| 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 | ||||
| Nevada | ||||||
| Las Vegas | 2 | 1 | 5.84 | 40.3 | 729.8 | 689.5 |
| Reno | 13 | 79 | 4.98 | 9.0 | 189.8 | 180.8 |
| New Hampshire | ||||||
| Manchester | 53 | 114 | 3.47 | 3.5 | 104.3 | 100.8 |
| Portsmouth-Rochester | 65 | 233 | 3.22 | 3.7 | 118.6 | 114.9 |
| Nashua | 278 | 58 | -0.32 | -0.3 | 94.8 | 95.1 |
| New Jersey | ||||||
| Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon | 136 | 146 | 2.29 | 14.2 | 635.0 | 620.8 |
| Newark | 137 | 117 | 2.28 | 22.1 | 991.1 | 969.0 |
| Camden | 195 | 107 | 1.53 | 7.4 | 492.1 | 484.7 |
| Trenton | 201 | 258 | 1.47 | 2.9 | 199.8 | 196.9 |
| Monmouth-Ocean | 213 | 183 | 1.25 | 4.5 | 364.2 | 359.7 |
| Hackensack | 227 | 90 | 1.02 | 4.8 | 474.7 | 469.9 |
| Bergen-Passaic | 240 | 140 | 0.84 | 5.5 | 659.1 | 653.6 |
| Jersey City | 244 | 194 | 0.74 | 1.8 | 246.0 | 244.2 |
| Atlantic-Cape May | 251 | 242 | 0.52 | 0.9 | 172.4 | 171.5 |
| Patterson-Clifton-Passaic | 265 | 257 | 0.22 | 0.4 | 184.3 | 183.9 |
| Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton | 280 | 206 | -0.51 | -0.3 | 58.0 | 58.3 |
| New Mexico | ||||||
| Las Cruces | 51 | 40 | 3.51 | 1.9 | 56.0 | 54.1 |
| Albuquerque | 107 | 226 | 2.64 | 8.9 | 346.1 | 337.2 |
| Santa Fe | 165 | 178 | 1.95 | 1.4 | 73.1 | 71.7 |
| New York | ||||||
| Dutchess County | 50 | 110 | 3.54 | 3.9 | 114.1 | 110.2 |
| Rockland County | 77 | 12 | 3.08 | 3.3 | 110.3 | 107.0 |
| Nassau-Suffolk | 113 | 54 | 2.52 | 29.2 | 1,185.8 | 1,156.6 |
| Westchester County | 127 | 119 | 2.37 | 9.4 | 406.3 | 396.9 |
| Glens Falls | 134 | 138 | 2.30 | 1.1 | 48.9 | 47.8 |
| Utica-Rome | 135 | 94 | 2.30 | 3.0 | 133.4 | 130.4 |
| Putnam County | 138 | 2 | 2.27 | 0.5 | 22.5 | 22.0 |
| Binghamton | 153 | 87 | 2.07 | 2.4 | 118.1 | 115.7 |
| New York-Nassau-Suffolk | 157 | 76 | 2.00 | 105.0 | 5,346.2 | 5,241.2 |
| New York PMSA | 170 | 85 | 1.85 | 75.6 | 4,160.5 | 4,084.9 |
| New York City | 174 | 88 | 1.76 | 62.7 | 3,621.6 | 3,558.9 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 177 | 130 | 1.74 | 7.7 | 449.5 | 441.8 |
| Rochester | 196 | 182 | 1.52 | 8.2 | 546.0 | 537.8 |
| Syracuse | 197 | 135 | 1.52 | 5.2 | 346.3 | 341.1 |
| Newburgh | 206 | 14 | 1.43 | 1.8 | 128.1 | 126.3 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | 243 | 218 | 0.76 | 4.1 | 546.4 | 542.3 |
| Elmira | 254 | 81 | 0.45 | 0.2 | 44.2 | 44.0 |
| North Carolina | ||||||
| Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill | 69 | 51 | 3.17 | 20.8 | 677.2 | 656.4 |
| Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point | 168 | 65 | 1.91 | 12.5 | 666.1 | 653.6 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill | 172 | 8 | 1.79 | 14.4 | 816.9 | 802.5 |
| Asheville | 269 | 98 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 110.1 | 110.1 |