Mid-sized Cities Manufacturing Jobs - 2015 Best Cities Rankings

Read about how we selected the 2015 Best Cities for Job Growth

We used five measures of growth to rank MSAs over the past 10 years. “Large” areas include those with a current nonfarm employment base of at least 450,000 jobs. “Midsize” areas range from 150,000 to 450,000 jobs. “Small” areas have as many as 150,000 jobs. This year’s rankings reflect the new Office of Management and Budget definitions of MSAs for all series released after March 2015. As a result, the MSA listed in this year’s rankings do not necessary correspond directly to those listed in prior years. In some instances, MSAs were consolidated with others — for example Pascagoula, MS, was combined with the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, MSA to form the new Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS, MSA. Others were separated from previously consolidated MSAs and in still other instances individual counties were shifted from one MSA to another. The bottom line is that this year’s rankings are based on good time series for the newly defined MSAs but may not be precisely comparable to those listed in prior years. The total number of MSAs included in this year’s rankings has risen from 398 to 421. This year’s rankings reflect the current size of each MSA’s employment.







2015  Mfg Rank - Midsized MSAs Area Weighted INDEX 2014 Mfg Emplmt (1000s) Total Mfg Emplmt Growth Rate 2013-2014 Total Mfg Emplmt Cum Growth

2009-2014		 2015 Overall Mfg Rank
1 Toledo, OH 62.7 44.0 6.7% 27.4% 19
2 Savannah, GA 59.8 16.5 6.2% 20.5% 26
3 Baton Rouge, LA 57.6 29.5 4.5% 20.2% 33
4 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 57.5 5.1 4.8% 20.3% 35
5 Bakersfield, CA 56.5 15.0 4.9% 17.8% 41
6 Springfield, MO 55.2 15.1 5.9% 19.9% 48
7 Lafayette, LA 55.1 20.2 0.0% 34.3% 49
8 Columbia, SC 55.0 30.6 7.0% 13.7% 50
9 Reno, NV 54.0 12.9 2.4% 15.5% 52
10 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 53.3 25.1 3.7% 21.4% 55
11 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 53.2 19.7 1.5% 20.1% 56
12 Madison, WI 52.9 34.1 6.8% 12.0% 57
13 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 52.5 10.3 0.7% 22.1% 58
14 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 52.4 29.8 3.8% 13.6% 60
15 Stockton-Lodi, CA 51.7 18.8 7.0% 7.2% 69
16 Provo-Orem, UT 50.8 18.7 2.4% 16.4% 72
17 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 50.6 15.6 3.1% 19.1% 73
18 Anchorage, AK 50.1 2.3 6.2% 16.9% 77
19 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 49.7 6.1 3.4% 14.5% 80
20 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 49.6 22.4 3.7% 16.5% 81
21 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 49.1 16.5 0.8% 15.4% 83
22 Tulsa, OK 49.1 52.1 3.7% 20.6% 84
23 Mobile, AL 48.6 18.9 0.7% 32.4% 89
24 Boulder, CO 48.5 17.7 2.5% 18.8% 91
25 Trenton, NJ 48.3 9.4 8.5% 1.4% 93
26 Canton-Massillon, OH 47.7 28.4 2.8% 18.0% 95
27 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 47.6 54.7 2.8% 13.6% 96
28 Jackson, MS 45.9 18.2 4.8% 9.6% 106
29 Lincoln, NE 45.8 14.1 3.2% 12.8% 107
30 Winston-Salem, NC 45.6 31.0 4.6% 4.1% 108
31 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 45.3 12.5 4.7% 9.6% 113
32 Salem, OR 45.1 11.7 3.5% 5.7% 114
33 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 44.7 20.0 1.5% 13.0% 118
34 Fort Wayne, IN 44.6 34.9 1.4% 14.7% 120
35 Evansville, IN-KY 44.6 23.0 5.3% 4.7% 121
36 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 44.5 21.0 4.1% 5.5% 123
37 Rockford, IL 44.3 32.1 2.0% 24.1% 125
38 Gary, IN Metro Div 43.8 37.2 2.7% 10.1% 127
39 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 43.3 30.7 1.7% 17.5% 133
40 Dayton, OH 43.2 39.6 3.3% 12.4% 136
41 Montgomery, AL 42.7 18.9 2.9% 11.2% 137
42 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 42.0 59.1 1.5% 9.1% 141
43 Boise City, ID 41.4 24.8 1.8% 11.5% 146
44 Reading, PA 41.1 30.5 2.2% 10.6% 151
45 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 40.1 16.9 1.8% 7.9% 160
46 Lexington-Fayette, KY 38.9 30.7 2.7% 3.0% 172
47 Chattanooga, TN-GA 37.8 30.8 1.1% 11.3% 186
48 Roanoke, VA 37.4 16.7 2.4% 5.7% 188
49 Green Bay, WI 37.2 29.2 0.8% 8.0% 190
50 Knoxville, TN 36.2 35.5 1.5% 8.8% 198
51 Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div 36.1 17.3 -0.2% 6.6% 199
52 Asheville, NC 35.8 19.0 1.1% 6.7% 203
53 Elgin, IL Metro Div 35.8 34.9 1.2% 8.8% 204
54 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 34.8 24.3 -0.4% 11.3% 208
55 Greensboro-High Point, NC 34.7 53.8 0.9% 6.1% 209
56 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 34.3 35.7 2.2% 1.4% 213
57 Santa Rosa, CA 34.0 20.2 0.5% 2.9% 214
58 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 33.9 20.3 3.2% -2.2% 217
59 Corpus Christi, TX 33.5 9.9 1.7% 5.3% 220
60 Fresno, CA 33.1 23.2 2.7% -2.2% 223
61 Akron, OH 32.6 39.9 0.3% 7.3% 231
62 Colorado Springs, CO 32.1 11.8 -1.4% 5.7% 233
63 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 31.9 27.5 2.1% -4.5% 237
64 Ann Arbor, MI 30.0 14.1 0.5% 2.4% 253
65 Lancaster, PA 29.8 35.9 0.7% -0.5% 255
66 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 29.5 30.4 1.4% -3.5% 258
67 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 29.0 10.9 1.9% -5.2% 262
68 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 27.7 20.3 0.0% 0.5% 270
69 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 27.7 30.2 0.1% -3.3% 271
70 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA 27.6 27.5 0.0% -2.2% 272
71 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 26.8 19.2 0.5% -10.8% 280
72 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 25.7 27.1 0.2% -4.7% 290
73 Syracuse, NY 25.6 24.5 1.2% -8.8% 291
74 Huntsville, AL 25.6 23.2 0.7% -7.6% 292
75 Peoria, IL 25.6 26.6 -1.4% 7.8% 293
76 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 23.7 20.1 1.3% -4.6% 303
77 Wichita, KS 22.9 52.3 -1.3% -1.1% 308
78 El Paso, TX 22.8 17.1 -2.3% 3.2% 310
79 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 22.4 6.3 -1.6% -0.5% 313
80 Framingham, MA NECTA Div 22.1 25.5 -1.2% -2.3% 316
81 Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA 21.5 12.1 -0.3% -4.0% 319
82 York-Hanover, PA 19.7 30.6 -1.1% -6.8% 326
83 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 19.2 17.8 -2.0% -4.6% 328
84 Baltimore City, MD 18.2 11.8 -0.6% -13.0% 335
85 Tucson, AZ 16.9 22.4 -1.9% -8.3% 337
86 Modesto, CA 16.2 18.4 -6.6% -4.2% 341
87 New Haven, CT NECTA 16.0 24.3 -3.1% -8.5% 344
88 Albuquerque, NM 15.2 16.4 -3.3% -5.6% 347
89 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 15.0 32.0 -3.0% -9.7% 349
90 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 14.3 29.1 -3.7% -7.2% 351
91 Delaware County, PA 14.1 14.6 -3.1% -8.5% 353
92 Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD 11.7 7.8 -2.1% -27.2% 357
93 Tallahassee, FL 9.7 2.9 -1.1% -22.1% 362
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