View the Best Cities for Manufacturing Jobs 2014 List
| 2014 Mfg Rank - Large MSAs | Area | 2014 Weighted Manufacturing INDEX | 2013 Manufacturing Employment (1000s) | Mfg Growth 2012-2013 | 2014 Mfg Rank Change from 2013 - Large MSAs |
| 1 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 83.9 | 255.4 | 3.1% | 0 |
| 2 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 80.3 | 72.3 | 4.0% | 4 |
| 3 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div | 77.2 | 150.5 | 5.3% | 2 |
| 4 | Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 73.0 | 74.4 | 0.4% | (2) |
| 5 | Oklahoma City, OK | 71.1 | 36.3 | 1.2% | (1) |
| 6 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 70.9 | 38.9 | 3.4% | 6 |
| 7 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 70.7 | 52.7 | 2.7% | 9 |
| 8 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div | 70.5 | 169.0 | -0.5% | (5) |
| 9 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 67.9 | 32.3 | 2.6% | 10 |
| 10 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div | 67.8 | 92.9 | 1.8% | (1) |
| 11 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 67.4 | 115.9 | 1.3% | 13 |
| 12 | Salt Lake City, UT | 67.2 | 55.4 | 0.2% | (2) |
| 13 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 66.7 | 158.7 | 2.8% | 5 |
| 14 | Honolulu, HI | 65.8 | 11.2 | 3.1% | 17 |
| 15 | San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div | 65.2 | 38.0 | 4.5% | 26 |
| 16 | Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div | 65.1 | 82.8 | 2.9% | (8) |
| 17 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 60.0 | 38.9 | 3.4% | 32 |
| 18 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 60.0 | 184.0 | 1.3% | (3) |
| 19 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 59.3 | 46.1 | -1.3% | (8) |
| 20 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 58.1 | 20.9 | 2.3% | 28 |
| 21 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 57.9 | 54.1 | -0.7% | (14) |
| 22 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO | 55.5 | 63.9 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 23 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 55.1 | 61.6 | 4.1% | 32 |
| 24 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC | 53.9 | 73.1 | 0.1% | (11) |
| 25 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 53.1 | 150.4 | 0.9% | 7 |
| 26 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | 52.3 | 30.8 | 0.3% | 7 |
| 27 | Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div | 51.0 | 158.6 | 0.1% | (7) |
| 28 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ | 50.7 | 116.2 | -0.8% | (7) |
| 29 | Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div | 50.6 | 79.8 | 2.7% | 13 |
| 30 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 50.3 | 124.4 | 0.2% | (3) |
| 31 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 50.3 | 94.5 | -0.6% | (1) |
| 32 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 50.2 | 106.6 | 1.2% | (7) |
| 33 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 50.2 | 83.9 | 1.2% | (10) |
| 34 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div | 49.9 | 37.3 | 4.5% | 29 |
| 35 | Kansas City, MO | 48.0 | 39.4 | 2.3% | 25 |
| 36 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 47.6 | 118.7 | -0.8% | (22) |
| 37 | Jacksonville, FL | 46.8 | 28.2 | 1.4% | 0 |
| 38 | Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div | 45.9 | 73.8 | 0.0% | (3) |
| 39 | Columbus, OH | 45.9 | 66.8 | -0.6% | (11) |
| 40 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Div | 44.8 | 92.2 | 0.4% | (2) |
| 41 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 43.4 | 44.5 | -0.1% | 6 |
| 42 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div | 43.4 | 25.9 | 1.3% | (25) |
| 43 | Pittsburgh, PA | 41.9 | 88.4 | -1.7% | (17) |
| 44 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div | 40.5 | 15.7 | -0.2% | 7 |
| 45 | New York City, NY | 37.8 | 77.4 | 2.6% | 7 |
| 46 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 36.5 | 112.3 | -0.1% | (3) |
| 47 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 36.5 | 56.3 | -1.6% | (8) |
| 48 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 36.3 | 59.4 | 1.2% | (8) |
| 49 | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 35.1 | 50.8 | 0.4% | (5) |
| 50 | Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 34.5 | 33.1 | -1.2% | (21) |
| 51 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 33.9 | 50.4 | -1.6% | (15) |
| 52 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 33.4 | 86.9 | 0.6% | 12 |
| 53 | Richmond, VA | 32.1 | 32.0 | 0.5% | 1 |
| 54 | Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div | 32.1 | 58.8 | 0.1% | (1) |
| 55 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div | 30.3 | 360.5 | -1.6% | (9) |
| 56 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div | 29.9 | 314.9 | -1.5% | (22) |
| 57 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div | 29.7 | 162.9 | -2.4% | (12) |
| 58 | Rochester, NY | 27.9 | 58.4 | -1.0% | (2) |
| 59 | Northern Virginia, VA | 25.9 | 21.8 | -2.5% | (1) |
| 60 | Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div | 23.7 | 64.4 | -1.1% | 2 |
| 61 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 22.6 | 29.4 | -0.7% | (4) |
| 62 | Philadelphia City, PA | 19.4 | 21.7 | -1.5% | (12) |
| 63 | Camden, NJ Metro Div | 19.0 | 34.9 | -0.9% | 3 |
| 64 | Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div | 17.1 | 15.7 | -2.7% | (5) |
| 65 | Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 13.1 | 23.6 | -4.6% | (4) |
| 66 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div | 6.7 | 30.4 | -6.8% | (1) |
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