June 04, 2010 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Metropolitan area employment, April 2010
In April 2010, the largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment were reported in Ocean City, New Jersey (+7.9 percent), Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington (+4.1 percent), Jacksonville, North Carolina (+4.0 percent), Manhattan, Kansas (+3.9 percent), and St. Joseph, Missouri-Kansas (+3.8 percent).
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The largest over-the-year percentage losses in employment were reported in Monroe, Michigan (‑5.6 percent), Farmington,
New Mexico (‑5.3 percent), Sumter, South Carolina (‑5.2 percent), Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington and Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-West Virginia (‑5.1 percent each), and Grand Junction, Colorado (‑5.0 percent).
Among the 372 metropolitan areas for which nonfarm payroll employment data were available, 300 metropolitan areas reported over-the-year decreases in nonfarm payroll employment, 64 reported increases, and 8 were unchanged.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. The most recent month's employment data are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — April 2010" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL 10-0746.
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