Janis Paul http://www.calljanispaul.com/blog/ Janis Paul http://www.calljanispaul.com/blog/ http://www.calljanispaul.com/core/files/images/logo_rss.jpg en-us Sun, 20 May 2012 00:07:21 -0600 El Paso ranked No. 1 for best mid-size city for jobs http://www.calljanispaul.com/blog/el_paso_ranked_no_1_for_best_midsize_city_for_jobs/ Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Even in the midst of a down economy, Forbes ranked El Paso the No. 1 mid-size city for jobs in their recently released "Best Cities for Jobs" list. Rankings of 398 metropolitan areas were based on employment data from November 1999 to January 2011 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The categories that were analyzed to come up with the rankings included: recent growth trends, mid-term growth, long term growth and momentum.

The rankings were broken down by size: small, medium and large, since regional economies differ markedly due to their scale.

The rankings for Mid-size cities were as follows:

 

Rank

City

Non-Farm Employment Change

Overall rank all-city sizes

1

El Paso, TX

2.1%

5

2

Corpus Christi, TX

1.7%

7

3

Anchorage, AK

1.5%

3

4

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX

1.5%

6

5

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Ark. MO

1.7%

13

6

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway AR.

1.0%

15

7

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

0.9%

12

8

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, S.C.

1.7%

25

9

Knoxville, TN

1.6%

43

10

Provo-Orem, UT

1.3%

30

Source: Forbes.com "The Best Cities for Jobs" (Information retrieved: May 13, 2011.)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2011/05/02/the-best-cities-for-jobs/

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eh45hg/no-1-el-paso-texas#content

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