Large Cities Ranking - 2009 New Geography Best Cities for Job Growth

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2009
Size
Rank
 Area
2009
Weighted
INDEX
2008 Nonfarm Emplymt (1000s)
Size 2009
Size
Movement
Overall Rank 2009
1 Austin-Round Rock, TX              87.7
778.5
L
1
6
2 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX              85.4
2,609.6
L
2
9
3 San Antonio, TX              82.0
849.8
L
4
20
4 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division              78.3
877.5
L
5
30
5 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division              78.0
2,102.1
L
7
32
6 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division              77.2
1,457.8
L
4
34
7 Salt Lake City, UT              76.5
640.2
L
-4
36
8 Raleigh-Cary, NC              74.6
513.5
L
-7
38
9 Oklahoma City, OK              72.9
576.8
L
21
44
10 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA              70.0
1,020.8
L
1
55
11 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA              66.8
468.2
L
21
72
12 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division              66.6
2,424.3
L
9
76
13 Northern Virginia, VA              65.0
1,305.5
L
4
84
14 New York City, NY              62.3
3,760.2
L
8
95
15 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO              58.5
1,228.0
L
5
113
16 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division              56.1
1,696.4
L
21
118
17 Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY              55.7
579.9
L
14
121
18 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC              55.5
841.5
L
-13
125
19 Honolulu, HI              54.0
451.5
L
-4
132
20 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA              53.6
902.9
L
13
134
21 Rochester, NY              53.2
518.1
L
40
137
22 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV              52.5
894.9
L
-14
142
23 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division              51.6
982.3
L
6
144
24 Bethesda-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metropolitan Division              51.5
573.0
L
27
145
25 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN              50.1
748.6
L
-7
153
26 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL              49.8
1,056.8
L
-20
154
27 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC              48.5
760.9
L
8
160
28 Kansas City, MO              48.3
564.1
L
8
164
29 Pittsburgh, PA              47.6
1,138.9
L
24
169
30 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY              47.1
548.3
L
30
174
31 Philadelphia City, PA              46.6
661.4
L
31
176
32 Columbus, OH              46.4
933.5
L
7
178
33 St. Louis, MO-IL              46.3
1,341.9
L
19
179
34 Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division              46.2
1,255.5
L
8
180
35 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN              44.3
898.5
L
-12
197
36 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA              44.2
552.7
L
4
199
37 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN              42.7
611.0
L
-11
204
38 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN              42.5
1,028.6
L
12
207
39 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA              42.4
1,283.4
L
7
208
40 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division              41.6
1,039.3
L
-12
216
41 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA              41.6
2,374.1
L
-25
217
42 Richmond, VA              41.6
616.9
L
-17
218
43 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ              41.4
1,813.1
L
-29
223
44 Jacksonville, FL              40.9
609.9
L
-25
227
45 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA              39.5
528.9
L
-32
234
46 Memphis, TN-MS-AR              39.2
628.4
L
-8
237
47 Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division              38.5
1,024.2
L
10
241
48 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI              38.3
1,754.4
L
0
242
49 Birmingham-Hoover, AL              37.9
518.7
L
-5
244
50 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division              37.2
759.8
L
-23
253
51 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI              37.0
837.3
L
3
254
52 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division              37.0
3,778.8
L
-3
255
53 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ              36.5
897.2
L
5
258
54 Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division              34.4
1,010.1
L
-7
269
55 Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division              32.9
526.7
L
-10
277
56 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division              32.6
4,008.1
L
0
279
57 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA              31.5
1,189.6
L
-33
283
58 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL              31.2
1,206.6
L
-15
285
59 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division              29.4
1,093.9
L
6
294
60 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA              28.8
863.2
L
-26
297
61 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division              28.2
539.4
L
-20
301
62 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division              27.1
1,011.6
L
-3
304
63 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division              26.2
1,453.0
L
-8
306
64 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH              24.4
1,033.7
L
0
309
65 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA              21.7
557.5
L
-2
318
66 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division                8.9
739.7
L
0
335
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