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

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Rank Metropolitan Name Percent Change
1 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 30.49
2 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 18.63
3 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 16.05
4 Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 14.29
5 Tulsa, OK 12.25
6 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 12.21
7 Bakersfield, CA 11.44
8 Corpus Christi, TX 11.00
9 Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL 10.98
10 Salinas, CA 10.93
11 Baton Rouge, LA 10.81
12 Oklahoma City, OK 10.15
13 Austin-Round Rock, TX 10.02
14 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 9.94
15 Anchorage, AK 9.53
16 Visalia-Porterville, CA 9.53
17 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 9.46
18 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 9.21
19 Peoria, IL 9.19
20 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 8.85
21 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 8.51
22 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 8.48
23 Modesto, CA 8.29
24 Wilmington, NC 7.61
25 Boise City-Nampa, ID 7.58
26 Naples-Marco Island, FL 7.37
27 Mobile, AL 6.73
28 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 6.70
29 San Antonio, TX 6.69
30 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 6.66
31 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 6.65
32 Honolulu, HI 6.63
33 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 6.57
34 Huntsville, AL 6.49
35 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 6.48
36 Canton-Massillon, OH 6.48
37 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 6.38
38 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 6.29
39 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 5.91
40 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 5.86
41 Eugene-Springfield, OR 5.86
42 Des Moines, IA 5.86
43 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 5.76
44 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 5.73
45 Stockton, CA 5.54
46 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 5.45
47 Salt Lake City, UT 5.41
48 Fresno, CA 5.37
49 Denver-Aurora, CO 5.31
50 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 5.28
51 Rochester, NY 5.24
52 Asheville, NC 5.21
53 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 5.21
54 Spokane, WA 5.16
55 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 5.15
56 Charleston, WV 5.15
57 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 5.12
Sample Average 5.07
58 Knoxville, TN 5.06
59 Syracuse, NY 5.02
60 Richmond, VA 4.98
61 Fayetteville, NC 4.92
62 El Paso, TX 4.89
63 Wichita, KS 4.78
64 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 4.70
65 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 4.65
66 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 4.63
67 Chattanooga, TN-GA 4.54
68 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 4.43
69 York-Hanover, PA 4.24
70 Columbus, OH 4.22
71 Baltimore-Towson, MD 4.22
72 Indianapolis, IN 4.18
73 Pittsburgh, PA 4.18
74 Manchester-Nashua, NH 4.15
75 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 4.09
76 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 4.09
77 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 4.06
78 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3.99
79 McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX 3.98
80 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 3.95
81 Albuquerque, NM 3.94
82 Durham, NC 3.86
83 Lexington-Fayette, KY 3.86
84 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 3.71
85 New Haven-Milford, CT 3.71
86 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 3.66
87 Colorado Springs, CO 3.56
88 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 3.55
89 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 3.48
90 Columbia, SC 3.47
91 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3.37
92 Akron, OH 3.29
93 Salem, OR 3.27
94 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 3.25
95 Springfield, MO 3.25
96 Dayton, OH 3.22
97 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 3.18
98 Evansville, IN-KY 3.15
99 Provo-Orem, UT 3.11
100 Kansas City, MO-KS 3.11
101 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 3.07
102 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 3.06
103 Jacksonville, FL 3.03
104 Orlando, FL 3.03
105 Raleigh-Cary, NC 2.94
106 Lakeland, FL 2.81
107 Greensboro-High Point, NC 2.72
108 Winston-Salem, NC 2.64
109 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 2.59
110 Montgomery, AL 2.59
111 Jackson, MS 2.55
112 St. Louis, MO-IL 2.54
113 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 2.53
114 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 2.51
115 Savannah, GA 2.44
116 Rockford, IL 2.17
117 Lancaster, PA 2.16
118 Louisville, KY-IN 2.11
119 Tucson, AZ 2.02
120 Springfield, MA 1.80
121 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 1.65
122 Madison, WI 1.21
123 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 1.12
124 Toledo, OH 0.98
125 Tallahassee, FL 0.96
126 Reno-Sparks, NV 0.68
127 Worcester, MA 0.58
128 Lansing-East Lansing, MI -0.27
129 Reading, PA -0.45
130 Fort Wayne, IN -0.81
131 Greenville, SC -1.07
132 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ -1.22
133 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI -1.55
134 Ann Arbor, MI -1.98
135 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI -4.46
136 Flint, MI -6.59