| 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 | ||||
| Maine | ||||||
| Portland | 46 | 155 | 3.58 | 5.1 | 147.4 | 142.3 |
| Lewiston-Auburn | 188 | 56 | 1.62 | 0.7 | 43.9 | 43.2 |
| Maryland | ||||||
| Suburban Maryland-D.C. | 34 | 44 | 3.89 | 33.7 | 900.8 | 867.1 |
| Baltimore City | 87 | 270 | 2.97 | 11.7 | 405.8 | 394.1 |
| Baltimore MSA | 133 | 151 | 2.30 | 27.3 | 1,213.3 | 1,186.0 |
| Massachusetts | ||||||
| Barnstable-Yarmouth | 10 | 35 | 5.25 | 2.8 | 56.1 | 53.3 |
| Lawrence | 85 | 105 | 2.99 | 4.6 | 158.6 | 154.0 |
| Lowell | 116 | 43 | 2.49 | 3.0 | 123.4 | 120.4 |
| Springfield | 125 | 219 | 2.39 | 6.0 | 257.5 | 251.5 |
| Brockton | 126 | 42 | 2.38 | 2.3 | 99.0 | 96.7 |
| Pittsfield | 142 | 260 | 2.20 | 0.9 | 41.8 | 40.9 |
| Boston | 158 | 175 | 2.00 | 38.8 | 1,976.7 | 1,937.9 |
| New Bedford | 179 | 256 | 1.74 | 1.1 | 64.4 | 63.3 |
| Worcester | 238 | 208 | 0.88 | 2.0 | 229.8 | 227.8 |
| Fitchburg-Leominster | 270 | 249 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 51.2 | 51.2 |
| Michigan | ||||||
| Benton Harbor | 122 | 200 | 2.42 | 1.7 | 72.0 | 70.3 |
| Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland | 129 | 181 | 2.35 | 13.2 | 574.8 | 561.6 |
| Jackson | 132 | 199 | 2.31 | 1.4 | 62.1 | 60.7 |
| Detroit | 164 | 259 | 1.96 | 41.0 | 2,129.0 | 2,088.0 |
| Ann Arbor | 192 | 86 | 1.55 | 4.3 | 282.6 | 278.3 |
| Saginaw-Bay City-Midland | 204 | 243 | 1.43 | 2.5 | 177.4 | 174.9 |
| Lansing-East Lansing | 231 | 220 | 0.98 | 2.3 | 236.5 | 234.2 |
| Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 253 | 161 | 0.47 | 1.0 | 213.1 | 212.1 |
| Flint | 289 | 278 | -3.28 | -5.7 | 167.9 | 173.6 |
| Minnesota | ||||||
| Rochester | 47 | 62 | 3.57 | 2.8 | 81.2 | 78.4 |
| St. Cloud | 61 | 33 | 3.24 | 2.9 | 92.3 | 89.4 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul | 108 | 112 | 2.60 | 43.0 | 1,698.6 | 1,655.6 |
| Duluth-Superior | 118 | 252 | 2.45 | 2.7 | 112.7 | 110.0 |
| Mississippi | ||||||
| Jackson | 233 | 202 | 0.97 | 2.2 | 228.7 | 226.5 |
| Missouri | ||||||
| Kansas City | 117 | 134 | 2.48 | 23.4 | 967.1 | 943.7 |
| Springfield | 121 | 127 | 2.42 | 4.0 | 169.0 | 165.0 |
| St. Louis | 209 | 253 | 1.35 | 17.5 | 1,311.8 | 1,294.3 |
| Nebraska | ||||||
| Lincoln | 62 | 113 | 3.24 | 4.8 | 153.1 | 148.3 |
| Omaha | 145 | 96 | 2.15 | 8.7 | 413.9 | 405.2 |