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Overall Rankings

Rank City State 2004 Nonfarm Employment (1000s)
1 Reno NV 209.2
2 Boise City ID 238.5
3 Casper WY 35.7
4 Green Bay WI 154.6
5 Medford OR 77.3
6 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 1107.5
7 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL 196.3
8 Missoula MT 54.5
9 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL 193.1
10 Jacksonville FL 572.5
11 Northern Virginia VA 1237.3
12 Daytona Beach FL 176.0
13 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News VA 742.6
14 Las Vegas NV 862.4
15 La Crosse WI 74.6
16 Phoenix AZ 1642.5
17 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach FL 724.4
18 Knoxville TN 362.9
19 Bloomington IN 68.9
20 Orlando FL 944.2
21 Manchester NH 109.5
22 San Diego CA 1259.9
23 Des Moines IA 294.1
24 Camden NJ 525.8
25 Burlington VT 109.8
26 Fayetteville-Springdale AR 176.7
27 Amarillo TX 100.8
28 Washington Msa DC 2907.9
29 Suburban Maryland-Dc MD 953.2
30 Bakersfield CA 206.4
31 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT 719.1
32 Portland ME 161.3
33 Pensacola FL 161.1
34 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL 189.3
35 Spokane WA 200.5
36 Putnam County NY 25.7
37 Rockland County NY 116.2
38 Madison WI 301.4
39 Monmouth-Ocean NJ 426.9
40 Bryan-College Station TX 79.2
41 Longview-Marshall TX 94.4
42 Sioux Falls SD 119.0
43 Stockton CA 201.7
44 St Louis MO 1321.9
45 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach FL 529.0
46 Dutchess County NY 122.1
47 Nashville TN 690.4
48 Orange County CA 1431.6
49 Cincinnati OH 880.1
50 Bismarck ND 54.2
51 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc CA 168.7
52 Provo-Orem UT 156.2
53 Nassau-Suffolk NY 1234.9
54 Tacoma WA 257.1
55 Fargo-Moorhead ND 106.1
56 Trenton NJ 229.8
57 Jackson MS 236.9
58 Las Cruces NM 62.6
59 Memphis TN 591.9
60 Tucson AZ 345.1
61 Anchorage AK 147.3
62 Dubuque IA 52.4
63 Newark NJ 1019.7
64 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater FL 1237.9
65 San Antonio TX 734.9
66 Milwaukee WI 846.4
67 Mcallen-Edinburg-Mission TX 177.9
68 Lafayette LA 170.9
69 Sarasota FL 288.9
70 Laredo TX 78.2
71 Charleston SC 267.4
72 Seattle WA 1366.9
73 Albuquerque NM 367.6
74 Odessa TX 105.8
75 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon NJ 651.0
76 Chattanooga TN 234.7
77 Glens Falls NY 56.1
78 Miami-Hialeah FL 1001.2
79 Fresno CA 319.3
80 Grand Forks ND 49.1
81 Minneapolis-St Paul MN 1734.3
82 San Angelo TX 44.5
83 Tyler TX 86.9
84 Atlanta GA 2179.3
85 Terre Haute IN 69.2
86 Westchester County NY 419.8
87 Augusta GA 203.5
88 Richmond-Petersburg VA 570.8
89 St Cloud MN 94.8
90 Newburgh NY 139.3
91 Kansas City MO 942.8
92 Providence RI 534.1
93 Savannah GA 142.0
94 Barre-Montpelier VT 34.5
95 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY 463.6
96 Cleveland OH 1115.7
97 Houston TX 2110.3
98 Gainesville FL 125.4
99 Lewiston-Auburn ME 46.8
100 Dover DE 61.2
101 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA 370.5
102 Indianapolis IN 885.7
103 Honolulu HI 425.9
104 Modesto CA 157.1
105 Portland OR 926.6
106 Asheville NC 113.3
107 South Bend-Mishawaka IN 134.0
108 Waco TX 100.7
109 Brockton MA 101.2
110 Wilmington DE 325.5
111 Raleigh-Durham NC 696.8
112 Abilene TX 57.3
113 Eugene-Springfield OR 140.8
114 Tallahassee FL 159.8
115 Ft Worth-Arlington TX 779.9
116 Rapid City SD 54.0
117 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX 155.7
118 Allentown-Bethlehem PA 287.4
119 Rochester MN 91.3
120 Huntsville AL 190.4
121 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR 318.4
122 Springfield MO 171.4
123 New Orleans LA 610.2
124 Brazoria TX 78.9
125 Wheeling WV 67.7
126 Columbus OH 875.6
127 Sacramento CA 753.0
128 Mobile AL 227.5
129 Albany GA 57.2
130 Corpus Christi TX 159.5
131 Lake Charles LA 86.0
132 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA 184.2
133 Davenport-Rock Island-Moline IL 179.0
134 Baton Rouge LA 303.7
135 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC 832.9
136 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA 74.0
137 Santa Fe NM 81.0
138 Birmingham AL 474.9
139 Altoona PA 61.8
140 Ventura CA 283.9
141 Chicago IL 4119.2
142 Lima OH 77.6
143 Macon-Warner Robins GA 150.6
144 Shreveport LA 171.9
145 Hamilton-Middletown OH 133.3
146 Dallas TX 1910.3
147 Lancaster PA 229.7
148 Duluth MN 117.2
149 Pine Bluff AR 36.5
150 Oklahoma City OK 536.2
151 Worcester MA 231.7
152 Austin TX 655.7
153 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA 3978.8
154 Evansville IN 161.4
155 Eau Claire WI 78.7
156 Syracuse NY 345.7
157 Waterbury CT 82.8
158 Atlantic City NJ 206.2
159 Peoria IL 170.1
160 Galveston-Texas City TX 89.5
161 Lexington-Fayette KY 276.6
162 Pittsburgh PA 1110.5
163 Victoria TX 37.3
164 Springfield MA 255.5
165 Texarkana TX 53.8
166 Lubbock TX 121.6
167 Montgomery AL 164.7
168 Sheboygan WI 65.0
169 Colorado Springs CO 240.4
170 Louisville KY 560.7
171 Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol TN 198.6
172 Gary-Hammond IN 258.7
173 Fitchburg-Leominster MA 51.5
174 Buffalo NY 543.9
175 Nashua NH 95.0
176 Monroe LA 73.0
177 Scranton-Wilkes-Barre PA 277.3
178 Wausau WI 70.7
179 Jersey City NJ 252.5
180 Lincoln NE 158.2
181 Williamsport PA 53.5
182 Charleston WV 134.3
183 Bergen-Passaic NJ 658.4
184 New York City NY 3544.6
185 Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA 180.2
186 Tulsa OK 377.5
187 Lowell MA 121.3
188 San Francisco CA 949.3
189 Danbury CT 89.1
190 Hartford CT 582.2
191 Columbus GA 117.2
192 Akron OH 323.8
193 Roanoke VA 142.3
194 Benton Harbor MI 69.1
195 Rochester NY 531.5
196 Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester NH 126.5
197 Decatur IL 54.0
198 Youngstown-Warren OH 228.2
199 Kankakee IL 42.9
200 York PA 167.5
201 Toledo OH 303.5
202 Dayton-Springfield OH 449.5
203 Boston MA 1920.0
204 Bristol VA 39.2
205 Rockford IL 170.2
206 Tuscaloosa AL 81.5
207 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton NJ 60.5
208 Steubenville-Weirton OH 47.6
209 Alexandria LA 56.1
210 Johnstown PA 86.2
211 Oakland CA 1021.5
212 Lawrence KS 49.3
213 Detroit MI 2014.7
214 Enid OK 22.3
215 Salem OR 139.3
216 El Paso TX 257.0
217 Ann Arbor MI 285.6
218 Wichita Falls TX 58.8
219 Owensboro KY 43.3
220 Sioux City IA 61.1
221 Wichita KS 272.9
222 Stamford CT 196.4
223 Greenville-Spartanburg SC 467.5
224 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI 205.7
225 Fort Wayne IN 264.3
226 Omaha NE 419.0
227 Erie PA 130.5
228 Charlottesville VA 86.5
229 Bridgeport-Milford CT 182.1
230 Janesville-Beloit WI 67.0
231 Houma-Thibodaux LA 82.2
232 Mansfield OH 74.9
233 Utica-Rome NY 133.2
234 Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Pt NC 629.0
235 Brownsville-Harlingen TX 114.9
236 New Haven-Meriden CT 251.0
237 Lafayette IN 94.1
238 Elmira NY 40.3
239 Reading PA 163.9
240 Kenosha WI 54.4
241 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI 165.6
242 Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul IL 101.2
243 Canton OH 177.1
244 Elkhart-Goshen IN 120.7
245 Bloomington-Normal IL 88.8
246 Topeka KS 98.8
247 Iowa City IA 74.1
248 State College PA 69.6
249 Pittsfield MA 43.1
250 Racine WI 80.0
251 Killeen-Temple TX 104.7
252 Springfield IL 111.4
253 New Bedford MA 64.9
254 San Jose CA 838.8
255 Fort Smith AR 98.5
256 Salinas-Seaside-Monterey CA 128.4
257 Athens GA 74.1
258 Baltimore City MD 391.5
259 Grand Rapids MI 559.8
260 Lynchburg VA 98.8
261 Parkersburg-Marietta WV 69.7
262 Kokomo IN 48.7
263 Kalamazoo MI 205.5
264 Cedar Rapids IA 112.8
265 Philadelphia City PA 672.0
266 Columbia SC 302.7
267 Sherman-Denison TX 43.6
268 Danville VA 44.7
269 Lawton OK 38.4
270 Jackson MI 60.7
271 Flint MI 155.9
272 Sharon PA 48.5
273 Lansing-East Lansing MI 228.9
274 Muncie IN 53.4

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