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| Rank | City | State | 2005 Nonfarm Employment (1000s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers | FL | 209.7 |
| 2 | McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr | TX | 189.7 |
| 3 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | AR | 194.5 |
| 4 | Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice | FL | 312.0 |
| 5 | Reno-Sparks | NV | 219.9 |
| 6 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville | FL | 210.9 |
| 7 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach | FL | 168.1 |
| 8 | Lakeland | FL | 203.0 |
| 9 | Provo-Orem | UT | 168.4 |
| 10 | Bakersfield | CA | 216.2 |
| 11 | Boise City-Nampa | ID | 252.9 |
| 12 | Charleston-North Charleston | SC | 281.6 |
| 13 | Tucson | AZ | 367.4 |
| 14 | Anchorage | AK | 169.0 |
| 15 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent | FL | 168.7 |
| 16 | Calvert-Charles-Prince George's | MD | 402.8 |
| 17 | Tacoma | WA | 262.2 |
| 18 | Ogden-Clearfield | UT | 189.2 |
| 19 | Huntsville | AL | 197.2 |
| 20 | Portland-South Portland-Biddeford | ME | 201.6 |
| 21 | Modesto | CA | 161.8 |
| 22 | Stockton | CA | 206.4 |
| 23 | Knoxville | TN | 327.4 |
| 24 | Trenton-Ewing | NJ | 234.5 |
| 25 | Springfield | MO | 187.1 |
| 26 | Honolulu | HI | 438.3 |
| 27 | Madison | WI | 342.4 |
| 28 | Des Moines | IA | 306.5 |
| 29 | Albuquerque | NM | 377.9 |
| 30 | Spokane | WA | 203.5 |
| 31 | Winston-Salem | NC | 212.4 |
| 32 | El Paso | TX | 263.2 |
| 33 | Fresno | CA | 291.2 |
| 34 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta | CA | 171.2 |
| 35 | Montgomery | AL | 172.1 |
| 36 | Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | NY | 253.2 |
| 37 | Boulder | CO | 161.7 |
| 38 | Tallahassee | FL | 169.2 |
| 39 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton | PA | 333.3 |
| 40 | York-Hanover | PA | 174.8 |
| 41 | Wilmington | DE | 351.0 |
| 42 | Asheville | NC | 166.4 |
| 43 | Colorado Springs | CO | 254.9 |
| 44 | Jackson | MS | 257.3 |
| 45 | Lake County-Kenosha County | IL | 397.6 |
| 46 | Roanoke | VA | 161.5 |
| 47 | Reading | PA | 169.0 |
| 48 | Lincoln | NE | 170.0 |
| 49 | Mobile | AL | 175.0 |
| 50 | Columbia | SC | 345.1 |
| 51 | Durham | NC | 268.5 |
| 52 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | CA | 285.9 |
| 53 | Lancaster | PA | 234.4 |
| 54 | Chattanooga | TN | 240.4 |
| 55 | Augusta-Richmond County | GA | 213.0 |
| 56 | Kansas City | KS | 420.3 |
| 57 | Framingham | MA | 153.1 |
| 58 | Shreveport-Bossier City | LA | 171.0 |
| 59 | Harrisburg-Carlisle | PA | 327.7 |
| 60 | Greensboro-High Point | NC | 358.9 |
| 61 | Little Rock-North Little Rock | AR | 329.1 |
| 62 | Atlantic City | NJ | 154.0 |
| 63 | Syracuse | NY | 320.9 |
| 64 | Worcester | MA | 244.7 |
| 65 | Ann Arbor | MI | 199.5 |
| 66 | Tulsa | OK | 402.9 |
| 67 | Peoria | IL | 177.7 |
| 68 | Green Bay | WI | 167.7 |
| 69 | Lexington-Fayette | KY | 245.3 |
| 70 | Baton Rouge | LA | 341.3 |
| 71 | Fort Wayne | IN | 213.5 |
| 72 | Evansville | IN | 179.7 |
| 73 | New Haven | CT | 270.0 |
| 74 | Corpus Christi | TX | 166.2 |
| 75 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma | CA | 184.7 |
| 76 | Akron | OH | 328.6 |
| 77 | Gary | IN | 275.3 |
| 78 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton | NC | 166.2 |
| 79 | Springfield | MA | 294.7 |
| 80 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre | PA | 256.3 |
| 81 | Greenville | SC | 294.2 |
| 82 | Toledo | OH | 332.0 |
| 83 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk | CT | 412.1 |
| 84 | Wichita | KS | 281.3 |
| 85 | Canton-Massillon | OH | 178.4 |
| 86 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island | IL | 184.2 |
| 87 | Rockford | IL | 155.8 |
| 88 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | TX | 154.4 |
| 89 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming | MI | 381.9 |
| 90 | Lansing-East Lansing | MI | 227.3 |
| 91 | Dayton | OH | 408.2 |
| 92 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman | OH | 240.2 |
| 93 | Baltimore City | MD | 380.4 |
| 94 | Flint | MI | 156.1 |
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