3	197
54	Fort Wayne, IN	49.3	223.0	0	201
55	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	48.3	244.1	-18	208
56	Delaware County, PA	46.7	238.0	0	213
57	Jackson, MS	46.3	283.0	3	218
58	Dayton, OH	46.0	393.6	22	220
59	Springfield, MA-CT NECTA	45.5	336.6	-7	225
60	Green Bay, WI	45.0	177.8	17	227
61	Baton Rouge, LA	44.7	406.7	-11	228
62	Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div	44.1	414.1	14	234
63	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	43.5	306.4	-12	237
64	Columbia, SC	43.2	395.5	-25	239
65	Lincoln, NE	43.0	189.0	-25	241
66	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	42.4	360.8	6	246
67	Elgin, IL Metro Div	42.1	259.4	20	248
68	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	41.9	154.3	-5	249
69	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA	39.5	266.5	22	257
70	Winston-Salem, NC	39.1	265.2	-8	260
71	Reading, PA	38.8	179.4	-6	263
72	York-Hanover, PA	37.6	186.9	-1	267
73	Tucson, AZ	36.5	382.9	9	271
74	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	36.4	341.2	-13	274
75	Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD	34.0	413.5	-26	282
76	Montgomery, AL	33.8	178.4	-2	285
77	Albuquerque, NM	33.5	391.4	-8	287
78	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	33.3	186.1	15	289
79	Framingham, MA NECTA Div	31.1	173.1	-22	303
80	Mobile, AL	30.2	184.9	3	307
81	Akron, OH	29.9	342.0	-3	308
82	Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div	29.5	359.5	-14	311
83	Canton-Massillon, OH	28.9	173.5	2	316
84	Toledo, OH	27.3	308.8	-31	329
85	Greensboro-High Point, NC	26.7	361.0	-12	331
86	Rockford, IL	26.2	151.4	8	334
87	Corpus Christi, TX	25.5	191.0	-20	336
88	Syracuse, NY	24.2	318.6	-2	342
89	New Haven, CT NECTA	22.3	282.6	-5	352
90	Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS	22.3	154.8	-1	353
91	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	20.2	163.6	3	366
92	Gary, IN Metro Div	19.8	275.9	-26	368
93	Wichita, KS	16.3	295.2	-5	383
94	Anchorage, AK	15.9	171.6	-4	387
95	Roanoke, VA	15.7	159.8	-20	391
96	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA	15.6	404.3	-4	392
97	Lafayette, LA	12.1	200.4	-2	405
98	Peoria, IL	11.1	170.6	0	409
99	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	9.0	178.9	-2	413
100	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	8.1	218.6	-4	414