U.S. METRO ECONOMIES   2015 Metro Job and Gross Metro Product: 2016 Forecast Prepared for: The United States of Conference of Mayors Prepared by: IHS, Inc. January 2016       The United States Conference of Mayors Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Mayor of Baltimore President Mick Cornett Mayor of Oklahoma City Vice President Mitchell J. Landrieu Mayor of New Orleans Second Vice President Greg Fischer Chair, Council on Metro Economies and the New American City Mayor of Louisville Tom Cochran CEO and Executive Director  2011 by IHS, Inc. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited except by permission. All rights reserved.       METRO FORECAST SUMMARY The National Economy       GDP growth will accelerate this year as some of the drags on the economy (including the inventory cycle and the plunge in energy-sector capital spending) ease. Real GDP growth will improve from 2.4% in 2015 to 2.7% in 2016. Recent data confirm the mostly sound foundations of the US economic recovery—solid growth in consumer spending and housing, but pain in parts of the manufacturing sector because of a strong dollar and an inventory cycle. Consumption will grow a healthy 3.0% in 2016, following 2015’s 3.1% rate. The Federal Reserve, confident in the recovery’s sustainability, will raise the fed funds rate by 1.0 point over the course of the year. A much needed and long awaited productivity revival has begun. As a result, while GDP will accelerate, employment growth will slow from 2.1% in 2015 to 1.7% this year. Increasing labor force participation will keep the unemployment rate from falling much further. It will drop from 5.0% to 4.9% this year. US Metro Economies Gross Metro Product (GMP)    Nearly all (363) of the nation’s 381 metro areas are projected to experience real (inflation adjusted) economic growth in 2016, up from 331 in 2015. 96 US metros (25%) are projected to see real economic growth (GMP) of 3.0% or higher in 2016; 233 metros (61%) in 2016 are expected to have real GMP growth of 2.0% or higher. 337 metros (88%) are expected to see real growth of 1.0% or higher, compared to 277 metros in 2015. Employment      At the end of 2015, 232 metros (61%) had more jobs than they did prior to the Great Recession, while 149 had not 21 more metros are expected to return to their pre-recession job levels in 2016, leaving 128 still below their pre-recession peak Nearly all US metro areas (344) are projected to have positive job growth in 2016. Only 17 metros will see job growth of 3.0% or higher; 87 are forecast to see job growth of 2.0% or higher. 231 metros (61%) have a projected job growth of 1.0% or higher in 2016, compared to 262 metros which saw 1.0% or higher in 2015. 1   Appendix Tables IHS Global Insight Table of Contents Table 1: Return to Peak Employment ...................................................................... 1 Table 2: Job Growth of U.S. Metro Areas .............................................................. 11 Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas ..................................... 21 IHS Global Insight Table 1: Return to Peak Employment (Employment Peak Before the Late 2000s Recession) Pre-Recession Peak Ithaca, NY   Jacksonville, NC   Kennewick‐Richland, WA   Morgantown, WV   Bismarck, ND   Brownsville‐Harlingen, TX   California‐Lexington Park, MD   College Station‐Bryan, TX   Fairbanks, AK   Killeen‐Temple, TX   Watertown‐Fort Drum, NY   Anchorage, AK   Cumberland, MD‐WV   Austin‐Round Rock, TX   Hinesville, GA   McAllen‐Edinburg‐Mission, TX   Dubuque, IA   Fargo, ND‐MN   Iowa City, IA   Lubbock, TX   Midland, TX   Beckley, WV   Burlington‐South Burlington, VT   Columbia, MO   El Paso, TX   Jonesboro, AR   Odessa, TX   San Antonio‐New Braunfels, TX   The Villages, FL   Williamsport, PA   Grand Forks, ND‐MN   Laredo, TX   New Orleans‐Metairie, LA   Owensboro, KY   State College, PA   Warner Robins, GA   Washington‐Arlington‐Alexandria, DC‐VA‐MD‐W Bloomsburg‐Berwick, PA   Columbus, IN   Houston‐The Woodlands‐Sugar Land, TX   Lincoln, NE   2008Q2 2009Q3 2009Q4 2009Q4 2009Q4 2008Q1 2009Q4 2009Q1 2008Q2 2008Q3 2008Q2 2008Q4 2008Q1 2008Q3 2008Q4 2008Q4 2008Q1 2008Q4 2008Q3 2008Q3 2008Q4 2008Q4 2008Q1 2008Q3 2008Q1 2008Q2 2008Q4 2008Q2 2007Q3 2008Q2 2008Q1 2008Q2 2008Q3 2008Q2 2008Q3 2008Q1 2008Q2 2008Q3 2008Q2 2008Q4 2008Q4 1 Job Losses (thous.) Decline (%) ‐0.7 ‐0.4 0.0 0.0 ‐0.1 ‐2.4 ‐0.6 ‐1.3 ‐0.7 ‐2.0 ‐0.6 ‐1.5 ‐0.6 ‐21.9 ‐0.5 ‐2.5 ‐1.9 ‐1.9 ‐2.0 ‐3.0 ‐6.1 ‐2.1 ‐3.6 ‐2.2 ‐7.1 ‐1.2 ‐6.7 ‐21.1 ‐0.8 ‐2.8 ‐1.4 ‐4.8 ‐9.7 ‐2.5 ‐1.7 ‐0.9 ‐77.3 ‐1.4 ‐5.1 ‐109.5 ‐4.2 ‐1.1 ‐0.8 0.0 0.0 ‐0.2 ‐1.9 ‐1.5 ‐1.3 ‐1.9 ‐1.6 ‐1.3 ‐0.9 ‐1.5 ‐2.8 ‐2.7 ‐1.1 ‐3.5 ‐1.5 ‐2.2 ‐2.3 ‐8.3 ‐4.2 ‐3.1 ‐2.4 ‐2.5 ‐2.5 ‐10.3 ‐2.5 ‐3.8 ‐5.2 ‐2.6 ‐5.2 ‐1.8 ‐4.9 ‐2.2 ‐1.2 ‐2.6 ‐3.2 ‐11.0 ‐4.2 ‐2.4 Return to Peak 2010Q1 2010Q1 2010Q1 2010Q1 2010Q2 2010Q2 2010Q2 2010Q2 2010Q2 2010Q2 2010Q2 2010Q3 2010Q3 2010Q4 2010Q4 2010Q4 2011Q1 2011Q1 2011Q1 2011Q1 2011Q1 2011Q2 2011Q2 2011Q2 2011Q2 2011Q2 2011Q2 2011Q2 2011Q2 2011Q2 2011Q3 2011Q3 2011Q3 2011Q3 2011Q3 2011Q3 2011Q3 2011Q4 2011Q4 2011Q4 2011Q4 Table 1: Return to Peak Employment (Employment Peak Before the Late 2000s Recession) Pre-Recession Peak Longview, TX   Pittsburgh, PA   Rapid City, SD   Sioux Falls, SD   Springfield, IL   Waterloo‐Cedar Falls, IA   Cedar Rapids, IA   Clarksville, TN‐KY   Corvallis, OR   Dallas‐Fort Worth‐Arlington, TX     Fort Collins, CO   Greeley, CO   Lebanon, PA   Nashville‐Davidson‐‐Murfreesboro‐‐Franklin, TN Oklahoma City, OK   San Angelo, TX   St. Joseph, MO‐KS   Ames, IA   Bakersfield, CA   Casper, WY   Charleston‐North Charleston, SC   Cleveland, TN   Columbus, OH   Corpus Christi, TX   Grand Island, NE   Lafayette, LA   Madison, WI   Oshkosh‐Neenah, WI   Provo‐Orem, UT   Ann Arbor, MI   Boston‐Cambridge‐Newton, MA‐NH     Des Moines‐West Des Moines, IA   Fayetteville‐Springdale‐Rogers, AR‐MO   Lafayette‐West Lafayette, IN   Manhattan, KS   Raleigh, NC   Salt Lake City, UT   Victoria, TX   Auburn‐Opelika, AL   Baltimore‐Columbia‐Towson, MD   Boulder, CO   2008Q4 2008Q2 2008Q3 2008Q4 2008Q3 2008Q3 2008Q4 2007Q1 2008Q2 2008Q2 2008Q3 2008Q2 2008Q3 2008Q1 2008Q3 2007Q4 2009Q3 2008Q4 2008Q2 2008Q4 2008Q1 2007Q1 2008Q1 2008Q2 2008Q4 2008Q4 2008Q3 2008Q2 2007Q3 2007Q1 2008Q2 2008Q3 2007Q4 2008Q3 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q2 2007Q3 2008Q1 2008Q2 2 Job Losses (thous.) Decline (%) ‐6.1 ‐38.1 ‐2.2 ‐3.9 ‐2.7 ‐2.9 ‐4.0 ‐4.4 ‐1.9 ‐150.9 ‐5.7 ‐5.9 ‐1.8 ‐50.8 ‐24.3 ‐1.8 ‐2.2 ‐1.5 ‐15.7 ‐3.7 ‐20.6 ‐3.7 ‐49.0 ‐7.9 ‐1.4 ‐12.2 ‐11.7 ‐3.1 ‐15.3 ‐10.0 ‐100.0 ‐12.9 ‐10.6 ‐6.2 ‐2.3 ‐31.1 ‐37.4 ‐3.0 ‐3.2 ‐59.3 ‐10.9 ‐6.2 ‐3.3 ‐3.4 ‐2.9 ‐2.4 ‐3.2 ‐2.8 ‐5.3 ‐4.8 ‐5.0 ‐4.1 ‐7.1 ‐3.5 ‐6.4 ‐4.2 ‐3.9 ‐3.5 ‐3.0 ‐6.5 ‐9.0 ‐6.8 ‐8.8 ‐5.1 ‐4.3 ‐3.4 ‐5.6 ‐3.2 ‐3.3 ‐8.0 ‐4.9 ‐4.0 ‐4.0 ‐5.1 ‐6.4 ‐5.4 ‐5.9 ‐6.0 ‐7.2 ‐5.8 ‐4.5 ‐6.4 Return to Peak 2011Q4 2011Q4 2011Q4 2011Q4 2011Q4 2011Q4 2012Q1 2012Q1 2012Q1 2012Q1 2012Q1 2012Q1 2012Q1 2012Q1 2012Q1 2012Q1 2012Q1 2012Q2 2012Q2 2012Q2 2012Q2 2012Q2 2012Q2 2012Q2 2012Q2 2012Q2 2012Q2 2012Q2 2012Q2 2012Q3 2012Q3 2012Q3 2012Q3 2012Q3 2012Q3 2012Q3 2012Q3 2012Q3 2012Q4 2012Q4 2012Q4 Table 1: Return to Peak Employment (Employment Peak Before the Late 2000s Recession) Pre-Recession Peak Charlottesville, VA   Denver‐Aurora‐Lakewood, CO   El Centro, CA   Elizabethtown, KY   Indianapolis‐Carmel, IN   La Crosse‐Onalaska, WI‐MN   Las Cruces, NM   Omaha‐Council Bluffs, NE‐IA   Rochester, MN   San Jose‐Sunnyvale‐Santa Clara, CA   Allentown‐Bethlehem‐Easton, PA‐NJ   Baton Rouge, LA   Billings, MT   Bowling Green, KY   Cheyenne, WY   Grand Rapids‐Wyoming, MI   Hagerstown‐Martinsburg, MD‐WV   Houma‐Thibodaux, LA   Missoula, MT   San Francisco‐Oakland‐Hayward, CA     Sherman‐Denison, TX   Winchester, VA‐WV   Durham‐Chapel Hill, NC   Merced, CA   Minneapolis‐St. Paul‐Bloomington, MN‐WI   Napa, CA   New York‐Newark‐Jersey City, NY‐NJ‐PA     San Luis Obispo‐Paso Robles‐Arroyo Grande, CA Springfield, MA   Trenton, NJ   Worcester, MA‐CT   Amarillo, TX   Blacksburg‐Christiansburg‐Radford, VA   Green Bay, WI   Lexington‐Fayette, KY   Louisville‐Jefferson County, KY‐IN   Ogden‐Clearfield, UT   Seattle‐Tacoma‐Bellevue, WA     St. Cloud, MN   Urban Honolulu, HI   Wheeling, WV‐OH   2008Q1 2008Q2 2008Q3 2008Q1 2008Q2 2008Q1 2008Q2 2008Q2 2007Q4 2008Q1 2007Q4 2007Q4 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q2 2007Q1 2007Q4 2008Q4 2007Q1 2008Q1 2007Q3 2007Q1 2008Q3 2007Q3 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q1 2007Q2 2008Q2 2008Q2 2008Q1 2008Q3 2008Q2 2007Q3 2007Q2 2007Q2 2007Q4 2008Q1 2008Q1 2007Q4 2008Q1 3 Job Losses (thous.) Decline (%) ‐4.2 ‐71.8 ‐2.8 ‐3.8 ‐52.3 ‐3.0 ‐1.3 ‐15.3 ‐5.6 ‐75.6 ‐14.2 ‐14.1 ‐5.0 ‐5.2 ‐1.9 ‐47.4 ‐6.4 ‐7.3 ‐2.8 ‐157.6 ‐1.5 ‐5.1 ‐14.5 ‐3.6 ‐115.3 ‐5.9 ‐397.5 ‐9.5 ‐9.4 ‐6.5 ‐17.8 ‐4.4 ‐4.5 ‐6.9 ‐15.0 ‐38.5 ‐14.4 ‐125.3 ‐6.0 ‐25.1 ‐2.3 ‐4.0 ‐5.7 ‐5.6 ‐7.2 ‐5.5 ‐3.9 ‐1.9 ‐3.3 ‐4.9 ‐8.1 ‐4.1 ‐3.7 ‐6.1 ‐7.5 ‐4.3 ‐9.7 ‐6.3 ‐7.4 ‐4.8 ‐7.6 ‐3.5 ‐8.7 ‐5.1 ‐6.0 ‐6.2 ‐9.0 ‐4.5 ‐9.0 ‐3.5 ‐2.7 ‐4.8 ‐3.8 ‐5.9 ‐4.0 ‐5.9 ‐6.3 ‐6.5 ‐7.0 ‐5.8 ‐5.5 ‐3.3 Return to Peak 2012Q4 2012Q4 2012Q4 2012Q4 2012Q4 2012Q4 2012Q4 2012Q4 2012Q4 2012Q4 2013Q1 2013Q1 2013Q1 2013Q1 2013Q1 2013Q1 2013Q1 2013Q1 2013Q1 2013Q1 2013Q1 2013Q1 2013Q2 2013Q2 2013Q2 2013Q2 2013Q2 2013Q2 2013Q2 2013Q2 2013Q2 2013Q3 2013Q3 2013Q3 2013Q3 2013Q3 2013Q3 2013Q3 2013Q3 2013Q3 2013Q3 Table 1: Return to Peak Employment (Employment Peak Before the Late 2000s Recession) Pre-Recession Peak Charlotte‐Concord‐Gastonia, NC‐SC   Greenville‐Mauldin‐Easley, SC   Madera, CA   Mankato‐North Mankato, MN   Midland, MI   Portland‐Vancouver‐Hillsboro, OR‐WA   Richmond, VA   San Diego‐Carlsbad, CA   Santa Maria‐Santa Barbara, CA   Augusta‐Richmond County, GA‐SC   Boise City, ID   Columbia, SC   Great Falls, MT   Orlando‐Kissimmee‐Sanford, FL   Rochester, NY   Sioux City, IA‐NE‐SD   Tyler, TX   Albany‐Schenectady‐Troy, NY   Appleton, WI   Atlanta‐Sandy Springs‐Roswell, GA   Barnstable Town, MA   Colorado Springs, CO   Daphne‐Fairhope‐Foley, AL   Greenville, NC   Kansas City, MO‐KS   Knoxville, TN   Lake Charles, LA   Logan, UT‐ID   Olympia‐Tumwater, WA   Pueblo, CO   Savannah, GA   Springfield, MO   Tuscaloosa, AL   Waco, TX   Buffalo‐Cheektowaga‐Niagara Falls, NY   Canton‐Massillon, OH   Coeur d`Alene, ID   Gainesville, GA   Harrisonburg, VA   Huntsville, AL   Kankakee, IL   2007Q4 2008Q1 2007Q4 2007Q3 2008Q1 2008Q1 2007Q3 2007Q3 2007Q4 2008Q2 2007Q1 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q2 2008Q3 2008Q3 2008Q2 2008Q3 2007Q3 2007Q2 2007Q3 2008Q1 2007Q4 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q2 2007Q2 2008Q3 2008Q2 2007Q2 2007Q3 2008Q2 2008Q4 2008Q3 2007Q4 2008Q3 2008Q1 2007Q2 2008Q2 2008Q1 4 Job Losses (thous.) Decline (%) ‐88.9 ‐33.9 ‐3.2 ‐3.5 ‐2.1 ‐80.7 ‐35.9 ‐98.1 ‐12.0 ‐9.0 ‐25.7 ‐25.2 ‐1.0 ‐101.7 ‐18.5 ‐4.2 ‐3.8 ‐17.0 ‐5.7 ‐204.6 ‐5.1 ‐16.1 ‐6.3 ‐3.8 ‐55.7 ‐20.4 ‐7.4 ‐4.8 ‐6.1 ‐1.9 ‐12.4 ‐11.3 ‐6.5 ‐2.6 ‐18.5 ‐15.2 ‐5.4 ‐8.1 ‐3.2 ‐7.2 ‐2.3 ‐8.6 ‐8.8 ‐8.9 ‐6.3 ‐5.6 ‐7.7 ‐5.8 ‐7.4 ‐6.9 ‐4.1 ‐9.2 ‐6.8 ‐2.9 ‐9.4 ‐3.5 ‐4.8 ‐3.9 ‐3.8 ‐4.7 ‐8.3 ‐5.3 ‐6.2 ‐9.4 ‐4.9 ‐5.5 ‐5.4 ‐7.8 ‐8.4 ‐5.8 ‐3.2 ‐7.7 ‐5.6 ‐6.5 ‐2.4 ‐3.3 ‐8.8 ‐9.3 ‐10.2 ‐4.9 ‐3.4 ‐5.1 Return to Peak 2013Q4 2013Q4 2013Q4 2013Q4 2013Q4 2013Q4 2013Q4 2013Q4 2013Q4 2014Q1 2014Q1 2014Q1 2014Q1 2014Q1 2014Q1 2014Q1 2014Q1 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q2 2014Q3 2014Q3 2014Q3 2014Q3 2014Q3 2014Q3 2014Q3 Table 1: Return to Peak Employment (Employment Peak Before the Late 2000s Recession) Pre-Recession Peak Lancaster, PA   Miami‐Fort Lauderdale‐West Palm Beach, FL     Riverside‐San Bernardino‐Ontario, CA   Topeka, KS   Wenatchee, WA   Abilene, TX   Asheville, NC   Battle Creek, MI   Bellingham, WA   Cape Coral‐Fort Myers, FL   Cincinnati, OH‐KY‐IN   Columbus, GA‐AL   Evansville, IN‐KY   Fresno, CA   Hammond, LA   Idaho Falls, ID   Jackson, MS   Jackson, TN   Lawrence, KS   Longview, WA   Los Angeles‐Long Beach‐Anaheim, CA     Naples‐Immokalee‐Marco Island, FL   Reading, PA   Salinas, CA   Spartanburg, SC   Tulsa, OK   Visalia‐Porterville, CA   Walla Walla, WA   Yakima, WA   Athens‐Clarke County, GA   Beaumont‐Port Arthur, TX   Chico, CA   Dover, DE   Eau Claire, WI   Farmington, NM   Hattiesburg, MS   Joplin, MO   Kahului‐Wailuku‐Lahaina, HI   Modesto, CA   Panama City, FL   Santa Cruz‐Watsonville, CA   2008Q1 2007Q2 2007Q3 2008Q4 2008Q2 2008Q3 2008Q1 2007Q2 2008Q1 2007Q1 2007Q4 2008Q2 2007Q1 2007Q3 2008Q1 2008Q2 2007Q4 2007Q3 2008Q1 2007Q3 2007Q3 2007Q1 2008Q2 2007Q4 2008Q1 2008Q3 2007Q4 2008Q3 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q3 2007Q1 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q3 2007Q3 2008Q3 2008Q1 2007Q1 2007Q1 2007Q2 5 Job Losses (thous.) Decline (%) ‐13.7 ‐241.3 ‐147.4 ‐3.5 ‐2.5 ‐3.1 ‐12.3 ‐4.2 ‐7.0 ‐38.2 ‐70.1 ‐5.2 ‐8.6 ‐29.2 ‐1.9 ‐3.4 ‐13.1 ‐5.3 ‐2.9 ‐3.0 ‐522.5 ‐23.3 ‐9.9 ‐8.8 ‐13.8 ‐30.1 ‐8.8 ‐1.1 ‐2.6 ‐7.3 ‐9.7 ‐8.1 ‐4.5 ‐5.3 ‐5.0 ‐3.1 ‐2.8 ‐8.2 ‐16.1 ‐5.4 ‐11.4 ‐5.7 ‐9.9 ‐11.4 ‐3.2 ‐6.2 ‐4.6 ‐6.9 ‐7.1 ‐8.1 ‐16.3 ‐6.7 ‐4.3 ‐5.5 ‐9.3 ‐4.2 ‐5.6 ‐4.8 ‐8.1 ‐5.6 ‐7.7 ‐9.1 ‐17.5 ‐5.6 ‐6.7 ‐9.9 ‐6.8 ‐7.6 ‐4.1 ‐3.3 ‐7.9 ‐5.7 ‐10.5 ‐6.7 ‐6.3 ‐9.4 ‐5.1 ‐3.5 ‐11.3 ‐9.8 ‐6.7 ‐11.8 Return to Peak 2014Q3 2014Q3 2014Q3 2014Q3 2014Q3 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2014Q4 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 Table 1: Return to Peak Employment (Employment Peak Before the Late 2000s Recession) Pre-Recession Peak Santa Rosa, CA   St. George, UT   Vallejo‐Fairfield, CA   Wilmington, NC   Bridgeport‐Stamford‐Norwalk, CT   Duluth, MN‐WI   Jacksonville, FL   Little Rock‐North Little Rock‐Conway, AR   Manchester‐Nashua, NH   Portland‐South Portland, ME   Salem, OR   Salisbury, MD‐DE   Scranton‐‐Wilkes‐Barre‐‐Hazleton, PA   Spokane‐Spokane Valley, WA   Tampa‐St. Petersburg‐Clearwater, FL   Bend‐Redmond, OR   Bremerton‐Silverdale, WA   Gainesville, FL   Harrisburg‐Carlisle, PA   North Port‐Sarasota‐Bradenton, FL   Stockton‐Lodi, CA   Chicago‐Naperville‐Elgin, IL‐IN‐WI     Lakeland‐Winter Haven, FL   Oxnard‐Thousand Oaks‐Ventura, CA   Philadelphia‐Camden‐Wilmington, PA‐NJ‐DE‐MD Phoenix‐Mesa‐Scottsdale, AZ   Sacramento‐‐Roseville‐‐Arden‐Arcade, CA   Hartford‐West Hartford‐East Hartford, CT   Kingsport‐Bristol‐Bristol, TN‐VA   Lewiston‐Auburn, ME   Myrtle Beach‐North Myrtle Beach‐Conway, SC‐N Port St. Lucie, FL   Crestview‐Fort Walton Beach‐Destin, FL   Lansing‐East Lansing, MI   Las Vegas‐Henderson‐Paradise, NV   Lewiston, ID‐WA   Punta Gorda, FL   Winston‐Salem, NC   Deltona‐Daytona Beach‐Ormond Beach, FL   Providence‐Warwick, RI‐MA   Chattanooga, TN‐GA   2007Q2 2007Q4 2007Q3 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q1 2007Q2 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q2 2008Q1 2008Q1 2007Q3 2008Q1 2007Q1 2007Q1 2008Q1 2007Q4 2008Q2 2007Q1 2007Q3 2008Q1 2007Q2 2007Q3 2008Q1 2007Q3 2007Q3 2008Q1 2008Q2 2007Q4 2008Q1 2007Q1 2007Q1 2007Q4 2007Q2 2007Q4 2007Q1 2008Q1 2007Q2 2007Q1 2008Q1 6 Job Losses (thous.) Decline (%) ‐24.1 ‐9.3 ‐11.8 ‐10.1 ‐32.7 ‐6.7 ‐57.1 ‐14.9 ‐12.4 ‐12.5 ‐12.2 ‐9.3 ‐12.1 ‐15.9 ‐139.4 ‐11.1 ‐4.4 ‐8.3 ‐15.4 ‐41.1 ‐25.8 ‐331.6 ‐21.6 ‐26.5 ‐137.3 ‐237.3 ‐100.1 ‐40.6 ‐7.5 ‐2.8 ‐17.8 ‐15.7 ‐10.3 ‐15.2 ‐128.6 ‐2.5 ‐5.1 ‐22.7 ‐19.2 ‐53.8 ‐22.6 ‐12.5 ‐16.9 ‐9.0 ‐8.5 ‐7.4 ‐5.0 ‐9.0 ‐4.3 ‐6.0 ‐4.6 ‐8.0 ‐6.1 ‐4.6 ‐6.7 ‐11.3 ‐15.4 ‐5.0 ‐6.1 ‐4.6 ‐14.8 ‐12.0 ‐7.3 ‐10.3 ‐8.9 ‐4.9 ‐12.3 ‐10.9 ‐6.3 ‐6.1 ‐5.4 ‐11.3 ‐11.5 ‐9.6 ‐6.7 ‐13.8 ‐8.8 ‐11.2 ‐8.7 ‐10.1 ‐7.4 ‐9.1 Return to Peak 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q1 2015Q2 2015Q2 2015Q2 2015Q2 2015Q2 2015Q2 2015Q2 2015Q2 2015Q2 2015Q2 2015Q2 2015Q3 2015Q3 2015Q3 2015Q3 2015Q3 2015Q3 2015Q4 2015Q4 2015Q4 2015Q4 2015Q4 2015Q4 2016Q1 2016Q1 2016Q1 2016Q1 2016Q1 2016Q2 2016Q2 2016Q2 2016Q2 2016Q2 2016Q2 2016Q3 2016Q3 2016Q4 Table 1: Return to Peak Employment (Employment Peak Before the Late 2000s Recession) Pre-Recession Peak Elkhart‐Goshen, IN   Fond du Lac, WI   Hilton Head Island‐Bluffton‐Beaufort, SC   Medford, OR   Mount Vernon‐Anacortes, WA   Pensacola‐Ferry Pass‐Brent, FL   Pocatello, ID   Flagstaff, AZ   Hot Springs, AR   Kalamazoo‐Portage, MI   Milwaukee‐Waukesha‐West Allis, WI   Tallahassee, FL   Virginia Beach‐Norfolk‐Newport News, VA‐NC   Hanford‐Corcoran, CA   Tucson, AZ   Greensboro‐High Point, NC   Monroe, MI   Bloomington, IN   Burlington, NC   Chambersburg‐Waynesboro, PA   Grants Pass, OR   Akron, OH   Albuquerque, NM   Detroit‐Warren‐Dearborn, MI     Memphis, TN‐MS‐AR   Muskegon, MI   St. Louis, MO‐IL   York‐Hanover, PA   Birmingham‐Hoover, AL   Bloomington‐Normal, IL   Cleveland‐Elyria, OH   Fayetteville, NC   Fort Wayne, IN   Palm Bay‐Melbourne‐Titusville, FL   Yuma, AZ   Bangor, ME   Macon, GA   Prescott, AZ   Gadsden, AL   Reno, NV   Sebastian‐Vero Beach, FL   2007Q2 2007Q4 2007Q4 2007Q2 2008Q1 2007Q1 2007Q1 2008Q1 2008Q1 2007Q1 2007Q2 2007Q4 2007Q3 2008Q3 2007Q2 2007Q2 2007Q2 2008Q3 2007Q3 2008Q2 2007Q1 2008Q1 2008Q2 2007Q1 2007Q4 2007Q1 2008Q1 2008Q1 2007Q1 2008Q3 2007Q1 2008Q4 2007Q1 2007Q1 2008Q2 2008Q2 2008Q2 2007Q1 2008Q1 2007Q1 2007Q1 7 Job Losses (thous.) Decline (%) ‐35.0 ‐4.6 ‐9.7 ‐9.8 ‐4.2 ‐17.8 ‐4.0 ‐5.3 ‐2.4 ‐11.3 ‐57.1 ‐12.9 ‐46.4 ‐2.7 ‐33.1 ‐35.9 ‐6.5 ‐4.0 ‐6.8 ‐4.8 ‐3.3 ‐27.6 ‐29.2 ‐254.3 ‐52.3 ‐7.3 ‐80.3 ‐11.6 ‐44.3 ‐4.1 ‐87.9 ‐2.3 ‐21.1 ‐21.7 ‐4.8 ‐3.9 ‐8.2 ‐10.7 ‐3.2 ‐36.5 ‐6.6 ‐26.8 ‐9.3 ‐12.9 ‐11.6 ‐8.6 ‐10.3 ‐10.9 ‐8.0 ‐6.0 ‐7.7 ‐6.6 ‐7.3 ‐6.0 ‐7.1 ‐8.6 ‐9.7 ‐14.8 ‐5.2 ‐10.9 ‐7.9 ‐12.8 ‐8.0 ‐7.3 ‐12.9 ‐8.1 ‐11.1 ‐5.9 ‐6.3 ‐8.3 ‐4.2 ‐8.2 ‐1.8 ‐9.6 ‐10.1 ‐8.9 ‐5.3 ‐8.0 ‐16.4 ‐8.3 ‐16.2 ‐13.1 Return to Peak 2016Q4 2016Q4 2016Q4 2016Q4 2016Q4 2016Q4 2016Q4 2017Q1 2017Q1 2017Q1 2017Q1 2017Q1 2017Q1 2017Q2 2017Q2 2017Q3 2017Q3 2017Q4 2017Q4 2017Q4 2017Q4 2018Q1 2018Q1 2018Q1 2018Q1 2018Q1 2018Q1 2018Q1 2018Q2 2018Q2 2018Q2 2018Q2 2018Q2 2018Q2 2018Q2 2018Q3 2018Q3 2018Q3 2018Q4 2018Q4 2018Q4 Table 1: Return to Peak Employment (Employment Peak Before the Late 2000s Recession) Pre-Recession Peak Gettysburg, PA   Glens Falls, NY   New Haven‐Milford, CT   Ocala, FL   Valdosta, GA   Monroe, LA   Wausau, WI   Parkersburg‐Vienna, WV   Janesville‐Beloit, WI   Redding, CA   Sebring, FL   Rome, GA   Saginaw, MI   Sheboygan, WI   Erie, PA   Eugene, OR   Florence, SC   Grand Junction, CO   Albany, OR   Morristown, TN   Wichita, KS   Gulfport‐Biloxi, MS   Huntington‐Ashland, WV‐KY‐OH   Albany, GA   Alexandria, LA   Altoona, PA   Anniston‐Oxford‐Jacksonville, AL   Atlantic City‐Hammonton, NJ   Bay City, MI   Binghamton, NY   Brunswick, GA   Cape Girardeau, MO‐IL   Carbondale‐Marion, IL   Carson City, NV   Champaign‐Urbana, IL   Charleston, WV   Dalton, GA   Danville, IL   Davenport‐Moline‐Rock Island, IA‐IL   Dayton, OH   Decatur, AL   2007Q2 2007Q4 2008Q1 2007Q1 2008Q1 2007Q3 2007Q3 2008Q2 2007Q4 2007Q1 2007Q3 2007Q2 2007Q1 2007Q2 2007Q2 2008Q1 2007Q4 2008Q3 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q2 2008Q2 2008Q3 2007Q1 2008Q1 2007Q4 2007Q1 2007Q1 2007Q3 2008Q3 2008Q1 2007Q2 2007Q1 2007Q1 2008Q3 2008Q4 2007Q1 2007Q2 2008Q1 2007Q1 2008Q1 8 Job Losses (thous.) Decline (%) ‐3.2 ‐2.7 ‐27.1 ‐17.6 ‐5.2 ‐3.9 ‐7.8 ‐2.4 ‐9.3 ‐9.1 ‐4.1 ‐4.1 ‐8.3 ‐7.4 ‐8.7 ‐17.0 ‐8.7 ‐7.9 ‐4.9 ‐5.9 ‐26.6 ‐10.6 ‐8.2 ‐4.5 ‐5.1 ‐3.2 ‐7.8 ‐15.8 ‐2.5 ‐10.1 ‐6.3 ‐3.2 ‐2.4 ‐5.8 ‐9.6 ‐4.4 ‐16.4 ‐2.6 ‐12.9 ‐34.8 ‐6.5 ‐9.1 ‐4.7 ‐7.1 ‐16.4 ‐9.0 ‐5.0 ‐10.4 ‐5.5 ‐13.3 ‐13.6 ‐15.1 ‐9.7 ‐9.1 ‐11.5 ‐6.5 ‐10.8 ‐9.9 ‐11.9 ‐11.2 ‐12.3 ‐8.6 ‐6.6 ‐5.6 ‐7.0 ‐7.6 ‐5.1 ‐14.5 ‐10.5 ‐6.5 ‐8.8 ‐13.6 ‐6.9 ‐4.3 ‐17.3 ‐8.4 ‐3.4 ‐20.6 ‐8.2 ‐6.8 ‐8.8 ‐11.0 Return to Peak 2019Q1 2019Q1 2019Q1 2019Q1 2019Q1 2019Q2 2019Q2 2019Q3 2019Q4 2019Q4 2019Q4 2020Q1 2020Q1 2020Q1 2020Q2 2020Q2 2020Q2 2020Q2 2020Q4 2021Q1 2021Q1 2021Q2 2021Q4 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 Table 1: Return to Peak Employment (Employment Peak Before the Late 2000s Recession) Pre-Recession Peak Decatur, IL   Dothan, AL   East Stroudsburg, PA   Elmira, NY   Flint, MI   Florence‐Muscle Shoals, AL   Fort Smith, AR‐OK   Goldsboro, NC   Hickory‐Lenoir‐Morganton, NC   Homosassa Springs, FL   Jackson, MI   Jefferson City, MO   Johnson City, TN   Johnstown, PA   Kingston, NY   Kokomo, IN   Lake Havasu City‐Kingman, AZ   Lawton, OK   Lima, OH   Lynchburg, VA   Mansfield, OH   Michigan City‐La Porte, IN   Mobile, AL   Montgomery, AL   Muncie, IN   New Bern, NC   Niles‐Benton Harbor, MI   Norwich‐New London, CT   Ocean City, NJ   Peoria, IL   Pine Bluff, AR   Pittsfield, MA   Racine, WI   Roanoke, VA   Rockford, IL   Rocky Mount, NC   Santa Fe, NM   Shreveport‐Bossier City, LA   Sierra Vista‐Douglas, AZ   South Bend‐Mishawaka, IN‐MI   Springfield, OH   2008Q4 2007Q1 2008Q1 2007Q4 2007Q1 2007Q1 2007Q4 2008Q1 2007Q1 2007Q1 2007Q1 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q1 2007Q1 2007Q2 2007Q1 2009Q4 2007Q1 2008Q3 2007Q1 2007Q1 2008Q2 2008Q1 2007Q2 2007Q1 2007Q3 2008Q2 2007Q1 2008Q3 2007Q1 2007Q1 2007Q4 2007Q1 2007Q2 2007Q2 2007Q4 2008Q1 2008Q2 2007Q2 2008Q1 9 Job Losses (thous.) Decline (%) ‐3.7 ‐7.3 ‐6.9 ‐2.3 ‐18.9 ‐3.4 ‐11.0 ‐3.2 ‐20.8 ‐5.1 ‐6.5 ‐4.4 ‐5.2 ‐2.8 ‐4.3 ‐9.5 ‐10.3 ‐0.2 ‐4.4 ‐8.1 ‐6.6 ‐5.1 ‐12.8 ‐14.2 ‐4.6 ‐4.4 ‐6.9 ‐11.8 ‐4.2 ‐15.9 ‐5.5 ‐3.0 ‐6.8 ‐9.6 ‐19.7 ‐9.6 ‐5.6 ‐6.7 ‐4.5 ‐13.7 ‐4.4 ‐6.7 ‐11.5 ‐11.1 ‐5.6 ‐12.4 ‐6.0 ‐9.0 ‐7.0 ‐12.8 ‐13.3 ‐11.0 ‐5.5 ‐6.5 ‐4.6 ‐6.8 ‐22.3 ‐18.7 ‐0.5 ‐7.9 ‐7.4 ‐11.4 ‐10.8 ‐6.9 ‐7.9 ‐8.6 ‐9.4 ‐10.5 ‐8.6 ‐9.6 ‐8.4 ‐13.9 ‐4.7 ‐8.4 ‐5.9 ‐12.2 ‐14.4 ‐8.5 ‐3.4 ‐11.5 ‐9.5 ‐8.3 Return to Peak after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 Table 1: Return to Peak Employment (Employment Peak Before the Late 2000s Recession) Pre-Recession Peak Staunton‐Waynesboro, VA   Sumter, SC   Syracuse, NY   Terre Haute, IN   Texarkana, TX‐AR   Toledo, OH   Utica‐Rome, NY   Vineland‐Bridgeton, NJ   Weirton‐Steubenville, WV‐OH   Wichita Falls, TX   Youngstown‐Warren‐Boardman, OH‐PA   Yuba City, CA   2008Q1 2007Q1 2008Q3 2007Q3 2008Q3 2007Q1 2008Q1 2008Q1 2008Q3 2007Q3 2007Q1 2007Q1 10 Job Losses (thous.) Decline (%) ‐4.1 ‐4.4 ‐13.0 ‐4.6 ‐5.0 ‐32.4 ‐6.1 ‐6.3 ‐5.9 ‐4.6 ‐23.1 ‐5.7 ‐8.0 ‐11.0 ‐4.0 ‐6.2 ‐7.9 ‐10.4 ‐4.6 ‐10.2 ‐11.9 ‐7.3 ‐9.6 ‐13.3 Return to Peak after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 after 2021 Table 2: Job Growth of U.S. Metro Areas (% change) Rank 2016 Growth 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40  Cape Coral‐Fort Myers, FL   The Villages, FL   North Port‐Sarasota‐Bradenton, FL   El Centro, CA   Daphne‐Fairhope‐Foley, AL   Tampa‐St. Petersburg‐Clearwater, FL   Provo‐Orem, UT   Phoenix‐Mesa‐Scottsdale, AZ   San Jose‐Sunnyvale‐Santa Clara, CA   Austin‐Round Rock, TX   Naples‐Immokalee‐Marco Island, FL   Orlando‐Kissimmee‐Sanford, FL   Sioux Falls, SD   Atlanta‐Sandy Springs‐Roswell, GA   Greeley, CO   Tucson, AZ   Las Vegas‐Henderson‐Paradise, NV   San Luis Obispo‐Paso Robles‐Arroyo Grande, CA   Charleston‐North Charleston, SC   Myrtle Beach‐North Myrtle Beach‐Conway, SC‐NC   Portland‐Vancouver‐Hillsboro, OR‐WA   San Antonio‐New Braunfels, TX   St. George, UT   Nashville‐Davidson‐‐Murfreesboro‐‐Franklin, TN   Idaho Falls, ID   Ocala, FL   Charlotte‐Concord‐Gastonia, NC‐SC   Punta Gorda, FL   Yuma, AZ   McAllen‐Edinburg‐Mission, TX   Riverside‐San Bernardino‐Ontario, CA   San Francisco‐Oakland‐Hayward, CA  (MSA)   Dallas‐Fort Worth‐Arlington, TX  (MSA)   Prescott, AZ   Lakeland‐Winter Haven, FL   Jacksonville, FL   Vallejo‐Fairfield, CA   Manhattan, KS   Raleigh, NC   Salt Lake City, UT  11 2015 % 2016 % 3.7 2.4 3.0 1.5 2.7 2.8 6.1 2.7 5.4 3.3 3.9 4.0 2.1 3.4 5.2 1.3 2.9 3.1 2.7 2.6 3.2 3.5 2.1 3.0 4.0 3.1 3.5 2.5 ‐1.3 2.8 3.8 3.3 3.4 2.8 3.5 2.5 3.3 2.9 2.7 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 Table 2: Job Growth of U.S. Metro Areas (% change) Rank 2016 Growth 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80  Boise City, ID   Salisbury, MD‐DE   Columbia, SC   Trenton, NJ   Miami‐Fort Lauderdale‐West Palm Beach, FL  (MSA)   Fayetteville‐Springdale‐Rogers, AR‐MO   Fort Collins, CO   Palm Bay‐Melbourne‐Titusville, FL   Stockton‐Lodi, CA   Coeur d`Alene, ID   Savannah, GA   Bend‐Redmond, OR   Durham‐Chapel Hill, NC   Denver‐Aurora‐Lakewood, CO   Lake Charles, LA   Odessa, TX   Logan, UT‐ID   Pocatello, ID   Baton Rouge, LA   Richmond, VA   Sacramento‐‐Roseville‐‐Arden‐Arcade, CA   Oxnard‐Thousand Oaks‐Ventura, CA   San Diego‐Carlsbad, CA   Jonesboro, AR   Bakersfield, CA   Ogden‐Clearfield, UT   Columbus, OH   Washington‐Arlington‐Alexandria, DC‐VA‐MD‐WV  (MSA)   Owensboro, KY   Napa, CA   Fresno, CA   Barnstable Town, MA   Clarksville, TN‐KY   Columbus, IN   Modesto, CA   Des Moines‐West Des Moines, IA   Lincoln, NE   Indianapolis‐Carmel, IN   Seattle‐Tacoma‐Bellevue, WA  (MSA)   Gainesville, GA  12 2015 % 2016 % 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.8 2.6 3.1 2.6 2.8 5.0 3.2 4.3 2.1 2.8 5.5 4.5 2.7 2.6 2.1 0.6 2.6 1.6 3.0 4.3 1.1 3.6 2.2 2.0 1.0 2.3 3.3 1.2 2.9 3.5 2.4 2.6 1.7 2.9 3.4 3.1 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 Table 2: Job Growth of U.S. Metro Areas (% change) Rank 2016 Growth 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120  Louisville‐Jefferson County, KY‐IN   Greenville‐Mauldin‐Easley, SC   Port St. Lucie, FL   Homosassa Springs, FL   Reno, NV   Deltona‐Daytona Beach‐Ormond Beach, FL   Boulder, CO   Bridgeport‐Stamford‐Norwalk, CT   Medford, OR   Kalamazoo‐Portage, MI   Baltimore‐Columbia‐Towson, MD   Jackson, TN   Greensboro‐High Point, NC   Redding, CA   Lewiston, ID‐WA   Ann Arbor, MI   Crestview‐Fort Walton Beach‐Destin, FL   Lawrence, KS   Virginia Beach‐Norfolk‐Newport News, VA‐NC   Spartanburg, SC   Winston‐Salem, NC   Springfield, MO   Laredo, TX   Morristown, TN   Omaha‐Council Bluffs, NE‐IA   Lexington‐Fayette, KY   Bowling Green, KY   Springfield, MA   Columbia, MO   Salinas, CA   Rome, GA   Gainesville, FL   Bangor, ME   El Paso, TX   Wichita, KS   Grand Rapids‐Wyoming, MI   Rocky Mount, NC   Albuquerque, NM   Huntsville, AL   Boston‐Cambridge‐Newton, MA‐NH  (MSA)  13 2015 % 2016 % 2.8 2.9 3.4 1.1 3.0 2.8 1.3 2.3 3.5 2.0 2.1 1.5 3.1 2.1 0.3 1.0 1.8 2.1 0.8 2.9 2.0 1.6 2.6 2.3 1.5 2.7 2.3 1.9 2.0 3.2 1.2 2.5 0.9 0.8 0.6 3.7 ‐0.6 1.7 1.1 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 Table 2: Job Growth of U.S. Metro Areas (% change) Rank 2016 Growth 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160  Little Rock‐North Little Rock‐Conway, AR   Visalia‐Porterville, CA   Burlington‐South Burlington, VT   College Station‐Bryan, TX   Rochester, MN   Monroe, MI   Kahului‐Wailuku‐Lahaina, HI   Los Angeles‐Long Beach‐Anaheim, CA  (MSA)   Salem, OR   Elkhart‐Goshen, IN   Urban Honolulu, HI   Madison, WI   Santa Maria‐Santa Barbara, CA   Brownsville‐Harlingen, TX   Lewiston‐Auburn, ME   Augusta‐Richmond County, GA‐SC   Greenville, NC   Rapid City, SD   Tuscaloosa, AL   Colorado Springs, CO   Harrisburg‐Carlisle, PA   Pensacola‐Ferry Pass‐Brent, FL   New York‐Newark‐Jersey City, NY‐NJ‐PA  (MSA)   Saginaw, MI   Midland, MI   Cincinnati, OH‐KY‐IN   Santa Rosa, CA   Winchester, VA‐WV   Columbus, GA‐AL   Auburn‐Opelika, AL   Providence‐Warwick, RI‐MA   Knoxville, TN   Asheville, NC   Appleton, WI   Spokane‐Spokane Valley, WA   Elizabethtown, KY   Green Bay, WI   Valdosta, GA   Beaumont‐Port Arthur, TX   Chico, CA  14 2015 % 2016 % 1.5 2.3 2.3 0.7 0.4 2.4 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.8 1.7 2.3 3.3 1.5 1.1 2.3 0.6 1.2 3.0 1.4 2.5 2.6 1.6 1.2 0.9 2.0 2.3 2.7 1.5 2.9 1.1 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.9 2.2 2.3 ‐0.3 3.8 2.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 Table 2: Job Growth of U.S. Metro Areas (% change) Rank 2016 Growth 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200  Burlington, NC   Lima, OH   Akron, OH   Corpus Christi, TX   Muskegon, MI   Sebring, FL   Corvallis, OR   Athens‐Clarke County, GA   Minneapolis‐St. Paul‐Bloomington, MN‐WI   Atlantic City‐Hammonton, NJ   Chattanooga, TN‐GA   Grants Pass, OR   Harrisonburg, VA   Oklahoma City, OK   Houston‐The Woodlands‐Sugar Land, TX   Philadelphia‐Camden‐Wilmington, PA‐NJ‐DE‐MD  (MSA)   Kansas City, MO‐KS   Cleveland‐Elyria, OH   Hilton Head Island‐Bluffton‐Beaufort, SC   Scranton‐‐Wilkes‐Barre‐‐Hazleton, PA   Warner Robins, GA   Memphis, TN‐MS‐AR   Eugene, OR   Panama City, FL   Dayton, OH   Jackson, MS   Cleveland, TN   Manchester‐Nashua, NH   Birmingham‐Hoover, AL   Lafayette‐West Lafayette, IN   Norwich‐New London, CT   Tallahassee, FL   Bloomington, IN   Dalton, GA   Lancaster, PA   Duluth, MN‐WI   Fort Wayne, IN   Worcester, MA‐CT   Ames, IA   Pueblo, CO  15 2015 % 2016 % 3.0 3.0 1.0 2.2 2.1 3.0 1.8 2.3 1.8 ‐1.0 2.2 3.8 1.3 1.9 2.0 1.2 1.8 1.4 1.7 2.7 ‐1.0 1.0 2.1 0.9 1.3 1.8 ‐0.6 1.0 1.6 1.8 0.8 1.5 0.7 3.1 2.0 0.9 1.4 1.5 2.6 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 Table 2: Job Growth of U.S. Metro Areas (% change) Rank 2016 Growth 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240  Evansville, IN‐KY   Wausau, WI   Anchorage, AK   Kingsport‐Bristol‐Bristol, TN‐VA   Olympia‐Tumwater, WA   Madera, CA   East Stroudsburg, PA   Bloomington‐Normal, IL   California‐Lexington Park, MD   Wilmington, NC   Billings, MT   Joplin, MO   Topeka, KS   Brunswick, GA   St. Louis, MO‐IL   Portland‐South Portland, ME   Kokomo, IN   Monroe, LA   Kennewick‐Richland, WA   Charlottesville, VA   Champaign‐Urbana, IL   Lansing‐East Lansing, MI   New Orleans‐Metairie, LA   Albany‐Schenectady‐Troy, NY   Sebastian‐Vero Beach, FL   Mobile, AL   Dothan, AL   Lubbock, TX   Gadsden, AL   Hot Springs, AR   Springfield, IL   Cedar Rapids, IA   Gulfport‐Biloxi‐Pascagoula, MS   Kingston, NY   Hartford‐West Hartford‐East Hartford, CT   Milwaukee‐Waukesha‐West Allis, WI   Chicago‐Naperville‐Elgin, IL‐IN‐WI  (MSA)   Mount Vernon‐Anacortes, WA   Florence‐Muscle Shoals, AL   Reading, PA  16 2015 % 2016 % 2.3 1.9 0.6 1.5 3.2 ‐0.1 0.0 0.1 1.5 2.2 2.3 1.9 0.7 2.3 0.9 1.3 2.2 ‐1.2 2.1 2.5 1.6 1.1 ‐0.2 1.2 1.7 0.3 1.2 2.0 1.2 1.9 0.6 0.2 ‐1.0 0.8 1.8 0.9 1.3 0.1 ‐2.2 1.7 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Table 2: Job Growth of U.S. Metro Areas (% change) Rank 2016 Growth 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280  Bellingham, WA   Hickory‐Lenoir‐Morganton, NC   Macon‐Bibb County, GA   Sheboygan, WI   Killeen‐Temple, TX   New Haven‐Milford, CT   Niles‐Benton Harbor, MI   Sumter, SC   Merced, CA   Huntington‐Ashland, WV‐KY‐OH   Detroit‐Warren‐Dearborn, MI  (MSA)   La Crosse‐Onalaska, WI‐MN   Muncie, IN   State College, PA   Victoria, TX   Tyler, TX   Oshkosh‐Neenah, WI   South Bend‐Mishawaka, IN‐MI   Sherman‐Denison, TX   Midland, TX   Hinesville, GA   Parkersburg‐Vienna, WV   Rochester, NY   Pittsburgh, PA   Decatur, AL   Chambersburg‐Waynesboro, PA   Buffalo‐Cheektowaga‐Niagara Falls, NY   Weirton‐Steubenville, WV‐OH   Fayetteville, NC   Janesville‐Beloit, WI   Carson City, NV   Grand Junction, CO   St. Cloud, MN   Tulsa, OK   Glens Falls, NY   Montgomery, AL   Florence, SC   Peoria, IL   Mankato‐North Mankato, MN   Toledo, OH  17 2015 % 2016 % 3.8 0.3 0.5 2.0 1.4 1.0 1.8 0.3 2.3 0.2 2.2 0.3 1.8 0.9 2.9 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.6 4.5 0.6 0.4 1.1 1.4 ‐0.1 1.5 1.5 0.1 0.1 3.0 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.8 1.3 1.2 1.3 ‐0.7 0.7 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Table 2: Job Growth of U.S. Metro Areas (% change) Rank 2016 Growth 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320  Jefferson City, MO   Santa Cruz‐Watsonville, CA   Syracuse, NY   Fond du Lac, WI   York‐Hanover, PA   Morgantown, WV   Beckley, WV   Racine, WI   Dover, DE   St. Joseph, MO‐KS   Iowa City, IA   Amarillo, TX   Allentown‐Bethlehem‐Easton, PA‐NJ   Erie, PA   Hattiesburg, MS   Wenatchee, WA   Hammond, LA   Las Cruces, NM   Yakima, WA   Yuba City, CA   Canton‐Massillon, OH   Lake Havasu City‐Kingman, AZ   Battle Creek, MI   Santa Fe, NM   Longview, TX   Fort Smith, AR‐OK   Bremerton‐Silverdale, WA   Eau Claire, WI   Johnson City, TN   Waco, TX   Grand Island, NE   Carbondale‐Marion, IL   Goldsboro, NC   Bay City, MI   Lawton, OK   Flagstaff, AZ   Ithaca, NY   Charleston, WV   Jackson, MI   New Bern, NC  18 2015 % 2016 % ‐0.2 1.0 0.5 2.0 0.7 ‐0.1 ‐0.4 ‐0.9 0.2 ‐1.2 1.3 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.6 3.2 1.6 ‐1.0 2.8 2.4 0.8 ‐0.4 2.2 0.0 2.3 ‐0.3 2.0 1.4 1.6 1.4 ‐0.1 ‐1.3 ‐0.8 0.6 ‐1.7 2.2 ‐0.9 ‐0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 Table 2: Job Growth of U.S. Metro Areas (% change) Rank 2016 Growth 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360  Albany, OR   Shreveport‐Bossier City, LA   Hanford‐Corcoran, CA   Flint, MI   Sioux City, IA‐NE‐SD   Lynchburg, VA   Blacksburg‐Christiansburg‐Radford, VA   Cheyenne, WY   Longview, WA   Bismarck, ND   Terre Haute, IN   Roanoke, VA   San Angelo, TX   Kankakee, IL   Youngstown‐Warren‐Boardman, OH‐PA   Staunton‐Waynesboro, VA   Jacksonville, NC   Anniston‐Oxford‐Jacksonville, AL   Utica‐Rome, NY   Gettysburg, PA   Great Falls, MT   Abilene, TX   Missoula, MT   Waterloo‐Cedar Falls, IA   Pittsfield, MA   Bloomsburg‐Berwick, PA   Albany, GA   Walla Walla, WA   Texarkana, TX‐AR   Sierra Vista‐Douglas, AZ   Binghamton, NY   Fairbanks, AK   Lebanon, PA   Fargo, ND‐MN   Alexandria, LA   Farmington, NM   Rockford, IL   Vineland‐Bridgeton, NJ   Wheeling, WV‐OH   Davenport‐Moline‐Rock Island, IA‐IL  19 2015 % 2016 % 1.5 ‐0.8 1.7 1.3 2.0 0.7 2.8 1.4 1.6 3.1 ‐0.3 0.0 1.6 0.7 0.7 ‐0.4 1.2 0.7 0.8 1.4 ‐2.1 1.1 1.9 0.0 0.6 0.8 ‐0.5 0.9 ‐0.1 ‐0.7 ‐0.5 0.6 ‐1.1 2.1 0.0 2.1 0.8 ‐0.2 0.6 ‐1.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ‐0.1 ‐0.1 ‐0.1 ‐0.2 ‐0.2 ‐0.3 ‐0.3 ‐0.3 Table 2: Job Growth of U.S. Metro Areas (% change) Rank 2016 Growth 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381  Dubuque, IA   Lafayette, LA   Michigan City‐La Porte, IN   Elmira, NY   Decatur, IL   Cape Girardeau, MO‐IL   Altoona, PA   Johnstown, PA   Cumberland, MD‐WV   Danville, IL   Wichita Falls, TX   Grand Forks, ND‐MN   Mansfield, OH   Hagerstown‐Martinsburg, MD‐WV   Watertown‐Fort Drum, NY   Springfield, OH   Houma‐Thibodaux, LA   Williamsport, PA   Pine Bluff, AR   Ocean City, NJ   Casper, WY  20 2015 % 2016 % 1.4 ‐0.9 0.1 0.6 ‐0.7 ‐1.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 2.0 ‐1.0 2.3 0.6 ‐0.3 ‐0.3 1.4 ‐1.3 ‐0.6 ‐4.8 2.2 ‐0.1 ‐0.3 ‐0.3 ‐0.3 ‐0.4 ‐0.4 ‐0.5 ‐0.5 ‐0.5 ‐0.5 ‐0.5 ‐0.6 ‐0.6 ‐0.6 ‐0.6 ‐0.7 ‐0.9 ‐1.0 ‐1.1 ‐1.2 ‐1.4 ‐1.5 Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas (US$, Billions) Rank Real Growth 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 2015  Cape Coral‐Fort Myers, FL   The Villages, FL   Austin‐Round Rock, TX   Fayetteville‐Springdale‐Rogers, AR‐MO   San Jose‐Sunnyvale‐Santa Clara, CA   Naples‐Immokalee‐Marco Island, FL   Raleigh, NC   Orlando‐Kissimmee‐Sanford, FL   McAllen‐Edinburg‐Mission, TX   Provo‐Orem, UT   Las Vegas‐Henderson‐Paradise, NV   Ocala, FL   Fort Collins, CO   California‐Lexington Park, MD   San Francisco‐Oakland‐Hayward, CA    St. George, UT   Lakeland‐Winter Haven, FL   Charlotte‐Concord‐Gastonia, NC‐SC   Punta Gorda, FL   North Port‐Sarasota‐Bradenton, FL   Sioux Falls, SD   Phoenix‐Mesa‐Scottsdale, AZ   Tampa‐St. Petersburg‐Clearwater, FL   Charleston‐North Charleston, SC   Medford, OR   Durham‐Chapel Hill, NC   Denver‐Aurora‐Lakewood, CO   Brownsville‐Harlingen, TX   Miami‐Fort Lauderdale‐West Palm Beach, FL    Columbia, MO   San Antonio‐New Braunfels, TX   Myrtle Beach‐North Myrtle Beach‐Conway, SC‐NC   Daphne‐Fairhope‐Foley, AL   Reno, NV   Corpus Christi, TX   Columbia, SC   Sebring, FL   Dallas‐Fort Worth‐Arlington, TX    Atlanta‐Sandy Springs‐Roswell, GA   Jonesboro, AR  21         24.6           2.3       120.2         25.7       229.7         17.0         75.4       123.4         18.8         20.6       101.5           8.2         15.3           6.3       437.6           4.5         19.4       150.5           3.7         28.8         19.0       225.5       134.5         35.8           7.4         45.5       194.6           9.5       316.8           8.3       109.2         16.2           6.8         21.9         25.3         37.6           2.0       527.2       340.5           4.8 2016         26.2           2.4       127.9         27.3       243.1         18.1         79.9       130.8         20.0         21.9       107.6           8.7         16.2           6.6       461.5           4.8         20.5       158.8           3.9         30.3         20.1       238.0       141.8         37.7           7.8         48.0       205.4         10.0       333.6           8.7       115.5         17.1           7.2         23.1         26.7         39.6           2.1       557.4       358.0           5.1 Growth (%) Nominal Real           6.5           6.1           6.5           6.1           5.8           6.1           5.9           6.0           6.4           6.3           6.0           5.8           6.0           5.0           5.5           6.1           5.5           5.5           5.6           5.5           5.6           5.6           5.4           5.5           5.2           5.4           5.5           5.8           5.3           5.5           5.8           5.5           5.4           5.5           5.7           5.3           4.8           5.7           5.1           5.4 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas (US$, Billions) Rank Real Growth 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 2015  Laredo, TX   Rochester, MN   Little Rock‐North Little Rock‐Conway, AR   Homosassa Springs, FL   Yuma, AZ   Hammond, LA   Salt Lake City, UT   Killeen‐Temple, TX   Deltona‐Daytona Beach‐Ormond Beach, FL   Nashville‐Davidson‐‐Murfreesboro‐‐Franklin, TN   Gainesville, FL   Portland‐Vancouver‐Hillsboro, OR‐WA   Grants Pass, OR   Jacksonville, FL   Columbus, OH   Madison, WI   Boise City, ID   Seattle‐Tacoma‐Bellevue, WA    Lake Charles, LA   College Station‐Bryan, TX   Port St. Lucie, FL   Mankato‐North Mankato, MN   El Centro, CA   Vallejo‐Fairfield, CA   Waco, TX   Beaumont‐Port Arthur, TX   Springfield, MO   Omaha‐Council Bluffs, NE‐IA   Manchester‐Nashua, NH   Bend‐Redmond, OR   Ogden‐Clearfield, UT   Greenville‐Mauldin‐Easley, SC   Prescott, AZ   Lewiston‐Auburn, ME   Jackson, MS   Palm Bay‐Melbourne‐Titusville, FL   Bridgeport‐Stamford‐Norwalk, CT   Washington‐Arlington‐Alexandria, DC‐VA‐MD‐WV    Sacramento‐‐Roseville‐‐Arden‐Arcade, CA   Des Moines‐West Des Moines, IA  22           8.2         11.2         38.9           3.0           5.5           3.9         78.7         16.5         15.4       110.3         12.1       167.8           2.1         68.2       121.3         45.0         30.0       315.4         14.9           9.3         12.3           4.9           5.8         18.9         11.1         24.3         18.0         58.7         25.0           7.4         24.8         38.0           5.0           4.1         29.6         19.4       100.5       489.2       117.9         45.6 2016           8.7         11.8         40.9           3.1           5.8           4.1         83.0         17.4         16.2       115.9         12.8       176.6           2.2         71.6       127.5         47.3         31.6       330.4         15.7           9.9         12.9           5.1           6.1         19.9         11.7         25.6         18.9         61.5         26.2           7.8         26.1         39.8           5.3           4.3         31.1         20.3       105.3       513.2       123.7         47.8 Growth (%) Nominal Real           6.0           5.3           5.1           5.2           5.3           5.0           5.4           5.6           5.2           5.1           5.2           5.3           4.7           5.0           5.1           5.0           5.2           4.8           5.3           6.0           5.0           4.2           4.8           5.1           5.5           5.6           4.9           4.8           4.8           4.7           5.2           4.8           5.1           4.8           4.9           4.9           4.8           4.9           4.9           4.7 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas (US$, Billions) Rank Real Growth 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 2015  Kokomo, IN   Lawrence, KS   Ann Arbor, MI   Baton Rouge, LA   Lubbock, TX   Manhattan, KS   Stockton‐Lodi, CA   Pueblo, CO   Riverside‐San Bernardino‐Ontario, CA   San Luis Obispo‐Paso Robles‐Arroyo Grande, CA   Tucson, AZ   Lincoln, NE   Indianapolis‐Carmel, IN   Colorado Springs, CO   Coeur d`Alene, ID   Rocky Mount, NC   Monroe, LA   Minneapolis‐St. Paul‐Bloomington, MN‐WI   San Diego‐Carlsbad, CA   Logan, UT‐ID   Spartanburg, SC   Louisville‐Jefferson County, KY‐IN   Sebastian‐Vero Beach, FL   Oxnard‐Thousand Oaks‐Ventura, CA   Boulder, CO   Richmond, VA   El Paso, TX   Greenville, NC   Monroe, MI   Joplin, MO   Billings, MT   Boston‐Cambridge‐Newton, MA‐NH    Los Angeles‐Long Beach‐Anaheim, CA    Huntsville, AL   Gainesville, GA   Cheyenne, WY   Bowling Green, KY   Idaho Falls, ID   Cincinnati, OH‐KY‐IN   St. Cloud, MN  23           4.4           4.0         20.8         52.4         13.7           3.1         24.6           5.0       141.2         13.8         37.0         18.5       130.8         30.2           5.1           6.2           7.2       248.7       216.9           4.4         13.9         69.9           5.0         48.5         23.1         72.8         28.7           7.7           4.8           6.6           9.9       395.2       907.1         24.8           8.5           5.4           6.4           6.0       125.2           9.3 2016           4.6           4.2         21.8         55.0         14.4           3.3         25.7           5.2       147.9         14.4         38.8         19.4       136.9         31.7           5.4           6.5           7.6       260.4       227.1           4.7         14.6         73.1           5.2         50.7         24.2         76.2         30.1           8.1           5.0           6.9         10.4       413.2       947.3         25.9           8.8           5.6           6.7           6.2       130.8           9.7 Growth (%) Nominal Real           4.9           5.1           4.8           4.9           5.3           4.3           4.7           4.9           4.7           4.8           4.9           4.8           4.6           4.9           4.9           4.8           4.5           4.7           4.7           5.0           4.7           4.6           4.7           4.5           4.7           4.6           4.8           4.8           4.5           4.5           4.6           4.6           4.4           4.6           4.6           3.8           4.6           4.6           4.5           4.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas (US$, Billions) Rank Real Growth 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 2015  Eugene, OR   Savannah, GA   Salem, OR   Spokane‐Spokane Valley, WA   Kennewick‐Richland, WA   Trenton, NJ   New York‐Newark‐Jersey City, NY‐NJ‐PA    Baltimore‐Columbia‐Towson, MD   Pensacola‐Ferry Pass‐Brent, FL   Sherman‐Denison, TX   Tallahassee, FL   Texarkana, TX‐AR   Bangor, ME   Lawton, OK   Burlington, NC   Rapid City, SD   Hot Springs, AR   Winston‐Salem, NC   Yakima, WA   Ames, IA   Jefferson City, MO   Redding, CA   Greensboro‐High Point, NC   Kansas City, MO‐KS   Burlington‐South Burlington, VT   Walla Walla, WA   Jackson, TN   Panama City, FL   Duluth, MN‐WI   Mount Vernon‐Anacortes, WA   Owensboro, KY   Wausau, WI   Lansing‐East Lansing, MI   Bellingham, WA   Philadelphia‐Camden‐Wilmington, PA‐NJ‐DE‐MD    Kingston, NY   Grand Rapids‐Wyoming, MI   Harrisburg‐Carlisle, PA   Morristown, TN   Elizabethtown, KY  24         14.1         16.8         14.3         23.1         11.9         31.1    1,612.6       180.5         16.7           4.0         14.7           5.1           5.7           4.7           5.4           6.1           3.4         29.7           9.1           4.8           6.5           5.8         40.5       122.5         12.9           2.6           6.1           8.0         12.4           5.5           5.7           7.1         21.6         10.4       401.8           5.5         54.0         33.1           3.8           6.1 2016         14.7         17.6         14.9         24.1         12.4         32.5    1,685.3       188.5         17.4           4.2         15.4           5.3           5.9           4.9           5.7           6.4           3.5         31.0           9.5           5.0           6.8           6.1         42.2       127.9         13.4           2.7           6.3           8.4         12.9           5.7           5.9           7.4         22.5         10.9       418.9           5.7         56.2         34.5           4.0           6.4 Growth (%) Nominal Real           4.2           4.5           4.3           4.4           4.4           4.4           4.5           4.4           4.5           5.0           4.5           4.7           4.4           5.0           4.5           4.6           4.5           4.3           4.1           4.2           4.3           4.5           4.2           4.3           4.3           3.5           4.4           4.3           4.5           4.1           4.4           4.3           4.2           4.1           4.3           4.2           4.1           4.3           4.2           4.3 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas (US$, Billions) Rank Real Growth 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 2015  Corvallis, OR   Napa, CA   Crestview‐Fort Walton Beach‐Destin, FL   Olympia‐Tumwater, WA   Tuscaloosa, AL   Alexandria, LA   Dalton, GA   Janesville‐Beloit, WI   Evansville, IN‐KY   Lafayette‐West Lafayette, IN   Visalia‐Porterville, CA   Milwaukee‐Waukesha‐West Allis, WI   Green Bay, WI   Kalamazoo‐Portage, MI   Fresno, CA   Augusta‐Richmond County, GA‐SC   Bakersfield, CA   Warner Robins, GA   Saginaw, MI   Chattanooga, TN‐GA   Memphis, TN‐MS‐AR   Modesto, CA   Cedar Rapids, IA   Lexington‐Fayette, KY   Knoxville, TN   Auburn‐Opelika, AL   Gulfport‐Biloxi‐Pascagoula, MS   South Bend‐Mishawaka, IN‐MI   Salisbury, MD‐DE   Wilmington, NC   Norwich‐New London, CT   Portland‐South Portland, ME   Buffalo‐Cheektowaga‐Niagara Falls, NY   Topeka, KS   Pocatello, ID   Allentown‐Bethlehem‐Easton, PA‐NJ   Scranton‐‐Wilkes‐Barre‐‐Hazleton, PA   Sheboygan, WI   Ithaca, NY   Albany‐Schenectady‐Troy, NY            4.8           9.2         12.4         10.6         10.8           5.4           6.1           6.2         17.1         10.0         14.2         99.0         18.0         14.6         38.9         22.0         40.8           6.8           7.8         23.2         71.3         18.7         17.9         27.2         38.5           5.1         15.7         13.8         14.7         13.5         15.9         27.8         56.7         10.0           2.6         36.5         22.6           6.5           4.7         51.1 25 2016           5.0           9.6         12.9         11.0         11.3           5.7           6.4           6.5         17.9         10.4         14.8       103.1         18.7         15.2         40.5         22.9         42.6           7.1           8.1         24.1         74.1         19.5         18.6         28.3         40.0           5.4         16.3         14.3         15.3         14.1         16.5         28.9         59.0         10.4           2.7         38.0         23.5           6.7           4.9         53.1 Growth (%) Nominal Real           4.0           4.2           4.3           4.2           4.2           4.4           4.2           4.1           4.3           4.3           3.9           4.1           4.3           4.2           4.2           4.1           4.3           4.1           4.2           4.0           3.9           4.1           3.8           4.2           4.0           4.0           4.3           4.2           4.1           4.2           3.9           4.0           4.0           4.2           4.2           4.0           4.0           4.0           4.2           4.0 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas (US$, Billions) Rank Real Growth 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 2015  East Stroudsburg, PA   Providence‐Warwick, RI‐MA   Birmingham‐Hoover, AL   Carson City, NV   Valdosta, GA   Appleton, WI   Bay City, MI   Muskegon, MI   Asheville, NC   Cleveland‐Elyria, OH   Racine, WI   Iowa City, IA   Albuquerque, NM   Rome, GA   Madera, CA   Akron, OH   Hilton Head Island‐Bluffton‐Beaufort, SC   Hattiesburg, MS   St. Louis, MO‐IL   Cleveland, TN   Dayton, OH   Amarillo, TX   St. Joseph, MO‐KS   Bloomington, IN   Chico, CA   Chambersburg‐Waynesboro, PA   Dover, DE   Fort Wayne, IN   Virginia Beach‐Norfolk‐Newport News, VA‐NC   Santa Maria‐Santa Barbara, CA   Columbus, GA‐AL   Lima, OH   Grand Island, NE   Brunswick, GA   Detroit‐Warren‐Dearborn, MI    Fond du Lac, WI   Santa Rosa, CA   Pittsburgh, PA   La Crosse‐Onalaska, WI‐MN   Abilene, TX            5.2         78.2         65.1           3.1           5.0         12.2           3.2           5.8         17.1       126.4           7.5           9.1         41.5           3.5           4.8         32.9           8.1           5.6       152.5           4.2         38.6         12.4           5.7           6.4           7.2           4.9           6.9         20.6         92.7         24.9         14.2           6.0           4.2           3.6       243.5           4.6         24.7       139.7           6.8           6.9 26 2016           5.4         81.3         67.7           3.2           5.2         12.7           3.3           6.0         17.8       131.4           7.8           9.4         43.3           3.7           5.0         34.2           8.5           5.9       158.3           4.4         40.2         13.0           5.9           6.7           7.5           5.0           7.2         21.4         96.2         25.8         14.7           6.2           4.4           3.8       252.4           4.8         25.7       145.0           7.1           7.2 Growth (%) Nominal Real           3.5           4.0           3.9           4.2           3.9           4.0           3.9           3.8           4.1           3.9           3.9           3.7           4.3           3.9           3.7           3.8           4.1           4.0           3.8           3.9           3.9           4.6           3.8           3.9           3.8           3.2           3.8           3.7           3.8           3.8           3.8           4.0           3.0           3.7           3.6           3.7           3.8           3.8           3.8           4.4 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas (US$, Billions) Rank Real Growth 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 2015  New Bern, NC   Rochester, NY   Sierra Vista‐Douglas, AZ   Lancaster, PA   Wichita, KS   New Haven‐Milford, CT   Florence‐Muscle Shoals, AL   Huntington‐Ashland, WV‐KY‐OH   Bremerton‐Silverdale, WA   Elkhart‐Goshen, IN   Bloomington‐Normal, IL   Toledo, OH   Kahului‐Wailuku‐Lahaina, HI   Albany, OR   Oshkosh‐Neenah, WI   Reading, PA   Salinas, CA   Midland, MI   Chicago‐Naperville‐Elgin, IL‐IN‐WI    Gadsden, AL   Lewiston, ID‐WA   Cape Girardeau, MO‐IL   Glens Falls, NY   Athens‐Clarke County, GA   Syracuse, NY   Winchester, VA‐WV   Eau Claire, WI   Sioux City, IA‐NE‐SD   Parkersburg‐Vienna, WV   Flint, MI   Kingsport‐Bristol‐Bristol, TN‐VA   Hartford‐West Hartford‐East Hartford, CT   Wenatchee, WA   Sumter, SC   Mobile, AL   Binghamton, NY   Hickory‐Lenoir‐Morganton, NC   Decatur, AL   Goldsboro, NC   Florence, SC            5.0         54.2           4.0         24.6         30.2         45.7           4.9         14.1           9.9         13.6         11.3         33.8           7.9           3.7           9.4         17.3         21.9           4.1       629.3           3.0           2.2           3.7           4.7           7.9         31.9           5.8           7.8           8.9           3.5         13.5         11.6         87.7           4.5           3.8         18.8           9.1         13.0           5.6           4.3           8.1 27 2016           5.1         56.2           4.1         25.5         31.4         47.4           5.0         14.6         10.3         14.1         11.7         35.0           8.2           3.8           9.8         17.9         22.7           4.2       651.3           3.1           2.2           3.9           4.9           8.2         33.1           6.0           8.1           9.2           3.6         14.0         12.0         90.7           4.7           3.9         19.4           9.4         13.5           5.8           4.4           8.4 Growth (%) Nominal Real           3.0           3.6           3.4           3.7           3.7           3.7           3.7           3.9           3.7           3.6           3.8           3.6           3.5           2.5           3.7           3.7           3.4           3.7           3.5           3.6           3.6           3.1           3.5           3.5           3.5           3.6           3.6           3.3           3.6           3.5           3.5           3.4           3.3           3.6           3.5           3.4           3.5           3.4           3.6           3.5 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas (US$, Billions) Rank Real Growth 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 2015  Great Falls, MT   Barnstable Town, MA   Lake Havasu City‐Kingman, AZ   Las Cruces, NM   Bloomsburg‐Berwick, PA   Montgomery, AL   Clarksville, TN‐KY   Dubuque, IA   Springfield, MA   Muncie, IN   Hagerstown‐Martinsburg, MD‐WV   Carbondale‐Marion, IL   Worcester, MA‐CT   Champaign‐Urbana, IL   Danville, IL   Elmira, NY   Beckley, WV   Gettysburg, PA   Fort Smith, AR‐OK   Columbus, IN   Oklahoma City, OK   Harrisonburg, VA   Santa Cruz‐Watsonville, CA   Waterloo‐Cedar Falls, IA   Weirton‐Steubenville, WV‐OH   Urban Honolulu, HI   Youngstown‐Warren‐Boardman, OH‐PA   Missoula, MT   New Orleans‐Metairie, LA   State College, PA   Cumberland, MD‐WV   Utica‐Rome, NY   Staunton‐Waynesboro, VA   Charlottesville, VA   Dothan, AL   Watertown‐Fort Drum, NY   Hanford‐Corcoran, CA   Flagstaff, AZ   Jackson, MI   Fayetteville, NC            3.4         10.7           4.0           6.5           3.8         17.3         11.0           5.6         25.5           3.9           9.0           4.7         38.8         10.5           2.9           3.4           4.4           3.0         10.3           5.7         72.7           7.4         11.6           9.5           3.8         61.0         21.3           5.1         79.3           8.0           3.1         10.5           4.8         12.1           5.2           6.4           5.4           5.5           5.9         17.4 28 2016           3.5         11.1           4.1           6.8           3.9         17.8         11.4           5.7         26.4           4.0           9.3           4.8         40.1         10.8           3.0           3.5           4.6           3.1         10.6           5.8         75.7           7.7         12.0           9.8           3.9         62.9         22.0           5.3         82.1           8.3           3.2         10.9           4.9         12.5           5.4           6.6           5.6           5.7           6.1         18.0 Growth (%) Nominal Real           3.6           3.5           3.5           4.0           2.9           3.4           3.5           3.2           3.4           3.5           3.3           2.8           3.3           3.2           3.1           3.2           3.2           2.7           3.6           3.2           4.2           3.1           3.2           2.9           3.3           3.1           3.1           3.2           3.5           3.3           3.2           3.1           2.5           3.1           3.0           2.4           2.8           3.1           3.0           3.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas (US$, Billions) Rank Real Growth 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 2015  Houston‐The Woodlands‐Sugar Land, TX   York‐Hanover, PA   Erie, PA   Fargo, ND‐MN   Merced, CA   Canton‐Massillon, OH   Roanoke, VA   Terre Haute, IN   Yuba City, CA   Johnson City, TN   Longview, WA   Springfield, IL   Davenport‐Moline‐Rock Island, IA‐IL   Wheeling, WV‐OH   Michigan City‐La Porte, IN   Hinesville, GA   Macon‐Bibb County, GA   Atlantic City‐Hammonton, NJ   Tulsa, OK   Jacksonville, NC   Altoona, PA   Kankakee, IL   Decatur, IL   Niles‐Benton Harbor, MI   Peoria, IL   Santa Fe, NM   Rockford, IL   Blacksburg‐Christiansburg‐Radford, VA   Charleston, WV   Bismarck, ND   Battle Creek, MI   Lynchburg, VA   Morgantown, WV   Anniston‐Oxford‐Jacksonville, AL   Vineland‐Bridgeton, NJ   Tyler, TX   Shreveport‐Bossier City, LA   Lebanon, PA   Wichita Falls, TX   Grand Junction, CO        500.8         17.2         11.1         15.8           7.5         17.5         14.5           6.4           5.7           6.5           3.8         10.1         19.5           7.1           3.8           3.7           9.2         13.8         55.7           8.0           4.9           3.9           6.5           6.4         20.7           6.8         15.0           6.9         13.9           7.7           5.8           9.0           6.8           3.9           5.8         11.6         24.1           4.4           7.1           5.3 29 2016       518.6         17.8         11.5         16.3           7.7         18.0         15.0           6.6           5.8           6.7           3.9         10.4         20.1           7.3           3.9           3.8           9.4         14.1         57.5           8.2           5.0           4.0           6.7           6.6         21.2           7.1         15.4           7.1         14.3           8.0           5.9           9.3           7.0           4.0           5.9         12.0         24.8           4.5           7.4           5.4 Growth (%) Nominal Real           3.5           3.1           3.1           3.3           2.7           3.2           2.9           2.9           2.9           2.9           2.6           2.9           2.6           2.8           2.8           2.8           2.8           2.8           3.3           2.8           2.6           2.5           2.5           2.5           2.6           3.5           2.5           2.5           2.9           3.2           2.6           2.5           3.0           2.4           2.5           3.2           3.1           2.3           3.1           2.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 Table 3: Gross Metropolitan Product of U.S. Metro Areas (US$, Billions) Rank Real Growth 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 2015  Albany, GA   Anchorage, AK   Johnstown, PA   Williamsport, PA   Grand Forks, ND‐MN   Fairbanks, AK   Mansfield, OH   Greeley, CO   Pittsfield, MA   Pine Bluff, AR   Springfield, OH   Odessa, TX   Lafayette, LA   San Angelo, TX   Casper, WY   Longview, TX   Victoria, TX   Farmington, NM   Midland, TX   Ocean City, NJ   Houma‐Thibodaux, LA            5.3         29.7           4.2           5.2           5.0           5.2           4.2         10.2           6.3           2.9           4.1           9.7         26.8           5.3           6.8         12.0           5.7           6.1         29.1           4.8         12.5 30 2016           5.4         30.3           4.3           5.3           5.1           5.3           4.2         10.4           6.4           3.0           4.2           9.8         27.3           5.4           6.9         12.2           5.8           6.2         29.6           4.8         12.5 Growth (%) Nominal Real           2.1           2.3           2.1           1.9           2.4           1.7           1.8           2.5           1.6           1.7           1.6           1.1           1.8           2.1           1.9           2.1           1.6           2.2           1.9           0.6           0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 ‐0.1 ‐0.2 ‐0.2 ‐0.4 ‐0.4 ‐0.6 ‐0.7 ‐0.7 ‐0.7 ‐1.0 ‐1.2 ‐1.2 ‐1.5 ‐1.5 ‐1.6