| 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 | ||||
| Rhode Island | ||||||
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick | 258 | 231 | 0.39 | 2.0 | 510.5 | 508.5 |
| South Carolina | ||||||
| Charleston-North Charleston | 12 | 19 | 5.03 | 11.9 | 248.4 | 236.5 |
| Columbia | 81 | 34 | 3.03 | 9.0 | 305.6 | 296.6 |
| Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson | 199 | 164 | 1.49 | 7.0 | 477.0 | 470.0 |
| South Dakota | ||||||
| Sioux Falls | 32 | 17 | 3.92 | 4.2 | 111.3 | 107.1 |
| Rapid City | 56 | 92 | 3.40 | 1.6 | 48.6 | 47.0 |
| Tennessee | ||||||
| Memphis | 130 | 75 | 2.34 | 13.5 | 590.9 | 577.4 |
| Nashville | 140 | 116 | 2.26 | 14.8 | 670.3 | 655.5 |
| Chattanooga | 189 | 50 | 1.56 | 3.5 | 227.9 | 224.4 |
| Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol | 228 | 217 | 1.02 | 2.0 | 198.3 | 196.3 |
| Knoxville | 248 | 78 | 0.59 | 1.9 | 325.7 | 323.8 |
| Texas | ||||||
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | 8 | 39 | 5.35 | 7.7 | 151.7 | 144.0 |
| Austin-San Marcos | 9 | 9 | 5.27 | 32.6 | 651.6 | 619.0 |
| Lubbock | 24 | 238 | 4.33 | 5.0 | 120.4 | 115.4 |
| Sherman-Denison | 25 | 273 | 4.31 | 1.9 | 46.0 | 44.1 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito | 27 | 115 | 4.27 | 4.3 | 105.1 | 100.8 |
| Victoria | 43 | 285 | 3.69 | 1.3 | 36.5 | 35.2 |
| Laredo | 59 | 145 | 3.28 | 2.1 | 66.1 | 64.0 |
| Ft. Worth-Arlington | 66 | 45 | 3.21 | 24.1 | 774.5 | 750.4 |
| Dallas | 71 | 28 | 3.11 | 58.2 | 1,928.8 | 1,870.6 |
| San Antonio | 88 | 82 | 2.95 | 20.4 | 711.5 | 691.1 |
| Waco | 89 | 124 | 2.95 | 2.9 | 101.2 | 98.3 |
| Tyler | 91 | 180 | 2.92 | 2.3 | 81.1 | 78.8 |
| Bryan-College Station | 146 | 13 | 2.14 | 1.6 | 76.2 | 74.6 |
| Abilene | 163 | 288 | 1.98 | 1.1 | 56.7 | 55.6 |
| Texarkana | 166 | 125 | 1.94 | 1.0 | 52.5 | 51.5 |
| Houston | 167 | 68 | 1.93 | 38.7 | 2,048.9 | 2,010.2 |
| El Paso | 180 | 168 | 1.73 | 4.3 | 252.6 | 248.3 |
| Killeen-Temple | 184 | 121 | 1.69 | 1.7 | 102.4 | 100.7 |
| Amarillo | 190 | 148 | 1.55 | 1.5 | 98.0 | 96.5 |
| San Angelo | 216 | 289 | 1.17 | 0.5 | 43.3 | 42.8 |
| Brazoria | 249 | 280 | 0.54 | 0.4 | 74.6 | 74.2 |
| Corpus Christi | 264 | 205 | 0.26 | 0.4 | 157.2 | 156.8 |
| Galveston-Texas City | 267 | 254 | 0.11 | 0.1 | 88.7 | 88.6 |
| Longview-Marshall | 273 | 204 | -0.11 | -0.1 | 90.3 | 90.4 |
| Wichita Falls | 286 | 277 | -1.18 | -0.7 | 58.5 | 59.2 |
| Odessa-Midland | 287 | 290 | -1.39 | -1.4 | 99.2 | 100.6 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | 288 | 225 | -2.74 | -4.4 | 156.4 | 160.8 |