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| 2016 Mfg Ranking within Midsized MSAs | Area | Weighted INDEX | 2015 Mfg Emplmt (1000s) | Total Mfg Emplmt Growth Rate 2014-2015 | 2015 Mfg Ranking within Midsized MSAs | Overall Rank Change 2014-2015 |
| 1 | Savannah, GA | 96.7 | 18.0 | 6.31% | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Fort Collins, CO | 86.1 | 13.2 | 6.15% | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 85.4 | 26.1 | 3.57% | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Mobile, AL | 85.3 | 19.8 | 2.06% | 23 | 19 |
| 5 | Columbia, SC | 83.4 | 32.7 | 6.05% | 8 | 3 |
| 6 | Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 82.4 | 31.7 | 5.31% | 14 | 8 |
| 7 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 79.3 | 11.1 | 5.40% | 13 | 6 |
| 8 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 78.5 | 23.2 | -0.43% | 20 | 12 |
| 9 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 76.1 | 13.2 | 6.45% | 31 | 22 |
| 10 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 75.8 | 5.5 | 5.13% | 4 | (6) |
| 11 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 74.1 | 20.0 | 5.63% | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Baton Rouge, LA | 73.4 | 29.5 | 1.37% | 3 | (9) |
| 13 | Toledo, OH | 71.8 | 44.2 | 2.95% | 1 | (12) |
| 14 | North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 71.4 | 16.5 | 3.77% | 17 | 3 |
| 15 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | 71.4 | 19.3 | 6.45% | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | Fresno, CA | 67.3 | 25.2 | 4.72% | 60 | 44 |
| 17 | Salem, OR | 66.7 | 12.5 | 4.17% | 32 | 15 |
| 18 | Jackson, MS | 64.9 | 19.2 | 4.36% | 28 | 10 |
| 19 | Asheville, NC | 64.8 | 20.0 | 2.56% | 52 | 33 |
| 20 | Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC | 64.7 | 55.1 | 1.10% | 27 | 7 |
| 21 | Madison, WI | 64.6 | 33.8 | 3.79% | 12 | (9) |
| 22 | Reno, NV | 64.2 | 13.0 | 2.89% | 9 | (13) |
| 23 | Santa Rosa, CA | 64.2 | 21.5 | 2.54% | 57 | 34 |
| 24 | Montgomery, AL | 61.4 | 19.0 | 2.51% | 41 | 17 |
| 25 | Boise City, ID | 61.3 | 25.6 | 3.92% | 43 | 18 |
| 26 | Rockford, IL | 61.2 | 32.1 | 0.31% | 37 | 11 |
| 27 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 60.7 | 21.3 | 5.61% | 76 | 49 |
| 28 | Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div | 60.3 | 59.9 | 1.07% | 42 | 14 |
| 29 | Reading, PA | 60.0 | 30.9 | 1.53% | 44 | 15 |
| 30 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 59.2 | 16.7 | 1.83% | 21 | (9) |
| 31 | Fort Wayne, IN | 58.0 | 35.2 | 1.25% | 34 | 3 |
| 32 | Boulder, CO | 57.9 | 17.6 | 0.00% | 24 | (8) |
| 33 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 57.0 | 19.9 | 0.34% | 33 | 0 |
| 34 | Sioux Falls, SD | 56.9 | 13.5 | -1.70% | 24 | (10) |
| 35 | Winston-Salem, NC | 55.3 | 32.2 | 2.87% | 30 | (5) |
| 36 | Green Bay, WI | 54.7 | 29.4 | 0.69% | 49 | 13 |
| 37 | Provo-Orem, UT | 54.2 | 18.2 | -1.62% | 16 | (21) |
| 38 | Lincoln, NE | 53.7 | 13.9 | 1.22% | 29 | (9) |
| 39 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 53.2 | 6.1 | 1.11% | 19 | (20) |
| 40 | Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div | 52.3 | 19.6 | 3.34% | 83 | 43 |
| 41 | Dayton, OH | 51.6 | 40.5 | 2.44% | 40 | (1) |
| 42 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 51.3 | 36.4 | 1.67% | 56 | 14 |
| 43 | Knoxville, TN | 51.2 | 36.4 | 2.92% | 50 | 7 |
| 44 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 50.7 | 21.3 | -0.47% | 36 | (8) |
| 45 | Canton-Massillon, OH | 50.2 | 27.8 | -2.00% | 26 | (19) |
| 46 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | 50.0 | 30.9 | 0.22% | 46 | 0 |
| 47 | Eugene, OR | 49.7 | 13.3 | 2.57% | 39 | (8) |
| 48 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | 49.3 | 31.1 | 1.19% | 47 | (1) |
| 49 | Elgin, IL Metro Div | 49.2 | 35.3 | 1.15% | 53 | 4 |
| 50 | Ann Arbor, MI | 48.7 | 14.9 | 4.20% | 64 | 14 |
| 51 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 48.1 | 6.6 | 2.58% | 79 | 28 |
| 52 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | 48.0 | 54.6 | 1.55% | 55 | 3 |
| 53 | Bakersfield, CA | 47.0 | 13.8 | -3.94% | 5 | (48) |
| 54 | Modesto, CA | 45.7 | 19.9 | -0.50% | 86 | 32 |
| 55 | Gary, IN Metro Div | 45.6 | 36.2 | -1.99% | 38 | (17) |
| 56 | Roanoke, VA | 45.3 | 16.6 | 1.84% | 48 | (8) |
| 57 | Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA | 44.6 | 12.6 | 2.16% | 81 | 24 |
| 58 | Evansville, IN-KY | 44.0 | 22.6 | -0.73% | 35 | (23) |
| 59 | Springfield, MO | 42.5 | 14.3 | -4.45% | 6 | (53) |
| 60 | Akron, OH | 42.3 | 40.3 | 0.00% | 61 | 1 |
| 61 | Tulsa, OK | 41.9 | 47.4 | -9.66% | 22 | (39) |
| 62 | Huntsville, AL | 41.4 | 23.6 | 1.29% | 74 | 12 |
| 63 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 41.1 | 20.4 | 0.49% | 58 | (5) |
| 64 | Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metro Div | 41.0 | 17.0 | -0.20% | 51 | (13) |
| 65 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 40.6 | 16.6 | -1.77% | 45 | (20) |
| 66 | Lafayette, LA | 39.8 | 16.7 | -16.19% | 7 | (59) |
| 67 | Lancaster, PA | 39.7 | 36.3 | 0.83% | 65 | (2) |
| 68 | Tucson, AZ | 38.9 | 23.0 | 2.83% | 85 | 17 |
| 69 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 38.8 | 20.5 | 0.66% | 68 | (1) |
| 70 | Wichita, KS | 38.3 | 52.5 | 0.32% | 77 | 7 |
| 71 | Anchorage, AK | 37.8 | 2.0 | -10.29% | 18 | (53) |
| 72 | Worcester, MA-CT NECTA | 37.3 | 27.6 | 0.73% | 72 | 0 |
| 73 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 36.9 | 23.4 | -2.36% | 54 | (19) |
| 74 | Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS | 36.8 | 19.0 | -1.73% | 71 | (3) |
| 75 | York-Hanover, PA | 34.6 | 31.2 | 0.54% | 82 | 7 |
| 76 | Syracuse, NY | 33.7 | 24.9 | 1.91% | 73 | (3) |
| 77 | Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD | 32.6 | 8.3 | 2.06% | 92 | 15 |
| 78 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC | 32.2 | 4.4 | -0.76% | 36 | (42) |
| 79 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 32.2 | 30.3 | -0.55% | 69 | (10) |
| 80 | Salisbury, MD-DE | 31.0 | 13.9 | -2.34% | 64 | (16) |
| 81 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA | 29.3 | 27.1 | -0.25% | 70 | (11) |
| 82 | Colorado Springs, CO | 28.8 | 11.7 | -1.40% | 62 | (20) |
| 83 | Corpus Christi, TX | 28.6 | 9.2 | -3.15% | 59 | (24) |
| 84 | El Paso, TX | 28.0 | 17.0 | 0.20% | 78 | (6) |
| 85 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 26.2 | 10.8 | -1.52% | 67 | (18) |
| 86 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 23.8 | 26.5 | -2.81% | 63 | (23) |
| 87 | Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 23.2 | 24.6 | -3.91% | 80 | (7) |
| 88 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 22.6 | 29.7 | -3.99% | 39 | (49) |
| 89 | Springfield, MA-CT NECTA | 21.3 | 28.9 | -0.91% | 90 | 1 |
| 90 | Tallahassee, FL | 20.0 | 3.0 | -1.11% | 93 | 3 |
| 91 | Peoria, IL | 20.0 | 24.2 | -9.13% | 75 | (16) |
| 92 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 20.0 | 28.8 | -3.89% | 66 | (26) |
| 93 | Trenton, NJ | 19.6 | 7.8 | -3.69% | 25 | (68) |
| 94 | New Haven, CT NECTA | 18.8 | 24.1 | -1.77% | 87 | (7) |
| 95 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA | 18.2 | 31.2 | -1.89% | 89 | (6) |
| 96 | Albuquerque, NM | 17.3 | 16.1 | -1.43% | 88 | (8) |
| 97 | Delaware County, PA | 15.1 | 14.2 | -5.11% | 91 | (6) |
| 98 | Baltimore City, MD | 9.3 | 10.7 | -5.03% | 84 | (14) |
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