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Garner Economics LLC | U.S. Metros: Employment & Industry Growth
September 2013 So Where Are the Jobs Coming From? Progress Report: U.S. Metro Employment Growth by Industry Sector
In this brief we examine current
employment and industry sector growth
among the nation’s 372 metro areas.
author:
Tom Tveidt, research economist
email [email protected]
web www.garnereconomics.com
Nearly 84 percent of all U.S. metros have been adding jobs through the first seven months of 2013. 1
This is the
continuation of a positive trend beginning in early 2012 with more than three-quarters of all metros experiencing
increasing employment totals. So where are these jobs coming from?
The tendency of major media outlets and
financial publications is to distill the sources
of employment growth down to a few simple
storylines. Perhaps it’s due to the recent
boom in energy exploration, the
reappearance of residential construction, or
the rebirth of U.S. manufacturing. National
trends make for good headlines, but in truth
they are only simple aggregations of the
activities happening within many unique local
economies. The nation’s 372 metropolitan
areas represent the real economic dynamism
underlying the headline trends, and rarely do
they fall in lockstep.
To get a more accurate measure of what
industries are adding employment we examined the change across 10 major industry sectors for each U.S. metro
area, as tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).2
Results
The first observation is that no one major industry sector is dominating metro employment growth (see table
above). From a high of 86.3 percent of metros adding jobs in the Private Education & Health Services sector to a
low of 31.5 percent in the Information sector; it is clear that growth is not being generated from even a small
handful of sectors.
1 We examined average annual year-over-year change in non-seasonally adjusted total nonfarm employment for 372 U.S.
metro areas, January through July 2013 as published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Employment Statistics
survey. 2 The BLS publishes monthly employment estimates for aggregated industry grouping called “super sectors”. Although they are
not available in detail for all metro areas, we selected the ten that are offered for most areas.
Percent of Metros Adding Employment By Major Industry Sectors
31.5%
44.4%
54.3%
57.0%
66.4%
68.2%
73.1%
76.2%
83.2%
86.3%
Information
Government
Mining, Logging & Construction
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Financial Activities
Professional & Business Services
Retail Trade
Leisure & Hospitality
Private Education & Health Services
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013 Jan-Jul
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Next we then separated out the top 20 fastest growing metros in the nation to examine if they shared similar
industrial sector growth patterns. Again, no single industry sector dominated (see table below). Clearly, energy is a
major contributor, leading job growth in five of the top metros (energy exploration and extraction is included in
the Mining, Logging & Construction super sector). The Professional & Business Services sector accounted as the top
job contributor in another five metros. The remaining ten metros experienced their greatest net new jobs gains
from six different sectors.
Page 3 presents the 2013 Jan-Jul average percent employment growth from each of the ten major industry sectors
in all 372 U.S. metro areas.
Top 20 Fastest Job Growing Metros in 2013
….not all sharing the same industrial sector growth patterns
Metro
Average Total
Employment Growth Rate 2013 Jan-Jul
Major Industry Sector Contributing the Most Net New Jobs*
Midland, TX 6.9% Mining, Logging & Construction
Odessa, TX 6.6% Mining, Logging & Construction
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 6.0% Government
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 4.9% Professional & Business Services
Napa, CA 4.8% Manufacturing
Provo-Orem, UT 4.7% Retail Trade
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 4.4% Professional & Business Services
Barnstable Town, MA NECTA 3.9% Leisure & Hospitality
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3.9% Private Education & Health Ser.
Salt Lake City, UT 3.8% Wholesale Trade
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 3.8% Professional & Business Services
Corpus Christi, TX 3.7% Mining, Logging & Construction
Columbus, IN 3.7% Manufacturing
Cheyenne, WY 3.7% Mining, Logging, and Construction
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 3.7% Professional & Business Services
St. George, UT 3.6% Leisure & Hospitality
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3.6% Manufacturing
Asheville, NC 3.5% Leisure & Hospitality
Fargo, ND-MN 3.4% Mining, Logging & Construction
Lexington-Fayette, KY 3.3% Professional & Business Services
* The highest average year-over-year employment gains over the first seven months of 2013. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Garner Economics
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All U.S. Metro Areas
2013 (Jan-Jul) Average Annual Percent Employment Change
By Major Industry Sectors NA = not available from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Abilene, TX 2.0% -0.1% 0.4% -2.6% 2.6% 4.4% 1.1% 6.7% 11.7% 2.0% 3.9%
Akron, OH 1.7% 4.2% 0.5% 4.5% -0.4% -0.9% -0.4% -3.9% 3.8% 0.0% 1.3%
Albany, GA 0.2% NA NA -3.1% NA NA 1.0% NA NA -0.5% NA
Albany-Schenectady-Troy,
NY 0.6% 3.1% -0.1% -0.4% -6.1% 3.2% 3.0% 3.8% -1.1% -1.8% 0.7%
Albuquerque, NM 0.6% 1.6% 0.3% 0.9% 9.6% 2.8% -4.0% 2.1% -0.5% -1.4% -0.7%
Alexandria, LA -1.0% NA NA -2.6% NA NA NA NA NA 1.3% NA
Allentown-Bethlehem-
Easton, PA-NJ 1.9% 2.3% -1.1% -2.1% 0.5% 9.0% 2.2% 3.0% 1.8% 0.9% 0.3%
Altoona, PA 0.5% 0.6% -0.9% -2.0% 0.0% -3.1% 1.9% 5.7% 0.6% 1.2% 1.8%
Amarillo, TX 1.1% 0.8% -2.5% 1.4% -6.7% -2.7% 0.3% 7.3% -1.2% 4.5% 1.1%
Ames, IA 0.4% NA NA -2.8% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Anchorage, AK 1.0% 4.5% 4.5% -3.2% -4.1% -1.7% 7.0% NA -3.2% 2.3% -2.4%
Anderson, IN 1.7% 0.4% 0.0% 3.9% 0.0% 0.1% 1.5% 3.4% 0.8% 3.6% 0.0%
Anderson, SC 0.6% NA NA 1.4% NA NA -0.1% NA NA 0.9% NA
Ann Arbor, MI 1.9% 2.3% 5.1% 1.0% -0.7% -1.1% -1.7% 3.2% 7.1% 4.1% -3.0%
Anniston-Oxford, AL -0.5% 4.5% 0.0% -4.5% -6.5% 1.9% -1.0% -3.2% 6.9% -1.5% -5.4%
Appleton, WI 1.1% 0.8% 0.6% -0.7% -0.7% 7.1% 2.0% -1.0% -0.4% 0.1% 1.4%
Asheville, NC 3.5% 4.2% 2.5% -0.1% 3.0% 9.5% 0.3% -2.7% 3.1% 6.8% 1.0%
Athens-Clarke County, GA 1.6% NA NA 0.5% NA 8.9% NA NA 9.7% 0.5% NA
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-
Marietta, GA 2.5% 3.5% 1.6% -1.3% 5.5% 4.1% -0.8% NA 4.8% 3.3% -0.4%
Atlantic City-Hammonton,
NJ 0.0% 0.9% 1.1% -0.8% -12.5% -8.8% -7.8% 2.6% 2.1% 10.0% -3.4%
Auburn-Opelika, AL 2.5% 0.0% 0.9% 0.4% -8.6% 7.0% -0.2% 1.6% 11.3% 0.2% -1.6%
Augusta-Richmond County,
GA-SC 1.2% 1.9% 1.5% -0.7% 4.5% 4.1% 0.1% -2.5% 0.3% 4.5% -2.7%
Austin-Round Rock-San
Marcos, TX 3.7% 4.4% -0.5% 1.2% 2.6% 5.8% 0.9% 8.0% 6.3% 3.9% 3.1%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA 1.6% 3.3% 2.8% -0.9% -0.5% -2.4% 3.5% NA -0.1% 2.6% 6.5%
Baltimore-Towson, MD 2.1% 2.4% 2.0% -1.0% -1.8% 2.6% -6.0% 8.7% 5.0% 3.4% 5.6%
Bangor, ME NECTA 0.1% 2.1% -2.6% 1.9% -2.6% -2.2% -3.5% NA 0.0% -1.6% 0.7%
Barnstable Town, MA
NECTA 3.9% 2.0% 1.0% -2.2% 0.1% 12.4% -0.5% 1.5% 4.7% 1.8% NA
Baton Rouge, LA 2.0% 0.3% -0.2% -2.4% 8.8% 2.9% 2.0% NA 4.8% -0.5% 1.3%
Battle Creek, MI 1.6% 2.9% 0.0% 0.4% NA 8.9% 3.2% -4.6% -1.3% 1.2% NA
Bay City, MI 0.8% 2.4% 4.1% -2.9% 0.0% 1.1% 0.8% 1.3% -2.2% 1.3% NA
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX -0.1% 0.5% 1.3% -2.6% -7.1% 4.4% 0.5% -2.7% -2.5% 0.7% 4.9%
Bellingham, WA 0.1% NA 1.4% 0.7% NA 1.5% 2.8% -5.6% -0.6% 3.4% NA
Bend, OR 1.7% 5.0% -4.6% -0.6% -7.1% -0.4% 2.0% 10.6% 2.8% 2.4% 0.0%
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Billings, MT 2.3% 2.2% NA -0.1% NA 0.8% NA NA 7.9% NA NA
Binghamton, NY -0.7% 2.4% -4.4% -4.2% 0.9% 5.3% -4.8% -0.8% 1.5% -0.8% 1.8%
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0.2% 1.8% 1.7% -3.3% -3.4% 0.5% 3.5% NA 0.6% -1.4% -1.5%
Bismarck, ND 3.0% 3.3% 2.9% 0.6% -2.9% 4.3% -6.2% 10.8% 6.0% 2.5% 4.3%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-
Radford, VA 2.4% NA NA 2.0% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Bloomington, IN -0.9% 3.6% 5.0% -3.4% 3.3% 5.8% 4.1% -4.9% -21.0% 0.7% -2.3%
Bloomington-Normal, IL -0.9% 1.2% 3.8% -4.3% 0.0% 2.8% 1.7% -3.4% -5.8% -2.1% 1.9%
Boise City-Nampa, ID 2.8% 3.8% 6.0% 0.4% -1.6% 3.6% 1.5% 3.0% 6.1% 0.7% 1.4%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy,
MA-NH NECTA 2.0% 2.9% 0.3% 0.9% 3.5% 0.9% 3.2% NA 3.5% 1.5% -0.5%
Boulder, CO 2.7% 3.1% -0.2% 3.0% -0.5% 2.6% 2.1% -6.3% 3.8% 5.7% 2.2%
Bowling Green, KY 0.1% 2.8% NA 1.6% NA 5.0% 1.0% 3.8% 3.4% 1.2% NA
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA -0.9% NA NA -2.2% NA -0.5% 3.8% -0.5% 0.2% 3.2% NA
Bridgeport-Stamford-
Norwalk, CT NECTA 0.7% 2.9% -2.2% 1.5% -0.4% 5.2% -2.3% 0.3% 1.6% -0.9% -0.2%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 1.5% 1.8% 3.2% 0.3% -27.0% 6.6% 0.0% 11.7% -3.4% 2.4% 2.8%
Brunswick, GA 0.4% NA NA -0.3% NA NA NA NA NA -1.6% NA
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0.6% 1.8% 0.7% -1.9% -3.7% 5.2% -1.3% -7.8% 2.6% 0.8% 1.1%
Burlington, NC 0.3% 0.0% -2.3% 2.7% 0.0% 2.1% -1.4% 5.5% -5.6% 3.2% -1.2%
Burlington-South Burlington,
VT NECTA 1.9% 1.4% -1.2% 1.7% 0.0% 3.1% 0.7% 1.3% 2.8% 4.3% 2.7%
Canton-Massillon, OH 1.6% 0.2% 0.7% -0.5% 5.0% 4.5% 0.2% 14.4% 1.4% 1.4% 2.6%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 1.3% 2.2% 0.5% 1.2% 0.5% 2.0% -5.7% -0.9% 1.6% 2.3% 1.8%
Cape Girardeau-Jackson,
MO-IL 1.0% NA NA -1.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Carson City, NV -0.7% NA NA 1.8% NA 5.2% -1.6% NA -4.7% 2.1% NA
Casper, WY 0.3% 2.0% 3.0% 0.5% 0.0% -3.8% -3.0% NA -3.8% 1.8% 2.7%
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.4% -0.5% 1.9% -1.1% -1.1% -1.2% -1.6% 2.3% 0.2% 4.0% 3.4%
Champaign-Urbana, IL 1.7% 1.3% 0.7% 2.5% -0.8% 6.6% -1.8% 0.7% 1.6% -1.6% 3.2%
Charleston, WV -0.3% 1.6% 0.5% 0.9% -3.0% 4.4% 0.3% -4.9% -3.6% -0.4% -0.5%
Charleston-North
Charleston-Summerville, SC 1.1% 0.7% 2.5% 2.8% 2.1% 2.3% 1.0% 3.3% -5.7% 4.4% 2.5%
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock
Hill, NC-SC 2.6% 0.1% -0.3% 2.6% 1.8% 8.5% -0.5% 2.3% 3.6% 1.3% 2.5%
Charlottesville, VA -2.1% NA NA -2.7% NA 4.6% NA NA -2.3% NA NA
Chattanooga, TN-GA 0.7% 3.3% -1.4% -1.5% -4.5% 3.9% -0.5% -0.3% 0.4% 0.7% -0.9%
Cheyenne, WY 3.7% 6.8% 4.5% -0.5% 9.1% 1.8% 2.3% 11.7% -1.3% 5.1% 7.9%
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-
IN-WI 1.3% 1.9% 2.3% -0.3% 1.2% 1.7% 0.8% NA 3.1% 0.0% 0.6%
Chico, CA 1.2% 3.1% -1.5% -0.9% 0.0% 1.4% -9.5% 11.6% 6.4% 1.2% 6.3%
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-
KY-IN 0.8% 2.2% -1.1% -1.8% -1.7% 1.9% 6.4% -6.6% 4.6% -1.2% 1.7%
Clarksville, TN-KY 1.0% 1.4% 4.9% 0.2% -5.2% 6.6% -5.0% -0.8% 3.3% 1.1% NA
Cleveland, TN 3.1% 3.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 8.7% 1.2% 4.5% 15.2% -0.6% -7.9%
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0.1% 2.1% 3.1% -1.7% -2.2% -0.6% 3.5% 1.0% -2.1% 0.1% 1.5%
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Coeur d'Alene, ID 1.7% 1.1% -0.9% 3.8% 0.0% 7.1% 3.3% NA -5.2% 2.8% 2.9%
College Station-Bryan, TX 2.4% 1.8% 2.9% -5.0% 4.8% 22.3% 4.0% 2.5% 4.9% 4.2% 4.8%
Colorado Springs, CO 1.5% 3.1% -3.8% 0.6% -2.4% 6.6% -3.4% 5.3% 0.0% 2.7% 0.0%
Columbia, MO 0.4% NA NA -6.2% NA NA NA NA NA 2.8% NA
Columbia, SC 1.7% 0.2% 3.7% -0.9% -1.3% 10.0% 0.4% -0.4% 0.7% 1.6% 2.9%
Columbus, GA-AL -0.1% NA 2.6% -0.9% 0.0% 0.9% NA NA 1.6% 2.5% NA
Columbus, IN 3.7% 5.1% -4.1% -2.7% 0.0% 2.3% 7.3% -1.9% 4.4% 1.3% NA
Columbus, OH 1.2% 4.0% 0.5% 0.0% -1.6% 3.9% 2.9% 0.0% 1.5% -3.3% 3.3%
Corpus Christi, TX 3.7% 3.1% 2.5% -1.6% -4.9% 7.9% -0.4% 14.9% -0.7% 1.2% 1.8%
Corvallis, OR 0.9% 0.7% 3.3% 1.7% -7.1% 5.7% -8.7% -3.8% 3.3% NA NA
Crestview-Fort Walton
Beach-Destin, FL 2.6% 3.9% 6.4% -1.0% -1.4% 4.5% -3.9% -2.3% 4.2% 4.3% 2.1%
Cumberland, MD-WV 0.5% NA NA 0.3% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington,
TX 3.6% 3.4% 4.0% 1.0% -1.1% 5.1% 7.6% 9.9% 5.8% 3.2% 5.3%
Dalton, GA -0.3% NA NA 1.9% NA NA -1.0% NA 5.3% 0.4% NA
Danbury, CT NECTA 1.6% NA NA 0.0% NA 1.3% NA NA 1.1% 7.1% NA
Danville, IL -1.6% -1.0% 7.7% -3.4% 0.0% 0.0% -5.0% 1.6% -10.1% 2.6% -0.6%
Danville, VA 1.4% NA NA 0.7% NA NA -0.4% NA 14.2% NA NA
Davenport-Moline-Rock
Island, IA-IL 0.4% 0.9% 0.7% -2.6% -3.4% 1.2% 0.3% -0.8% 0.9% -0.8% 2.2%
Dayton, OH -0.2% 0.0% 4.1% -1.1% -3.1% -4.3% -1.9% -0.9% 2.6% 2.1% 1.2%
Decatur, AL 0.8% -1.4% -3.6% -0.2% 9.5% 6.5% -0.6% -1.5% 4.9% 2.7% -0.8%
Decatur, IL -4.7% 3.6% -1.4% -1.8% 0.0% 0.3% -12.3% -11.5% -14.4% -4.0% -1.5%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-
Ormond Beach, FL 1.4% 1.1% 1.3% -3.3% 0.0% 4.3% 2.8% 2.5% 1.2% 3.5% -3.0%
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield,
CO 2.7% 3.9% 3.2% -0.3% -0.3% 2.4% 6.8% 7.0% 4.7% 2.4% 2.1%
Des Moines-West Des
Moines, IA 2.3% -0.4% 3.9% 1.6% -2.8% 5.1% 2.6% -0.8% 3.1% 4.3% 1.1%
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0.5% 1.0% -0.2% -1.2% -0.1% -0.5% 1.7% -4.8% 4.8% 4.2% 1.8%
Dothan, AL -0.2% -0.9% -2.9% 0.7% -4.1% 0.8% -6.2% -3.2% 3.5% 2.2% 1.1%
Dover, DE 0.7% 2.7% 1.0% 0.4% -11.4% -2.0% 0.5% -2.6% 6.1% 2.0% NA
Dubuque, IA 1.1% NA NA -0.8% NA NA NA NA NA -0.2% NA
Duluth, MN-WI 0.7% 2.2% 1.1% -1.6% -2.0% 4.2% -0.8% -2.9% -0.7% 1.4% 4.3%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 1.9% 2.0% 1.1% -0.1% 8.0% 6.7% 1.4% -0.2% 5.1% -3.3% 5.6%
Eau Claire, WI 1.1% 1.5% 3.4% -0.2% 0.0% 6.1% 2.9% 8.9% -9.1% 1.0% 1.1%
El Centro, CA 1.9% 12.8% 0.0% -0.6% -7.1% 3.3% 5.3% 11.0% 4.7% -2.4% 0.0%
El Paso, TX 1.2% 3.5% 1.7% -1.4% 1.7% 4.9% 1.1% 2.0% -1.7% 1.8% -0.7%
Elizabethtown, KY 0.1% 1.2% NA -1.1% NA 2.8% 5.5% 2.9% 0.0% 2.2% NA
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 2.9% 2.1% 1.9% 3.3% -2.4% 3.3% 3.1% 5.7% 2.3% 3.0% -1.2%
Elmira, NY -1.3% -2.1% -1.0% -3.1% 0.0% 6.0% -5.4% 6.2% -2.8% -2.8% -0.9%
Erie, PA -0.1% -1.7% 1.2% 1.2% -5.7% 0.8% 1.6% 4.2% -8.3% 1.4% -0.8%
Eugene-Springfield, OR 0.4% 2.0% 0.8% -2.2% 3.6% 0.2% -0.7% NA 0.6% 1.7% 1.3%
Evansville, IN-KY -0.8% 2.6% -2.7% -5.0% -4.8% -3.1% 1.4% -10.9% 0.4% 1.5% -1.2%
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Fairbanks, AK 0.4% 3.0% 0.0% -3.7% -16.7% -2.8% 0.0% NA 7.2% 4.0% -8.2%
Fargo, ND-MN 3.4% 3.5% 2.2% -0.3% -1.3% 0.3% 0.0% 18.4% 7.4% 4.4% 4.0%
Farmington, NM -0.6% NA NA 0.5% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Fayetteville, NC 0.7% -1.7% -1.7% 0.8% -3.9% 1.5% 2.1% -1.1% 1.0% 3.7% -2.7%
Fayetteville-Springdale-
Rogers, AR-MO 4.4% 6.3% 2.5% 1.5% 1.5% 5.5% 0.6% 6.7% 6.7% 6.7% 5.0%
Flagstaff, AZ 2.6% 2.7% 0.0% 2.0% 0.0% 7.7% 8.6% 0.7% 8.3% NA NA
Flint, MI 0.8% 1.5% 2.3% -3.5% 6.3% 0.0% 3.8% 11.1% 0.2% 1.0% -0.5%
Florence, SC 0.3% NA NA -0.5% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 1.1% 4.0% 2.0% -1.4% 0.0% 4.0% 7.1% -7.6% -3.3% 2.4% -6.8%
Fond du Lac, WI 1.7% 1.7% 5.3% 0.3% 0.0% 3.2% 4.8% 0.3% -5.2% 0.3% -0.8%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 2.4% 4.2% -1.2% 1.6% -5.1% 3.4% 1.9% -0.5% 5.9% 2.2% 0.4%
Fort Smith, AR-OK 1.2% 3.9% 2.4% 0.7% 4.6% 1.4% -3.9% -4.7% 2.7% 1.9% 1.4%
Fort Wayne, IN 0.8% 1.5% 0.1% 0.1% -0.4% 3.1% 0.5% -5.2% 1.1% 2.0% 1.6%
Fresno, CA 1.4% -0.9% 2.4% -0.4% 0.0% 2.7% -2.0% NA 6.6% 0.0% 5.5%
Gadsden, AL 0.3% -1.0% -4.1% 0.5% -21.4% -1.9% -0.8% 0.0% 10.6% 0.0% 0.0%
Gainesville, FL 2.3% 4.6% 1.3% -2.0% -2.9% 6.7% 2.0% 7.8% 6.0% 2.8% 3.1%
Gainesville, GA 0.6% NA NA -2.3% NA NA NA NA NA 2.4% NA
Glens Falls, NY 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% -2.5% -1.4% 5.4% -0.7% 9.9% 6.9% 0.6% -7.8%
Goldsboro, NC 0.7% NA NA 3.0% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Grand Forks, ND-MN 1.5% 2.1% 4.5% -1.0% 0.0% -0.5% 4.2% 7.8% -5.8% 3.6% 1.5%
Grand Junction, CO 0.7% 2.5% -1.9% 3.1% 10.7% -5.4% 2.3% -2.1% 8.2% -0.2% 2.6%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 2.4% 4.1% 0.4% -1.7% -1.7% 6.4% 2.8% -1.5% 2.9% -2.1% 0.6%
Great Falls, MT -0.4% 1.2% NA -1.7% NA 0.2% NA NA 1.3% NA NA
Greeley, CO 1.4% -0.8% 0.7% 0.0% -7.9% 2.5% 0.0% 4.0% 2.5% 5.0% 2.9%
Green Bay, WI 1.3% 1.0% 2.5% 2.9% -3.8% 5.8% 1.6% 6.0% -4.6% -0.4% 1.7%
Greensboro-High Point, NC 0.3% 0.8% -1.3% -0.7% -0.5% 5.0% -1.2% -2.5% -2.1% 2.5% 1.8%
Greenville, NC 2.3% -1.2% 2.6% 3.7% -1.4% 4.6% 8.1% -4.2% 2.0% -0.6% -3.8%
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley,
SC 1.1% 1.5% 3.4% -4.4% -5.9% 4.7% 1.7% -3.2% 1.6% 4.4% 1.5%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS -0.9% NA NA -1.0% NA 5.1% -6.2% -2.5% NA -0.9% NA
Hagerstown-Martinsburg,
MD-WV 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% -0.5% -3.1% 1.4% -5.0% -4.5% 0.6% 1.4% NA
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 1.2% 1.3% 2.9% -1.3% 0.0% 2.6% 0.2% 11.7% 14.2% 1.5% 2.4%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 0.9% 1.6% 1.4% -1.1% -4.2% 4.8% -0.7% -1.4% 2.1% 0.1% -0.5%
Harrisonburg, VA 2.0% NA NA 1.2% NA NA NA NA NA 1.8% NA
Hartford-West Hartford-East
Hartford, CT NECTA 1.3% 2.1% -1.7% 1.1% 1.2% 3.3% -1.5% 11.4% 2.0% 2.8% -0.5%
Hattiesburg, MS 1.3% NA NA 1.7% NA 4.7% 4.1% NA NA -1.0% NA
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton,
NC 0.5% 0.0% 1.7% -1.2% 0.0% 3.8% -1.8% 0.8% 7.4% 0.9% 0.7%
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA -0.4% NA NA -3.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 2.4% 3.0% 1.8% 0.8% 0.0% 10.4% 3.2% 0.3% -0.8% 4.1% NA
Honolulu, HI 1.1% 1.0% -5.0% -1.0% 2.5% 0.9% -2.9% -0.7% 1.5% -1.9% 1.6%
Hot Springs, AR 0.4% NA NA 1.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
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Houma-Bayou Cane-
Thibodaux, LA 2.4% NA NA 0.7% NA 2.0% NA NA NA 1.5% NA
Houston-Sugar Land-
Baytown, TX 3.9% 5.0% 1.7% 2.0% 2.3% 5.2% -1.1% NA 3.2% 4.3% 5.0%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-
KY-OH 0.0% 3.2% NA 1.1% NA -1.5% -0.9% NA 3.4% 1.1% NA
Huntsville, AL -0.1% 3.0% 1.5% 0.3% -3.2% 3.3% -2.6% -6.8% -0.4% -1.4% -0.3%
Idaho Falls, ID 1.5% 5.0% 0.7% -2.2% -10.0% 3.6% 0.4% 4.3% 3.4% 0.8% 5.5%
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 2.0% 1.6% -0.1% -0.4% -0.9% 7.1% -5.3% NA 3.3% -6.3% -0.1%
Iowa City, IA 1.2% NA NA 0.4% NA 1.4% NA NA 6.8% 4.2% NA
Ithaca, NY 1.9% 2.4% -0.8% 0.7% 0.0% 3.6% 2.7% 2.6% -3.0% 1.1% 16.7%
Jackson, MI -0.3% 0.3% -0.7% -2.1% -10.7% 1.2% 2.5% -1.9% -3.7% 0.7% NA
Jackson, MS 1.2% 2.4% 0.3% -1.2% -0.6% 1.6% 1.4% NA 9.3% -1.5% -1.4%
Jackson, TN 1.4% 1.9% 5.4% 0.7% 0.0% 5.2% 0.0% -1.4% 2.9% 1.8% 1.4%
Jacksonville, FL 2.9% 0.9% 3.2% -1.6% -3.2% 4.3% -0.2% NA 8.4% 3.9% 1.0%
Jacksonville, NC 2.3% NA NA 2.8% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Janesville, WI 0.8% 2.6% 0.0% -0.1% -1.2% 4.4% -3.2% 3.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3%
Jefferson City, MO 0.4% NA NA -0.9% NA NA NA NA NA 7.4% NA
Johnson City, TN -0.8% -2.0% -2.0% -3.6% -7.7% 2.9% -2.5% 2.1% 1.9% 1.8% -1.4%
Johnstown, PA 0.3% 0.0% -2.0% -6.3% -5.4% 5.8% -2.7% 5.3% 1.3% 1.8% NA
Jonesboro, AR 3.2% NA NA 2.6% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Joplin, MO 0.4% 2.9% NA -5.2% NA NA 1.0% NA NA -1.3% NA
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 0.8% 3.7% 1.6% -2.1% -18.2% -1.0% 0.1% -5.6% 1.9% 4.0% 3.2%
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 0.6% 3.1% 3.6% 1.0% -17.1% 0.8% 1.7% -7.6% 4.5% -1.8% -2.0%
Kansas City, MO-KS
Metropolitan Statistical Area 0.8% -0.2% 1.4% -1.2% -0.1% 4.6% 0.0% -0.1% 3.4% -1.3% 2.5%
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland,
WA 0.4% 3.6% 6.4% -0.2% NA 0.3% 6.8% 4.3% -5.6% 1.7% NA
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood,
TX 2.0% 6.7% 8.2% -4.0% -2.5% 9.5% 0.0% 6.3% 2.4% 3.3% 2.2%
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-
VA 0.7% 1.8% -0.4% -0.1% -10.5% 1.6% 0.5% -1.6% 1.7% -0.6% 0.6%
Kingston, NY 1.1% 1.1% -0.6% -3.1% -5.2% 12.7% -3.4% -4.1% -1.1% 3.8% 4.8%
Knoxville, TN 2.3% 4.3% 1.0% -0.9% -2.3% 4.8% 2.9% -3.6% 4.8% 3.3% 1.0%
Kokomo, IN 0.2% NA 0.0% -18.6% 0.0% 1.0% -3.1% 6.2% NA 2.7% 0.0%
La Crosse, WI-MN 1.3% 1.5% 0.4% -0.7% 0.1% 2.9% 1.2% 1.7% 1.4% 0.5% 2.0%
Lafayette, IN 1.7% 3.3% 3.2% -1.5% -1.3% 3.7% 2.8% -1.7% 8.9% 1.8% 3.1%
Lafayette, LA 1.7% 1.8% 1.6% -1.9% -7.4% 6.8% 3.6% NA 5.1% 1.2% 0.6%
Lake Charles, LA 3.0% NA NA -0.4% NA 3.8% 2.4% NA 6.1% 3.4% NA
Lake Havasu City-Kingman,
AZ -0.7% 2.7% 2.7% -2.3% -14.3% 1.9% 0.6% -8.5% -0.8% NA NA
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 0.5% -0.2% -0.6% 0.1% 2.7% 0.2% 2.6% 1.6% -0.3% 1.1% -0.6%
Lancaster, PA 1.4% 1.3% 1.0% 0.6% -3.2% 2.7% -0.6% 3.9% 7.6% -0.7% 0.3%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 0.1% 1.6% 0.6% -1.7% 4.0% -0.3% 3.6% -5.1% 0.4% -0.5% 2.1%
Laredo, TX 3.1% 3.4% -0.4% -0.1% 0.0% 11.8% -12.5% 9.9% 1.8% 2.3% 1.6%
Las Cruces, NM -0.4% 3.7% 0.0% -3.5% 5.4% 2.8% -4.0% -8.7% 4.2% -2.7% 10.5%
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Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 2.2% 1.4% 2.5% 2.7% 0.2% 1.7% -5.1% NA 3.4% 0.3% 1.7%
Lawrence, KS 1.1% -0.5% NA 4.5% NA -2.1% NA NA 2.6% 2.1% NA
Lawton, OK 0.3% -3.2% -1.2% -0.9% 0.0% 2.7% 0.0% 6.0% 4.4% 4.2% -2.4%
Lebanon, PA 0.5% 0.5% NA 0.1% NA NA -1.0% NA NA -1.1% NA
Leominster-Fitchburg-
Gardner, MA NECTA 0.1% 1.0% 2.7% 1.5% 0.0% -1.6% -3.0% -3.9% 2.4% 2.8% NA
Lewiston, ID-WA 1.4% -0.6% -3.4% 2.6% 0.0% 1.1% 4.4% NA 4.9% 1.3% 0.0%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
NECTA -0.9% -2.6% 1.4% 1.1% 0.0% 1.2% -3.6% -2.0% -1.5% -1.1% 3.1%
Lexington-Fayette, KY 3.3% 2.0% 0.3% 3.6% -3.6% 6.4% 0.8% 0.9% 6.8% 1.3% 2.6%
Lima, OH -0.8% 0.3% NA -2.8% NA 0.8% -2.0% -1.8% 5.6% -2.3% -1.6%
Lincoln, NE 1.4% 2.7% 1.6% -0.4% -4.0% 4.2% 1.1% 1.8% 1.8% 1.6% 1.1%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-
Conway, AR 1.1% 2.6% -0.8% -0.7% -1.6% 0.3% -1.3% -4.6% -1.0% 11.5% -0.7%
Logan, UT-ID 1.1% 4.1% -0.9% -2.1% 12.5% 2.7% 1.7% -2.7% 3.2% -0.2% 5.7%
Longview, TX 1.8% -2.4% 2.9% -0.4% 2.2% 3.3% -5.3% 7.7% 4.3% 4.4% 1.5%
Longview, WA -0.5% 0.0% NA -2.0% NA 1.7% 0.0% 6.3% NA -0.3% NA
Los Angeles-Long Beach-
Santa Ana, CA 1.9% 3.4% 3.8% -1.3% 2.6% 4.3% -0.5% NA 3.3% 0.2% 1.1%
Louisville-Jefferson County,
KY-IN 2.7% 2.9% 1.0% 1.0% -0.9% 5.8% -13.5% -2.4% 3.1% 1.6% 4.3%
Lubbock, TX 1.9% 0.5% 1.1% 0.6% -3.0% 3.8% 2.3% 2.1% 4.2% 4.1% 0.7%
Lynchburg, VA 1.7% NA NA 1.7% NA NA -1.4% NA NA 0.6% NA
Macon, GA 1.0% 2.8% 1.6% 0.2% NA 3.4% NA NA 8.6% 2.9% NA
Madera-Chowchilla, CA 1.3% 0.5% 8.2% -2.5% 0.0% 10.9% 3.8% 5.8% 4.1% -0.4% NA
Madison, WI 0.0% -0.4% -1.3% -0.6% 3.3% 3.3% 0.7% 0.5% 6.8% -10.0% 1.2%
Manchester, NH NECTA 0.3% 2.0% 1.3% -1.8% -1.3% -1.2% -2.2% 2.1% 1.9% -0.1% -0.7%
Manhattan, KS 2.9% NA NA 6.9% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Mankato-North Mankato,
MN 1.4% NA NA -1.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Mansfield, OH -1.5% 0.5% -3.4% -1.1% NA -2.9% 1.1% -10.6% -5.5% -1.3% NA
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission,
TX 1.8% 0.2% 1.5% 0.7% -4.3% 4.6% -0.2% 2.4% 1.2% 4.1% 6.5%
Medford, OR 0.3% 1.7% -2.4% -1.6% 0.0% 1.6% 1.5% NA 0.4% 0.1% -2.7%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 0.9% 3.4% -0.9% -1.1% -2.8% 0.9% 1.4% 3.3% 2.5% -0.2% -0.3%
Merced, CA 2.3% 0.9% 8.3% -0.9% 0.0% 2.5% 4.4% 17.8% 2.7% 0.2% 25.9%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-
Pompano Beach, FL 1.4% 0.8% 1.8% -1.2% -0.1% 3.0% -1.1% NA 1.2% 3.5% 2.7%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN -1.0% 0.0% 4.8% -1.4% -33.3% 3.4% -1.6% -4.8% -0.2% 1.3% -3.3%
Midland, TX 6.9% -0.4% 9.4% 1.9% -18.2% 7.4% 6.4% 13.8% 2.1% 6.3% 5.0%
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West
Allis, WI 0.7% 0.8% 0.0% 1.7% -0.6% -0.7% 4.2% NA 1.2% 0.7% 1.5%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-
Bloomington, MN-WI 2.4% 4.1% 0.8% 2.6% 0.6% 3.5% 1.5% 4.3% 2.9% 2.1% 1.9%
Missoula, MT 0.9% 1.9% NA 2.7% NA -1.6% NA NA 3.8% NA NA
Mobile, AL 1.3% 1.0% 10.9% -3.5% -1.4% 2.0% 5.1% 4.3% 0.8% 0.7% -1.3%
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Modesto, CA 0.9% 0.3% 1.1% -0.3% -10.5% 2.2% 0.2% -1.1% -1.1% 2.9% 1.5%
Monroe, LA 0.3% 3.8% NA -1.6% NA 0.0% 2.0% NA -0.3% 1.2% NA
Monroe, MI -0.7% -0.5% -6.0% -5.9% NA 1.0% 5.4% -11.9% -1.8% 5.5% 0.0%
Montgomery, AL 1.2% 0.9% 0.4% -0.4% -4.3% 2.4% 3.9% -1.0% 4.1% 0.6% 3.0%
Morgantown, WV 2.5% 4.0% NA 0.9% NA 4.2% 0.0% NA 4.5% 1.1% NA
Morristown, TN -0.3% -2.6% 0.0% 1.6% 0.0% -5.2% -1.3% 0.0% 6.0% 1.0% 3.1%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes,
WA 1.5% NA NA 0.4% NA 4.1% 7.3% -9.3% NA 1.3% NA
Muncie, IN 1.7% -0.3% 3.4% 5.9% -3.6% 2.1% 2.5% -0.1% NA 3.1% -1.3%
Muskegon-Norton Shores,
MI 3.2% 1.4% 0.8% -2.5% 0.0% 10.7% 4.2% 11.3% 6.8% 2.7% NA
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle
Beach-Conway, SC 2.4% NA NA 5.3% NA 7.4% NA NA NA 6.0% NA
Napa, CA 4.8% -1.0% 3.2% 2.2% 0.0% 8.5% 9.8% 20.4% -1.6% 4.2% 3.1%
Naples-Marco Island, FL 2.1% 3.0% 0.4% 1.9% 4.1% 3.8% 1.1% 5.5% 2.1% 0.5% 0.5%
Nashville-Davidson--
Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 3.8% 3.2% -0.2% -0.5% 1.2% 5.0% 7.0% 2.5% 9.7% 3.2% 2.3%
New Bedford, MA NECTA 1.9% 2.4% -1.5% 2.4% 0.0% 7.2% -5.8% 4.2% 6.6% 2.2% NA
New Haven, CT NECTA -0.1% 1.0% -1.1% -2.1% -3.2% 5.1% -1.8% -3.9% -1.6% -0.7% -0.5%
New Orleans-Metairie-
Kenner, LA 0.8% 2.1% 1.2% -2.5% -1.6% 0.1% -0.8% NA 3.7% 2.5% -0.6%
New York-Northern New
Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1.7% 2.8% 0.2% -0.5% -1.9% 2.7% -1.4% 2.0% 3.1% 3.0% 0.8%
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 0.3% -1.4% 1.3% -1.0% -4.8% 5.2% 1.7% -10.6% -0.1% 3.2% NA
North Port-Bradenton-
Sarasota, FL 1.1% 0.0% -2.2% 1.0% -3.7% 0.4% -3.7% -3.6% 6.9% 4.3% 0.0%
Norwich-New London, CT-RI
NECTA -1.2% 1.4% -0.4% -3.1% -1.0% -4.5% 0.4% 5.5% -2.2% -1.1% 0.6%
Ocala, FL 3.2% 6.0% 4.9% -0.1% 3.1% 4.5% 0.5% 2.2% 4.6% 2.7% 6.4%
Ocean City, NJ 1.6% 0.6% NA -1.0% NA 1.4% NA NA NA -6.5% NA
Odessa, TX 6.6% -0.7% 5.0% 0.9% 0.0% 9.6% 6.2% 14.5% -0.2% 5.8% 6.2%
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 2.9% 4.4% 2.9% 0.4% 0.7% -5.8% 2.5% 16.7% 5.6% -6.8% 0.5%
Oklahoma City, OK 2.3% 0.4% 1.6% 2.0% -2.9% 5.3% 2.7% NA 0.3% 6.6% 3.0%
Olympia, WA 1.7% NA NA 2.5% NA -1.2% -0.4% -2.7% 4.1% 2.6% NA
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 0.9% 1.6% 0.7% -0.7% -0.3% -4.2% 1.1% 8.2% -3.6% 0.5% -1.0%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 1.9% 3.7% 1.9% 0.4% -2.0% 3.9% -1.8% NA 1.4% 2.1% 1.7%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 1.0% 1.4% -0.4% 3.9% 0.0% -2.7% 0.6% -0.6% 1.6% 3.5% 0.5%
Owensboro, KY 1.5% -2.3% 11.3% 1.7% -8.6% 3.7% -0.3% -4.3% 8.9% 0.5% -4.4%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-
Ventura, CA 1.6% 2.2% -5.8% 0.2% -1.1% 8.0% -1.5% NA 4.4% 0.1% 2.7%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-
Titusville, FL 1.5% 2.0% 0.7% 0.1% -0.6% 2.3% -1.3% 6.8% 3.6% 0.6% -0.5%
Palm Coast, FL 0.1% 1.7% 4.1% -2.4% -10.3% 0.7% -6.3% 9.9% 6.9% 4.1% -9.5%
Panama City-Lynn Haven-
Panama City Beach, FL -1.9% 10.1% -2.3% -7.9% -6.0% -2.5% 5.2% 0.4% -7.2% -2.5% 0.8%
Parkersburg-Marietta-
Vienna, WV-OH 0.6% 0.1% NA 1.3% NA NA -1.0% NA NA NA NA
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Pascagoula, MS 3.1% NA NA -1.0% NA NA -1.2% 44.7% NA -0.5% NA
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent,
FL 1.9% 4.8% 4.4% -0.3% 0.6% 2.4% 1.8% -0.7% -3.4% 7.6% 3.6%
Peoria, IL -1.2% 3.2% 1.2% -0.5% -0.5% -1.3% -5.5% -4.6% -3.7% -1.8% 2.6%
Philadelphia-Camden-
Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1.1% 2.8% 0.8% -0.8% -3.0% 1.2% -1.1% 1.6% 2.5% 0.4% -2.2%
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 2.6% 2.7% 3.1% 1.4% 1.4% 3.7% 0.2% NA 2.1% 1.1% -4.0%
Pine Bluff, AR -2.4% NA NA -1.2% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Pittsburgh, PA 0.8% 1.1% 3.5% -1.8% -1.1% 1.1% 0.0% NA 3.3% -1.1% -1.8%
Pittsfield, MA NECTA -0.7% 0.2% -1.8% 2.4% -11.9% -2.1% -4.0% -5.8% 1.2% NA NA
Pocatello, ID 0.5% 2.7% -2.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.8% -3.1% -13.1% 4.9% 2.6% -3.6%
Port St. Lucie, FL 1.8% 1.1% 0.3% 1.0% -19.6% 2.4% 0.0% 3.4% 8.5% 2.0% -3.5%
Portland-South Portland-
Biddeford, ME NECTA 0.3% 1.8% -0.3% -0.6% -6.3% -5.9% -1.0% 3.9% 3.4% 1.6% 4.1%
Portland-Vancouver-
Hillsboro, OR-WA 1.5% 0.6% 1.4% 0.0% 2.9% 3.2% 3.7% NA 2.3% 1.3% 2.4%
Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA 3.2% 3.8% 3.3% 2.0% 4.6% 7.4% 3.9% -2.1% 2.9% 3.3% 0.0%
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-
Middletown, NY 0.8% 2.2% -3.1% -3.0% -4.5% 9.3% -0.1% -4.2% 1.9% 1.2% 0.9%
Prescott, AZ 0.1% 0.4% -7.3% -2.0% 0.0% -0.3% -2.9% -3.7% 5.9% NA NA
Providence-Fall River-
Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 0.6% 0.2% 3.4% -0.5% -4.4% 1.5% 0.4% NA 3.7% 0.3% -0.1%
Provo-Orem, UT 4.7% 2.5% 7.1% 3.0% 6.4% 3.7% 1.9% 10.0% 10.3% 8.3% 4.2%
Pueblo, CO 0.9% 3.1% 0.8% -1.5% 0.0% 0.9% -3.0% 0.5% 4.8% 0.6% -1.1%
Punta Gorda, FL 0.5% 1.0% -0.7% -1.2% -5.7% -1.2% 6.1% 4.9% 3.4% 0.4% -2.0%
Racine, WI -0.9% 1.6% -3.2% -7.3% 0.0% 5.0% 1.3% -4.3% -2.9% -3.1% -2.6%
Raleigh-Cary, NC 1.5% 2.9% -1.5% 0.7% 3.1% 2.2% 3.4% -7.3% 2.8% 1.2% 4.5%
Rapid City, SD 0.3% 2.2% 1.5% -1.1% 0.0% 5.7% 6.7% -9.3% 0.3% -1.3% -7.5%
Reading, PA 1.5% 3.0% -2.1% -2.7% -3.1% 4.8% 0.2% 2.8% 2.0% 5.2% 2.8%
Redding, CA 0.5% 3.5% 3.0% -5.8% -2.0% 5.6% 10.0% -5.4% -3.1% 1.5% 1.1%
Reno-Sparks, NV 0.7% 0.3% 1.3% 2.7% -1.4% 4.1% 0.1% NA -4.0% -0.3% -1.5%
Richmond, VA 1.5% 3.8% 3.0% 0.1% -4.0% 1.2% -0.9% 4.8% -1.4% 2.5% 4.8%
Riverside-San Bernardino-
Ontario, CA 1.4% 3.0% 3.0% -1.1% -1.3% 6.1% -1.5% NA 0.8% 1.3% 5.9%
Roanoke, VA 1.2% 2.3% 2.8% 1.8% -3.0% 3.6% 2.3% -2.4% -0.6% -0.4% 0.0%
Rochester, MN 1.0% 2.5% 0.6% -2.6% 6.2% 0.6% -4.4% -2.3% 0.9% 2.7% 3.2%
Rochester, NY 0.2% 0.7% 1.7% 1.2% 0.4% 0.2% -4.8% NA 0.7% 0.9% 0.5%
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME
NECTA 0.7% 2.2% 1.3% 0.6% 0.0% 1.6% 2.3% 0.0% -1.2% -1.2% 1.2%
Rockford, IL 1.2% 1.6% -2.1% -2.2% 0.0% 6.0% 7.0% -16.5% -1.8% -1.2% -0.8%
Rocky Mount, NC -1.5% -2.6% NA -2.2% NA 2.6% 0.0% -4.6% 5.7% -1.6% NA
Rome, GA 0.2% 3.3% NA -3.2% NA NA 0.3% NA NA 0.0% NA
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade-
-Roseville, CA 1.2% 2.3% 0.4% -0.7% -6.1% 2.2% 4.1% NA 4.3% 3.5% 2.8%
Saginaw-Saginaw Township
North, MI -1.6% -0.1% -1.1% -5.6% -4.8% 0.1% -3.0% -1.3% -2.7% 0.2% 2.7%
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Salem, OR 1.2% 2.8% -0.8% -0.9% 0.0% 4.6% 2.4% NA 5.3% 2.7% -4.8%
Salinas, CA 2.3% 3.8% 3.1% -2.6% 0.0% 4.2% -3.8% NA 4.2% 3.1% 7.5%
Salisbury, MD -1.1% NA NA 1.1% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Salt Lake City, UT 3.8% 3.6% 6.5% -0.3% 3.0% 12.0% 1.9% 3.5% 5.0% 4.9% 5.4%
San Angelo, TX 3.2% 3.1% 3.6% 2.7% -7.1% 11.3% 1.9% 6.5% -1.5% 1.6% 2.5%
San Antonio-New Braunfels,
TX 1.7% 1.3% 0.5% 1.0% 3.0% 1.2% -7.8% NA 2.5% 2.6% -0.1%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San
Marcos, CA 2.0% 3.6% 1.4% 0.5% 1.4% 3.0% -0.3% NA 3.7% 0.5% 1.1%
San Francisco-Oakland-
Fremont, CA 2.3% 2.1% 0.9% -0.3% 1.7% 4.7% -0.6% NA 4.3% 1.3% 2.8%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa
Clara, CA 3.0% 2.3% 1.4% -0.8% 4.7% 5.6% -0.2% NA 6.6% 1.5% 4.0%
San Luis Obispo-Paso
Robles, CA 4.9% 4.4% 6.7% 2.5% 0.0% 4.2% 1.6% 9.7% 17.8% -0.1% -1.6%
Sandusky, OH -0.8% 1.3% NA -2.2% NA -4.3% -1.9% -7.2% -1.5% -0.3% 0.0%
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Goleta, CA 2.5% 3.6% 2.4% 0.8% 5.4% 1.1% 0.3% NA 7.4% -0.4% 4.6%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 6.0% 3.0% 9.2% 6.6% -1.6% 7.1% 8.4% 5.8% 7.5% 6.2% 5.5%
Santa Fe, NM -0.2% -0.3% -0.5% -0.6% -3.3% 5.1% -1.8% -2.6% -2.0% -0.3% 0.0%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 3.1% 3.1% 2.3% 2.6% 2.3% 4.6% 1.2% NA 3.4% 3.4% 3.8%
Savannah, GA 1.3% 0.1% 1.2% 1.0% -4.8% 4.0% 3.4% 0.8% -1.7% 4.5% 0.0%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 0.6% -1.3% -1.1% 0.3% -4.1% 1.1% -0.9% 0.2% 5.7% -0.2% -0.4%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue,
WA 2.5% 2.7% 0.4% -0.1% -0.4% 3.6% 3.3% NA 3.2% 5.1% 2.2%
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 0.8% 2.4% 1.9% -3.1% 10.2% 2.5% -5.6% 1.1% -4.4% 3.3% 0.0%
Sheboygan, WI 0.9% -2.5% 0.6% 3.9% 0.0% 4.4% -0.6% 2.7% 4.2% 1.5% 2.9%
Sherman-Denison, TX 1.5% 1.1% 5.3% -0.9% -8.6% 4.9% -2.9% 2.2% 2.8% 0.8% 10.0%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA -1.5% -0.3% -1.0% -1.0% 3.0% 1.4% -12.5% NA -1.0% 1.9% -2.7%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 2.3% NA NA 1.3% NA 3.1% 1.9% NA 2.3% -0.8% NA
Sioux Falls, SD 2.5% 4.3% 5.2% 3.8% -5.1% -2.8% 3.7% 1.3% -0.1% 4.2% 1.8%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-
MI 0.1% 0.7% -0.7% -3.6% 5.4% 0.8% -1.6% -6.5% 8.0% 2.1% -2.2%
Spartanburg, SC 2.1% NA NA 2.1% NA NA 3.7% NA NA 1.3% NA
Spokane, WA 2.3% 3.3% -0.5% 1.0% 4.1% 3.1% 1.9% 7.8% 3.2% 0.7% 3.0%
Springfield, IL -0.4% 1.9% 2.7% 1.3% -4.8% -2.0% -1.8% -8.9% -5.4% -0.5% -1.6%
Springfield, MA-CT NECTA -0.9% -1.0% -0.9% 0.0% -2.3% -4.4% -1.7% -1.7% -1.4% 2.1% -2.8%
Springfield, MO 2.5% 3.9% 0.7% 0.8% 5.7% 2.5% -0.6% 5.0% 9.0% -2.3% -0.6%
Springfield, OH -0.2% -3.7% 0.9% 0.8% NA -1.7% 6.1% -4.2% -2.9% -0.8% 4.9%
St. Cloud, MN 1.6% 2.9% 3.7% 0.3% -0.8% -0.7% -0.3% 11.2% -0.8% 2.1% 5.5%
St. George, UT 3.6% 2.8% -0.8% 2.2% 2.0% 7.1% -0.5% 7.5% 10.8% 1.9% 0.0%
St. Joseph, MO-KS 1.5% NA NA -0.1% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
St. Louis, MO-IL 0.8% 1.4% 11.5% -2.3% -2.5% 1.2% 4.8% 5.5% -0.6% 1.2% -1.7%
State College, PA 0.3% 2.9% NA -0.6% NA 3.2% 0.7% NA 0.8% 2.6% NA
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-
WV -2.4% 2.0% NA -2.1% NA -0.1% -9.0% -4.3% 1.6% -0.3% NA
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Stockton, CA 2.1% 1.6% -0.6% 0.6% -4.7% 5.8% -1.2% NA 5.8% 0.4% 2.4%
Sumter, SC 0.7% NA NA 3.6% NA NA 0.2% NA NA NA NA
Syracuse, NY 0.8% 2.1% -1.3% 0.7% -4.3% 0.8% -2.3% 4.4% 0.0% 2.2% -0.6%
Tallahassee, FL 1.5% 2.9% -0.4% -1.1% -2.6% 7.5% 3.7% -1.2% 0.5% 5.3% -2.2%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-
Clearwater, FL 3.0% 4.8% 2.6% -0.7% -1.1% 3.5% -2.6% NA 4.7% 6.4% -1.4%
Terre Haute, IN -0.1% 0.6% 2.3% -1.7% 0.0% 1.8% -2.4% 4.1% 2.9% 0.5% 0.0%
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% -1.7% 0.0% 2.0% 1.4% 7.9% -1.7% -0.2% 1.2%
Toledo, OH 1.0% -2.3% 0.3% -2.3% 0.9% 9.8% 1.7% -10.2% 4.7% 2.6% 2.2%
Topeka, KS 0.6% -0.5% 0.4% 0.2% -2.3% -0.9% -1.5% 4.6% 6.4% 1.0% -5.1%
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 2.2% 4.6% 0.7% 0.7% 24.4% -0.1% 2.9% 0.8% 1.9% 0.9% -0.2%
Tucson, AZ 1.0% 0.6% 2.8% 1.5% -5.6% 4.5% -0.9% NA -1.1% 1.1% 4.4%
Tulsa, OK 1.6% 0.8% -0.8% 1.1% -1.8% 4.2% 10.4% NA 1.8% 0.6% 3.8%
Tuscaloosa, AL 2.7% 2.4% 0.8% 2.5% 0.0% 3.5% 1.4% 4.6% 7.1% 0.7% 1.5%
Tyler, TX 0.6% 2.4% 0.0% -3.4% 0.7% 1.3% -1.9% 1.6% 0.4% 0.1% 2.6%
Utica-Rome, NY -0.2% 0.5% -3.1% -2.2% -8.9% 9.6% -2.7% 1.1% -5.2% 3.0% 0.4%
Valdosta, GA 0.9% NA NA -0.6% NA NA NA NA NA 1.2% NA
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 2.5% 3.8% 2.6% -1.5% -2.4% 4.4% 1.0% NA 1.0% 0.8% 7.2%
Victoria, TX 2.8% 0.8% 2.6% 0.0% -8.6% 7.6% 1.5% 1.7% 7.5% 3.4% 11.2%
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton,
NJ -0.2% 4.0% 1.1% -2.2% 0.0% -15.8% 2.3% -2.4% -1.4% 0.0% 11.4%
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-
Newport News, VA-NC 2.0% 3.4% 6.9% 0.7% -2.1% 1.8% 4.5% 11.0% 1.6% -1.2% -1.4%
Visalia-Porterville, CA 2.2% 1.9% -2.3% 0.6% -9.5% 2.9% 8.2% -4.4% -0.7% 4.3% -2.3%
Waco, TX 2.5% 2.7% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 8.7% 1.3% 4.8% 5.2% 1.3% 2.9%
Warner Robins, GA -0.6% NA NA -2.2% NA NA NA NA NA 2.9% NA
Washington-Arlington-
Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1.4% 2.4% 3.7% 1.0% -0.3% 4.4% -1.0% 0.8% 1.4% 0.3% 1.0%
Waterbury, CT NECTA -0.6% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% -3.1% -0.4% -4.7% -3.8% 0.8% 0.0%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 1.4% 1.2% 2.2% -4.9% NA 0.1% 4.4% NA 1.7% 3.2% NA
Wausau, WI -0.9% -0.9% -1.3% -2.7% 0.0% 1.4% -1.9% 1.6% -3.2% 0.9% -2.4%
Wenatchee-East
Wenatchee, WA 2.7% 1.8% NA 1.5% NA 6.5% 5.6% -8.3% NA 4.6% NA
Wheeling, WV-OH -0.5% 0.3% NA -1.1% NA NA -6.5% NA NA NA NA
Wichita Falls, TX -0.2% 0.2% 4.3% -2.0% 0.3% -0.2% -4.0% 0.8% -2.1% 0.8% -1.5%
Wichita, KS 0.6% -0.1% 2.4% -1.7% -1.8% 3.7% 1.3% -6.5% 5.0% -0.2% -0.3%
Williamsport, PA 0.4% 1.7% NA -3.2% NA -2.3% -2.8% NA NA -0.2% NA
Wilmington, NC 2.3% 2.8% 2.6% 0.5% -1.0% 8.9% -0.8% -1.8% 3.2% -0.4% 1.2%
Winchester, VA-WV 4.9% NA NA 2.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Winston-Salem, NC 0.6% 0.8% -1.7% 0.2% -4.5% 3.4% -1.5% -0.2% 0.2% 1.3% 0.2%
Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 1.0% 2.7% 0.3% 0.9% 0.8% 0.7% -3.1% -2.4% 0.9% 3.6% -1.5%
Yakima, WA 1.9% 0.9% NA 2.3% NA 3.4% 1.6% 2.7% 1.8% 5.0% 7.9%
York-Hanover, PA 0.7% 1.6% -1.9% -2.0% 5.6% 5.2% -1.3% -1.3% 3.2% 1.0% 2.9%
Youngstown-Warren-
Boardman, OH-PA 0.2% 1.2% -2.1% -1.2% -5.1% 4.8% -2.6% -2.9% 0.7% 1.3% 2.3%
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Yuba City, CA 1.5% 2.1% -1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.9% 0.1% -2.0% 14.1% -0.2% 1.2%
Yuma, AZ -1.0% 0.8% -2.0% 0.2% 8.6% -8.5% 3.1% -6.4% 6.2% NA NA
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Garner Economics
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