Large Cities Rankings - 2010 Best Cities for Job Growth

Read how we pick the best cities.





Size Rank 2010  Area
2010 Weighted INDEX
  

2009 Nonfarm Emplmnt (1000s) 
Size Rank Change 2010
1 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
88.9
        756.8
0
2 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
84.9
        827.2
1
3 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
81.0
    2,513.6
-1
4 Northern Virginia, VA
77.1
    1,291.4
9
5 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
75.7
    2,006.9
0
6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
75.3
    2,380.0
6
7 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division
75.2
        844.9
-3
8 Raleigh-Cary, NC
74.4
        496.9
0
9 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
68.5
        453.6
2
10 New York City, NY
66.7
    3,655.7
4
11 Oklahoma City, OK
65.1
        555.3
-2
12 Salt Lake City, UT
64.9
        606.9
-5
13 Pittsburgh, PA
64.5
    1,112.7
16
14 Philadelphia City, PA
64.4
        647.2
17
15 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division
64.3
        556.1
9
16 Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division
63.7
    1,225.2
18
17 Rochester, NY
63.6
        502.8
4
18 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
61.9
        536.9
18
19 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division
61.7
    1,644.2
-3
20 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
61.6
        536.3
10
21 Kansas City, MO
61.2
        544.0
7
22 Honolulu, HI
60.9
        437.2
-3
23 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
55.2
        729.7
4
24 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO
54.3
    1,178.7
-9
25 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN
54.3
        591.5
12
26 Columbus, OH
52.6
        898.2
6
27 St. Louis, MO-IL
50.5
    1,286.5
6
28 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division
50.3
    1,374.6
-22
29 Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division
49.7
        512.1
26
30 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
49.7
        719.2
-5
31 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
48.6
        802.5
-13
32 Richmond, VA
47.8
        595.6
10
33 Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY
46.0
        548.5
-16
34 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN
45.6
        859.4
1
35 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN
45.2
        984.7
3
36 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
43.8
        998.4
-10
37 Jacksonville, FL
43.3
        581.8
7
38 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ
42.7
        865.0
15
39 Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division
42.6
        966.4
15
40 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
42.3
    1,677.2
8
41 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
42.2
        959.1
-31
42 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division
42.1
        926.1
-19
43 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
42.1
    2,259.3
-2
44 Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division
39.8
        970.5
3
45 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
38.8
        981.9
-5
46 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA
38.3
        519.2
-1
47 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
37.6
        841.9
-27
48 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
37.4
    1,213.2
-9
49 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
35.0
        796.3
2
50 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metropolitan Division
33.7
    3,583.0
2
51 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
32.6
    1,701.0
-8
52 Memphis, TN-MS-AR
31.7
        591.7
-6
53 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA
31.5
        818.2
7
54 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
30.6
    1,122.8
4
55 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
27.2
        530.2
10
56 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
26.9
        703.5
-6
57 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
26.7
        806.3
-35
58 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH
24.4
        983.2
6
59 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
22.8
    3,778.6
-3
60 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division
22.8
    1,347.1
3
61 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
22.4
        498.9
0
62 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division
21.9
        948.4
0
63 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
21.4
    1,108.7
-6
64 Birmingham-Hoover, AL
20.8
        485.1
-15
65 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division
4.1
        689.6
1
66 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division
1.1
    1,019.3
-7
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