Midsized 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 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
86.6
 283.2
3
2 Baton Rouge, LA
83.2
 367.5
5
3 Anchorage, AK
81.1
 168.0
6
4 Huntsville, AL
81.1
 207.9
8
5 El Paso, TX
79.8
 271.9
6
6 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
78.7
 219.0
-5
7 Corpus Christi, TX
76.2
 175.8
-1
8 Lafayette, LA
75.6
 145.4
-5
9 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
74.5
 313.9
8
10 Lincoln, NE
71.2
 170.1
23
11 Trenton-Ewing, NJ
69.7
 235.2
28
12 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
69.5
 174.3
-4
13 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
69.5
 199.6
6
14 Lexington-Fayette, KY
66.7
 247.4
44
15 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
66.6
 335.0
16
16 Tallahassee, FL
65.3
 171.4
46
17 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
64.9
 438.9
33
18 Syracuse, NY
64.2
 315.6
20
19 Ogden-Clearfield, UT
64.2
 191.7
9
20 Albuquerque, NM
64.2
 377.5
6
21 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
64.0
 318.1
23
22 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
63.0
 209.2
26
23 Salem, OR
62.8
 144.7
4
24 Springfield, MO
62.6
 190.6
5
25 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC
61.6
 282.7
-10
26 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
60.9
 329.6
15
27 Jackson, MS
60.3
 251.4
25
28 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
59.8
 252.5
35
29 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY
59.8
 247.4
17
30 Provo-Orem, UT
59.7
 179.8
-16
31 Spokane, WA
59.5
 207.6
-7
32 Kansas City, KS
59.2
 424.1
-27
33 Madison, WI
58.6
 335.1
10
34 Charleston, WV
58.6
 146.3
0
35 Boulder, CO
57.8
 159.1
-14
36 Bakersfield-Delano, CA
57.2
 225.4
-23
37 Tulsa, OK
56.9
 406.9
-35
38 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
55.9
 156.1
-1
39 Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division
55.5
 265.1
-17
40 Savannah, GA
55.1
 150.2
-20
41 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA
54.5
 186.2
26
42 Columbia, SC
54.2
 345.8
-7
43 Knoxville, TN
53.9
 319.9
16
44 New Haven, CT NECTA
52.0
 266.4
3
45 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
51.9
 158.4
40
46 York-Hanover, PA
51.6
 173.3
-21
47 Winston-Salem, NC
51.4
 207.5
10
48 Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD
51.1
 375.9
25
49 Colorado Springs, CO
50.8
 244.4
6
50 Ann Arbor, MI
50.7
 192.8
43
51 Roanoke, VA
50.4
 154.2
9
52 Montgomery, AL
49.6
 167.7
-16
53 Framingham, MA  NECTA Division
49.1
 150.9
-37
54 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA
48.5
 397.6
20
55 Reading, PA
48.0
 164.6
11
56 Green Bay, WI
47.8
 160.6
9
57 Evansville, IN-KY
47.4
 169.2
24
58 Tucson, AZ
46.2
 359.8
10
59 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA
46.0
 235.1
11
60 Asheville, NC
46.0
 164.5
-11
61 Boise City-Nampa, ID
45.9
 250.4
-5
62 Lancaster, PA
45.9
 224.5
-11
63 Mobile, AL
45.3
 171.7
-53
64 Wichita, KS
44.8
 286.0
-41
65 Peoria, IL
43.4
 174.9
-47
66 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA
41.5
 161.8
-24
67 Fresno, CA
41.1
 281.1
-22
68 Lansing-East Lansing, MI
41.0
 215.9
11
69 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
40.5
 176.7
-39
70 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
40.3
 195.2
-9
71 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division
39.4
 372.4
-31
72 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division
38.9
 333.3
6
73 Baltimore City, MD
37.6
 345.6
3
74 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC
36.9
 292.7
-42
75 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
34.8
 193.9
16
76 Gary, IN Metropolitan Division
34.7
 262.7
-23
77 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA
33.6
 280.2
-2
78 Stockton, CA
33.2
 191.8
-7
79 Fort Wayne, IN
33.0
 200.4
-7
80 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
31.1
 271.2
7
81 Modesto, CA
29.6
 143.6
-1
82 Chattanooga, TN-GA
29.2
 225.3
-28
83 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
27.8
 154.4
6
84 Eugene-Springfield, OR
26.0
 141.5
-20
85 Greensboro-High Point, NC
25.5
 340.8
-1
86 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
24.2
 360.2
0
87 Akron, OH
21.8
 313.2
-18
88 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
20.7
 169.1
0
89 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
20.4
 245.6
6
90 Dayton, OH
20.3
 368.4
4
91 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
19.8
 195.9
-8
92 Reno-Sparks, NV
19.4
 190.6
-2
93 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
17.7
 217.1
-1
94 Canton-Massillon, OH
14.6
 157.6
-12
95 Toledo, OH
14.4
 294.6
2
96 Rockford, IL
12.8
 140.9
-19
97 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
8.8
 142.2
-1
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