Cities with most job losses
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23. Greensboro, down 100 jobs 24. Baltimore, down 200 jobs 25. Albany, down 500 jobs 25. Syracuse, N.Y., down 500 jobs 25. Tulsa, down 500 jobs 28. Little Rock, Ark., down 1,000 jobs 28. Modesto, Calif., down 1,000 jobs 28. Pittsburgh, down 1,000 jobs 31. Wichita, Kans., down 1,300 jobs 32. Greenville, S.C., down 1,600 jobs 33. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa., down 1,700 jobs 34. Portland, Maine, down... [more]
23. Greensboro, down 100 jobs 24. Baltimore, down 200 jobs 25. Albany, down 500 jobs 25. Syracuse, N.Y., down 500 jobs 25. Tulsa, down 500 jobs 28. Little Rock, Ark., down 1,000 jobs 28. Modesto, Calif., down 1,000 jobs 28. Pittsburgh, down 1,000 jobs 31. Wichita, Kans., down 1,300 jobs 32. Greenville, S.C., down 1,600 jobs 33. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa., down 1,700 jobs 34. Portland, Maine, down 1,900 jobs 35. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., down 2,000 jobs 36. Chattanooga, Tenn., down 2,300 jobs 37. Birmingham, down 2,400 jobs 37. Springfield, Mass., down 2,400 jobs 39. Akron, Ohio, down 2,500 jobs 39. Jackson, Miss., down 2,500 jobs 41. Charlotte, down 2,600 jobs 41. Grand Rapids, down 2,600 jobs 41. Stockton, Calif., down 2,600 jobs 44. Ogden, Utah, down 2,800 jobs 45. Daytona Beach, Fla., down 3,000 jobs 45. Fresno, Calif., down 3,000 jobs 47. Knoxville, Tenn., down 3,200 jobs 48. Worcester, Mass., down 3,300 jobs 49. Allentown-Bethlehem, Pa., down 3,400 jobs 49. Indianapolis, down 3,400 jobs 51. Harrisburg, Pa., down 3,500 jobs 52. Madison, Wis., down 3,600 jobs 53. Albuquerque, down 3,700 jobs 54. Colorado Springs, down 4,000 jobs 55. Charleston, S.C., down 4,100 jobs 55. Richmond, down 4,100 jobs 57. Rochester, N.Y., down 4,200 jobs 58. Augusta, Ga., down 4,300 jobs 59. Lakeland, Fla., down 4,600 jobs 60. Buffalo, down 4,700 jobs 61. Palm Bay-Melbourne, Fla., down 4,800 jobs 62. Cincinnati, down 5,000 jobs 63. Honolulu, down 6,000 jobs 64. Columbia, S.C., down 6,100 jobs 64. Denver, down 6,100 jobs 66. Salt Lake City, down 6,400 jobs 67. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., down 6,500 jobs 68. Dayton, down 6,700 jobs 69. Nashville, down 7,100 jobs 70. San Jose, down 7,300 jobs 70. Toledo, Ohio, down 7,300 jobs 72. Orlando, down 7,600 jobs 73. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., down 9,200 jobs 74. Las Vegas, down 9,600 jobs 75. Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., down 10,100 jobs 76. Jacksonville, down 10,700 jobs 77. Kansas City, down 11,000 jobs 78. Boise, Idaho, down 11,200 jobs 79. Cleveland, down 11,300 jobs 80. Milwaukee, down 12,400 jobs 81. Louisville, down 12,800 jobs 82. Memphis, down 13,600 jobs 83. St. Louis, down 14,200 jobs 84. Sacramento, down 14,900 jobs 85. Portland, Ore., down 15,500 jobs 86. Providence, down 16,600 jobs 86. Tucson, down 16,600 jobs 88. San Diego, down 17,500 jobs 89. Philadelphia, down 18,800 jobs 90. San Francisco-Oakland, down 21,100 jobs 91. Minneapolis-St. Paul, down 31,400 jobs 92. New York City, down 33,500 jobs 93. Chicago, down 33,600 jobs 93. Tampa-St. Petersburg, down 33,600 jobs 95. Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., down 35,800 jobs 96. Phoenix, down 58,500 jobs 97. Miami-Fort Lauderdale, down 59,700 jobs 98. Los Angeles, down 60,700 jobs 99. Atlanta, down 66,100 jobs [less]
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what's the source on this?
michaelkyleh, here is a concept that might help you make better sense of these numbers: PER CAPITA. Thanks.
Guess the per capita analysis makes some of this much more terrifying for some cities. In NYC there are 8.2 million people and 33,000 or so job losses. Compare that to Chicago with the same number of job losses but only 2.8 million people--that is, Chicago is about 1/3 the size of NYC but has the same number of job losses. So as tough as it seems in NYC right now, according to these numbers, things are 3x worse in Chicago in terms of job losses.
Yeah, per capita has to be used. If a town has 10 people and 9 of them get laid-off that is a disaster, but if NYC loses 20 jobs not so much.