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Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its revised December 2010 metro and state non-farm employment estimates, allowing a more accurate analysis of job growth for each state and metro area in 2010.
These revisions reflect additional sample data that was unavailable in February, which we summarized last month.
The revised data shows some differences from what was previously issued. The new report is more positive and is summarized below.
The current estimates show good news for 43 states, the District of Columbia and 239 (65%) of the nation’s metro areas, all of which saw net job gains in 2010.
- The five states with the greatest number of net new jobs during 2010 are:
- Texas: 209,800
- California: 66,800
- Pennsylvania: 64,200
- New York : 51,300
- Illinois: 39,700
- The top MSA employment gainers by year’s end over January’s start are:
|
Gain |
Numeric |
Percent |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX |
52,300 |
1.8% |
| New York - Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA |
43,300 |
0.5% |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX |
39,200 |
1.6% |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
36,200 |
1.2% |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI |
28,000 |
0.7% |
The following 11 MSAs experienced no net job gains or losses, ending the year in December with the same number of jobs as existed in January:
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
- Punta Gorda, FL
- Valdosta, GA
- Idaho Falls, ID
- South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
- Springfield, MA-CT NECTA
- Jackson, MI
- Farmington, NM
- College Station-Bryan, TX
- Longview, WA
- Wausau, WI
Unfortunately, seven states and almost a third of the nation's metro areas (115) saw net job losses in 2010:
- The seven states with net declines in employment over the 12 months last year are:
- Montana: -600
- Kansas: -3,600
- New Mexico: -5,000
- Missouri: -6,600
- New Jersey : -7,900
- Arizona: -8,300
- Nevada: -8,800
- 115 metro areas experienced a net loss of jobs. The five areas with the greatest employment losses over the year, ranked by the number of job losses are:
|
Loss |
Numeric |
Percent |
| Tucson, AZ |
-4,700 |
-1.3% |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA |
-6,300 |
-0.3% |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
-8,300 |
-1.4% |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV |
-10,000 |
-1.2% |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA |
-13,600 |
-1.7% |
To see data on each MSA and how it is ranked by seasonally adjusted employment change within its respective state, click here.
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