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Amarillo Ranks Again for Job Growth 24-Apr-2009 | Amarillo ranks in the top half for 2009 in New Geography Best Cities for Job Growth
| 2009 Rank |
Area |
2009 Weighted Index |
2008 NonFarm |
Size 2009 |
Overall 2009 Rank |
|
1 |
Odessa, TX |
100.0 |
64.8 |
3 |
1 |
|
2 |
Grand Junction, CO |
92.4 |
66.5 |
7 |
2 |
|
3 |
Longview, TX |
90.0 |
98.4 |
8 |
3 |
|
4 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA |
88.0 |
97.8 |
18 |
4 |
|
5 |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX |
87.9 |
128.4 |
34 |
5 |
|
6 |
Laredo, TX |
87.1 |
91.3 |
27 |
8 |
|
7 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
85.0 |
86.2 |
36 |
11 |
|
8 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA |
84.7 |
93.7 |
8 |
12 |
|
9 |
Morgantown, WV |
84.5 |
63.4 |
6 |
13 |
|
10 |
Fargo, ND-MN |
83.9 |
122.4 |
18 |
15 |
|
11 |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
83.5 |
96.3 |
76 |
16 |
|
12 |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
83.0 |
55.8 |
-9 |
17 |
|
13 |
Bismarck, ND |
82.8 |
61 |
17 |
18 |
|
14 |
Alexandria, LA |
81.7 |
67 |
52 |
21 |
|
15 |
Cheyenne, WY |
80.8 |
44.9 |
6 |
24 |
|
16 |
Olympia, WA |
80.1 |
103.3 |
4 |
25 |
|
17 |
Sioux Falls, SD |
79.9 |
135.6 |
12 |
26 |
|
18 |
Greeley, CO |
78.8 |
82.5 |
0 |
28 |
|
19 |
Tyler, TX |
78.7 |
96.3 |
34 |
29 |
|
20 |
Las Cruces, NM |
78.0 |
69.4 |
26 |
31 |
|
21 |
Joplin, MO |
73.1 |
80.9 |
31 |
41 |
|
22 |
Fayetteville, NC |
73.1 |
129 |
12 |
42 |
|
23 |
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR |
73.0 |
58.4 |
62 |
43 |
|
24 |
Greenville, NC |
72.4 |
77.2 |
-14 |
45 |
|
25 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO |
72.3 |
136.6 |
6 |
46 |
|
26 |
Midland, TX |
72.0 |
71.3 |
-25 |
47 |
|
27 |
Gainesville, GA |
71.1 |
76.9 |
-14 |
48 |
|
28 |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
71.1 |
54.3 |
-23 |
49 |
|
29 |
Columbia, MO |
70.7 |
93.4 |
36 |
51 |
|
30 |
Lynchburg, VA |
70.5 |
109.3 |
8 |
52 |
|
31 |
Dubuque, IA |
70.4 |
55.4 |
28 |
53 |
|
32 |
Iowa City, IA |
69.8 |
90.9 |
10 |
56 |
|
33 |
Warner Robins, GA |
69.4 |
58 |
-16 |
57 |
|
34 |
Rapid City, SD |
69.4 |
60.3 |
62 |
59 |
|
35 |
Amarillo, TX |
69.4 |
113.2 |
32 |
60 |
|
36 |
Wilmington, NC |
69.1 |
142.7 |
-30 |
61 |
|
37 |
St. Joseph, MO-KS |
68.5 |
58.9 |
-12 |
63 |
|
38 |
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME NECTA |
68.2 |
58.5 |
11 |
64 |
|
39 |
Santa Fe, NM |
68.2 |
65 |
6 |
66 |
|
40 |
Billings, MT |
68.0 |
79.3 |
-17 |
67 |
|
41 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
67.8 |
125.3 |
34 |
68 |
|
42 |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
67.2 |
54.8 |
14 |
70 |
|
43 |
Lubbock, TX |
66.7 |
131.1 |
77 |
74 |
|
44 |
Bellingham, WA |
66.6 |
84.1 |
-30 |
75 |
|
45 |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
66.4 |
138.7 |
37 |
77 |
|
46 |
Pueblo, CO |
66.2 |
58.4 |
-6 |
78 |
|
47 |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
65.8 |
76.5 |
77 |
80 |
|
48 |
Valdosta, GA |
65.6 |
56.5 |
10 |
82 |
|
49 |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
65.6 |
116.3 |
84 |
83 |
|
50 |
Lafayette, IN |
64.9 |
96.6 |
94 |
85 | |
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