Medium Cities Ranking
2008 Overall Rank |
Area |
State |
Nonfarm Employment (1,000s) |
2008 Size Group |
Rank Change Since 2007 |
Weighted Index |
1 |
Provo-Orem, UT |
Utah |
193.6 |
M |
6 |
93.7 |
2 |
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division |
Washington |
286.4 |
M |
12 |
88.1 |
3 |
Savannah, GA |
Georgia |
161.8 |
M |
7 |
87.9 |
4 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
Texas |
213.5 |
M |
-2 |
85.7 |
5 |
Huntsville, AL |
Alabama |
212.7 |
M |
16 |
81.0 |
6 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC |
South Carolina |
299.4 |
M |
9 |
78.7 |
7 |
Asheville, NC |
North Carolina |
180.5 |
M |
Was Small |
78.5 |
8 |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
Utah |
202.0 |
M |
8 |
78.0 |
9 |
Bakersfield, CA |
California |
241.1 |
M |
2 |
77.8 |
10 |
Lafayette, LA |
Louisiana |
150.7 |
M |
68 |
77.5 |
11 |
Durham, NC |
North Carolina |
291.5 |
M |
34 |
77.5 |
12 |
Boise City-Nampa, ID |
Idaho |
276.3 |
M |
-3 |
75.8 |
13 |
Springfield, MO |
Missouri |
203.0 |
M |
7 |
74.9 |
14 |
Spokane, WA |
Washington |
219.6 |
M |
8 |
71.2 |
15 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
Iowa |
323.8 |
M |
15 |
69.7 |
16 |
Kansas City, KS |
Kansas |
449.1 |
M |
53 |
69.4 |
17 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
Louisiana |
372.9 |
M |
-4 |
68.4 |
18 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC |
South Carolina |
322.9 |
M |
34 |
68.2 |
19 |
Columbia, SC |
South Carolina |
371.4 |
M |
5 |
66.0 |
20 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
Arkansas |
208.8 |
M |
-16 |
65.5 |
21 |
Peoria, IL |
Illinois |
187.9 |
M |
46 |
64.6 |
22 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
Louisiana |
180.7 |
M |
4 |
64.0 |
23 |
York-Hanover, PA |
Pennsylvania |
184.5 |
M |
28 |
62.8 |
24 |
Wichita, KS |
Kansas |
306.1 |
M |
49 |
60.8 |
25 |
Salem, OR |
Oregon |
151.8 |
M |
10 |
60.5 |
26 |
El Paso, TX |
Texas |
275.4 |
M |
20 |
60.1 |
27 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
Florida |
175.2 |
M |
-10 |
59.4 |
28 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
Arkansas |
348.2 |
M |
8 |
58.7 |
29 |
Reno-Sparks, NV |
Nevada |
224.4 |
M |
-21 |
58.5 |
30 |
Stockton, CA |
California |
214.2 |
M |
1 |
58.1 |
31 |
Montgomery, AL |
Alabama |
180.7 |
M |
17 |
58.0 |
32 |
Boulder, CO |
Colorado |
167.4 |
M |
44 |
55.4 |
33 |
Winston-Salem, NC |
North Carolina |
221.6 |
M |
27 |
54.6 |
34 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
Texas |
176.6 |
M |
29 |
53.7 |
35 |
Albuquerque, NM |
New Mexico |
395.7 |
M |
-16 |
53.4 |
36 |
Eugene-Springfield, OR |
Oregon |
157.0 |
M |
-3 |
53.1 |
37 |
Tallahassee, FL |
Florida |
180.7 |
M |
-8 |
51.8 |
38 |
Tulsa, OK |
Oklahoma |
426.3 |
M |
5 |
51.5 |
39 |
Knoxville, TN |
Tennessee |
338.8 |
M |
-12 |
51.2 |
40 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
Texas |
164.5 |
M |
51 |
50.0 |
41 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
Colorado |
261.9 |
M |
15 |
49.9 |
42 |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
Kentucky |
257.9 |
M |
13 |
49.7 |
43 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
Florida |
225.9 |
M |
-42 |
48.8 |
44 |
Mobile, AL |
Alabama |
183.4 |
M |
-3 |
48.8 |
45 |
Fresno, CA |
California |
305.4 |
M |
14 |
48.4 |
46 |
Tucson, AZ |
Arizona |
382.8 |
M |
-34 |
47.7 |
47 |
Rockford, IL |
Illinois |
162.2 |
M |
34 |
46.9 |
48 |
Lincoln, NE |
Nebraska |
175.0 |
M |
18 |
46.4 |
49 |
Jackson, MS |
Mississippi |
263.3 |
M |
-2 |
45.9 |
50 |
Framingham, MA NECTA Division |
Massachusetts |
158.7 |
M |
25 |
45.7 |
51 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
Florida |
214.5 |
M |
-45 |
45.5 |
52 |
Anchorage, AK |
Alaska |
165.1 |
M |
-29 |
45.1 |
53 |
Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD |
Maryland |
398.9 |
M |
-9 |
44.1 |
54 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
Florida |
172.2 |
M |
-49 |
43.8 |
55 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
North Carolina |
375.3 |
M |
37 |
43.5 |
56 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA |
California |
174.1 |
M |
5 |
42.1 |
57 |
Lancaster, PA |
Pennsylvania |
238.9 |
M |
-4 |
41.5 |
58 |
Trenton-Ewing, NJ |
New Jersey |
239.5 |
M |
-33 |
41.2 |
59 |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
Tennessee |
248.6 |
M |
3 |
41.1 |
60 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA |
California |
191.4 |
M |
35 |
40.2 |
61 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
Pennsylvania |
343.9 |
M |
-23 |
40.1 |
62 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA |
Connecticut |
424.1 |
M |
24 |
39.9 |
63 |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
Georgia |
217.7 |
M |
-21 |
39.8 |
64 |
Akron, OH |
Ohio |
340.4 |
M |
-10 |
39.7 |
65 |
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division |
Delaware |
356.9 |
M |
-8 |
38.7 |
66 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA |
Maine |
195.6 |
M |
6 |
37.6 |
67 |
Madison, WI |
Wisconsin |
349.3 |
M |
-33 |
37.6 |
68 |
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL |
Florida |
293.7 |
M |
-65 |
36.9 |
69 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division |
Illinois |
397.1 |
M |
-29 |
36.5 |
70 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
Illinois |
188.5 |
M |
13 |
36.5 |
71 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
Florida |
212.3 |
M |
-53 |
36.4 |
72 |
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division |
Indiana |
281.9 |
M |
8 |
35.8 |
73 |
Reading, PA |
Pennsylvania |
174.3 |
M |
4 |
35.7 |
74 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
Pennsylvania |
331.4 |
M |
-25 |
34.8 |
75 |
Modesto, CA |
California |
158.9 |
M |
-36 |
34.3 |
76 |
Green Bay, WI |
Wisconsin |
169.4 |
M |
-18 |
33.4 |
77 |
Syracuse, NY |
New York |
325.6 |
M |
-7 |
33.3 |
78 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA |
Pennsylvania |
262.8 |
M |
-10 |
32.9 |
79 |
New Haven, CT NECTA |
Connecticut |
278.9 |
M |
8 |
31.0 |
80 |
Roanoke, VA |
Virginia |
163.5 |
M |
-2 |
29.0 |
81 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
New York |
449.0 |
M |
-2 |
28.6 |
82 |
Worcester, MA-CT NECTA |
Massachusetts |
248.6 |
M |
3 |
28.6 |
83 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY |
New York |
255.3 |
M |
-33 |
28.3 |
84 |
Evansville, IN-KY |
Indiana |
180.0 |
M |
-10 |
27.1 |
85 |
Fort Wayne, IN |
Indiana |
216.7 |
M |
-21 |
24.7 |
86 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
Michigan |
395.1 |
M |
-2 |
24.4 |
87 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
California |
293.4 |
M |
-50 |
24.0 |
88 |
Springfield, MA-CT NECTA |
Massachusetts |
297.8 |
M |
0 |
23.1 |
89 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
North Carolina |
164.1 |
M |
9 |
20.7 |
90 |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
Michigan |
226.7 |
M |
6 |
19.8 |
91 |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
Ohio |
172.6 |
M |
2 |
19.7 |
92 |
Baltimore City, MD |
Maryland |
370.6 |
M |
-21 |
17.4 |
93 |
Toledo, OH |
Ohio |
327.1 |
M |
-4 |
15.9 |
94 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
Ohio |
239.8 |
M |
-4 |
14.5 |
95 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
Michigan |
200.4 |
M |
-1 |
13.6 |
96 |
Dayton, OH |
Ohio |
403.5 |
M |
1 |
8.0 |
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