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| 2016 Financial Activities Ranking - Large MSAs | Area | 2016 Fin Activities Weighted INDEX | 2015 Financial Activities Emplmt (1000s) | Total Financial Activities Emplmt Growth Rate 2014-2015 | 2015 Financial Activities Ranking - Large MSAs | 2016 FA Ranking Change from 2015 - Large MSAs |
| 1 | Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN | 96.2 | 60.9 | 4.88% | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div | 94.8 | 226.1 | 5.28% | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Salt Lake City, UT | 92.2 | 55.2 | 6.22% | 14 | 11 |
| 4 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 89.9 | 54.3 | 3.17% | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 87.9 | 86.1 | 5.00% | 10 | 5 |
| 6 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 87.8 | 171.2 | 4.50% | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 87.6 | 84.5 | 2.63% | 1 | (6) |
| 8 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 86.1 | 47.3 | 3.50% | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Richmond, VA | 81.8 | 51.3 | 3.57% | 18 | 9 |
| 10 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div | 80.7 | 79.5 | 2.85% | 2 | (8) |
| 11 | Columbus, OH | 80.2 | 80.7 | 3.42% | 43 | 32 |
| 12 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 78.7 | 104.4 | 4.30% | 22 | 10 |
| 13 | Raleigh, NC | 77.7 | 29.5 | 4.36% | 59 | 46 |
| 14 | Kansas City, KS | 76.0 | 35.3 | 2.42% | 19 | 5 |
| 15 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 75.2 | 106.2 | 3.38% | 9 | (6) |
| 16 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 72.4 | 152.4 | 1.65% | 28 | 12 |
| 17 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 70.1 | 69.4 | 2.51% | 21 | 4 |
| 18 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div | 68.3 | 74.9 | 3.98% | 24 | 6 |
| 19 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 66.8 | 25.2 | 1.34% | 15 | (4) |
| 20 | Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div | 66.3 | 34.6 | 5.49% | 23 | 3 |
| 21 | San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div | 66.2 | 74.1 | 3.30% | 17 | (4) |
| 22 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div | 64.9 | 40.1 | 2.56% | 12 | (10) |
| 23 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 64.8 | 34.1 | 2.71% | 31 | 8 |
| 24 | Northern Virginia, VA | 63.7 | 71.0 | 2.85% | 39 | 15 |
| 25 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div | 63.5 | 58.5 | 4.22% | 32 | 7 |
| 26 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 63.4 | 67.3 | 3.54% | 34 | 8 |
| 27 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 62.1 | 71.9 | 0.47% | 13 | (14) |
| 28 | Jacksonville, FL | 61.2 | 62.6 | 2.57% | 27 | (1) |
| 29 | Oklahoma City, OK | 60.9 | 33.5 | -0.30% | 30 | 1 |
| 30 | New York City, NY | 60.5 | 461.5 | 1.73% | 33 | 3 |
| 31 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 60.4 | 163.6 | 2.14% | 11 | (20) |
| 32 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 60.3 | 26.2 | 2.88% | 47 | 15 |
| 33 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 59.4 | 86.1 | 0.98% | 38 | 5 |
| 34 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 59.1 | 35.3 | 1.44% | 7 | (27) |
| 35 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 58.9 | 63.4 | 2.59% | 25 | (10) |
| 36 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 58.6 | 42.7 | 2.15% | 41 | 5 |
| 37 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div | 58.5 | 115.7 | 1.88% | 45 | 8 |
| 38 | Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div | 58.3 | 117.6 | 2.35% | 16 | (22) |
| 39 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div | 56.9 | 152.2 | 2.79% | 55 | 16 |
| 40 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 55.8 | 35.8 | 2.38% | 42 | 2 |
| 41 | Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA | 55.7 | 51.5 | 3.55% | 57 | 16 |
| 42 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 54.8 | 148.1 | 2.07% | 48 | 6 |
| 43 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div | 53.1 | 56.3 | 0.78% | 36 | (7) |
| 44 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 52.9 | 72.5 | 3.97% | 56 | 12 |
| 45 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 51.6 | 28.2 | -1.40% | 35 | (10) |
| 46 | Urban Honolulu, HI | 50.8 | 21.4 | 2.07% | 40 | (6) |
| 47 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 50.7 | 43.4 | 1.64% | 29 | (18) |
| 48 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 50.7 | 44.6 | 0.15% | 37 | (11) |
| 49 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div | 48.1 | 83.2 | 2.63% | 20 | (29) |
| 50 | Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div | 46.9 | 78.5 | 1.55% | 53 | 3 |
| 51 | Kansas City, MO | 46.5 | 40.0 | 0.76% | 52 | 1 |
| 52 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 45.7 | 42.2 | 0.08% | 26 | (26) |
| 53 | Philadelphia City, PA | 43.4 | 42.7 | 1.67% | 46 | (7) |
| 54 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 42.9 | 37.7 | 0.09% | 51 | (3) |
| 55 | Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div | 41.2 | 73.6 | 0.09% | 62 | 7 |
| 56 | Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div | 39.9 | 253.4 | 1.23% | 61 | 5 |
| 57 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div | 39.6 | 215.9 | 1.55% | 60 | 3 |
| 58 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 38.6 | 28.0 | 2.07% | 63 | 5 |
| 59 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 37.2 | 68.6 | 2.95% | 69 | 10 |
| 60 | Pittsburgh, PA | 35.9 | 69.1 | -1.05% | 65 | 5 |
| 61 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 35.5 | 65.1 | 0.72% | 44 | (17) |
| 62 | Camden, NJ Metro Div | 35.2 | 28.8 | 2.13% | 68 | 6 |
| 63 | Rochester, NY | 34.0 | 21.0 | -3.38% | 49 | (14) |
| 64 | Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | 31.6 | 41.5 | 0.00% | 66 | 2 |
| 65 | Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div | 30.3 | 80.6 | 1.81% | 54 | (11) |
| 66 | Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 29.7 | 37.1 | -0.54% | 64 | (2) |
| 67 | Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div | 29.7 | 39.0 | 0.69% | 70 | 3 |
| 68 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 28.8 | 57.4 | 1.18% | 67 | (1) |
| 69 | Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div | 27.0 | 48.9 | -1.08% | 58 | (11) |
| 70 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 20.2 | 50.6 | -2.51% | 50 | (20) |
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