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Rank City State 2005 Nonfarm Employment (1000s)
1 Yuma AZ 50.8
2 St. George UT 46.7
3 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin FL 88.5
4 Coeur d'Alene ID 54.9
5 Bellingham WA 80.5
6 Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce FL 121.8
7 Naples-Marco Island FL 124.1
8 Idaho Falls ID 52.6
9 Casper WY 37.8
10 Bremerton-Silverdale WA 86.2
11 Panama City-Lynn Haven FL 74.8
12 Morgantown WV 57.5
13 Prescott AZ 58.9
14 Bend OR 63.8
15 El Centro CA 43.0
16 Logan UT 49.1
17 Punta Gorda FL 41.1
18 Greeley CO 77.8
19 Winchester VA 56.9
20 Laredo TX 79.0
21 Olympia WA 96.3
22 Madera CA 34.4
23 Dover DE 63.5
24 Ocala FL 94.1
25 Farmington NM 49.0
26 Great Falls MT 34.6
27 Mount Vernon-Anacortes WA 46.4
28 Auburn-Opelika AL 50.5
29 Billings MT 75.3
30 Hot Springs AR 38.7
31 Las Cruces NM 63.8
32 Harrisonburg VA 62.0
33 Bismarck ND 57.1
34 Tuscaloosa AL 93.8
35 Yuba City CA 40.6
36 Flagstaff AZ 63.6
37 Wenatchee WA 39.2
38 Hanford-Corcoran CA 34.9
39 Fairbanks AK 39.7
40 Johnson City TN 79.9
41 Medford OR 80.2
42 Pocatello ID 38.4
43 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach SC 118.1
44 Portsmouth NH 57.1
45 Hinesville-Fort Stewart GA 16.8
46 Gainesville FL 131.3
47 Missoula MT 55.3
48 Merced CA 58.4
49 Savannah GA 147.2
50 Cheyenne WY 42.1
51 Kennewick-Richland-Pasco WA 90.2
52 Grand Junction CO 55.9
53 Sioux Falls SD 126.7
54 Carson City NV 33.0
55 Salisbury MD 53.9
56 Warner Robins GA 51.9
57 Wilmington NC 130.0
58 Lawrence KS 51.6
59 Clarksville TN 82.1
60 Santa Fe NM 62.9
61 Longview TX 88.1
62 Iowa City IA 84.9
63 Morristown TN 51.3
64 Abilene TX 64.8
65 Vero Beach FL 44.2
66 Rochester-Dover NH 54.1
67 Fargo ND 111.5
68 Brownsville-Harlingen TX 118.7
69 Manchester NH 101.0
70 Columbia MO 87.4
71 Charlottesville VA 93.2
72 Lebanon PA 47.8
73 Ocean City NJ 56.3
74 Fort Collins-Loveland CO 132.5
75 Glens Falls NY 57.4
76 Bowling Green KY 57.0
77 Rapid City SD 62.6
78 Grand Forks ND 50.7
79 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood TX 114.5
80 Redding CA 65.8
81 Lawton OK 40.8
82 Vallejo-Fairfield CA 127.4
83 Rochester MN 104.8
84 Jacksonville NC 41.7
85 Dothan AL 61.9
86 Nashua NH 129.8
87 Brunswick GA 43.5
88 Elizabethtown KY 46.3
89 College Station-Bryan TX 86.5
90 Midland TX 57.1
91 Amarillo TX 108.7
92 Texarkana TX 54.4
93 Tyler TX 89.0
94 Elkhart-Goshen IN 130.8
95 Valdosta GA 52.8
96 Oshkosh-Neenah WI 93.9
97 Lake Charles LA 90.1
98 Fond du Lac WI 50.0
99 Janesville WI 70.5
100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles CA 99.6
101 Norwich-New London CT 138.0
102 Ithaca NY 60.8
103 Columbus IN 43.3
104 Barnstable Town MA 112.4
105 Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD 99.5
106 Eugene-Springfield OR 144.6
107 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA 95.5
108 Sherman-Denison TX 45.2
109 Waco TX 103.7
110 Chico CA 73.3
111 St. Joseph MO 53.4
112 Jonesboro AR 48.5
113 Visalia-Porterville CA 103.9
114 Greenville NC 69.6
115 Odessa TX 52.2
116 Salem OR 144.5
117 Lubbock TX 124.5
118 Corvallis OR 36.8
119 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton NJ 62.4
120 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA 86.7
121 Dubuque IA 52.9
122 Fayetteville NC 117.6
123 State College PA 70.4
124 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford VA 71.7
125 Cumberland MD 39.0
126 Wausau WI 71.5
127 Kingston NY 64.6
128 Anniston-Oxford AL 50.9
129 Burlington-South Burlington VT 114.1
130 Pueblo CO 55.9
131 Napa CA 61.5
132 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux LA 83.0
133 San Angelo TX 44.4
134 St. Cloud MN 96.5
135 Ames IA 45.6
136 Gainesville GA 68.9
137 Athens-Clarke County GA 77.4
138 Decatur AL 56.8
139 Huntington-Ashland WV 115.7
140 South Bend-Mishawaka IN 146.0
141 Longview WA 37.5
142 Lewiston-Auburn ME 48.2
143 Jackson TN 60.5
144 Wichita Falls TX 60.8
145 Pine Bluff AR 40.3
146 Erie PA 133.0
147 Fort Smith AR 117.2
148 Lafayette IN 90.1
149 Bangor ME 64.3
150 Muskegon-Norton Shores MI 66.5
151 Jefferson City MO 78.6
152 Rome GA 42.7
153 Cedar Rapids IA 130.2
154 La Crosse WI 72.8
155 Eau Claire WI 77.8
156 Kokomo IN 48.4
157 Appleton WI 117.7
158 Wheeling WV 67.7
159 Joplin MO 75.8
160 Owensboro KY 50.3
161 Cleveland TN 40.9
162 Alexandria LA 59.4
163 Lewiston ID 26.7
164 Victoria TX 47.8
165 Lynchburg VA 103.0
166 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford MA 118.8
167 Altoona PA 62.3
168 Sandusky OH 43.0
169 Terre Haute IN 74.3
170 Bloomington IN 78.9
171 Johnstown PA 59.7
172 Duluth MN 131.2
173 Pittsfield MA 37.2
174 Hattiesburg MS 54.5
175 Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner MA 52.1
176 Williamsport PA 54.1
177 Florence SC 87.6
178 Yakima WA 76.8
179 New Bedford MA 63.8
180 Parkersburg-Marietta WV 73.4
181 Charleston WV 148.8
182 Salinas CA 128.1
183 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton MA 89.9
184 Lynn-Peabody-Salem MA 102.1
185 Pascagoula MS 53.9
186 Lafayette LA 132.7
187 Waterbury CT 68.9
188 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol TN 120.8
189 Spartanburg SC 121.6
190 Monroe LA 78.8
191 Anderson SC 63.0
192 Springfield IL 112.4
193 Florence-Muscle Shoals AL 54.1
194 Danbury CT 68.0
195 Topeka KS 111.5
196 Albany GA 63.8
197 Gadsden AL 38.1
198 Decatur IL 54.8
199 Goldsboro NC 43.1
200 Lima OH 57.7
201 Utica-Rome NY 133.6
202 Niles-Benton Harbor MI 63.2
203 Racine WI 79.9
204 Macon GA 100.3
205 Rocky Mount NC 62.0
206 Battle Creek MI 62.5
207 Monroe MI 43.1
208 Dalton GA 76.2
209 Kalamazoo-Portage MI 143.4
210 Jackson MI 62.1
211 Sheboygan WI 62.4
212 Weirton-Steubenville OH 47.4
213 Kankakee-Bradley IL 42.7
214 Columbus GA 120.4
215 Sumter SC 39.4
216 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury MA 76.3
217 Binghamton NY 111.1
218 Bloomington-Normal IL 87.3
219 Michigan City-La Porte IN 46.6
220 Champaign-Urbana IL 108.9
221 Burlington NC 59.4
222 Springfield OH 52.1
223 Danville IL 32.1
224 Anderson IN 44.8
225 Sioux City IA 70.8
226 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North MI 93.3
227 Danville VA 41.5
228 Bay City MI 39.5
229 Elmira NY 39.1
230 Holland-Grand Haven MI 110.8
231 Gulfport-Biloxi MS 105.1
232 Mansfield OH 59.2
233 Muncie IN 52.3

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