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Rank of Metropolitan Areas by Total Percent Change in Employment, 2003 - 2006

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Rank Metropolitan Name Percent Change
1 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 21.63
2 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 20.65
3 Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 17.61
4 Naples-Marco Island, FL 15.87
5 Provo-Orem, UT 15.59
6 Orlando, FL 15.50
7 Wilmington, NC 14.92
8 Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL 14.68
9 Boise City-Nampa, ID 14.51
10 Lakeland, FL 14.32
11 McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX 14.15
12 Savannah, GA 12.56
13 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 12.50
14 Reno-Sparks, NV 11.71
15 Raleigh-Cary, NC 11.43
16 Salt Lake City, UT 10.51
17 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 10.42
18 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 10.18
19 Bakersfield, CA 10.08
20 Austin-Round Rock, TX 10.06
21 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 9.89
22 Tucson, AZ 9.77
23 Jacksonville, FL 9.43
24 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 8.46
25 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 8.16
26 Eugene-Springfield, OR 7.74
27 Albuquerque, NM 7.63
28 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 7.43
29 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 7.37
30 Salem, OR 7.35
31 Springfield, MO 7.32
32 Colorado Springs, CO 7.30
33 Huntsville, AL 7.24
34 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 7.19
35 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 7.15
36 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 7.13
37 Fayetteville, NC 7.10
38 Des Moines, IA 6.96
39 Honolulu, HI 6.93
40 Baton Rouge, LA 6.93
41 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 6.90
42 Tulsa, OK 6.87
43 San Antonio, TX 6.78
44 Durham, NC 6.75
45 Visalia-Porterville, CA 6.55
46 Spokane, WA 6.45
47 Tallahassee, FL 6.41
48 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 6.41
49 York-Hanover, PA 6.41
50 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 6.35
51 Richmond, VA 6.12
52 Anchorage, AK 6.09
53 Columbia, SC 5.74
54 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 5.73
55 Oklahoma City, OK 5.73
56 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 5.44
57 Madison, WI 5.39
58 Reading, PA 5.38
59 Montgomery, AL 5.33
60 Peoria, IL 5.13
61 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 5.01
Sample Average 4.86
62 Knoxville, TN 4.83
63 Greenville, SC 4.80
64 Denver-Aurora, CO 4.72
65 Asheville, NC 4.63
66 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 4.62
67 Mobile, AL 4.59
68 Jackson, MS 4.56
69 Fresno, CA 4.33
70 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 4.23
71 Winston-Salem, NC 4.18
72 Baltimore-Towson, MD 4.15
73 Corpus Christi, TX 4.14
74 Wichita, KS 4.11
75 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 4.09
76 Chattanooga, TN-GA 4.04
77 Indianapolis, IN 4.01
78 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3.96
79 Akron, OH 3.93
80 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 3.81
81 El Paso, TX 3.77
82 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 3.70
83 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 3.67
84 Kansas City, MO-KS 3.56
85 Greensboro-High Point, NC 3.53
86 Louisville, KY-IN 3.39
87 Stockton, CA 3.36
88 Lexington-Fayette, KY 3.36
89 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 3.20
90 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 3.18
91 Lancaster, PA 3.05
92 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 3.01
93 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 2.95
94 Manchester-Nashua, NH 2.83
95 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 2.82
96 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 2.73
97 Fort Wayne, IN 2.67
98 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 2.64
99 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2.54
100 Rockford, IL 2.46
101 New Haven-Milford, CT 2.40
102 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 2.33
103 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 2.28
104 Modesto, CA 2.26
105 Columbus, OH 2.25
106 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 2.15
107 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2.06
108 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 2.02
109 St. Louis, MO-IL 1.97
110 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 1.92
111 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 1.81
112 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1.80
113 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 1.54
114 Charleston, WV 1.49
115 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1.48
116 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 1.43
117 Worcester, MA 1.26
118 Springfield, MA 0.96
119 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0.92
120 Syracuse, NY 0.90
121 Toledo, OH 0.72
122 Rochester, NY 0.60
123 Evansville, IN-KY 0.16
124 Pittsburgh, PA 0.11
125 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0.07
126 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0.06
127 Ann Arbor, MI -0.26
128 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC -0.40
129 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI -0.53
130 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA -0.57
131 Dayton, OH -1.85
132 Flint, MI -1.93
133 Salinas, CA -2.38
134 Lansing-East Lansing, MI -2.55
135 Canton-Massillon, OH -2.73
136 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA -21.39