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Originally Posted by Randomguy34
Huh, the top two employment increases have been from the Chicago and Detroit area. This makes some intuitive sense that the two largest metros in the Midwest would experience large job growth amidst a warehouse and e-commerce boom. I'm still amazed by how large Chicago's numbers are, they're 100k larger than even Detroit's numbers! I'm also surprised at how well Chicago is able to fill those jobs. Was there a sudden population boom in the last three months or something?
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I think there's so many factors determining population change, but I looked at January thru December for employed persons, and nope Chicago MSA is the 2nd highest in terms of percent change in employed persons for 2021 of 47 metro areas. A lot of metro areas had strong growth Jan to September but then not as good from Sep to Dec. Orlando is a prime example of that - huge growth in those first 9 months and then really really slow to end the year. Chicago's was more balanced through those 2 periods with strong growth for both periods.
1. Orlando: +10.69%
2. Chicago: +9.92%
3. LA: +9.45%
4. Austin: +8.49%
5. Portland: +7.85%
6. Miami: +7.7%
7. Tampa: +7.63%
8. Phoenix: +7.29%
9T. Dallas: +7.08%
9T. Jacksonville: +7.08%
11. Houston: +7.04%
12. San Jose: +6.92%
13. SF: +6.85%
14. San Diego: +6.57%
15. Atlanta: +6.11%
16. Riverside, CA: +6.05%
17. San Antonio: +5.87%
18. Raleigh: +5.74%
19. Seattle: +5.54%
20. Las Vegas: +5.49%
21. NYC: +5.42%
22. Charlotte: +5.29%
23. Milwaukee: +5.26%
24. Denver: +5.16%
25. Detroit: +4.99%
26. Louisville: +4.96%
27. Salt Lake City: +4.77%
28. Nashville: +4.68%
29. New Orleans: +4.63%
30. Sacramento: +4.61%
31. Memphis: +4.59%
32. Cincinnati: +4.58%
33. Oklahoma City: +4.54%
34. Honolulu: +4.35%
35. DC: +4.32%
36. Philadelphia: +3.95%
37. Boston: +3.92%
38. Minneapolis: +3.85%
39. Baltimore: +3.77%
40. Kansas City: +2.86%
41. St. Louis: +2.53%
42. Pittsburgh: +2.52%
43. Virginia Beach: +2.25%
44. Columbus, OH: +2.25%
45. Richmond, VA: +2.17%
46. Cleveland: +2.14%
47. Indianapolis: +1.97%