Exhibit 2: Employment Is Up in Most Central Cities.
Trends in Number of Employed Residents 1992 to 1998
for 77 Selected Cities
City
|
1992
|
1998
|
Change
(in percent)
|
| Albuquerque
|
203,314
|
234,966
|
15.6
|
| Anchorage
|
118,454
|
135,236
|
14.2
|
| Atlanta
|
171,827
|
210,237
|
22.4
|
| Austin
|
279,306
|
357,229
|
27.9
|
| Baltimore
|
300,172
|
289,455
|
-3.6
|
| Billings
|
44,522
|
48,827
|
9.7
|
| Birmingham
|
112,938
|
126,995
|
12.4
|
| Boise City
|
74,220
|
98,286
|
32.4
|
| Boston
|
263,117
|
288,382
|
9.6
|
| Buffalo
|
129,619
|
131,788
|
1.7
|
| Burlington
|
20,947
|
23,256
|
11.0
|
| Charleston
|
25,140
|
28,609
|
13.8
|
| Charlotte
|
221,251
|
261,387
|
18.1
|
| Cheyenne
|
24,963
|
26,880
|
7.7
|
| Chicago
|
1,196,666
|
1,228,369
|
2.6
|
| Cincinnati
|
162,745
|
172,596
|
6.1
|
| Cleveland
|
182,202
|
193,504
|
6.2
|
| Columbia
|
42,214
|
45,999
|
9.0
|
| Columbus
|
342,301
|
380,377
|
11.1
|
| Dallas
|
540,798
|
641,606
|
18.6
|
| Denver
|
238,031
|
279,907
|
17.6
|
| Des Moines
|
108,971
|
116,744
|
7.1
|
| Detroit
|
329,830
|
369,877
|
12.1
|
| El Paso
|
217,345
|
239,402
|
10.1
|
| Fargo
|
43,327
|
52,788
|
21.8
|
| Fort Worth
|
218,719
|
253,104
|
15.7
|
| Fresno
|
152,318
|
171,198
|
12.4
|
| Hartford
|
52,026
|
50,318
|
-3.3
|
| Honolulu**
|
410,716
|
406,097
|
-1.1
|
| Houston
|
855,877
|
965,321
|
12.8
|
| Indianapolis
|
368,514
|
412,478
|
11.9
|
| Jackson
|
90,359
|
99,578
|
10.2
|
| Jacksonville
|
307,324
|
380,900
|
23.9
|
| Kansas City, MO
|
222,674
|
254,618
|
14.3
|
| Kansas City, KS
|
65,518
|
68,889
|
5.1
|
| Las Vegas
|
148,472
|
212,033
|
42.8
|
| Little Rock
|
93,421
|
99,719
|
6.7
|
| Los Angeles
|
1,614,309
|
1,713,426
|
6.1
|
| Long Beach
|
190,489
|
202,185
|
6.1
|
| Louisville
|
120,657
|
129,997
|
7.7
|
| Manchester
|
48,502
|
54,163
|
11.7
|
| Memphis
|
264,556
|
301,281
|
13.9
|
| Miami
|
153,583
|
164,891
|
7.4
|
| Milwaukee
|
273,844
|
285,494
|
4.3
|
| Minneapolis
|
189,945
|
207,848
|
9.4
|
| St. Paul
|
132,514
|
141,111
|
6.5
|
| Nashville-Davidson
|
250,672
|
304,957
|
21.7
|
| New Orleans
|
191,132
|
194,466
|
1.7
|
| New York
|
2,902,214
|
3,093,370
|
6.6
|
| Newark
|
100,217
|
101,654
|
1.4
|
| Virginia Beach
|
194,425
|
209,540
|
7.8
|
| Oakland
|
163,319
|
174,841
|
7.1
|
| Oklahoma City
|
216,173
|
237,531
|
9.9
|
| Omaha
|
173,980
|
205,453
|
18.1
|
| Santa Ana
|
133,023
|
149,830
|
12.6
|
| Philadelphia
|
621,694
|
610,286
|
-1.8
|
| Phoenix
|
495,372
|
675,766
|
36.4
|
| Pittsburgh
|
155,730
|
154,363
|
-0.9
|
| Portland, ME
|
33,479
|
35,557
|
6.2
|
| Portland, OR
|
232,012
|
271,125
|
16.9
|
| Providence
|
64,934
|
64,965
|
0.0
|
| Sacramento
|
165,677
|
177,957
|
7.4
|
| St. Louis
|
160,525
|
154,996
|
-3.4
|
| Salt Lake City
|
84,212
|
107,092
|
27.2
|
| San Antonio
|
431,166
|
508,403
|
17.9
|
| San Diego
|
510,069
|
572,632
|
12.3
|
| San Francisco
|
373,752
|
401,090
|
7.3
|
| San Jose
|
393,146
|
469,280
|
19.4
|
| Seattle
|
291,022
|
347,591
|
19.4
|
| Sioux Falls
|
57,191
|
74,177
|
29.7
|
| Tampa
|
133,739
|
162,177
|
21.3
|
| Toledo
|
141,489
|
150,371
|
6.3
|
| Tucson
|
190,812
|
222,342
|
16.5
|
| Tulsa
|
189,025
|
209,964
|
11.1
|
| Washington
|
283,586
|
239,469
|
-15.6
|
| Wichita
|
162,108
|
174,485
|
7.6
|
| Wilmington
|
31,676
|
31,833
|
0.5
|
| Top 10
|
9,497,995
|
10,379,056
|
9.3
|
| Top 50
|
18,767,856
|
20,688,077
|
10.2
|
| All (329) MSAs*
|
35,894,783
|
39,845,273
|
11.0
|
*Metropolitan Statistical Areas
**Data for the Honolulu MSA. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not provide data for the central city of Honolulu.
Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 77 cities are the 50 largest cities as of 1994, plus 25 additional cities to include at least one city from each State, plus St. Paul, MN and Kansas City, KS. Because the Bureau of Labor Statistics periodically revises its statistics, slight differences may exist between these figures and those currently reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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