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Total Nonfarm: March 2012 over March 2011
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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
2012
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%
Change
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Rank
2011
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%
Change
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Job
Growth
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# Jobs
2012
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# Jobs
2011
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Arizona
|
|
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale
|
4
|
2.35
|
19
|
1.07
|
40.30
|
1,755.40
|
1,715.10
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California
|
|
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
|
15
|
1.22
|
18
|
1.12
|
63.10
|
5,219.30
|
5,156.20
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Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
|
20
|
0.93
|
26
|
0.52
|
10.50
|
1,140.90
|
1,130.40
|
|
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
|
23
|
0.55
|
7
|
1.76
|
6.70
|
1,235.70
|
1,229.00
|
|
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
|
7
|
2.23
|
23
|
0.76
|
42.00
|
1,923.40
|
1,881.40
|
|
Colorado
|
|
Denver-Aurora
|
5
|
2.34
|
12
|
1.43
|
27.90
|
1,219.30
|
1,191.40
|
|
District of Columbia
|
|
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria
|
14
|
1.23
|
8
|
1.75
|
36.60
|
3,011.30
|
2,974.70
|
|
Florida
|
|
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach
|
11
|
1.45
|
14
|
1.32
|
32.20
|
2,252.20
|
2,220.00
|
|
Orlando
|
21
|
0.85
|
15
|
1.30
|
8.60
|
1,020.00
|
1,011.40
|
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
|
8
|
1.79
|
11
|
1.44
|
20.20
|
1,149.60
|
1,129.40
|
|
Georgia
|
|
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta
|
16
|
1.20
|
9
|
1.54
|
27.40
|
2,315.00
|
2,287.60
|
|
Illinois
|
|
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet
|
19
|
1.01
|
16
|
1.20
|
42.50
|
4,262.90
|
4,220.40
|
|
Maryland
|
|
Baltimore-Towson
|
12
|
1.42
|
10
|
1.52
|
18.10
|
1,296.70
|
1,278.60
|
|
Massachusetts
|
|
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
|
22
|
0.77
|
21
|
0.94
|
18.70
|
2,435.30
|
2,416.60
|
|
Michigan
|
|
Detroit-Warren-Livonia
|
10
|
1.52
|
1
|
2.86
|
26.60
|
1,777.80
|
1,751.20
|
|
Minnesota
|
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington
|
17
|
1.17
|
4
|
2.27
|
19.90
|
1,716.50
|
1,696.60
|
|
Missouri
|
|
St. Louis
|
25
|
0.23
|
24
|
0.69
|
2.90
|
1,290.30
|
1,287.40
|
|
New York
|
|
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
|
13
|
1.36
|
17
|
1.19
|
112.50
|
8,410.50
|
8,298.00
|
|
Ohio
|
|
Cincinnati-Middletown
|
6
|
2.25
|
25
|
0.57
|
21.90
|
996.90
|
975.00
|
|
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor
|
26
|
-0.14
|
22
|
0.86
|
-1.40
|
980.20
|
981.60
|
|
Oregon
|
|
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton
|
18
|
1.14
|
6
|
2.07
|
11.10
|
988.10
|
977.00
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
|
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
|
24
|
0.23
|
20
|
1.05
|
6.30
|
2,701.80
|
2,695.50
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
9
|
1.66
|
3
|
2.32
|
18.70
|
1,147.00
|
1,128.30
|
|
Texas
|
|
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
|
2
|
2.42
|
5
|
2.14
|
70.00
|
2,966.80
|
2,896.80
|
|
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land
|
1
|
3.21
|
2
|
2.36
|
82.30
|
2,649.50
|
2,567.20
|
|
Washington
|
|
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue
|
3
|
2.38
|
13
|
1.37
|
39.10
|
1,682.20
|
1,643.10
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Job Growth Update, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
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