[U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics]
Raw employment growth between December 2007 and December 2008:
1. Houston, up 57,300 jobs
2. Dallas-Fort Worth, up 43,300 jobs
3. San Antonio, up 14,900 jobs
4. Washington, up 11,800 jobs
5. Austin, up 9,600 jobs
6. Virginia Beach-Norfolk, up 7,700 jobs
7. New Orleans, up 6,600 jobs
8. Oklahoma City, up 5,800 jobs
9. El Paso, up 5,300 jobs
10. Baton Rouge, up 4,000 jobs
11. Durham, N.C., up 1,700 jobs
12. Omaha, up 600 jobs
13. Greensboro, up 500 jobs
14. Tulsa, up 400 jobs
15. Raleigh, up 200 jobs
15. Seattle, up 200 jobs
17. Albuquerque, down 1,600 jobs
18. Des Moines, down 1,800 jobs
19. Syracuse, down 2,100 jobs
20. Wichita, down 2,200 jobs
21. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa., down 2,600 jobs
22. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., down 2,900 jobs
23. Akron, Ohio, down 3,000 jobs
24. Lexington, Ky, down 3,300 jobs
25. Fresno, down 3,700 jobs
26. Madison, Wis., down 3,800 jobs
27. Grand Rapids, Mich., down 4,000 jobs
28. Springfield, Mass., down 4,100 jobs
29. Colorado Springs, down 4,200 jobs
30. Bridgeport, Conn., down 4,300 jobs
31. Columbus, Ohio, down 4,400 jobs
32. Allentown, Pa., down 4,700 jobs
33. Greenville, S.C., down 4,800 jobs
34. Knoxville, down 5,000 jobs
34. New Haven, down 5,000 jobs
36. Charleston, S.C., down 5,200 jobs
36. Harrisburg, Pa., down 5,200 jobs
36. Jackson, Miss., down 5,200 jobs
39. Indianapolis, down 5,400 jobs
40. Little Rock, down 5,800 jobs
41. Albany, N.Y., down 6,000 jobs
42. Rochester, N.Y., down 6,300 jobs
43. Hartford, down 6,400 jobs
44. Richmond, down 6,700 jobs
45. Pittsburgh, down 7,100 jobs
46. Buffalo, down 7,600 jobs
47. Columbia, S.C., down 7,700 jobs
48. Dayton, down 7,800 jobs
49. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., down 8,200 jobs
50. Honolulu, down 8,400 jobs
51. Cincinnati, down 8,600 jobs
52. Birmingham, down 10,300 jobs
53. Toledo, down 11,100 jobs
54. Nashville, down 11,200 jobs
55. Denver, down 11,500 jobs
56. Boise, down 11,700 jobs
56. San Jose, down 11,700 jobs
58. Kansas City, down 11,800 jobs
59. Baltimore, down 12,600 jobs
59. Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., down 12,600 jobs
61. Salt Lake City, down 12,900 jobs
62. Milwaukee, down 13,000 jobs
63. Jacksonville, down 15,400 jobs
64. Las Vegas, down 15,500 jobs
65. Charlotte, down 15,700 jobs
65. Memphis, down 15,700 jobs
65. Tucson, down 15,700 jobs
68. Louisville, down 16,100 jobs
69. Portland, Ore., down 18,200 jobs
70. San Diego, down 18,400 jobs
71. Orlando, down 19,100 jobs
72. Boston, down 19,700 jobs
73. Cleveland, down 22,900 jobs
74. St. Louis, down 23,000 jobs
75. Providence, down 23,100 jobs
76. Sacramento, down 23,400 jobs
77. Tampa-St. Petersburg, down 34,400 jobs
78. Philadelphia, down 36,200 jobs
79. Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., down 38,500 jobs
80. San Francisco-Oakland, down 41,400 jobs
81. Minneapolis-St. Paul, down 42,800 jobs
82. Chicago, down 59,100 jobs
83. Miami-Fort Lauderdale, down 69,500 jobs
84. Atlanta, down 82,000 jobs
85. Los Angeles, down 82,900 jobs
86. Phoenix, down 86,800 jobs
87. Detroit, down 89,700 jobs
88. New York City, down 120,300 jobs
source:
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/02/02/daily77.html
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zoo
April 06, 2009, 08:49:36 AMthat empty office space would make a great adaptive re-use story...
heights unknown
April 06, 2009, 09:07:36 AMI used to work for CSX Intermodal some years ago and that looks like office space in the AT&T Building (Southern Bell). That could indeed be a story for adaptive re-use.
Heights Unknown
second_pancake
April 06, 2009, 01:46:40 PMHello all! Long time, no talk...write...er, whatever.
Anywho, I'm in the top geographical areas for growth right now and am trying to get back to Jax. From the looks of this, there are a lot of people already in Jax trying to find work as well
thelakelander
April 06, 2009, 01:50:03 PMI take it you're not liking Dallas?
second_pancake
April 06, 2009, 02:04:21 PM~sighs~ Not everything it's cracked up to be. Everything is SOOOO spread out. It's difficult to build relationships with people you meet at work or other events because everyone lives 30 miles away from where you live. We live in Grapevine which is a really cute historical city. They do an excellent job promoting all the bike trails they have (paved and unpaved trails) and put on great events like this past weekend's, Weekend with Thomas, where they bring in an engine dressed up like Thomas the Train (https://www.grapevinetexasusa.com/ThingsToDo/GrapevineVintageRailroad/EventsandTrainRides/ADayOutWithThomas/tabid/799/Default.aspx)...Ock would really love all the attention they pay to their railroad...even have a route that goes between Grapevine and Ft. Worth Stockyards. It's just hard being in a new place where all it seems like you do is work, eat and sleep. The weather here is crazy so you can't really plan for anything. It's ALWAYS windy...and I mean like Jax Nor'easter windy, not a nice breeze. We've had the tornado sirens go off twice and a huge hailstorm the other night that dented my truck pretty good. Saturday it was sunny and 79 and today the high is 59 (was 37 this morning). And all of this is "normal." All the lakes are man-made so not a whole lot of natural landscape...I miss all the springs being so nearby.
Having everything spaced so far out makes it a chore to go anywhere and do anything. While it's only 20 miles between Ft. Worth and Dallas on a map, that 20 miles will take you over 2 hours to travel...even by train. It's nothing but traffic around here. I am really homesick for Riverside, San Marco, Avondale, and dare I say...Springfield;-) Jacksonville has it's share of problems, but at least everyone was no more than 5 miles away from one another. It's not uncommon for people here to drive over an hour to work each morning. Think about that...that's like living in Daytona and driving to Jax every day for work or vice versa. Could you do that?!?!?
BridgeTroll
April 06, 2009, 02:23:33 PMJax aint so bad...
JeffreyS
April 06, 2009, 02:30:51 PMIn the words of Jimmy Buffet "if your ever going to Dallas don't."
I have only ever been to the Dallas airport it was nice. I went for a ride on the airport skyway.
JaxByDefault
April 09, 2009, 02:54:42 AMEh. Dallas has more going for it now than it did when I lived there (Highland Park) years ago. Downtown redevelopment, Deep Elum, Winnetka Heights, Bishop Arts District, etc. are all success stories. The Trinity River Project will be great. The city's always had great food, good shopping, and good arts, but I've never been able to get over the area's flat geographical features, its churchy, conservative vibe, or April days spent in the tornado closet.
I'm shocked that it's still gaining jobs. I'm sure my grandfather will point that out on my next visit ... after asking about how badly Florida is doing.
JAX is one of the smaller areas at the top of the job-loss list. Scary. Are the cuts mostly downtown or in the suburbs?
mtraininjax
October 29, 2009, 05:46:40 PMAccording the US Dept of Labor, Florida lost another 13,500 jobs between August 2009 and September 2009.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
Jacksonville lost more than half that number with a loss of 7,500 jobs. Gotta get some more jobs to keep people busy and making money for the local economy.
fsu813
November 03, 2009, 04:02:46 PMJacksonville's economy likely to recover before other Florida cities, but when?
Real estate data aggregator Metrostody says while Jacksonville is poised to recover sooner than other areas of the state, the city’s climbing unemployment and 3.7 percent job loss rate keep a recovery on the horizon.
Anthony Crocco, director of Metrostudy’s North and Central Florida divisions, said in a release today that because the Jacksonville metropolitan area got a much lighter boost from the housing boom of 2004-06, its continuing fall back to earth will be less prolonged than in other cities in the state. And because Jacksonville’s economy also is buttressed by military bases and a shipping port, its recovery will be quicker than Florida cities that are less diversified, he said.
Hobbling the metro area, however, is a lack of job formation, Metrostudy wrote.
Between August 2008 and August 2009, Jacksonville metro lost 23,000 jobs. At the same time, the metro area’s unemployment rate reached 10.7 percent in September after holding at 10.6 percent for three months.
“While unemployment may be nearing its peak, a quick rebound in job formations is not forecast,” Metrostody wrote.
And while single-family home sales are back on the increase, slackening last year’s housing glut, foreclosures and short sales — sales in which a mortgage holder accepts less for a home than what is owed on the mortgage — are continuing to batter pricing.
“Unfortunately, distressed housing is still working into the market, and we expect at least another few quarters of high-volume short-sale and foreclosure activity,” Crocco said in a Metrostody release.
But, Crocco said, the pricing drops here appear to be stabilizing, compared to other Florida cities.
Single-family housing starts were down by about 25 percent in the third quarter as compared to the third quarter of 2008, Metrostudy wrote.
But there was good news when comparing home construction to the second quarter of 2009. The number of homes being built increased by 104 — from 916 to 1,020 — in the third quarter, Metrostody noted.
http://jacksonville.com/business/2009-11-03/story/jacksonvilles_economy_likely_to_recover_before_other_florida_cities_but_wh
sandyshoes
November 03, 2009, 04:31:44 PMI have a question about these job statistics...are they only reporting that from the rolls of those receiving unemployment, or are they also counting those of us who were forced to resign (job politics/future eligibility for rehire) and can't collect unemployment? If it's the former, the picture may be a little bit bleaker than they project.
mtraininjax
November 03, 2009, 05:51:10 PMThe first number reported for unemployment, typically, is the non-farm payrolls. The "other" number they report 2nd is normally the percent that are unemployed, off benefits, and who have given up looking for work. So an 11% rate for Jax, may well be 14 or 15% if you look at the complete number. Could be higher or lower, but with 1.1 million Floridians out of work, that is a staggering number no matter the percentage.