America's Downtowns Ranked by Number of Employees

America's 100 largest downtowns ranked by number of employees. Find out if and where Jacksonville makes the list.

Published November 5, 2013 in News - MetroJacksonville.com

Total Jobs in Commercial Downtown and One-Mile Area

Perk Plaza - Downtown Cleveland

1. Midtown Manhattan - 1,441,281
2. Downtown Chicago - 609,902
3. Downtown Manhattan - 527,118
4. Downtown DC - 468,907
5. Downtown LA - 372,337
6. Downtown San Francisco - 299,659
7. Downtown Seattle - 294,369
8. Center City Philadelphia - 288,227
9. Downtown Minneapolis - 232,458
10. Downtown Austin - 214,865
11. Downtown Houston - 200,383
12. Downtown Miami - 188,003
13. Downtown Denver - 180,863
14. Downtown Portland - 180,173
15. Downtown Dallas - 167,514
16. Downtown Pittsburgh - 153,224
17. Downtown Sacramento - 151,828
18. Downtown Baltimore - 149,432
19. Downtown Atlanta - 142,759
20. Downtown Indianapolis - 136,417
21. Downtown Milwaukee - 136,277
22. Downtown Honolulu - 129,357
23. Downtown Cleveland - 124,086
24. Downtown Raleigh - 122,005
25. Downtown Columbus - 121,455

Orange Avenue - Downtown Orlando

26. Downtown Hartford - 120,797
27. Downtown Oakland - 113,550
28. Downtown Phoenix - 107,859
29. Downtown Orlando - 104,290
30. Downtown San Diego - 100,905
31. Downtown St. Louis - 97,167
32. Downtown San Antonio - 96,643
33. Downtown Louisville - 95,581
34. Downtown Cincinnati - 90,271
35. Downtown Charlotte - 89,588
36. Downtown Salt Lake City - 88,812
37. Downtown Tampa - 87,134
38. Downtown Nashville - 86,615
39. Downtown St. Paul, MN - 85,753
40. Downtown Columbia, SC - 85,142
41. Downtown New Orleans - 84,566
42. Downtown Des Moines - 81,339
43. Downtown Richmond - 80,313
44. Downtown Fort Worth - 80,068
45. Downtown Detroit - 78,144
46. Downtown Providence - 77,885
47. Downtown Buffalo - 72,902
48. Downtown San Jose - 70,762
49. Downtown Kansas City - 69,482
50. Downtown Rochester - 68,449

Laura Street - Downtown Jacksonville

51. Downtown Norfolk - 67,774
52. Downtown Grand Rapids - 67,277
53. Downtown Lexington, KY - 65,206
54. Downtown Las Vegas - 62,054
55. Downtown Oklahoma City - 58,833
56. Downtown Fort Lauderdale - 58,216
57. Downtown Little Rock - 56,524
58. Downtown Jacksonville - 56,302
59. Downtown Albany - 55,936
60. Downtown Tulsa - 55,728
61. Downtown Wichita - 55,571
62. Downtown Tallahassee - 54,658
63. Downtown Birmingham - 54,450
64. Downtown Spokane, WA - 53,621
65. Downtown Boise - 53,368
66. Downtown Omaha - 51,579
67. Downtown Greensboro - 49,045
68. Downtown Tucson - 47,678
69. Downtown Akron - Cleveland - 47,394
70. Downtown Tacoma - Seattle - 46,994
71. Downtown Rochester, MN - 46,704
72. Downtown Memphis - 46,587
73. Downtown Albuquerque - 43,560
74. Downtown Jackson, MS - 41,952
75. Downtown Colorado Springs - 41,715

River Street - Downtown Savannah

76. Downtown Chattanooga - 41,397
77. Downtown Syracuse - 39,656
78. Downtown Bakersfield - 39,243
79. Downtown El Paso - 36,623
80. Downtown Shreveport - 36,183
81. Downtown Lubbock, TX - 35,121
82. Downtown Baton Rouge - 34,916
83. Downtown Lincoln, NE - 34,840
84. Downtown Sioux Falls, SD - 34,248
85. Downtown Huntsville - 33,787
86. Downtown Amarillo, TX - 33,019
87. Downtown Stockton, CA - 32,771
88. Downtown Madison - Madison - 32,170
89. Downtown Montgomery, AL - 32,110
90. Downtown Knoxville, TN - 32,038
91. Downtown Corpus Cristi - 31,640
92. Downtown Toledo - 31,474
93. Downtown Savannah, GA - 30,949
94. Downtown Augusta, GA - 30,780
95. Downtown Greenville, SC - 29,976
96. Downtown Charleston - 29,351
97. Downtown Anchorage - 28,987
98. Downtown Fort Wayne, IN - 28,585
99. Downtown Cedar Rapids, IA - 27,557
100. Downtown Winston Salem - 27,556
101. Downtown Mobile - 23,234

Source: http://definingdowntown.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/Defining_DowntownReport.pdf

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