Topher1 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2006 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charleston native 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2006 Charleston jobs are off just a tad. The numbers were supposed to be over 8,000. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teshadoh 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2006 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shane453 0 Report post Posted February 4, 2006 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eastsider 296 Report post Posted February 4, 2006 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% Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CorgiMatt 79 Report post Posted February 5, 2006 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyliner 40 Report post Posted February 7, 2006 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
