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MetroEconomies ANNUALGMPREPORT
June2018
StephenK.Benjamin
Mayor of Columbia, SC
President
BrianK.Barnett
Mayor of Rochester Hills, MI
Second Vice President
GregFischer
Chair, Council on Metro Economies and the New American City
Mayor of Louisville
TomCochran
CEO and Executive Director
Prepared for:
Economic Growth and Full Employment The United States
Conference of Mayors
and The Council on
Metro Economies and
the New American City
Prepared by:
In this brief Metro Economies report we illustrate the importance of metropolitan areas to
the US and global economy. That influence, and the contribution of metro economies to US
economic growth increased to record levels again in 2017. It was the fourth consecutive
year of increase.
Metropolitan areas dominated US economic growth in 2017. They were home to 85.9% of
the nation’s population, and their share of total employment increased to 88.0% as metros
added 1.9 million jobs, accounting for 95.9% of all US job gains. The metro shares of US
total personal income, 89.0%, wage income, 91.6%, and of real gross domestic product,
91.2%, each increased in 2017. The metro proportion of GDP is 0.5 percentage points
higher than a decade ago, and 1.5 percentage points higher than two decades ago. Their
share of economic growth in 2017 was even greater – metros contributed 99.5% ($337
billion) of the increase in real GDP.
Many US metros have larger economies than states. New York’s gross metropolitan product
(GMP), the largest among metros at $1.66 trillion, exceeds the Gross State Product (GSP) of
Texas, and Los Angeles’s exceeds that of Florida, the fourth ranked state in GSP. In many
states, metro economies account for almost all of the state economy. In California, for
example, the metro share of GSP is 98.9%. In Texas, it is 93.4%; in Florida 98%; and in
New York, 97.5%. In 21 states the metro share of GSP exceeds 90%, and in 32 it exceeds
80%. Only in Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Vermont is the metro contribution to
GSP lower than 50% of the state economy. (Appendix Tables 3 and 5).
The GMP of 38 US metros each surpassed $100 billion in 2017, and we project that Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News and Salt Lake City will as well in 2019. The $10 billion GMP
mark was surpassed by 209 metros (55%) in 2017, with Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV,
College Station-Bryan, TX and Longview, TX, reaching that level last year. We project that
seven more will do so in 2018. (Appendix Table 1)
Comparing metro economies to the nations of the world provides further evidence of the
importance of US metros as drivers of the global economy. New York’s GMP would rank 10th
among the nations of the world, ahead of Canada and Russia. Twelve of the world’s 50
highest-producing economies are US metropolitan areas. Los Angeles would rank 17th,
ahead of Indonesia, and Chicago’s metropolitan economy ranks 23rd, larger than Argentina.
Dallas, Washington, San Francisco, Houston, Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, and
Miami all rank among the top 50. Of the largest 100 world economies, 37 are US metros.
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Our 25th largest metro, Pittsburgh, PA, is larger than Hungary, the 38th largest country.
(Appendix Table 2)
However, several factors will work to dampen growth over 2019 and 2020. First, solid
demand in oil markets, declining global stocks, and concern about supply has raised oil
prices by roughly $10–12/barrel. This puts upward pressure on projected inflation.
Combined with a recent step-up in reported inflation and faster near-term real growth, this
led us to move forward several Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, which will raise the 10-
year Treasury note yield earlier in our forecast period. Furthermore, equity values are
weaker, while risk spreads and the dollar are higher in this forecast.
Employment gains will begin to slow as the immediate effects of fiscal stimulus from the tax
cut and the budget deal begin to fade, with gains downshifting from around 200,000 per
month to 100,000 per month in the second half of next year. Private sector job gains should
continue to weaken throughout this period to average near 70,000 per month in 2020. The
labor force participation rate was 62.8% in April, a scant 0.3 percentage point below its
expected recovery peak of 63.1%. With baby-boomers aging, participation rates will not
return to their earlier peaks. Those small gaps leave little room between now and judgment
day for labor force growth, when labor force gains are constrained by population growth.
Employment gains must brake sharply when the labor force hits the population wall;
otherwise, people have to work longer hours or the wall must give because participation
rises more than expected. There is an upper limit, though, on how far the labor force
participation rate can flex before demographics become an iron rule. For the near term it is
a battleground between how fast the sub-25-year-old labor force ebbs compared with
increasing participation of over-65-year-olds.
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Appendix Tables 6, 7, 8, and 9 detail the expected outcome, for each metro economy, in job
growth, GMP growth, unemployment, and labor force participation. As US unemployment
falls to 3.5% in 2018, 63 metros (19%) will have rates less than 3%, and 195 (51%) will
have unemployment rates under 4%.
Real GMP growth will exceed 3% per year in 72 metros (19%) in 2019-2020, and 2% per
year in 239 (63%). In 2020, 81 metros (21%) will have unemployment rates less than 3%,
and 247 (65%) less than 4%.
Percent
-1.9 to 0.0
0.1 to 0.8
0.9 to 1.5
1.6 to 2.4
2.5 to 5.5
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FIGURE 2: 2018-2023 EMPLOYMENT GROWTH (AVERAGE ANNUAL)
Percent
-0.4 to 0.0
0.1 to 0.4
0.5 to 0.8
0.9 to 1.3
1.4 to 2.7
Slower long-run increases in the labor force indicate more moderate long-run employment
growth in the future. Total civilian employment will rise at an average annual rate of 0.7%
from 2018 to 2048. Total establishment employment will rise from 153 million in 2018 to
188 million in 2048. Slow labor force growth will be a drag as well on GDP and GMP growth.
Real GDP growth will average only 2.0% annually over the forecast horizon.
In order to raise our rate of economic growth in this environment we should do everything
we can to expand the productive labor force. If we, over the next half-decade, could raise
our labor force participation rate to its 2000 level, 67%, we would boost GDP growth by
almost one-half a percentage point, from 2.0% to near 2.5% per year. Workforce training
programs for the chronically unemployed or those out of the labor force for lack of skills, or
obsolete skills, can benefit the whole economy. The jobs will be there and policies need to
be implemented to match future availability with required job skills.
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Appendix Tables
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Table 2: Gross Product of Countries (GDP) and Metro Areas (GMP) .................... 10
Table 4: The Gross Metropolitan Product of the Top 10 Metro Areas in 2017 ....... 35
Exceeded the Combined Output of the Following 37 States
Table 7: Real GMP Growth, 2017 to 2022 Average Annual Rate ........................ 60
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Table 1: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas
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Table 2: Gross Product of Countries (GDP) and Metro Areas (GMP)
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Table 2: Gross Product of Countries (GDP) and Metro Areas (GMP)
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Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas
and Gross State Product of U.S. States
(US$, Billions)
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Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas
and Gross State Product of U.S. States
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Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas
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Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas
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Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas
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Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas
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Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas
and Gross State Product of U.S. States
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Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas
and Gross State Product of U.S. States
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Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas
and Gross State Product of U.S. States
(US$, Billions)
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Table 4: The Gross Metropolitan Product of the Top 10 Metro Areas in 2017
Exceeded the Combined Output of the Following 37 States
New York‐Newark‐Jersey City, NY‐NJ‐PA Maryland
Is greater
Los Angeles‐Long Beach‐Anaheim, CA than Indiana
Chicago‐Naperville‐Elgin, IL‐IN‐WI Minnesota
Dallas‐Fort Worth‐Arlington, TX
> Tennessee
Washington‐Arlington‐Alexandria, DC‐VA‐MD‐WV Colorado
San Francisco‐Oakland‐Hayward, CA Wisconsin
Houston‐The Woodlands‐Sugar Land, TX Arizona
Philadelphia‐Camden‐Wilmington, PA‐NJ‐DE‐MD Missouri
Boston‐Cambridge‐Newton, MA‐NH Connecticut
Atlanta‐Sandy Springs‐Roswell, GA Louisiana
Oregon
South Carolina
Alabama
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Iowa
Utah
Nevada
Kansas
District of Columbia
Arkansas
Nebraska
Mississippi
New Mexico
Hawaii
New Hampshire
West Virginia
Delaware
Idaho
Maine
Rhode Island
North Dakota
Alaska
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Vermont
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
(US$, Billions)
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
(US$, Billions)
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
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Table 5: Gross Metropolitan Product as a Share of Gross State Product
(US$, Billions)
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Table 5b: Gross Metropolitan Product (Division) as a
Share of Gross Metropolitan Product (MSA)
(US$, Billions)
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL
Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL $548.7 81.2%
Elgin, IL $29.3 4.3%
Gary, IN $29.9 4.4%
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI $67.9 10.0%
Sum of Metro Divisions $675.8
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX $405.4 74.9%
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $135.7 25.1%
Sum of Metro Divisions $541.1
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI $102.8 39.1%
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI $160.4 60.9%
Sum of Metro Divisions $263.3
Philadelphia‐Camden‐Wilmington, PA‐NJ‐DE‐MD
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Table 5b: Gross Metropolitan Product (Division) as a
Share of Gross Metropolitan Product (MSA)
(US$, Billions)
San Francisco‐Oakland‐Hayward, CA
Oakland‐Hayward‐Berkeley, CA $194.4 38.7%
San Francisco‐Redwood City‐South San Francisco, CA $288.4 57.5%
San Rafael, CA $19.1 3.8%
Sum of Metro Divisions $501.9
Seattle‐Tacoma‐Bellevue, WA
Seattle‐Bellevue‐Everett, WA $314.4 87.9%
Tacoma‐Lakewood, WA $43.1 12.1%
Sum of Metro Divisions $357.5
Washington‐Arlington‐Alexandria, DC‐VA‐MD‐WV
Silver Springs‐Frederick‐Rockville, MD $96.2 18.2%
Washington‐Arlington‐Alexandria, DC‐VA‐MD‐WV $432.7 81.8%
Sum of Metro Divisions $528.9
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Table 6: Employment Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
1 Abilene, TX 1.4% 1.0% 0.1%
2 Akron, OH 0.5% 0.8% ‐0.3%
3 Albany, GA 1.1% 0.9% ‐0.1%
4 Albany, OR 2.7% 1.4% 0.4%
5 Albany‐Schenectady‐Troy, NY 1.1% 0.8% 0.0%
6 Albuquerque, NM 1.3% 1.5% 0.8%
7 Alexandria, LA ‐0.6% 0.8% 0.0%
8 Allentown‐Bethlehem‐Easton, PA‐NJ 1.2% 0.9% 0.1%
9 Altoona, PA 0.4% 0.5% ‐0.3%
10 Amarillo, TX 0.6% 1.5% 0.5%
11 Ames, IA 1.6% 0.9% 0.4%
12 Anchorage, AK ‐0.5% 1.7% 0.9%
13 Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 1.1% 0.4%
14 Anniston‐Oxford‐Jacksonville, AL 1.1% 0.7% ‐0.3%
15 Appleton, WI 0.7% 1.5% 0.5%
16 Asheville, NC 1.8% 1.3% 0.4%
17 Athens‐Clarke County, GA 2.5% 1.4% 0.6%
18 Atlanta‐Sandy Springs‐Roswell, GA 2.1% 2.0% 0.8%
19 Atlantic City‐Hammonton, NJ 0.7% 0.6% ‐0.1%
20 Auburn‐Opelika, AL 2.6% 1.6% 0.8%
21 Augusta‐Richmond County, GA‐SC 2.4% 1.5% 0.4%
22 Austin‐Round Rock, TX 3.4% 2.9% 1.9%
23 Bakersfield, CA 1.4% 1.8% 1.1%
24 Baltimore‐Columbia‐Towson, MD 1.1% 1.2% 0.4%
25 Bangor, ME ‐0.2% 0.1% ‐0.3%
26 Barnstable Town, MA 0.4% 0.8% 0.2%
27 Baton Rouge, LA 0.4% 1.2% 0.6%
28 Battle Creek, MI ‐0.1% 1.2% ‐0.2%
29 Bay City, MI ‐0.7% 0.5% ‐0.3%
30 Beaumont‐Port Arthur, TX ‐0.3% 1.1% 0.0%
31 Beckley, WV ‐0.2% 0.6% 0.0%
32 Bellingham, WA 2.5% 1.6% 0.7%
33 Bend‐Redmond, OR 3.6% 2.5% 1.2%
34 Billings, MT 0.5% 1.1% 0.3%
35 Binghamton, NY 0.1% 0.1% ‐0.5%
36 Birmingham‐Hoover, AL 1.0% 1.1% 0.2%
37 Bismarck, ND ‐0.6% 1.6% 0.5%
38 Blacksburg‐Christiansburg‐Radford, VA ‐0.2% 0.8% 0.1%
39 Bloomington, IN 0.4% 1.2% 0.5%
40 Bloomington‐Normal, IL ‐0.2% 0.8% 0.1%
41 Bloomsburg‐Berwick, PA 0.5% 0.7% 0.0%
42 Boise City, ID 3.7% 2.3% 1.1%
43 Boston‐Cambridge‐Newton, MA‐NH 1.2% 1.3% 0.4%
44 Boulder, CO 1.7% 1.7% 0.8%
45 Bowling Green, KY 1.7% 1.6% 0.5%
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Table 6: Employment Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
46 Bremerton‐Silverdale, WA 1.8% 1.6% 0.1%
47 Bridgeport‐Stamford‐Norwalk, CT 0.0% 0.7% 0.0%
48 Brownsville‐Harlingen, TX 0.5% 2.1% 1.4%
49 Brunswick, GA 0.5% 0.9% ‐0.1%
50 Buffalo‐Cheektowaga‐Niagara Falls, NY 0.9% 0.6% ‐0.4%
51 Burlington, NC 0.6% 1.1% 0.2%
52 Burlington‐South Burlington, VT 0.1% 1.1% 0.2%
53 California‐Lexington Park, MD 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
54 Canton‐Massillon, OH 0.6% 0.4% ‐0.4%
55 Cape Coral‐Fort Myers, FL 1.9% 2.7% 1.6%
56 Cape Girardeau, MO‐IL 0.8% 0.6% 0.3%
57 Carbondale‐Marion, IL ‐0.1% 0.7% 0.0%
58 Carson City, NV 4.2% 1.3% 0.6%
59 Casper, WY 0.3% 1.5% 0.6%
60 Cedar Rapids, IA 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
61 Chambersburg‐Waynesboro, PA 1.2% 0.8% ‐0.1%
62 Champaign‐Urbana, IL 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
63 Charleston, WV ‐0.5% 0.6% 0.0%
64 Charleston‐North Charleston, SC 2.0% 2.5% 1.2%
65 Charlotte‐Concord‐Gastonia, NC‐SC 2.8% 2.3% 1.1%
66 Charlottesville, VA 2.4% 1.1% 0.7%
67 Chattanooga, TN‐GA 2.2% 1.3% 0.1%
68 Cheyenne, WY ‐0.1% 1.4% 0.5%
69 Chicago‐Naperville‐Elgin, IL‐IN‐WI 0.9% 1.2% 0.2%
70 Chico, CA 2.1% 1.1% 0.6%
71 Cincinnati, OH‐KY‐IN 1.1% 1.1% 0.0%
72 Clarksville, TN‐KY 1.2% 1.6% 0.6%
73 Cleveland, TN 0.1% 1.3% 0.1%
74 Cleveland‐Elyria, OH 0.4% 0.7% ‐0.3%
75 Coeur d`Alene, ID 2.9% 2.5% 1.7%
76 College Station‐Bryan, TX 3.4% 2.0% 1.3%
77 Colorado Springs, CO 2.5% 2.0% 0.9%
78 Columbia, MO 0.8% 1.5% 1.1%
79 Columbia, SC 0.4% 1.8% 0.7%
80 Columbus, GA‐AL 0.8% 1.3% 0.2%
81 Columbus, IN 1.6% 1.0% ‐0.6%
82 Columbus, OH 1.5% 1.6% 0.5%
83 Corpus Christi, TX 0.0% 1.6% 0.6%
84 Corvallis, OR 2.1% 1.4% 0.7%
85 Crestview‐Fort Walton Beach‐Destin, FL 3.5% 1.6% 0.7%
86 Cumberland, MD‐WV 0.0% 0.4% ‐0.3%
87 Dallas‐Fort Worth‐Arlington, TX 2.6% 2.3% 1.3%
88 Dalton, GA 0.8% 1.2% ‐0.1%
89 Danville, IL ‐1.0% 0.6% ‐0.4%
90 Daphne‐Fairhope‐Foley, AL 2.7% 1.6% 1.0%
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Table 6: Employment Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
91 Davenport‐Moline‐Rock Island, IA‐IL 1.2% 0.9% 0.1%
92 Dayton, OH 1.2% 0.7% ‐0.3%
93 Decatur, AL 1.1% 1.1% 0.0%
94 Decatur, IL 0.5% 0.3% ‐0.6%
95 Deltona‐Daytona Beach‐Ormond Beach, FL 2.0% 1.5% 0.7%
96 Denver‐Aurora‐Lakewood, CO 2.2% 2.0% 1.0%
97 Des Moines‐West Des Moines, IA 1.6% 1.9% 1.0%
98 Detroit‐Warren‐Dearborn, MI 1.4% 1.0% ‐0.2%
99 Dothan, AL 0.5% 0.8% 0.1%
100 Dover, DE 0.7% 1.3% 0.6%
101 Dubuque, IA 0.4% 0.7% 0.0%
102 Duluth, MN‐WI 1.2% 0.5% 0.1%
103 Durham‐Chapel Hill, NC 1.3% 2.1% 0.9%
104 East Stroudsburg, PA 0.9% 0.6% ‐0.2%
105 Eau Claire, WI 0.4% 1.2% 0.4%
106 El Centro, CA 1.2% 1.6% 1.1%
107 El Paso, TX 1.3% 1.6% 0.8%
108 Elizabethtown, KY 0.6% 1.7% 0.3%
109 Elkhart‐Goshen, IN 4.6% 1.2% ‐0.5%
110 Elmira, NY ‐0.5% 0.1% ‐0.5%
111 Erie, PA 0.1% 0.5% ‐0.3%
112 Eugene, OR 1.9% 1.1% 0.3%
113 Evansville, IN‐KY 1.5% 0.9% ‐0.2%
114 Fairbanks, AK ‐0.2% 1.4% 0.6%
115 Fargo, ND‐MN 0.7% 1.7% 0.5%
116 Farmington, NM 0.5% 1.2% 1.0%
117 Fayetteville, NC 0.2% 1.1% 0.1%
118 Fayetteville‐Springdale‐Rogers, AR‐MO 2.8% 2.7% 1.5%
119 Flagstaff, AZ 1.6% 1.5% 0.8%
120 Flint, MI 0.3% 0.4% ‐0.4%
121 Florence, SC 0.9% 0.9% 0.0%
122 Florence‐Muscle Shoals, AL 0.1% 0.7% ‐0.2%
123 Fond du Lac, WI 0.9% 1.3% 0.3%
124 Fort Collins, CO 2.9% 2.3% 1.1%
125 Fort Smith, AR‐OK ‐0.4% 1.3% 0.3%
126 Fort Wayne, IN 1.5% 1.1% 0.0%
127 Fresno, CA 2.7% 1.7% 0.8%
128 Gadsden, AL 0.4% 0.5% ‐0.3%
129 Gainesville, FL 1.8% 1.1% 0.4%
130 Gainesville, GA 3.5% 2.0% 0.9%
131 Gettysburg, PA 2.2% 0.7% ‐0.2%
132 Glens Falls, NY 0.7% 0.5% ‐0.1%
133 Goldsboro, NC ‐0.1% 0.7% ‐0.2%
134 Grand Forks, ND‐MN ‐0.3% 1.1% 0.4%
135 Grand Island, NE 0.6% 0.9% 0.2%
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Table 6: Employment Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
136 Grand Junction, CO 2.4% 2.5% 1.2%
137 Grand Rapids‐Wyoming, MI 2.1% 1.5% 0.2%
138 Grants Pass, OR 2.4% 1.8% 0.9%
139 Great Falls, MT 0.7% 0.8% ‐0.1%
140 Greeley, CO 5.2% 3.2% 1.5%
141 Green Bay, WI 1.1% 1.6% 0.7%
142 Greensboro‐High Point, NC 0.7% 1.4% 0.2%
143 Greenville, NC 0.9% 1.5% 0.6%
144 Greenville‐Mauldin‐Easley, SC 2.0% 1.8% 0.6%
145 Gulfport‐Biloxi‐Pascagoula, MS 0.2% 0.9% 0.5%
146 Hagerstown‐Martinsburg, MD‐WV 0.5% 0.9% 0.2%
147 Hammond, LA 2.9% 1.1% 0.4%
148 Hanford‐Corcoran, CA 1.4% 1.6% 1.0%
149 Harrisburg‐Carlisle, PA 1.0% 1.1% 0.3%
150 Harrisonburg, VA 1.2% 1.1% 0.3%
151 Hartford‐West Hartford‐East Hartford, CT 0.9% 0.6% ‐0.2%
152 Hattiesburg, MS 1.6% 1.4% 0.5%
153 Hickory‐Lenoir‐Morganton, NC 1.5% 0.9% ‐0.3%
154 Hilton Head Island‐Bluffton‐Beaufort, SC 2.8% 2.4% 1.3%
155 Hinesville, GA 1.9% 1.8% 0.7%
156 Homosassa Springs, FL 0.2% 2.1% 1.4%
157 Hot Springs, AR 0.5% 0.5% ‐0.1%
158 Houma‐Thibodaux, LA ‐0.9% 1.6% 0.5%
159 Houston‐The Woodlands‐Sugar Land, TX 1.8% 2.7% 1.3%
160 Huntington‐Ashland, WV‐KY‐OH 0.0% 0.7% ‐0.1%
161 Huntsville, AL 2.4% 1.9% 1.2%
162 Idaho Falls, ID 2.8% 2.3% 1.0%
163 Indianapolis‐Carmel, IN 1.6% 1.8% 0.7%
164 Iowa City, IA 1.1% 1.0% 0.8%
165 Ithaca, NY 1.1% 0.5% 0.0%
166 Jackson, MI 1.0% 0.9% ‐0.2%
167 Jackson, MS 1.1% 1.3% 0.5%
168 Jackson, TN 1.0% 1.5% 0.3%
169 Jacksonville, FL 2.9% 2.2% 1.2%
170 Jacksonville, NC 0.8% 1.4% 0.3%
171 Janesville‐Beloit, WI 1.5% 1.1% 0.3%
172 Jefferson City, MO ‐0.2% 0.9% 0.5%
173 Johnson City, TN 0.2% 0.6% ‐0.3%
174 Johnstown, PA ‐0.3% 0.2% ‐0.5%
175 Jonesboro, AR 2.4% 1.1% 0.3%
176 Joplin, MO 0.7% 1.1% 0.5%
177 Kahului‐Wailuku‐Lahaina, HI 1.9% 1.2% 0.9%
178 Kalamazoo‐Portage, MI 1.2% 1.1% 0.1%
179 Kankakee, IL 2.7% 1.1% 0.3%
180 Kansas City, MO‐KS 1.7% 1.6% 0.6%
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Table 6: Employment Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
181 Kennewick‐Richland, WA 2.3% 1.5% 0.5%
182 Killeen‐Temple, TX 1.4% 1.8% 0.8%
183 Kingsport‐Bristol‐Bristol, TN‐VA 0.5% 0.8% ‐0.2%
184 Kingston, NY 0.5% 0.3% ‐0.2%
185 Knoxville, TN 1.1% 1.6% 0.4%
186 Kokomo, IN 2.1% 0.6% ‐0.6%
187 La Crosse‐Onalaska, WI‐MN 1.0% 1.0% 0.4%
188 Lafayette, LA ‐0.3% 1.4% 0.5%
189 Lafayette‐West Lafayette, IN 1.4% 1.0% 0.1%
190 Lake Charles, LA 4.2% 1.7% 0.5%
191 Lake Havasu City‐Kingman, AZ 2.8% 2.1% 1.4%
192 Lakeland‐Winter Haven, FL 2.5% 1.8% 0.7%
193 Lancaster, PA 1.6% 1.0% 0.3%
194 Lansing‐East Lansing, MI 1.6% 0.7% ‐0.1%
195 Laredo, TX 1.6% 2.4% 1.7%
196 Las Cruces, NM ‐0.7% 1.9% 1.3%
197 Las Vegas‐Henderson‐Paradise, NV 3.0% 2.6% 1.7%
198 Lawrence, KS 0.0% 1.0% 0.5%
199 Lawton, OK ‐0.1% 1.2% ‐0.1%
200 Lebanon, PA 1.0% 0.8% ‐0.2%
201 Lewiston, ID‐WA 2.6% 1.4% 0.8%
202 Lewiston‐Auburn, ME ‐0.1% 0.5% ‐0.2%
203 Lexington‐Fayette, KY 1.3% 1.6% 0.4%
204 Lima, OH 0.5% 0.5% ‐0.4%
205 Lincoln, NE 0.6% 1.3% 0.9%
206 Little Rock‐North Little Rock‐Conway, AR 1.0% 1.2% 0.3%
207 Logan, UT‐ID 2.3% 2.4% 1.4%
208 Longview, TX 0.4% 1.8% 0.7%
209 Longview, WA 1.7% 1.0% 0.1%
210 Los Angeles‐Long Beach‐Anaheim, CA 1.4% 1.2% 0.3%
211 Louisville‐Jefferson County, KY‐IN 1.2% 1.3% 0.2%
212 Lubbock, TX 1.6% 1.0% 0.3%
213 Lynchburg, VA 0.8% 0.6% 0.0%
214 Macon‐Bibb County, GA 0.4% 0.4% ‐0.5%
215 Madera, CA 2.9% 1.8% 1.3%
216 Madison, WI 1.1% 1.5% 0.9%
217 Manchester‐Nashua, NH 0.8% 1.2% 0.1%
218 Manhattan, KS 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
219 Mankato‐North Mankato, MN 1.7% 0.9% 0.4%
220 Mansfield, OH 0.2% 0.4% ‐0.5%
221 McAllen‐Edinburg‐Mission, TX 2.0% 2.1% 1.5%
222 Medford, OR 2.6% 1.6% 0.8%
223 Memphis, TN‐MS‐AR 1.2% 1.2% 0.2%
224 Merced, CA 3.1% 1.9% 1.3%
225 Miami‐Fort Lauderdale‐West Palm Beach, FL 1.7% 1.9% 0.9%
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Table 6: Employment Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
226 Michigan City‐La Porte, IN ‐0.9% 0.6% ‐0.4%
227 Midland, MI ‐0.4% 1.1% ‐0.1%
228 Midland, TX 6.0% 3.5% 1.6%
229 Milwaukee‐Waukesha‐West Allis, WI 0.9% 0.9% 0.1%
230 Minneapolis‐St. Paul‐Bloomington, MN‐WI 1.4% 1.4% 0.6%
231 Missoula, MT 1.8% 1.6% 0.7%
232 Mobile, AL 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
233 Modesto, CA 1.9% 1.6% 0.8%
234 Monroe, LA 0.0% 0.7% 0.0%
235 Monroe, MI 0.6% 1.1% 0.1%
236 Montgomery, AL 0.9% 1.1% 0.3%
237 Morgantown, WV 2.0% 0.9% 0.3%
238 Morristown, TN 1.4% 1.2% 0.0%
239 Mount Vernon‐Anacortes, WA 1.8% 1.4% 0.6%
240 Muncie, IN 0.6% 0.2% ‐0.5%
241 Muskegon, MI 1.2% 0.9% ‐0.2%
242 Myrtle Beach‐North Myrtle Beach‐Conway, SC‐NC 3.4% 2.6% 1.5%
243 Napa, CA 1.4% 1.4% 0.7%
244 Naples‐Immokalee‐Marco Island, FL 0.4% 2.7% 1.9%
245 Nashville‐Davidson‐‐Murfreesboro‐‐Franklin, TN 2.9% 2.4% 1.0%
246 New Bern, NC 0.1% 1.4% ‐0.2%
247 New Haven‐Milford, CT 0.4% 0.5% ‐0.2%
248 New Orleans‐Metairie, LA 0.3% 1.0% 0.2%
249 New York‐Newark‐Jersey City, NY‐NJ‐PA 1.5% 1.0% 0.1%
250 Niles‐Benton Harbor, MI 0.9% 0.5% ‐0.6%
251 North Port‐Sarasota‐Bradenton, FL 2.5% 2.2% 1.2%
252 Norwich‐New London, CT 1.0% 0.5% ‐0.2%
253 Ocala, FL 1.5% 2.2% 1.3%
254 Ocean City, NJ 2.3% 0.4% ‐0.1%
255 Odessa, TX 4.0% 1.9% 1.3%
256 Ogden‐Clearfield, UT 2.5% 2.3% 1.1%
257 Oklahoma City, OK 1.4% 1.8% 0.8%
258 Olympia‐Tumwater, WA 3.2% 1.5% 0.8%
259 Omaha‐Council Bluffs, NE‐IA 0.7% 1.2% 0.5%
260 Orlando‐Kissimmee‐Sanford, FL 3.5% 2.5% 1.6%
261 Oshkosh‐Neenah, WI 1.1% 1.7% 0.6%
262 Owensboro, KY 1.2% 1.2% 0.2%
263 Oxnard‐Thousand Oaks‐Ventura, CA 1.3% 1.6% 0.7%
264 Palm Bay‐Melbourne‐Titusville, FL 1.7% 1.9% 0.9%
265 Panama City, FL 1.5% 1.7% 0.9%
266 Parkersburg‐Vienna, WV ‐1.1% 0.4% ‐0.2%
267 Pensacola‐Ferry Pass‐Brent, FL 2.0% 1.1% 0.3%
268 Peoria, IL ‐0.1% 0.9% 0.0%
269 Philadelphia‐Camden‐Wilmington, PA‐NJ‐DE‐MD 1.2% 1.0% 0.1%
270 Phoenix‐Mesa‐Scottsdale, AZ 2.8% 2.7% 1.3%
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Table 6: Employment Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
271 Pine Bluff, AR ‐0.7% 0.4% ‐0.3%
272 Pittsburgh, PA 1.3% 0.7% ‐0.1%
273 Pittsfield, MA 0.2% 0.1% ‐0.5%
274 Pocatello, ID 2.4% 1.7% 0.9%
275 Port St. Lucie, FL 1.6% 1.9% 1.0%
276 Portland‐South Portland, ME 1.5% 0.8% 0.0%
277 Portland‐Vancouver‐Hillsboro, OR‐WA 2.3% 2.1% 0.8%
278 Prescott, AZ 2.3% 1.6% 0.7%
279 Providence‐Warwick, RI‐MA 1.2% 0.9% 0.0%
280 Provo‐Orem, UT 4.1% 2.8% 1.8%
281 Pueblo, CO 0.6% 1.3% 0.2%
282 Punta Gorda, FL 1.5% 2.2% 1.3%
283 Racine, WI 0.8% 1.1% 0.1%
284 Raleigh, NC 2.5% 2.5% 1.4%
285 Rapid City, SD 2.0% 1.6% 0.7%
286 Reading, PA 0.9% 1.1% 0.1%
287 Redding, CA 1.5% 0.8% 0.3%
288 Reno, NV 4.4% 2.6% 0.9%
289 Richmond, VA 1.0% 1.4% 0.6%
290 Riverside‐San Bernardino‐Ontario, CA 3.2% 2.3% 1.4%
291 Roanoke, VA ‐0.3% 0.4% ‐0.3%
292 Rochester, MN 0.8% 0.9% 0.5%
293 Rochester, NY 0.7% 0.5% ‐0.2%
294 Rockford, IL 0.6% 1.2% 0.3%
295 Rocky Mount, NC ‐1.2% 0.9% ‐0.2%
296 Rome, GA 1.1% 0.6% ‐0.2%
297 Sacramento‐‐Roseville‐‐Arden‐Arcade, CA 2.2% 2.0% 1.2%
298 Saginaw, MI ‐0.3% 0.6% ‐0.5%
299 Salem, OR 1.8% 1.7% 0.8%
300 Salinas, CA 2.3% 0.7% 0.1%
301 Salisbury, MD‐DE 1.1% 1.4% 0.6%
302 Salt Lake City, UT 2.5% 2.3% 1.2%
303 San Angelo, TX 1.1% 1.1% 0.2%
304 San Antonio‐New Braunfels, TX 2.3% 2.2% 1.2%
305 San Diego‐Carlsbad, CA 1.9% 1.8% 0.7%
306 San Francisco‐Oakland‐Hayward, CA 2.2% 1.9% 0.6%
307 San Jose‐Sunnyvale‐Santa Clara, CA 2.5% 1.9% 0.9%
308 San Luis Obispo‐Paso Robles‐Arroyo Grande, CA 2.0% 1.0% 0.5%
309 Santa Cruz‐Watsonville, CA 1.8% 0.8% 0.3%
310 Santa Fe, NM 0.2% 1.3% 0.9%
311 Santa Maria‐Santa Barbara, CA 1.2% 1.1% 0.5%
312 Santa Rosa, CA 2.0% 1.0% 0.3%
313 Savannah, GA 1.2% 1.2% 0.3%
314 Scranton‐‐Wilkes‐Barre‐‐Hazleton, PA 1.3% 0.7% ‐0.1%
315 Seattle‐Tacoma‐Bellevue, WA 2.7% 1.8% 0.7%
57
Table 6: Employment Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
316 Sebastian‐Vero Beach, FL 1.6% 2.0% 1.1%
317 Sebring, FL ‐0.8% 1.7% 0.8%
318 Sheboygan, WI 1.8% 1.3% 0.2%
319 Sherman‐Denison, TX 1.7% 1.3% 0.3%
320 Shreveport‐Bossier City, LA ‐0.3% 0.7% 0.0%
321 Sierra Vista‐Douglas, AZ ‐0.9% 2.0% 0.5%
322 Sioux City, IA‐NE‐SD ‐0.5% 0.9% 0.1%
323 Sioux Falls, SD 1.4% 1.7% 0.7%
324 South Bend‐Mishawaka, IN‐MI 1.3% 0.6% ‐0.3%
325 Spartanburg, SC 3.2% 1.3% ‐0.1%
326 Spokane‐Spokane Valley, WA 1.0% 1.5% 0.6%
327 Springfield, IL ‐0.9% 0.7% 0.1%
328 Springfield, MA 1.1% 0.6% ‐0.1%
329 Springfield, MO 1.4% 0.9% 0.5%
330 Springfield, OH 0.3% 0.6% ‐0.5%
331 St. Cloud, MN 1.3% 1.1% 0.4%
332 St. George, UT 4.6% 3.3% 2.4%
333 St. Joseph, MO‐KS 0.6% 0.8% 0.3%
334 St. Louis, MO‐IL 0.9% 0.9% 0.1%
335 State College, PA 1.9% 0.9% 0.3%
336 Staunton‐Waynesboro, VA 0.3% 0.5% ‐0.1%
337 Stockton‐Lodi, CA 3.4% 1.7% 0.9%
338 Sumter, SC 0.8% 1.0% ‐0.1%
339 Syracuse, NY 0.2% 0.6% ‐0.2%
340 Tallahassee, FL 1.4% 1.4% 0.8%
341 Tampa‐St. Petersburg‐Clearwater, FL 2.6% 2.1% 1.0%
342 Terre Haute, IN ‐0.2% 0.3% ‐0.8%
343 Texarkana, TX‐AR 0.1% 0.7% ‐0.3%
344 The Villages, FL 2.6% 3.8% 2.0%
345 Toledo, OH 0.0% 0.6% ‐0.5%
346 Topeka, KS 0.0% 0.5% ‐0.1%
347 Trenton, NJ 1.8% 1.0% 0.2%
348 Tucson, AZ 1.6% 1.7% 0.7%
349 Tulsa, OK 1.1% 1.5% 0.4%
350 Tuscaloosa, AL 1.7% 1.2% 0.1%
351 Tyler, TX 1.6% 1.8% 0.9%
352 Urban Honolulu, HI 1.2% 0.8% 0.3%
353 Utica‐Rome, NY ‐0.2% 0.1% ‐0.5%
354 Valdosta, GA 0.7% 1.4% 0.6%
355 Vallejo‐Fairfield, CA 1.5% 1.6% 0.9%
356 Victoria, TX ‐0.7% 1.2% 0.4%
357 Vineland‐Bridgeton, NJ 1.1% 0.5% ‐0.2%
358 Virginia Beach‐Norfolk‐Newport News, VA‐NC 0.7% 1.0% 0.3%
359 Visalia‐Porterville, CA 2.5% 1.7% 1.1%
360 Waco, TX 1.4% 1.3% 0.3%
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Table 6: Employment Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
361 Walla Walla, WA 2.3% 0.8% ‐0.1%
362 Warner Robins, GA 1.4% 1.5% 0.6%
363 Washington‐Arlington‐Alexandria, DC‐VA‐MD‐WV 1.6% 1.5% 0.7%
364 Waterloo‐Cedar Falls, IA 0.2% 1.0% 0.2%
365 Watertown‐Fort Drum, NY 0.1% 0.4% ‐0.4%
366 Wausau, WI 1.4% 1.4% 0.4%
367 Weirton‐Steubenville, WV‐OH ‐1.2% 0.2% ‐0.6%
368 Wenatchee, WA 1.8% 1.0% 0.3%
369 Wheeling, WV‐OH ‐0.1% 0.6% ‐0.1%
370 Wichita Falls, TX 1.1% 0.7% ‐0.2%
371 Wichita, KS ‐0.2% 1.0% 0.1%
372 Williamsport, PA ‐0.2% 0.7% ‐0.2%
373 Wilmington, NC 1.8% 2.0% 1.0%
374 Winchester, VA‐WV 2.2% 1.2% 0.3%
375 Winston‐Salem, NC 0.9% 1.2% 0.2%
376 Worcester, MA‐CT 1.9% 0.9% 0.1%
377 Yakima, WA 2.8% 0.9% 0.0%
378 York‐Hanover, PA 1.0% 1.1% 0.1%
379 Youngstown‐Warren‐Boardman, OH‐PA ‐1.0% 0.4% ‐0.5%
380 Yuba City, CA 2.7% 1.1% 0.4%
381 Yuma, AZ 1.4% 2.2% 1.0%
59
Table 7: Real GMP Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
1 Abilene, TX 2.6% 2.2% 1.4%
2 Akron, OH 1.7% 1.6% 0.7%
3 Albany, GA 1.2% 1.3% 0.5%
4 Albany, OR 3.8% 2.7% 1.8%
5 Albany‐Schenectady‐Troy, NY 1.8% 1.8% 0.9%
6 Albuquerque, NM 2.5% 1.9% 1.6%
7 Alexandria, LA ‐1.2% 2.2% 1.6%
8 Allentown‐Bethlehem‐Easton, PA‐NJ 1.9% 1.9% 1.3%
9 Altoona, PA 0.8% 1.5% 0.9%
10 Amarillo, TX 1.8% 2.0% 1.3%
11 Ames, IA 2.0% 1.8% 1.5%
12 Anchorage, AK 1.5% 1.5% 1.6%
13 Ann Arbor, MI 2.8% 2.4% 1.5%
14 Anniston‐Oxford‐Jacksonville, AL 2.3% 1.5% 1.0%
15 Appleton, WI 1.8% 2.3% 1.4%
16 Asheville, NC 2.1% 2.3% 1.3%
17 Athens‐Clarke County, GA 2.6% 1.7% 1.1%
18 Atlanta‐Sandy Springs‐Roswell, GA 2.8% 2.8% 2.0%
19 Atlantic City‐Hammonton, NJ 0.9% 1.4% 0.8%
20 Auburn‐Opelika, AL 3.4% 1.9% 1.5%
21 Augusta‐Richmond County, GA‐SC 2.1% 2.0% 1.2%
22 Austin‐Round Rock, TX 4.9% 3.4% 2.9%
23 Bakersfield, CA 1.7% 3.6% 2.7%
24 Baltimore‐Columbia‐Towson, MD 2.0% 2.4% 2.0%
25 Bangor, ME 0.6% 0.6% 0.2%
26 Barnstable Town, MA 1.7% 1.9% 1.1%
27 Baton Rouge, LA 1.9% 2.8% 2.6%
28 Battle Creek, MI 1.8% 2.5% 1.0%
29 Bay City, MI 1.2% 1.6% 0.6%
30 Beaumont‐Port Arthur, TX 1.6% 2.7% 1.7%
31 Beckley, WV 1.2% 1.1% 0.8%
32 Bellingham, WA 2.8% 2.9% 2.3%
33 Bend‐Redmond, OR 4.2% 3.2% 2.1%
34 Billings, MT 1.8% 1.9% 1.3%
35 Binghamton, NY 0.9% 0.8% 0.1%
36 Birmingham‐Hoover, AL 2.2% 1.7% 1.3%
37 Bismarck, ND ‐0.4% 1.1% 1.4%
38 Blacksburg‐Christiansburg‐Radford, VA 0.5% 1.6% 0.9%
39 Bloomington, IN 0.8% 2.0% 1.3%
40 Bloomington‐Normal, IL 1.3% 1.9% 1.3%
41 Bloomsburg‐Berwick, PA 0.9% 1.6% 1.0%
42 Boise City, ID 3.7% 3.1% 2.2%
43 Boston‐Cambridge‐Newton, MA‐NH 2.6% 2.5% 1.7%
44 Boulder, CO 3.2% 2.7% 1.7%
45 Bowling Green, KY 2.8% 2.2% 1.2%
60
Table 7: Real GMP Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
46 Bremerton‐Silverdale, WA 1.7% 2.9% 2.0%
47 Bridgeport‐Stamford‐Norwalk, CT 0.8% 2.5% 1.9%
48 Brownsville‐Harlingen, TX 1.9% 2.4% 2.1%
49 Brunswick, GA 1.3% 1.4% 0.6%
50 Buffalo‐Cheektowaga‐Niagara Falls, NY 1.3% 1.4% 0.4%
51 Burlington, NC 0.8% 2.0% 1.0%
52 Burlington‐South Burlington, VT 1.5% 2.1% 1.4%
53 California‐Lexington Park, MD 6.5% 0.5% 1.3%
54 Canton‐Massillon, OH 1.7% 1.8% 0.9%
55 Cape Coral‐Fort Myers, FL 3.5% 4.0% 2.9%
56 Cape Girardeau, MO‐IL 1.3% 2.2% 2.1%
57 Carbondale‐Marion, IL 0.5% 1.3% 0.6%
58 Carson City, NV 2.3% 2.4% 1.6%
59 Casper, WY 3.0% 3.5% 1.3%
60 Cedar Rapids, IA 0.7% 1.8% 1.5%
61 Chambersburg‐Waynesboro, PA 1.4% 1.7% 1.0%
62 Champaign‐Urbana, IL 1.1% 1.2% 0.7%
63 Charleston, WV 2.1% 1.2% 0.8%
64 Charleston‐North Charleston, SC 3.0% 3.2% 2.3%
65 Charlotte‐Concord‐Gastonia, NC‐SC 3.5% 3.3% 2.3%
66 Charlottesville, VA 3.4% 2.4% 1.8%
67 Chattanooga, TN‐GA 2.3% 2.3% 1.3%
68 Cheyenne, WY 3.0% 2.5% 1.0%
69 Chicago‐Naperville‐Elgin, IL‐IN‐WI 1.6% 1.9% 1.0%
70 Chico, CA 2.8% 2.6% 1.7%
71 Cincinnati, OH‐KY‐IN 2.8% 2.1% 1.1%
72 Clarksville, TN‐KY 1.7% 2.4% 1.4%
73 Cleveland, TN 1.1% 2.4% 1.4%
74 Cleveland‐Elyria, OH 2.0% 1.7% 0.7%
75 Coeur d`Alene, ID 3.5% 3.3% 2.6%
76 College Station‐Bryan, TX 4.9% 2.8% 2.1%
77 Colorado Springs, CO 3.3% 3.1% 2.1%
78 Columbia, MO 1.4% 2.4% 2.2%
79 Columbia, SC 2.1% 2.8% 2.0%
80 Columbus, GA‐AL 1.7% 2.2% 1.4%
81 Columbus, IN 2.2% 2.0% 0.5%
82 Columbus, OH 3.1% 2.6% 1.7%
83 Corpus Christi, TX 1.9% 3.5% 2.4%
84 Corvallis, OR 3.1% 2.2% 1.5%
85 Crestview‐Fort Walton Beach‐Destin, FL 3.2% 3.4% 2.5%
86 Cumberland, MD‐WV 6.7% 0.9% 0.5%
87 Dallas‐Fort Worth‐Arlington, TX 4.6% 3.1% 2.3%
88 Dalton, GA 0.5% 1.8% 0.9%
89 Danville, IL ‐0.5% 1.6% 0.7%
90 Daphne‐Fairhope‐Foley, AL 3.5% 2.1% 1.8%
61
Table 7: Real GMP Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
91 Davenport‐Moline‐Rock Island, IA‐IL 0.9% 1.4% 1.0%
92 Dayton, OH 2.2% 1.7% 0.9%
93 Decatur, AL 2.7% 2.2% 1.5%
94 Decatur, IL 1.0% 1.3% 0.4%
95 Deltona‐Daytona Beach‐Ormond Beach, FL 3.3% 3.1% 2.2%
96 Denver‐Aurora‐Lakewood, CO 3.0% 2.8% 2.1%
97 Des Moines‐West Des Moines, IA 2.3% 2.5% 2.3%
98 Detroit‐Warren‐Dearborn, MI 3.1% 1.9% 0.7%
99 Dothan, AL 2.4% 1.7% 1.4%
100 Dover, DE 1.8% 2.0% 1.6%
101 Dubuque, IA 1.2% 1.7% 1.4%
102 Duluth, MN‐WI 1.8% 1.3% 0.9%
103 Durham‐Chapel Hill, NC 3.1% 4.0% 2.8%
104 East Stroudsburg, PA 1.6% 1.8% 1.2%
105 Eau Claire, WI 1.5% 1.9% 1.2%
106 El Centro, CA 1.4% 3.2% 2.4%
107 El Paso, TX 3.5% 2.0% 1.5%
108 Elizabethtown, KY 1.9% 2.5% 1.3%
109 Elkhart‐Goshen, IN 6.2% 2.4% 0.8%
110 Elmira, NY 0.8% 1.1% 0.3%
111 Erie, PA 0.4% 1.4% 0.8%
112 Eugene, OR 2.3% 2.0% 1.3%
113 Evansville, IN‐KY 2.4% 1.9% 1.0%
114 Fairbanks, AK 3.5% 2.4% 1.8%
115 Fargo, ND‐MN 0.4% 1.6% 1.5%
116 Farmington, NM 2.2% 1.4% 2.2%
117 Fayetteville, NC 0.7% 2.3% 1.5%
118 Fayetteville‐Springdale‐Rogers, AR‐MO 4.9% 4.1% 3.2%
119 Flagstaff, AZ 2.5% 3.1% 2.0%
120 Flint, MI 1.5% 1.0% 0.2%
121 Florence, SC 1.6% 1.8% 1.2%
122 Florence‐Muscle Shoals, AL 1.7% 1.5% 1.0%
123 Fond du Lac, WI 1.8% 2.1% 1.2%
124 Fort Collins, CO 4.8% 4.0% 2.7%
125 Fort Smith, AR‐OK 1.1% 2.1% 1.2%
126 Fort Wayne, IN 2.0% 1.9% 1.1%
127 Fresno, CA 2.4% 3.0% 2.1%
128 Gadsden, AL 1.5% 1.2% 0.7%
129 Gainesville, FL 3.1% 2.5% 1.8%
130 Gainesville, GA 3.4% 2.4% 1.6%
131 Gettysburg, PA 2.3% 1.9% 1.1%
132 Glens Falls, NY 1.7% 1.2% 0.5%
133 Goldsboro, NC ‐0.1% 1.7% 0.8%
134 Grand Forks, ND‐MN 0.7% 1.0% 1.1%
135 Grand Island, NE 1.1% 2.0% 1.3%
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Table 7: Real GMP Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
136 Grand Junction, CO 4.7% 4.6% 3.1%
137 Grand Rapids‐Wyoming, MI 3.5% 2.4% 1.2%
138 Grants Pass, OR 2.3% 2.8% 1.9%
139 Great Falls, MT 2.0% 1.5% 1.0%
140 Greeley, CO 6.3% 5.3% 3.2%
141 Green Bay, WI 1.8% 2.3% 1.5%
142 Greensboro‐High Point, NC 1.1% 1.9% 1.1%
143 Greenville, NC 1.3% 2.2% 1.3%
144 Greenville‐Mauldin‐Easley, SC 2.2% 2.3% 1.5%
145 Gulfport‐Biloxi‐Pascagoula, MS 1.1% 1.9% 1.7%
146 Hagerstown‐Martinsburg, MD‐WV 4.9% 1.5% 1.1%
147 Hammond, LA 4.1% 2.6% 2.1%
148 Hanford‐Corcoran, CA 1.5% 2.9% 2.1%
149 Harrisburg‐Carlisle, PA 1.8% 2.0% 1.5%
150 Harrisonburg, VA 1.7% 2.2% 1.3%
151 Hartford‐West Hartford‐East Hartford, CT 0.7% 1.9% 1.3%
152 Hattiesburg, MS 2.6% 2.4% 1.5%
153 Hickory‐Lenoir‐Morganton, NC 1.5% 1.6% 0.5%
154 Hilton Head Island‐Bluffton‐Beaufort, SC 3.1% 3.1% 2.1%
155 Hinesville, GA 1.9% 2.8% 1.9%
156 Homosassa Springs, FL 2.1% 3.2% 2.4%
157 Hot Springs, AR 2.0% 1.4% 0.8%
158 Houma‐Thibodaux, LA 1.0% 2.9% 2.2%
159 Houston‐The Woodlands‐Sugar Land, TX 3.6% 4.1% 2.8%
160 Huntington‐Ashland, WV‐KY‐OH 2.1% 0.9% 0.6%
161 Huntsville, AL 3.6% 2.7% 2.9%
162 Idaho Falls, ID 3.2% 3.0% 1.9%
163 Indianapolis‐Carmel, IN 2.7% 2.8% 2.1%
164 Iowa City, IA 1.2% 1.6% 1.5%
165 Ithaca, NY 1.8% 1.2% 0.5%
166 Jackson, MI 2.5% 1.9% 0.7%
167 Jackson, MS 2.1% 2.3% 1.6%
168 Jackson, TN 1.6% 2.3% 1.3%
169 Jacksonville, FL 3.6% 3.0% 2.3%
170 Jacksonville, NC 1.7% 2.6% 1.7%
171 Janesville‐Beloit, WI 3.1% 1.9% 1.2%
172 Jefferson City, MO 0.6% 2.1% 2.0%
173 Johnson City, TN 1.4% 1.5% 0.8%
174 Johnstown, PA 0.1% 1.0% 0.5%
175 Jonesboro, AR 3.3% 1.8% 1.1%
176 Joplin, MO 1.0% 2.3% 1.8%
177 Kahului‐Wailuku‐Lahaina, HI 2.3% 1.3% 1.5%
178 Kalamazoo‐Portage, MI 2.6% 2.1% 1.0%
179 Kankakee, IL 3.2% 1.9% 1.1%
180 Kansas City, MO‐KS 1.9% 2.4% 1.9%
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Table 7: Real GMP Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
181 Kennewick‐Richland, WA 2.3% 2.6% 1.8%
182 Killeen‐Temple, TX 1.9% 2.7% 2.0%
183 Kingsport‐Bristol‐Bristol, TN‐VA 1.1% 1.9% 0.9%
184 Kingston, NY 1.6% 1.0% 0.4%
185 Knoxville, TN 2.3% 2.6% 1.6%
186 Kokomo, IN 4.0% 2.2% 1.0%
187 La Crosse‐Onalaska, WI‐MN 2.2% 1.6% 1.0%
188 Lafayette, LA 0.8% 3.4% 2.6%
189 Lafayette‐West Lafayette, IN 2.6% 2.0% 1.3%
190 Lake Charles, LA 7.1% 3.5% 2.2%
191 Lake Havasu City‐Kingman, AZ 3.7% 3.5% 2.5%
192 Lakeland‐Winter Haven, FL 3.3% 2.6% 1.6%
193 Lancaster, PA 2.1% 2.0% 1.4%
194 Lansing‐East Lansing, MI 3.2% 1.8% 0.8%
195 Laredo, TX 3.6% 3.3% 2.9%
196 Las Cruces, NM 0.5% 2.3% 2.4%
197 Las Vegas‐Henderson‐Paradise, NV 3.1% 3.6% 2.6%
198 Lawrence, KS 0.5% 1.5% 0.7%
199 Lawton, OK 0.4% 2.1% 1.0%
200 Lebanon, PA 1.5% 1.7% 0.9%
201 Lewiston, ID‐WA 2.3% 2.5% 2.0%
202 Lewiston‐Auburn, ME 1.2% 1.1% 0.6%
203 Lexington‐Fayette, KY 2.2% 2.0% 1.1%
204 Lima, OH 1.8% 2.0% 1.0%
205 Lincoln, NE 0.9% 2.1% 1.9%
206 Little Rock‐North Little Rock‐Conway, AR 2.7% 1.9% 1.3%
207 Logan, UT‐ID 2.4% 3.0% 2.4%
208 Longview, TX 2.6% 4.0% 2.6%
209 Longview, WA 1.5% 2.1% 1.4%
210 Los Angeles‐Long Beach‐Anaheim, CA 2.1% 2.5% 1.5%
211 Louisville‐Jefferson County, KY‐IN 2.4% 1.9% 1.1%
212 Lubbock, TX 2.4% 1.7% 1.1%
213 Lynchburg, VA 1.5% 1.8% 1.1%
214 Macon‐Bibb County, GA 0.7% 0.8% 0.0%
215 Madera, CA 2.3% 3.0% 2.3%
216 Madison, WI 2.8% 2.7% 2.1%
217 Manchester‐Nashua, NH 2.1% 2.4% 1.6%
218 Manhattan, KS 0.7% 0.8% 0.2%
219 Mankato‐North Mankato, MN 2.3% 1.9% 1.4%
220 Mansfield, OH 1.5% 1.7% 0.6%
221 McAllen‐Edinburg‐Mission, TX 3.8% 2.4% 2.3%
222 Medford, OR 3.1% 2.7% 1.9%
223 Memphis, TN‐MS‐AR 1.4% 2.1% 1.4%
224 Merced, CA 2.7% 2.8% 2.0%
225 Miami‐Fort Lauderdale‐West Palm Beach, FL 2.7% 2.8% 1.9%
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Table 7: Real GMP Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
226 Michigan City‐La Porte, IN 0.5% 1.7% 0.9%
227 Midland, MI 1.2% 2.2% 1.1%
228 Midland, TX 7.6% 6.9% 4.7%
229 Milwaukee‐Waukesha‐West Allis, WI 2.1% 1.8% 1.2%
230 Minneapolis‐St. Paul‐Bloomington, MN‐WI 2.8% 2.5% 1.8%
231 Missoula, MT 3.1% 2.0% 1.5%
232 Mobile, AL 2.1% 1.8% 1.4%
233 Modesto, CA 2.5% 3.1% 2.0%
234 Monroe, LA 0.6% 2.0% 1.3%
235 Monroe, MI 2.0% 2.0% 1.1%
236 Montgomery, AL 2.1% 1.7% 1.4%
237 Morgantown, WV 4.5% 1.9% 1.4%
238 Morristown, TN 2.6% 2.5% 1.6%
239 Mount Vernon‐Anacortes, WA 2.2% 2.6% 2.1%
240 Muncie, IN 1.5% 1.0% 0.6%
241 Muskegon, MI 2.8% 2.3% 0.9%
242 Myrtle Beach‐North Myrtle Beach‐Conway, SC‐NC 3.9% 3.2% 2.3%
243 Napa, CA 2.2% 2.2% 1.3%
244 Naples‐Immokalee‐Marco Island, FL 2.3% 4.0% 3.0%
245 Nashville‐Davidson‐‐Murfreesboro‐‐Franklin, TN 3.5% 3.2% 2.2%
246 New Bern, NC 0.5% 2.2% 0.8%
247 New Haven‐Milford, CT 0.8% 2.1% 1.5%
248 New Orleans‐Metairie, LA 1.5% 2.2% 1.9%
249 New York‐Newark‐Jersey City, NY‐NJ‐PA 2.0% 2.1% 1.3%
250 Niles‐Benton Harbor, MI 2.4% 1.9% 0.6%
251 North Port‐Sarasota‐Bradenton, FL 3.2% 3.0% 2.0%
252 Norwich‐New London, CT 1.3% 2.1% 1.5%
253 Ocala, FL 3.0% 3.6% 2.7%
254 Ocean City, NJ 2.3% 1.7% 1.2%
255 Odessa, TX 5.8% 5.9% 3.5%
256 Ogden‐Clearfield, UT 3.2% 3.4% 2.6%
257 Oklahoma City, OK 2.9% 2.9% 2.1%
258 Olympia‐Tumwater, WA 3.6% 2.3% 2.0%
259 Omaha‐Council Bluffs, NE‐IA 1.1% 1.9% 1.9%
260 Orlando‐Kissimmee‐Sanford, FL 3.9% 3.3% 2.5%
261 Oshkosh‐Neenah, WI 2.1% 2.4% 1.4%
262 Owensboro, KY 2.6% 2.2% 1.2%
263 Oxnard‐Thousand Oaks‐Ventura, CA 2.2% 2.9% 1.8%
264 Palm Bay‐Melbourne‐Titusville, FL 3.5% 3.6% 2.6%
265 Panama City, FL 2.5% 3.0% 2.3%
266 Parkersburg‐Vienna, WV 0.4% 1.1% 0.9%
267 Pensacola‐Ferry Pass‐Brent, FL 2.8% 2.2% 1.4%
268 Peoria, IL 0.8% 1.8% 1.0%
269 Philadelphia‐Camden‐Wilmington, PA‐NJ‐DE‐MD 2.3% 2.0% 1.4%
270 Phoenix‐Mesa‐Scottsdale, AZ 3.4% 3.8% 2.5%
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Table 7: Real GMP Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
271 Pine Bluff, AR 0.4% 1.3% 0.4%
272 Pittsburgh, PA 1.9% 1.7% 1.1%
273 Pittsfield, MA 0.8% 0.7% 0.0%
274 Pocatello, ID 2.3% 2.4% 1.6%
275 Port St. Lucie, FL 2.8% 3.0% 2.1%
276 Portland‐South Portland, ME 2.5% 1.6% 1.0%
277 Portland‐Vancouver‐Hillsboro, OR‐WA 2.9% 3.0% 1.9%
278 Prescott, AZ 3.1% 3.2% 2.0%
279 Providence‐Warwick, RI‐MA 1.8% 1.9% 1.1%
280 Provo‐Orem, UT 4.6% 4.4% 3.3%
281 Pueblo, CO 2.5% 2.8% 1.7%
282 Punta Gorda, FL 3.1% 3.5% 2.6%
283 Racine, WI 1.8% 2.0% 1.0%
284 Raleigh, NC 3.7% 4.0% 3.0%
285 Rapid City, SD 1.4% 2.6% 1.9%
286 Reading, PA 1.5% 2.1% 1.2%
287 Redding, CA 3.0% 2.5% 1.5%
288 Reno, NV 4.1% 3.5% 1.9%
289 Richmond, VA 2.0% 2.3% 1.5%
290 Riverside‐San Bernardino‐Ontario, CA 3.1% 3.5% 2.3%
291 Roanoke, VA 0.5% 1.5% 0.8%
292 Rochester, MN 1.6% 1.7% 1.2%
293 Rochester, NY 1.1% 1.4% 0.5%
294 Rockford, IL 1.3% 2.1% 1.1%
295 Rocky Mount, NC ‐1.4% 1.8% 0.7%
296 Rome, GA 0.7% 0.9% 0.3%
297 Sacramento‐‐Roseville‐‐Arden‐Arcade, CA 2.6% 3.6% 2.4%
298 Saginaw, MI 0.5% 1.4% 0.6%
299 Salem, OR 2.4% 2.6% 1.8%
300 Salinas, CA 1.7% 2.2% 1.5%
301 Salisbury, MD‐DE 2.2% 2.2% 1.7%
302 Salt Lake City, UT 3.3% 3.5% 2.5%
303 San Angelo, TX 3.1% 2.4% 1.4%
304 San Antonio‐New Braunfels, TX 3.4% 2.5% 2.2%
305 San Diego‐Carlsbad, CA 3.0% 3.2% 2.1%
306 San Francisco‐Oakland‐Hayward, CA 3.8% 3.4% 2.2%
307 San Jose‐Sunnyvale‐Santa Clara, CA 3.5% 3.1% 2.3%
308 San Luis Obispo‐Paso Robles‐Arroyo Grande, CA 2.9% 2.5% 1.6%
309 Santa Cruz‐Watsonville, CA 2.6% 2.1% 1.2%
310 Santa Fe, NM 3.2% 2.3% 2.3%
311 Santa Maria‐Santa Barbara, CA 1.9% 2.3% 1.4%
312 Santa Rosa, CA 2.9% 2.2% 1.2%
313 Savannah, GA 1.3% 1.7% 0.8%
314 Scranton‐‐Wilkes‐Barre‐‐Hazleton, PA 1.5% 1.8% 1.1%
315 Seattle‐Tacoma‐Bellevue, WA 4.0% 2.8% 2.0%
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Table 7: Real GMP Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
316 Sebastian‐Vero Beach, FL 3.2% 3.5% 2.6%
317 Sebring, FL 1.0% 2.9% 2.0%
318 Sheboygan, WI 2.8% 2.3% 1.3%
319 Sherman‐Denison, TX 2.5% 1.8% 1.2%
320 Shreveport‐Bossier City, LA 0.6% 2.2% 1.6%
321 Sierra Vista‐Douglas, AZ 0.7% 2.9% 1.7%
322 Sioux City, IA‐NE‐SD 0.0% 1.9% 1.2%
323 Sioux Falls, SD 1.5% 2.9% 2.2%
324 South Bend‐Mishawaka, IN‐MI 2.4% 1.7% 1.0%
325 Spartanburg, SC 3.9% 2.2% 1.4%
326 Spokane‐Spokane Valley, WA 3.2% 2.7% 1.7%
327 Springfield, IL ‐0.2% 1.1% 0.6%
328 Springfield, MA 1.8% 1.4% 0.6%
329 Springfield, MO 2.1% 2.0% 1.9%
330 Springfield, OH 1.8% 1.9% 0.7%
331 St. Cloud, MN 2.5% 2.4% 1.7%
332 St. George, UT 5.2% 4.2% 3.4%
333 St. Joseph, MO‐KS 1.1% 2.0% 1.5%
334 St. Louis, MO‐IL 1.3% 1.6% 1.2%
335 State College, PA 2.1% 1.9% 1.2%
336 Staunton‐Waynesboro, VA 0.6% 1.4% 0.6%
337 Stockton‐Lodi, CA 3.1% 3.1% 1.9%
338 Sumter, SC 1.7% 2.2% 1.3%
339 Syracuse, NY 1.0% 1.4% 0.5%
340 Tallahassee, FL 2.9% 2.6% 1.9%
341 Tampa‐St. Petersburg‐Clearwater, FL 3.2% 3.1% 2.2%
342 Terre Haute, IN 0.2% 1.4% 0.5%
343 Texarkana, TX‐AR 1.5% 1.7% 1.0%
344 The Villages, FL 4.2% 5.3% 3.9%
345 Toledo, OH 1.6% 1.8% 0.7%
346 Topeka, KS 0.4% 0.8% 0.1%
347 Trenton, NJ 2.0% 2.0% 1.3%
348 Tucson, AZ 2.1% 3.0% 1.9%
349 Tulsa, OK 1.2% 2.1% 1.4%
350 Tuscaloosa, AL 3.0% 2.1% 1.4%
351 Tyler, TX 1.7% 2.4% 1.9%
352 Urban Honolulu, HI 1.2% 1.2% 1.2%
353 Utica‐Rome, NY 0.9% 0.8% 0.2%
354 Valdosta, GA 1.7% 1.9% 1.1%
355 Vallejo‐Fairfield, CA 3.3% 3.4% 2.3%
356 Victoria, TX 0.5% 3.4% 2.2%
357 Vineland‐Bridgeton, NJ 0.9% 1.3% 0.9%
358 Virginia Beach‐Norfolk‐Newport News, VA‐NC 1.6% 2.1% 1.6%
359 Visalia‐Porterville, CA 2.0% 3.0% 2.3%
360 Waco, TX 2.6% 2.1% 1.4%
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Table 7: Real GMP Growth, 2017 to 2022
average annual rate
2017-2018 2019-2020 2021-2022
361 Walla Walla, WA 1.3% 2.1% 1.5%
362 Warner Robins, GA 2.2% 2.3% 1.9%
363 Washington‐Arlington‐Alexandria, DC‐VA‐MD‐WV 2.3% 2.4% 2.0%
364 Waterloo‐Cedar Falls, IA 0.8% 1.8% 1.3%
365 Watertown‐Fort Drum, NY 1.2% 1.8% 0.7%
366 Wausau, WI 2.2% 2.2% 1.4%
367 Weirton‐Steubenville, WV‐OH 1.0% 1.3% 0.4%
368 Wenatchee, WA 1.2% 2.1% 1.7%
369 Wheeling, WV‐OH 2.3% 1.6% 1.1%
370 Wichita Falls, TX 2.1% 2.1% 1.1%
371 Wichita, KS 0.0% 1.5% 0.7%
372 Williamsport, PA 0.5% 1.7% 1.0%
373 Wilmington, NC 2.1% 3.0% 2.0%
374 Winchester, VA‐WV 3.8% 2.2% 1.3%
375 Winston‐Salem, NC 1.3% 2.2% 1.1%
376 Worcester, MA‐CT 2.2% 1.8% 1.0%
377 Yakima, WA 2.6% 2.3% 1.7%
378 York‐Hanover, PA 1.7% 2.1% 1.3%
379 Youngstown‐Warren‐Boardman, OH‐PA 0.2% 1.2% 0.3%
380 Yuba City, CA 3.1% 2.9% 1.9%
381 Yuma, AZ 2.4% 3.5% 2.0%
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TABLE 9: Labor Force Participation Rate
percentage
2016 2018 2020
1 Abilene, TX 55.6 55.1 54.4
2 Akron, OH 62.2 62.3 62.3
3 Albany, GA 55.7 57.4 56.6
4 Albany, OR 58.1 59.8 61.4
5 Albany‐Schenectady‐Troy, NY 62.1 61.9 62.2
6 Albuquerque, NM 58.4 58.8 58.8
7 Alexandria, LA 54.4 53.1 53.1
8 Allentown‐Bethlehem‐Easton, PA‐NJ 64.3 63.3 63.5
9 Altoona, PA 60.3 57.2 55.3
10 Amarillo, TX 64.6 64.2 63.2
11 Ames, IA 71.8 72.0 74.0
12 Anchorage, AK 65.3 65.4 65.7
13 Ann Arbor, MI 64.1 64.1 64.8
14 Anniston‐Oxford‐Jacksonville, AL 49.5 49.4 50.7
15 Appleton, WI 71.1 73.1 75.8
16 Asheville, NC 59.9 59.7 57.4
17 Athens‐Clarke County, GA 58.3 60.4 63.9
18 Atlanta‐Sandy Springs‐Roswell, GA 64.8 66.1 66.2
19 Atlantic City‐Hammonton, NJ 56.8 55.9 56.4
20 Auburn‐Opelika, AL 57.4 58.7 61.3
21 Augusta‐Richmond County, GA‐SC 55.6 56.8 56.5
22 Austin‐Round Rock, TX 69.1 70.0 69.8
23 Bakersfield, CA 59.5 57.9 58.4
24 Baltimore‐Columbia‐Towson, MD 65.8 66.4 67.0
25 Bangor, ME 61.1 60.3 60.4
26 Barnstable Town, MA 60.4 61.4 62.6
27 Baton Rouge, LA 63.7 64.9 65.3
28 Battle Creek, MI 60.7 60.5 61.0
29 Bay City, MI 61.2 60.0 59.6
30 Beaumont‐Port Arthur, TX 53.3 52.1 51.1
31 Beckley, WV 46.9 45.9 44.4
32 Bellingham, WA 60.5 61.3 61.6
33 Bend‐Redmond, OR 61.5 63.0 64.8
34 Billings, MT 65.1 63.5 63.0
35 Binghamton, NY 54.6 54.4 55.6
36 Birmingham‐Hoover, AL 58.6 58.1 58.6
37 Bismarck, ND 68.5 68.2 68.9
38 Blacksburg‐Christiansburg‐Radford, VA 59.4 59.1 60.2
39 Bloomington, IN 64.7 63.3 63.5
40 Bloomington‐Normal, IL 55.5 53.3 52.3
41 Bloomsburg‐Berwick, PA 61.3 59.8 59.4
42 Boise City, ID 62.6 62.9 62.7
43 Boston‐Cambridge‐Newton, MA‐NH 65.9 66.0 66.2
44 Boulder, CO 68.6 70.9 71.9
45 Bowling Green, KY 57.4 60.3 64.9
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TABLE 9: Labor Force Participation Rate
percentage
2016 2018 2020
46 Bremerton‐Silverdale, WA 54.6 55.0 54.3
47 Bridgeport‐Stamford‐Norwalk, CT 63.9 62.8 62.9
48 Brownsville‐Harlingen, TX 54.0 52.4 50.0
49 Brunswick, GA 56.0 55.6 56.2
50 Buffalo‐Cheektowaga‐Niagara Falls, NY 58.9 58.5 58.8
51 Burlington, NC 61.4 59.7 58.4
52 Burlington‐South Burlington, VT 70.2 70.5 71.2
53 California‐Lexington Park, MD 63.5 63.8 62.7
54 Canton‐Massillon, OH 61.1 60.7 61.6
55 Cape Coral‐Fort Myers, FL 54.4 50.8 49.8
56 Cape Girardeau, MO‐IL 63.0 54.7 48.2
57 Carbondale‐Marion, IL 58.9 58.4 59.4
58 Carson City, NV 55.0 56.7 57.1
59 Casper, WY 64.5 61.6 60.9
60 Cedar Rapids, IA 67.3 65.8 66.0
61 Chambersburg‐Waynesboro, PA 64.2 61.6 61.0
62 Champaign‐Urbana, IL 61.8 59.7 59.5
63 Charleston, WV 54.4 55.3 55.7
64 Charleston‐North Charleston, SC 61.3 60.3 61.0
65 Charlotte‐Concord‐Gastonia, NC‐SC 65.8 65.8 65.3
66 Charlottesville, VA 60.8 62.1 62.3
67 Chattanooga, TN‐GA 58.0 59.6 59.6
68 Cheyenne, WY 63.5 61.8 62.1
69 Chicago‐Naperville‐Elgin, IL‐IN‐WI 65.1 64.8 65.3
70 Chico, CA 55.1 52.9 50.9
71 Cincinnati, OH‐KY‐IN 63.4 64.1 64.4
72 Clarksville, TN‐KY 51.9 51.8 51.7
73 Cleveland, TN 58.9 59.4 61.5
74 Cleveland‐Elyria, OH 61.4 61.0 61.4
75 Coeur d`Alene, ID 59.4 56.7 56.0
76 College Station‐Bryan, TX 61.8 62.9 63.8
77 Colorado Springs, CO 58.3 59.6 59.9
78 Columbia, MO 69.9 66.9 64.6
79 Columbia, SC 61.4 60.1 60.9
80 Columbus, GA‐AL 51.7 53.0 52.2
81 Columbus, IN 68.4 68.7 70.2
82 Columbus, OH 65.1 65.3 65.7
83 Corpus Christi, TX 57.5 58.4 58.6
84 Corvallis, OR 62.0 63.5 64.7
85 Crestview‐Fort Walton Beach‐Destin, FL 56.9 56.2 57.6
86 Cumberland, MD‐WV 53.0 53.3 52.7
87 Dallas‐Fort Worth‐Arlington, TX 66.3 67.1 67.1
88 Dalton, GA 56.6 56.0 56.4
89 Danville, IL 56.2 53.9 53.5
90 Daphne‐Fairhope‐Foley, AL 53.7 53.8 55.6
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TABLE 9: Labor Force Participation Rate
percentage
2016 2018 2020
91 Davenport‐Moline‐Rock Island, IA‐IL 62.7 62.3 62.9
92 Dayton, OH 59.2 60.3 60.2
93 Decatur, AL 56.6 56.5 57.8
94 Decatur, IL 58.6 56.7 56.8
95 Deltona‐Daytona Beach‐Ormond Beach, FL 54.4 53.7 55.1
96 Denver‐Aurora‐Lakewood, CO 68.0 69.9 70.5
97 Des Moines‐West Des Moines, IA 70.0 68.4 68.1
98 Detroit‐Warren‐Dearborn, MI 59.9 60.5 60.5
99 Dothan, AL 52.8 51.9 52.2
100 Dover, DE 56.0 55.5 55.4
101 Dubuque, IA 71.2 68.7 67.9
102 Duluth, MN‐WI 62.2 62.4 63.9
103 Durham‐Chapel Hill, NC 63.9 64.1 65.3
104 East Stroudsburg, PA 60.3 57.5 56.0
105 Eau Claire, WI 68.5 67.7 67.9
106 El Centro, CA 56.6 52.1 49.0
107 El Paso, TX 55.4 56.0 56.1
108 Elizabethtown, KY 56.6 58.3 64.2
109 Elkhart‐Goshen, IN 70.1 72.3 75.4
110 Elmira, NY 52.6 51.1 51.7
111 Erie, PA 60.2 58.2 57.2
112 Eugene, OR 58.1 60.6 62.8
113 Evansville, IN‐KY 63.6 63.2 64.0
114 Fairbanks, AK 59.3 60.5 60.4
115 Fargo, ND‐MN 72.9 73.8 76.0
116 Farmington, NM 55.9 54.8 54.7
117 Fayetteville, NC 50.1 49.2 47.9
118 Fayetteville‐Springdale‐Rogers, AR‐MO 65.5 65.5 65.8
119 Flagstaff, AZ 66.1 60.9 58.2
120 Flint, MI 56.2 56.0 56.5
121 Florence, SC 58.4 58.3 58.3
122 Florence‐Muscle Shoals, AL 55.5 54.4 55.0
123 Fond du Lac, WI 68.9 70.1 71.6
124 Fort Collins, CO 67.4 70.6 72.9
125 Fort Smith, AR‐OK 55.0 55.1 55.7
126 Fort Wayne, IN 63.5 62.4 62.9
127 Fresno, CA 61.2 60.8 60.7
128 Gadsden, AL 52.5 52.8 54.5
129 Gainesville, FL 59.6 60.5 63.5
130 Gainesville, GA 63.8 65.6 65.4
131 Gettysburg, PA 66.6 65.8 66.6
132 Glens Falls, NY 57.9 58.2 59.2
133 Goldsboro, NC 54.6 53.1 50.6
134 Grand Forks, ND‐MN 69.7 68.5 68.1
135 Grand Island, NE 66.2 66.0 66.4
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TABLE 9: Labor Force Participation Rate
percentage
2016 2018 2020
136 Grand Junction, CO 60.2 59.1 57.8
137 Grand Rapids‐Wyoming, MI 69.1 69.1 70.0
138 Grants Pass, OR 48.2 50.5 51.6
139 Great Falls, MT 58.5 57.1 56.2
140 Greeley, CO 66.3 66.9 68.7
141 Green Bay, WI 68.4 68.6 69.8
142 Greensboro‐High Point, NC 60.0 59.5 59.4
143 Greenville, NC 62.3 60.6 56.6
144 Greenville‐Mauldin‐Easley, SC 59.5 59.1 59.5
145 Gulfport‐Biloxi‐Pascagoula, MS 53.4 51.9 51.7
146 Hagerstown‐Martinsburg, MD‐WV 63.2 62.6 61.6
147 Hammond, LA 53.1 51.8 52.2
148 Hanford‐Corcoran, CA 50.8 48.2 45.9
149 Harrisburg‐Carlisle, PA 64.3 63.3 63.6
150 Harrisonburg, VA 59.8 60.1 60.5
151 Hartford‐West Hartford‐East Hartford, CT 65.9 66.3 66.5
152 Hattiesburg, MS 57.8 58.6 59.9
153 Hickory‐Lenoir‐Morganton, NC 57.3 56.9 54.7
154 Hilton Head Island‐Bluffton‐Beaufort, SC 49.1 48.4 46.8
155 Hinesville, GA 54.5 54.8 55.4
156 Homosassa Springs, FL 38.3 35.8 35.6
157 Hot Springs, AR 49.5 51.5 54.1
158 Houma‐Thibodaux, LA 56.0 52.9 51.7
159 Houston‐The Woodlands‐Sugar Land, TX 63.4 63.4 63.6
160 Huntington‐Ashland, WV‐KY‐OH 50.4 51.3 52.1
161 Huntsville, AL 59.1 58.7 58.7
162 Idaho Falls, ID 65.0 63.6 63.9
163 Indianapolis‐Carmel, IN 66.2 65.5 66.2
164 Iowa City, IA 71.2 71.4 73.0
165 Ithaca, NY 57.2 58.5 60.9
166 Jackson, MI 58.1 57.6 57.9
167 Jackson, MS 59.8 59.9 60.5
168 Jackson, TN 61.2 61.7 63.3
169 Jacksonville, FL 62.1 63.2 63.5
170 Jacksonville, NC 43.7 43.0 42.3
171 Janesville‐Beloit, WI 65.7 68.0 71.4
172 Jefferson City, MO 63.4 59.4 55.9
173 Johnson City, TN 53.3 53.3 54.8
174 Johnstown, PA 55.2 53.5 52.8
175 Jonesboro, AR 61.6 63.5 66.1
176 Joplin, MO 63.0 60.1 58.2
177 Kahului‐Wailuku‐Lahaina, HI 64.2 64.3 65.4
178 Kalamazoo‐Portage, MI 62.5 62.8 63.7
179 Kankakee, IL 63.4 63.7 65.3
180 Kansas City, MO‐KS 68.3 67.1 67.7
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181 Kennewick‐Richland, WA 63.4 63.2 62.2
182 Killeen‐Temple, TX 53.5 53.6 53.1
183 Kingsport‐Bristol‐Bristol, TN‐VA 54.1 53.9 53.9
184 Kingston, NY 59.0 59.4 61.3
185 Knoxville, TN 58.2 58.4 59.1
186 Kokomo, IN 57.2 56.7 57.2
187 La Crosse‐Onalaska, WI‐MN 70.3 71.9 74.1
188 Lafayette, LA 56.4 54.3 54.0
189 Lafayette‐West Lafayette, IN 63.7 62.3 62.2
190 Lake Charles, LA 65.7 69.6 74.6
191 Lake Havasu City‐Kingman, AZ 46.5 43.2 41.7
192 Lakeland‐Winter Haven, FL 53.2 51.7 52.4
193 Lancaster, PA 65.9 65.3 65.5
194 Lansing‐East Lansing, MI 63.9 64.2 64.5
195 Laredo, TX 58.7 57.4 55.2
196 Las Cruces, NM 56.8 55.7 55.1
197 Las Vegas‐Henderson‐Paradise, NV 61.2 61.2 61.7
198 Lawrence, KS 66.9 66.7 68.3
199 Lawton, OK 52.5 52.9 54.3
200 Lebanon, PA 63.8 61.3 60.5
201 Lewiston, ID‐WA 59.6 60.6 60.9
202 Lewiston‐Auburn, ME 64.5 64.3 64.8
203 Lexington‐Fayette, KY 64.5 65.7 65.0
204 Lima, OH 58.1 58.2 59.5
205 Lincoln, NE 68.9 68.0 69.0
206 Little Rock‐North Little Rock‐Conway, AR 60.5 60.6 60.6
207 Logan, UT‐ID 69.4 70.2 70.6
208 Longview, TX 57.8 56.2 54.6
209 Longview, WA 53.4 53.2 52.8
210 Los Angeles‐Long Beach‐Anaheim, CA 61.9 62.3 62.4
211 Louisville‐Jefferson County, KY‐IN 62.3 63.6 63.1
212 Lubbock, TX 64.5 64.0 63.4
213 Lynchburg, VA 56.9 56.9 56.5
214 Macon‐Bibb County, GA 57.3 58.1 57.9
215 Madera, CA 52.6 50.4 48.2
216 Madison, WI 73.4 73.9 74.4
217 Manchester‐Nashua, NH 69.4 68.6 69.3
218 Manhattan, KS 64.3 65.3 67.6
219 Mankato‐North Mankato, MN 74.4 75.0 76.3
220 Mansfield, OH 54.2 54.0 54.9
221 McAllen‐Edinburg‐Mission, TX 55.4 55.3 55.0
222 Medford, OR 57.8 59.6 60.4
223 Memphis, TN‐MS‐AR 59.4 59.9 60.2
224 Merced, CA 58.2 54.1 50.6
225 Miami‐Fort Lauderdale‐West Palm Beach, FL 60.6 61.7 62.4
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226 Michigan City‐La Porte, IN 54.1 49.0 45.5
227 Midland, MI 60.9 58.9 58.1
228 Midland, TX 67.7 66.3 64.4
229 Milwaukee‐Waukesha‐West Allis, WI 65.9 66.1 65.9
230 Minneapolis‐St. Paul‐Bloomington, MN‐WI 68.9 70.2 70.1
231 Missoula, MT 64.8 62.7 61.7
232 Mobile, AL 56.2 54.6 54.2
233 Modesto, CA 59.4 58.0 58.1
234 Monroe, LA 58.3 58.9 60.3
235 Monroe, MI 63.7 63.5 64.5
236 Montgomery, AL 57.8 57.1 57.8
237 Morgantown, WV 56.6 57.9 58.5
238 Morristown, TN 53.5 53.8 55.6
239 Mount Vernon‐Anacortes, WA 58.7 59.9 60.3
240 Muncie, IN 57.8 56.2 55.7
241 Muskegon, MI 56.4 56.1 56.9
242 Myrtle Beach‐North Myrtle Beach‐Conway, SC‐NC 50.3 49.0 48.0
243 Napa, CA 64.3 64.0 63.1
244 Naples‐Immokalee‐Marco Island, FL 54.6 53.1 54.1
245 Nashville‐Davidson‐‐Murfreesboro‐‐Franklin, TN 65.9 67.2 67.4
246 New Bern, NC 51.3 50.7 48.7
247 New Haven‐Milford, CT 65.1 64.8 64.9
248 New Orleans‐Metairie, LA 58.7 58.8 59.2
249 New York‐Newark‐Jersey City, NY‐NJ‐PA 61.2 61.2 61.6
250 Niles‐Benton Harbor, MI 59.5 59.1 59.5
251 North Port‐Sarasota‐Bradenton, FL 52.2 52.6 52.5
252 Norwich‐New London, CT 62.0 62.7 63.0
253 Ocala, FL 45.3 44.1 44.6
254 Ocean City, NJ 59.2 60.2 59.8
255 Odessa, TX 65.3 64.1 62.0
256 Ogden‐Clearfield, UT 66.8 67.1 67.2
257 Oklahoma City, OK 62.6 62.9 63.3
258 Olympia‐Tumwater, WA 59.0 60.0 60.2
259 Omaha‐Council Bluffs, NE‐IA 67.3 66.5 67.0
260 Orlando‐Kissimmee‐Sanford, FL 63.4 64.8 64.4
261 Oshkosh‐Neenah, WI 67.2 67.6 68.7
262 Owensboro, KY 57.6 60.1 64.0
263 Oxnard‐Thousand Oaks‐Ventura, CA 63.4 62.6 63.2
264 Palm Bay‐Melbourne‐Titusville, FL 53.9 52.4 53.0
265 Panama City, FL 58.1 58.2 59.9
266 Parkersburg‐Vienna, WV 52.5 51.4 50.2
267 Pensacola‐Ferry Pass‐Brent, FL 55.6 55.2 56.8
268 Peoria, IL 61.7 59.9 59.7
269 Philadelphia‐Camden‐Wilmington, PA‐NJ‐DE‐MD 63.1 62.7 63.0
270 Phoenix‐Mesa‐Scottsdale, AZ 61.4 62.2 62.2
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271 Pine Bluff, AR 48.3 49.5 50.0
272 Pittsburgh, PA 62.3 61.9 62.4
273 Pittsfield, MA 60.8 60.1 59.7
274 Pocatello, ID 65.6 61.1 58.2
275 Port St. Lucie, FL 53.5 51.9 52.7
276 Portland‐South Portland, ME 66.1 66.6 66.3
277 Portland‐Vancouver‐Hillsboro, OR‐WA 65.3 65.9 65.4
278 Prescott, AZ 52.3 47.3 45.1
279 Providence‐Warwick, RI‐MA 63.4 63.5 63.8
280 Provo‐Orem, UT 68.2 68.9 69.2
281 Pueblo, CO 55.3 56.1 56.5
282 Punta Gorda, FL 43.6 43.3 44.9
283 Racine, WI 63.9 63.9 64.8
284 Raleigh, NC 66.8 66.5 66.1
285 Rapid City, SD 63.1 64.0 64.2
286 Reading, PA 64.6 62.9 62.4
287 Redding, CA 51.3 50.6 49.7
288 Reno, NV 63.2 64.5 63.9
289 Richmond, VA 64.3 64.6 65.0
290 Riverside‐San Bernardino‐Ontario, CA 57.4 57.6 57.1
291 Roanoke, VA 61.4 61.0 61.7
292 Rochester, MN 70.8 69.3 71.4
293 Rochester, NY 60.2 59.7 60.0
294 Rockford, IL 62.7 60.2 59.1
295 Rocky Mount, NC 56.3 53.4 49.9
296 Rome, GA 56.8 55.7 56.0
297 Sacramento‐‐Roseville‐‐Arden‐Arcade, CA 59.0 58.5 58.8
298 Saginaw, MI 57.0 57.0 57.9
299 Salem, OR 60.3 62.6 63.7
300 Salinas, CA 65.7 62.5 59.5
301 Salisbury, MD‐DE 56.1 56.6 57.3
302 Salt Lake City, UT 71.2 71.6 71.4
303 San Angelo, TX 58.2 56.6 54.9
304 San Antonio‐New Braunfels, TX 60.2 60.7 60.5
305 San Diego‐Carlsbad, CA 58.8 58.6 58.9
306 San Francisco‐Oakland‐Hayward, CA 66.0 66.3 66.6
307 San Jose‐Sunnyvale‐Santa Clara, CA 67.0 67.6 67.2
308 San Luis Obispo‐Paso Robles‐Arroyo Grande, CA 59.6 57.5 55.4
309 Santa Cruz‐Watsonville, CA 64.1 61.8 59.4
310 Santa Fe, NM 58.9 58.8 59.4
311 Santa Maria‐Santa Barbara, CA 60.8 59.1 57.3
312 Santa Rosa, CA 63.4 61.0 58.5
313 Savannah, GA 59.3 59.4 60.6
314 Scranton‐‐Wilkes‐Barre‐‐Hazleton, PA 61.2 60.9 61.3
315 Seattle‐Tacoma‐Bellevue, WA 66.0 66.7 67.7
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2016 2018 2020
316 Sebastian‐Vero Beach, FL 48.5 47.3 48.0
317 Sebring, FL 41.9 42.3 43.9
318 Sheboygan, WI 66.9 67.2 67.6
319 Sherman‐Denison, TX 59.5 57.5 56.3
320 Shreveport‐Bossier City, LA 54.9 53.4 53.2
321 Sierra Vista‐Douglas, AZ 49.1 46.7 45.7
322 Sioux City, IA‐NE‐SD 71.6 69.2 68.9
323 Sioux Falls, SD 75.0 75.0 75.6
324 South Bend‐Mishawaka, IN‐MI 62.1 59.6 58.2
325 Spartanburg, SC 58.7 58.7 58.2
326 Spokane‐Spokane Valley, WA 57.6 56.8 57.5
327 Springfield, IL 67.4 65.9 65.8
328 Springfield, MA 60.1 60.1 60.4
329 Springfield, MO 63.7 61.1 59.0
330 Springfield, OH 58.6 58.8 60.4
331 St. Cloud, MN 70.7 69.7 70.7
332 St. George, UT 56.1 57.3 58.3
333 St. Joseph, MO‐KS 65.2 61.1 57.7
334 St. Louis, MO‐IL 65.8 64.1 64.7
335 State College, PA 58.2 55.2 53.6
336 Staunton‐Waynesboro, VA 59.4 58.9 59.4
337 Stockton‐Lodi, CA 57.7 56.8 56.6
338 Sumter, SC 52.6 51.4 50.5
339 Syracuse, NY 58.2 57.8 58.3
340 Tallahassee, FL 60.7 60.6 62.2
341 Tampa‐St. Petersburg‐Clearwater, FL 58.9 59.5 59.6
342 Terre Haute, IN 55.8 54.5 54.3
343 Texarkana, TX‐AR 54.5 54.0 53.7
344 The Villages, FL 25.3 24.5 24.4
345 Toledo, OH 62.9 63.0 63.3
346 Topeka, KS 65.5 66.7 69.0
347 Trenton, NJ 66.1 65.6 66.2
348 Tucson, AZ 57.3 57.5 58.1
349 Tulsa, OK 61.7 61.8 61.6
350 Tuscaloosa, AL 57.4 57.7 59.3
351 Tyler, TX 60.0 59.5 58.4
352 Urban Honolulu, HI 59.2 59.4 59.9
353 Utica‐Rome, NY 54.5 54.7 55.9
354 Valdosta, GA 57.0 57.2 58.4
355 Vallejo‐Fairfield, CA 58.7 55.7 52.9
356 Victoria, TX 60.9 59.5 57.7
357 Vineland‐Bridgeton, NJ 55.9 56.5 56.8
358 Virginia Beach‐Norfolk‐Newport News, VA‐NC 60.5 60.9 61.6
359 Visalia‐Porterville, CA 62.4 59.4 56.7
360 Waco, TX 58.6 56.5 54.6
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361 Walla Walla, WA 58.9 60.5 60.3
362 Warner Robins, GA 56.1 57.0 56.9
363 Washington‐Arlington‐Alexandria, DC‐VA‐MD‐WV 67.7 68.5 68.8
364 Waterloo‐Cedar Falls, IA 66.3 63.3 61.6
365 Watertown‐Fort Drum, NY 53.3 54.0 55.7
366 Wausau, WI 68.8 70.6 72.6
367 Weirton‐Steubenville, WV‐OH 52.1 51.3 51.3
368 Wenatchee, WA 70.4 70.1 69.0
369 Wheeling, WV‐OH 55.1 54.9 55.1
370 Wichita Falls, TX 53.1 51.9 51.1
371 Wichita, KS 62.1 61.2 62.1
372 Williamsport, PA 62.9 59.5 57.5
373 Wilmington, NC 61.4 60.8 60.5
374 Winchester, VA‐WV 64.0 64.6 64.6
375 Winston‐Salem, NC 60.5 59.9 59.8
376 Worcester, MA‐CT 64.8 65.1 65.2
377 Yakima, WA 68.2 67.9 65.8
378 York‐Hanover, PA 66.2 63.9 62.9
379 Youngstown‐Warren‐Boardman, OH‐PA 55.4 54.6 55.2
380 Yuba City, CA 57.0 53.7 51.3
381 Yuma, AZ 59.0 58.2 59.7
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