One of the remarkable aspects of this economic downturn is the sheer breadth and depth of the impact across regions and across industries. Few have escaped the devastating job losses that are mounting at an alarming pace.
Here is a list of the cities that have experienced the largest percentage of job losses since the recession began in December 2007. The data is as of March 2009, and the source is the BLS CES dataset.
| MSA | % Decrease |
| | -15.26% |
| | -11.45% |
| | -10.66% |
| | -10.51% |
| | -10.41% |
| | -10.08% |
| | -10.07% |
| | -9.11% |
| | -9.00% |
| | -8.75% |
| | -8.72% |
| | -8.56% |
| Riverside-San Bernardino- | -8.54% |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | -8.41% |
| | -8.15% |
| | -7.72% |
| | -7.51% |
| | -7.50% |
| Port | -7.47% |
| | -7.44% |
| | -7.42% |
| | -7.38% |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | -7.31% |
| | -7.12% |
| | -7.07% |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | -6.99% |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | -6.90% |
| | -6.87% |
| | -6.85% |
| Burlington-South | -6.82% |
| | -6.73% |
| | -6.70% |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | -6.69% |
| | -6.65% |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | -6.47% |
| | -6.45% |
| | -6.45% |
| | -6.42% |
| | -6.41% |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | -6.36% |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | -6.28% |
| | -6.20% |
| | -6.18% |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | -6.17% |
| | -6.13% |
| | -6.13% |
| | -6.11% |
| Edison-New | -6.09% |
| | -6.03% |
| | -6.02% |
| | -5.99% |
Here is a list of the cities that have experienced the best employment growth percentage since the recession began in December 2007. Notice that most of these cities experienced a net job loss - even though these are the best performing cities in the country!
| MSA | % Increase |
| | 4.55% |
| | 3.67% |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 2.00% |
| | 1.80% |
| | 1.54% |
| | 1.37% |
| | 1.23% |
| | 1.06% |
| | 1.00% |
| | 0.80% |
| Houma-Bayou | 0.61% |
| | 0.55% |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 0.49% |
| | 0.45% |
| | 0.45% |
| | 0.41% |
| | 0.27% |
| | 0.10% |
| | 0.00% |
| | 0.00% |
| | 0.00% |
| | -0.09% |
| | -0.14% |
| | -0.22% |
| | -0.23% |
| | -0.26% |
| | -0.27% |
| | -0.31% |
| | -0.32% |
| | -0.34% |
| | -0.39% |
| | -0.41% |
| | -0.52% |
| | -0.52% |
| | -0.53% |
| | -0.56% |
| | -0.58% |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | -0.68% |
| | -0.80% |
| | -0.85% |
| | -0.87% |
| | -0.91% |
| | -0.99% |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | -1.05% |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | -1.07% |
| | -1.09% |
| | -1.12% |
| | -1.19% |
| | -1.25% |
| | -1.26% |
| | -1.27% |
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