Large Cities Rankings - 2018 Best Cities for Job Growth
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| 2018 Large MSA Ranking | Area | Weighted INDEX | 2017 Nonfarm Employment (1000s) | Size Movement 2017-2018 | 2018 Overall Ranking |
| 1 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div | 95.4 | 2,609.2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 94.3 | 1,050.5 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 94.3 | 993.0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 94.1 | 1,115.9 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 93.2 | 1,200.9 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 92.7 | 1,275.7 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Raleigh, NC | 92.4 | 623.7 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div | 92.4 | 1,130.4 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div | 92.4 | 1,711.4 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 89.5 | 1,491.5 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Salt Lake City, UT | 89.3 | 726.0 | -5 | 24 |
| 12 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 88.7 | 1,475.7 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 85.5 | 1,049.8 | -1 | 32 |
| 14 | Jacksonville, FL | 85.5 | 702.7 | 8 | 33 |
| 15 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 84.5 | 1,183.5 | 1 | 40 |
| 16 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 79.6 | 2,075.9 | 11 | 52 |
| 17 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 79.4 | 988.5 | 4 | 53 |
| 18 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 79.0 | 2,750.3 | -5 | 54 |
| 19 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div | 77.9 | 1,042.1 | 9 | 58 |
| 20 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 77.3 | 1,341.9 | -1 | 60 |
| 21 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 77.2 | 557.9 | -4 | 61 |
| 22 | Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div | 76.5 | 1,176.9 | 1 | 62 |
| 23 | Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 75.4 | 982.8 | 10 | 73 |
| 24 | New York City, NY | 74.1 | 4,476.3 | 1 | 81 |
| 25 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 73.8 | 1,066.6 | -1 | 84 |
| 26 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 72.8 | 1,467.9 | 3 | 91 |
| 27 | Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div | 71.9 | 1,638.7 | 10 | 95 |
| 28 | Columbus, OH | 70.0 | 1,087.1 | -2 | 103 |
| 29 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div | 70.0 | 1,190.9 | -11 | 104 |
| 30 | Kansas City, KS | 69.6 | 479.8 | 11 | 106 |
| 31 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div | 69.0 | 624.7 | -16 | 109 |
| 32 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div | 68.3 | 846.6 | -2 | 111 |
| 33 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 67.2 | 3,056.3 | 5 | 116 |
| 34 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div | 65.9 | 1,847.3 | -3 | 122 |
| 35 | Kansas City, MO | 64.9 | 611.2 | -3 | 125 |
| 36 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 63.7 | 671.9 | -16 | 134 |
| 37 | Northern Virginia, VA | 62.1 | 1,473.8 | 2 | 141 |
| 38 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div | 62.1 | 1,250.5 | -3 | 142 |
| 39 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div | 61.0 | 2,697.7 | 3 | 147 |
| 40 | Philadelphia City, PA | 60.3 | 715.5 | -6 | 152 |
| 41 | Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | 60.3 | 906.0 | -5 | 153 |
| 42 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 58.0 | 1,990.0 | 3 | 164 |
| 43 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div | 56.8 | 4,487.4 | -3 | 166 |
| 44 | Oklahoma City, OK | 56.6 | 641.4 | 9 | 169 |
| 45 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 51.7 | 472.9 | 5 | 190 |
| 46 | Camden, NJ Metro Div | 51.5 | 548.2 | 3 | 192 |
| 47 | Tulsa, OK | 48.7 | 456.6 | 32 | 205 |
| 48 | Richmond, VA | 48.4 | 670.9 | -5 | 207 |
| 49 | Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div | 47.2 | 1,342.2 | -2 | 212 |
| 50 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 46.7 | 501.5 | -4 | 214 |
| 51 | Urban Honolulu, HI | 46.3 | 482.6 | -3 | 217 |
| 52 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 44.7 | 1,089.6 | -8 | 229 |
| 53 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 44.3 | 591.4 | 9 | 233 |
| 54 | Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 44.0 | 718.1 | 0 | 235 |
| 55 | Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div | 43.3 | 3,748.6 | -4 | 238 |
| 56 | Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div | 43.0 | 1,066.3 | -4 | 242 |
| 57 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 42.6 | 934.3 | -2 | 245 |
| 58 | Pittsburgh, PA | 40.6 | 1,183.7 | 11 | 253 |
| 59 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 40.3 | 652.0 | -2 | 254 |
| 60 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 39.2 | 568.3 | 0 | 258 |
| 61 | Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div | 39.2 | 760.7 | 0 | 259 |
| 62 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 38.0 | 1,377.2 | -4 | 265 |
| 63 | Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div | 37.7 | 593.2 | -4 | 266 |
| 64 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 33.1 | 575.8 | -8 | 290 |
| 65 | Rochester, NY | 32.3 | 536.9 | -1 | 295 |
| 66 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 32.2 | 867.1 | 0 | 296 |
| 67 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 31.8 | 577.5 | 1 | 300 |
| 68 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 30.8 | 531.1 | -5 | 305 |
| 69 | Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div | 28.8 | 1,208.5 | 1 | 317 |
| 70 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 27.4 | 774.1 | -5 | 328 |
| 71 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 23.4 | 1,051.9 | -4 | 345 |
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