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Total Nonfarm: April 2013 over April 2012
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(26 MSA's reporting out of 428 total)
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Thousands of Jobs
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Region
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Rank
2013
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%
Change
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Rank
2012
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%
Change
|
Job
Growth
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# Jobs
2013
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# Jobs
2012
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Arizona
|
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Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale
|
5
|
2.43
|
11
|
1.93
|
42.80
|
1,801.70
|
1,758.90
|
|
California
|
|
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
|
11
|
1.97
|
14
|
1.72
|
103.40
|
5,350.80
|
5,247.40
|
|
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
|
14
|
1.60
|
17
|
1.55
|
18.40
|
1,167.40
|
1,149.00
|
|
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
|
9
|
2.00
|
12
|
1.84
|
25.10
|
1,277.80
|
1,252.70
|
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San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
|
6
|
2.21
|
2
|
2.80
|
43.30
|
2,004.50
|
1,961.20
|
|
Colorado
|
|
Denver-Aurora
|
4
|
2.70
|
6
|
2.29
|
33.40
|
1,268.80
|
1,235.40
|
|
District of Columbia
|
|
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria
|
17
|
1.37
|
24
|
0.89
|
41.50
|
3,074.00
|
3,032.50
|
|
Florida
|
|
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach
|
21
|
1.06
|
8
|
2.24
|
24.20
|
2,312.00
|
2,287.80
|
|
Orlando
|
15
|
1.49
|
4
|
2.34
|
15.50
|
1,056.10
|
1,040.60
|
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
|
3
|
3.05
|
5
|
2.34
|
35.40
|
1,195.30
|
1,159.90
|
|
Georgia
|
|
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta
|
8
|
2.05
|
16
|
1.59
|
48.20
|
2,394.10
|
2,345.90
|
|
Illinois
|
|
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet
|
20
|
1.13
|
21
|
1.32
|
48.90
|
4,386.80
|
4,337.90
|
|
Maryland
|
|
Baltimore-Towson
|
10
|
1.99
|
18
|
1.48
|
26.20
|
1,340.10
|
1,313.90
|
|
Massachusetts
|
|
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
|
12
|
1.90
|
23
|
1.12
|
47.30
|
2,531.70
|
2,484.40
|
|
Michigan
|
|
Detroit-Warren-Livonia
|
25
|
0.63
|
7
|
2.26
|
11.50
|
1,827.20
|
1,815.70
|
|
Minnesota
|
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington
|
16
|
1.47
|
10
|
1.95
|
25.80
|
1,786.30
|
1,760.50
|
|
Missouri
|
|
St. Louis
|
24
|
0.78
|
26
|
-0.53
|
10.20
|
1,312.20
|
1,302.00
|
|
New York
|
|
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
|
13
|
1.88
|
20
|
1.41
|
160.10
|
8,677.00
|
8,516.90
|
|
Ohio
|
|
Cincinnati-Middletown
|
23
|
0.92
|
22
|
1.20
|
9.20
|
1,011.30
|
1,002.10
|
|
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor
|
26
|
-0.42
|
15
|
1.61
|
-4.30
|
1,010.70
|
1,015.00
|
|
Oregon
|
|
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton
|
18
|
1.28
|
13
|
1.82
|
12.90
|
1,017.90
|
1,005.00
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
|
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
|
19
|
1.18
|
25
|
-0.05
|
32.10
|
2,756.50
|
2,724.40
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
22
|
0.94
|
19
|
1.45
|
10.90
|
1,170.20
|
1,159.30
|
|
Texas
|
|
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
|
2
|
3.50
|
3
|
2.54
|
104.90
|
3,101.80
|
2,996.90
|
|
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land
|
1
|
4.17
|
1
|
3.32
|
111.20
|
2,780.70
|
2,669.50
|
|
Washington
|
|
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue
|
7
|
2.16
|
9
|
2.13
|
36.70
|
1,732.70
|
1,696.00
|
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Job Growth Update, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
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