| Metropolitan Areas by States Total Nonagricultural Job Growth: Feb. 2000 over Feb. 1999 |
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| State/Metropolitan Area | Rank Feb. 2000 | Rank Feb. 1999 | Percent Change | Thousands of Jobs | ||
| Job Growth | Feb. 2000 | Feb. 1999 | ||||
| Illinois | ||||||
| Bloomington-Normal | 100 | 3 | 2.76 | 2.4 | 89.4 | 87.0 |
| Kankakee | 205 | 287 | 1.43 | 0.6 | 42.7 | 42.1 |
| Chicago | 218 | 166 | 1.15 | 47.1 | 4,141.8 | 4,094.7 |
| Champaign-Urbana | 224 | 83 | 1.10 | 1.1 | 101.2 | 100.1 |
| Peoria-Pekin | 230 | 268 | 1.00 | 1.7 | 172.4 | 170.7 |
| Rockford | 252 | 236 | 0.51 | 0.9 | 176.8 | 175.9 |
| Springfield | 255 | 261 | 0.45 | 0.5 | 112.5 | 112.0 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island | 259 | 250 | 0.39 | 0.7 | 180.1 | 179.4 |
| Decatur | 283 | 20 | -0.69 | -0.4 | 57.9 | 58.3 |
| Indiana | ||||||
| Kokomo | 14 | 276 | 4.90 | 2.5 | 53.5 | 51.0 |
| Elkhart-Goshen | 15 | 74 | 4.89 | 5.9 | 126.6 | 120.7 |
| Lafayette | 58 | 201 | 3.36 | 3.2 | 98.5 | 95.3 |
| Bloomington | 92 | 264 | 2.90 | 1.9 | 67.5 | 65.6 |
| Indianapolis | 104 | 149 | 2.71 | 22.9 | 869.1 | 846.2 |
| Evansville-Henderson | 131 | 122 | 2.32 | 3.6 | 159.0 | 155.4 |
| Terre Haute | 152 | 195 | 2.08 | 1.4 | 68.6 | 67.2 |
| Muncie | 194 | 283 | 1.53 | 0.9 | 59.7 | 58.8 |
| Gary | 207 | 247 | 1.40 | 3.7 | 267.2 | 263.5 |
| Fort Wayne | 246 | 212 | 0.63 | 1.7 | 272.0 | 270.3 |
| South Bend | 272 | 207 | -0.07 | -0.1 | 134.5 | 134.6 |
| Iowa | ||||||
| Iowa City | 33 | 37 | 3.91 | 2.7 | 71.7 | 69.0 |
| Cedar Rapids | 154 | 18 | 2.02 | 2.4 | 121.4 | 119.0 |
| Sioux City | 159 | 228 | 2.00 | 1.3 | 66.4 | 65.1 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls | 193 | 284 | 1.54 | 1.1 | 72.5 | 71.4 |
| Dubuque | 232 | 190 | 0.98 | 0.5 | 51.5 | 51.0 |
| Des Moines | 250 | 57 | 0.54 | 1.5 | 281.0 | 279.5 |
| Kansas | ||||||
| Lawrence | 242 | 100 | 0.83 | 0.4 | 48.5 | 48.1 |
| Wichita | 271 | 235 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 283.7 | 283.7 |
| Topeka | 284 | 239 | -0.70 | -0.7 | 99.5 | 100.2 |
| Kentucky | ||||||
| Louisville | 101 | 95 | 2.73 | 15.4 | 580.3 | 564.9 |
| Owensboro | 115 | 154 | 2.52 | 1.1 | 44.8 | 43.7 |
| Lexington | 144 | 67 | 2.18 | 6.1 | 285.6 | 279.5 |
| Louisiana | ||||||
| Monroe | 41 | 147 | 3.71 | 2.6 | 72.7 | 70.1 |
| Baton Rouge | 42 | 72 | 3.69 | 10.9 | 306.0 | 295.1 |
| Alexandria | 95 | 23 | 2.83 | 1.6 | 58.2 | 56.6 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City | 160 | 229 | 1.99 | 3.4 | 174.4 | 171.0 |
| Lake Charles | 200 | 222 | 1.48 | 1.3 | 89.0 | 87.7 |
| Lafayette | 222 | 282 | 1.12 | 1.8 | 162.5 | 160.7 |
| New Orleans | 277 | 223 | -0.21 | -1.3 | 617.5 | 618.8 |
| Houma | 282 | 286 | -0.66 | -0.5 | 75.6 | 76.1 |