Job creation in selected southern metros.

[Topher1]

I didn't see this posted anywhere, so here's a short list of job growth in selected southern MSA's between December 2004 - December 2005. All stats taken from the census dept, from Table 3 in the following data file.

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/metro.txt

Florida:

MSA							# New Jobs (12/04 - 12/05)	% Increase (12/04 - 12/05)

Fort Myers					 8,600						 4.1

Jacksonville				   19,900						3.4

Orlando						42,100						4.2

Miami/FtL					  55,500						2.4

Sarasota					   1,200						 3.6

Tampa						  32,400						2.5


Georgia:

MSA							# New Jobs (12/04 - 12/05)	% Increase (12/04 - 12/05)

Atlanta						42,800						1.9

Augusta						3,500						 1.7

Columbus					   2,100						 1.7

	(+Auburn/Opelika)		  1,800						 1.1

Macon						  300						   0.3

	(+Warner Robbins)		  2,400						 1.6

Savannah					   5,000						 3.4

	(+Hinesville/Ft. Stew.)	5,500						 3.4


North Carolina:

MSA							# New Jobs (12/04 - 12/05)	% Increase (12/04 - 12/05)

Asheville					  3,200						 1.9

Charlotte					  25,100						3.2

Durham						 3,200						 1.2

Greensboro					 5,200						 1.4

Raleigh						15,700						3.5

Winston Salem				  4,600						 2.2

	Triangle				   18,900						2.6

	Triad					  9,800						 1.7


South Carolina:

MSA							# New Jobs (12/04 - 12/05)	% Increase (12/04 - 12/05)

Charleston					 7,800						 2.8

Columbia					   4,200						 1.2

Greenville					 1,800						 0.6

Spartanburg					1,500						 1.2

	Greenville CSA			 2,700						 0.1

Feel free to add stats from your state's metros. I tried to calculate the major CSA's from the states listed, but feel free to add those as well if I missed some.

[Charleston native]

Charleston jobs are off just a tad. The numbers were supposed to be over 8,000.

[teshadoh]

Nice job Topher - unfortunate to see Greenville SC continues to suffer (at least for sunbelt standards). Raleigh & Charlotte are obviously doing well, the same goes - as usual - for FL cities.

[shane453]

OKC - 7,600 - 1.4% Total 559,700

Tulsa - 9,100 - 2.3% Total 441,300

Tulsa's increase is very significant as I believe they lost about 20,000 jobs at the beginning of this decade.

[eastsider]

Austin-Round Rock - 14,200 - 2.1%

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington - 36,600 - 1.3%

El Paso - 11,100 - 4.3%

Houston-Baytown-Sugarland - 42,500 - 1.8%

San Antonio - 12,000 - 1.6%

[CorgiMatt]

I didn't see this posted anywhere, so here's a short list of job growth in selected southern MSA's between December 2004 - December 2005. All stats taken from the census dept, from Table 3 in the following data file.

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/metro.txt

Florida:

MSA							# New Jobs (12/04 - 12/05)	% Increase (12/04 - 12/05)

Fort Myers					 8,600						 4.1

Jacksonville				   19,900						3.4

Orlando						42,100						4.2

Miami/FtL					  55,500					2.4

Sarasota					   1,200						 3.6

Tampa						  32,400						2.5


Georgia:

MSA							# New Jobs (12/04 - 12/05)	% Increase (12/04 - 12/05)

Atlanta						42,800						1.9

Augusta						3,500						 1.7

Columbus					   2,100						 1.7

	(+Auburn/Opelika)		  1,800						 1.1

Macon						  300						   0.3

	(+Warner Robbins)		  2,400						 1.6

Savannah					   5,000						 3.4

	(+Hinesville/Ft. Stew.)	5,500						 3.4


North Carolina:

MSA							# New Jobs (12/04 - 12/05)	% Increase (12/04 - 12/05)

Asheville					  3,200						 1.9

Charlotte					  25,100						3.2

Durham						 3,200						 1.2

Greensboro					 5,200						 1.4

Raleigh						15,700						3.5

Winston Salem				  4,600						 2.2

	Triangle				   18,900						2.6

	Triad					  9,800						 1.7


South Carolina:

MSA							# New Jobs (12/04 - 12/05)	% Increase (12/04 - 12/05)

Charleston					 7,800						 2.8

Columbia					   4,200						 1.2

Greenville					 1,800						 0.6

Spartanburg					1,500						 1.2

	Greenville CSA			 2,700						 0.1

Feel free to add stats from your state's metros. I tried to calculate the major CSA's from the states listed, but feel free to add those as well if I missed some.

MSA-wise, Columbia is beginning to wake up from a little NAFTA nap. City-wise and university-wise it is poised for significant gains on the jobs front.

[Skyliner]

And Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson is gobbling up headquarters and major expansions weekly. It is a great era to be living in the state of SC - at least in any of the larger metros.