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				5-yr Job Growth 1999-2004 1		1-yr Job Growth 2003-2004 2		5-yr Wages & Salaries Growth 1998-2003 3		1-yr Wages & Salaries Growth 2002-2003 4		Job Growth (July04 - July05) 5		5-yr Relative HT GDP Growth 1999-2004 6		1-yr Relative HT GDP Growth 2003-2004 7		High-Tech GDP LQ 8		# of HT GDP LQs Over 1 9		MSA Population	Overall Index
2005 Rank	2004 Rank	City	City Code	2004 Value	Rank	2004 Value	Rank	2003 Value	Rank	2003 Value	Rank	Growth	Rank	2004 Value	Rank	2004 Value	Rank	2004 Value	Rank	2004 Value	Rank	2004 (thousands)		Fall(-) / Climb(+)
1	16	Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin FL	MFWB	116.93	7	104.64	7	113.27	14	108.24	3	4.23%	19	146.76	12	101.61	60	0.87	28	6.0	25	181.46	100.00	15
2	N/A5	Bend OR	MBND	118.03	4	104.89	4	118.90	4	103.86	15	4.68%	15	125.62	41	104.71	29	0.69	50	5.0	48	134.48	111.91	-2
3	N/A5	Prescott AZ	MPRE	116.15	9	103.47	12	116.82	5	104.04	12	4.29%	18	135.43	20	110.37	3	0.64	61	3.0	100	190.63	131.49	-3
4	50	Panama City-Lynn Haven FL	MPAN	108.83	30	104.03	10	107.31	43	104.63	7	4.13%	22	181.37	1	109.63	6	0.76	39	5.0	43	157.95	139.38	46
5	N/A5	St. George UT	MSAU	133.42	1	108.40	1	120.01	3	105.07	6	7.30%	4	147.74	11	103.08	38	0.48	107	2.0	149	109.92	148.52	-5
6	N/A5	Madera CA	MMAR	122.61	3	104.80	6	111.61	20	107.21	5	2.51%	46	98.67	108	106.12	19	0.73	42	6.0	28	138.95	158.67	-6
7	29	Kennewick-Richland-Pasco WA	MKNE	113.35	13	101.26	48	114.49	9	103.34	22	4.77%	14	132.18	25	98.87	109	1.67	2	5.0	36	215.46	170.80	22
8	N/A	Logan UT-ID	MLOA	113.77	12	102.38	21	106.02	48	102.98	26	3.68%	27	130.61	32	102.52	43	0.82	32	7.0	17	109.67	174.51	N/A
9	6	Yuma AZ	MYUM	125.18	2	105.96	2	114.63	8	104.32	9	6.84%	5	130.77	30	105.14	25	0.30	158	2.0	132	176.08	176.06	-3
10	N/A5	Coeur d'Alene ID	MCOE	117.17	6	105.61	3	109.82	30	102.94	27	7.47%	3	111.69	70	100.36	82	0.59	72	5.0	53	122.35	184.30	N/A
11	N/A5	Idaho Falls ID	MIDA	112.30	15	102.96	16	106.02	47	104.18	11	4.41%	17	91.63	140	101.47	63	1.59	4	7.0	16	110.43	193.39	N/A
12	67	Bellingham WA	MBEL	115.28	10	102.30	23	107.44	42	104.20	10	5.83%	7	111.90	69	100.89	72	0.60	70	4.0	63	180.17	203.49	55
13	71	Flagstaff AZ	MFLA	107.36	40	102.41	20	107.61	40	102.79	30	3.73%	25	146.17	13	110.02	4	0.91	24	3.0	116	122.75	207.88	-6
14	N/A5	Harrisonburg VA	MHAN	109.17	29	101.59	37	105.44	53	101.95	52	3.28%	30	157.44	5	101.54	61	1.30	7	12.0	2	111.28	212.59	N/A
15	4	Dover DE	MDOV	110.94	21	103.72	11	109.59	31	101.93	54	3.94%	24	105.87	89	104.27	30	0.52	90	5.0	47	138.75	239.24	-11
16	2	Las Cruces NM	MLSC	111.06	20	99.96	100	109.12	35	104.04	13	2.89%	36	89.58	151	106.46	15	0.99	15	9.0	4	186.09	264.01	-14
17	131	Iowa City IA	MIOW	107.12	42	100.02	95	111.46	21	101.77	59	5.10%	12	133.28	24	111.17	2	0.72	45	4.0	73	137.40	268.15	-4
18	60	Yuba City CA	MYUB	106.52	47	100.73	68	113.95	12	102.15	48	6.08%	6	114.81	59	112.37	1	0.58	74	3.0	107	151.39	268.29	42
19	N/A5	Salisbury MD	MSAS	107.84	35	102.35	22	102.51	68	102.16	46	1.76%	72	114.16	63	106.89	13	0.74	41	7.0	15	114.65	275.33	N/A
20	N/A5	Hinesville-Fort Stewart GA	MHIN	117.84	5	104.04	9	111.86	18	108.85	2	-.52%	161	125.57	42	107.41	11	0.53	88	4.0	90	72.68	276.36	N/A
21	N/A5	Winchester VA-WV	MWIN	110.85	22	102.08	26	108.05	37	100.43	104	5.22%	10	106.67	86	101.86	57	0.80	34	5.0	54	112.93	279.93	N/A
22	18	Punta Gorda FL	MPUG	107.67	36	103.45	14	128.61	1	108.04	4	4.07%	23	94.78	125	102.38	44	0.27	167	0.0	174	157.13	295.56	-4
23	583	Olympia WA	MOLY	108.66	32	100.85	61	109.47	32	102.61	33	3.57%	28	119.95	50	102.27	49	0.40	128	3.0	93	224.67	307.76	35
24	20	Fargo ND-MN	MFAR	106.67	46	101.82	30	105.40	54	102.39	44	1.23%	92	130.63	31	103.08	37	0.63	65	5.0	40	181.52	314.02	-4
25	N/A5	Warner Robins GA	MWAR	108.09	33	100.48	76	113.74	13	103.21	24	0.23%	133	142.24	16	106.07	21	0.79	36	4.0	77	123.75	315.43	N/A
26	12	Medford OR	MMED	107.97	34	102.29	24	107.94	39	102.52	40	2.57%	44	116.10	54	97.96	125	0.56	80	3.0	98	192.99	319.69	-14
27	513	Barnstable Town MA	MBAR	107.07	43	99.62	113	114.01	10	102.76	31	1.14%	93	139.39	17	101.10	69	0.80	33	6.0	21	228.68	320.81	24
28	10	Sioux Falls SD	MSIU	104.32	63	100.73	67	110.07	27	102.43	43	3.07%	33	102.62	96	100.26	85	0.78	37	5.0	38	203.32	321.34	-18
29	N/A5	Hanford-Corcoran CA	MHAF	113.09	14	100.48	74	114.88	7	102.25	45	2.64%	40	134.33	22	103.72	34	0.24	174	2.0	141	142.56	325.00	N/A
30	21	Bismarck ND	MBSM	106.10	49	101.58	39	107.98	38	104.62	8	2.46%	48	87.54	156	98.23	122	0.62	69	6.0	35	97.92	331.66	-9
31	1413	Greeley CO	MGRL	112.28	16	101.90	28	112.23	17	100.06	118	4.87%	13	93.81	129	108.39	9	0.39	131	3.0	94	219.26	332.16	110
32	283	Laredo TX	MLAD	116.33	8	101.57	40	112.32	16	102.59	34	1.93%	67	110.47	75	106.29	18	0.24	173	1.0	155	219.46	333.77	-4
33	8	Billings MT	MBIL	110.25	23	101.44	45	106.48	46	101.62	65	1.72%	73	151.42	8	99.67	98	0.57	77	4.0	72	144.47	337.85	-25
34	N/A5	Ithaca NY	MITH	104.45	62	100.02	96	110.11	26	103.69	17	1.63%	78	104.56	90	98.32	120	1.00	14	8.0	9	100.14	352.20	N/A
35	31	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach SC	MMYB	107.33	41	103.32	15	109.32	34	102.93	28	1.05%	96	116.47	53	100.69	80	0.36	142	3.0	95	217.61	354.90	-4
36	N/A5	Bowling Green KY	MBOW	103.64	70	101.17	50	103.12	65	103.38	21	2.67%	39	126.56	38	105.62	24	0.40	130	3.0	121	109.09	357.30	N/A
37	98	Grand Junction CO	MGRJ	109.52	26	101.71	32	107.58	41	100.63	98	1.14%	94	114.94	58	102.57	42	0.57	78	5.0	51	127.25	361.14	61
38	N/A5	Mount Vernon-Anacortes WA	MMOV	111.56	18	101.59	38	115.34	6	101.53	69	5.21%	11	93.59	131	97.27	134	0.32	155	3.0	118	111.06	365.08	N/A
39	1023	Johnson City TN	MJON	103.81	69	102.52	18	96.95	106	100.26	113	1.77%	71	153.64	6	105.00	27	1.00	13	6.0	23	187.32	366.99	63
40	5	Casper WY	MCAS	112.23	17	103.46	13	111.41	23	103.45	20	2.36%	52	83.79	163	97.68	129	0.28	166	2.0	154	69.01	382.70	-35
41	421	Charlottesville VA	MCHV	104.24	65	101.15	52	105.53	51	101.23	74	1.05%	97	108.42	80	100.30	83	0.92	23	9.0	5	180.90	387.13	1
42	9	Redding CA	MRED	109.91	24	99.19	127	111.80	19	101.06	80	2.08%	60	113.08	66	98.75	113	0.71	47	6.0	26	177.82	388.28	-33
43	11	Tyler TX	MTYL	105.71	55	100.82	63	100.87	77	101.07	79	1.52%	84	128.57	35	102.11	52	0.71	46	6.0	24	186.41	389.02	-32
44	70	Auburn-Opelika AL	MAUB	111.53	19	104.04	8	105.00	56	103.95	14	0.81%	107	98.40	110	101.20	67	0.35	148	2.0	144	120.71	389.83	26
45	N/A5	Morristown TN	MMOW	97.75	134	101.37	47	98.22	99	102.49	41	3.54%	29	162.71	4	102.93	40	0.48	106	6.0	30	129.01	392.07	N/A
46	N/A5	Wenatchee WA	MWEN	101.98	88	101.62	35	104.55	58	102.54	39	3.73%	26	128.57	36	101.48	62	0.36	146	1.0	167	103.41	401.62	N/A
47	221	Rochester MN	MROE	106.99	44	100.05	94	110.22	25	101.49	71	1.66%	76	97.15	115	100.20	88	0.93	21	4.0	64	174.85	404.23	-25
48	852	Midland TX	MMID	105.99	51	100.84	62	90.28	155	100.56	101	2.43%	50	175.71	3	108.18	10	0.89	26	6.0	31	120.34	404.91	37
49	54	Great Falls MT	MGRE	104.68	60	101.53	43	97.17	104	102.81	29	2.50%	47	123.84	44	108.78	7	0.35	149	1.0	171	79.85	416.91	5
50	49	Glens Falls NY	MGLF	102.87	78	100.82	64	96.68	108	101.36	73	1.33%	90	113.76	65	104.97	28	1.17	10	7.0	14	127.95	420.38	-1
51	15	Cheyenne WY	MCHE	107.50	38	100.14	91	109.46	33	103.07	25	2.69%	38	87.73	155	90.66	173	0.45	116	5.0	59	85.30	423.64	-36
52	N/A5	El Centro CA	MELC	109.47	27	98.15	159	111.44	22	103.68	18	7.66%	2	115.10	57	94.45	159	0.29	160	2.0	137	152.45	430.75	N/A
53	N/A5	Morgantown WV	MMOG	114.98	11	101.65	34	111.17	24	102.01	51	1.64%	77	77.90	169	98.60	115	0.32	154	2.0	145	113.77	434.10	N/A
54	66	Lawton OK	MLAT	103.31	72	100.48	77	99.95	85	103.78	16	2.44%	49	112.72	67	100.89	73	0.44	119	3.0	119	110.51	434.29	12
55	N/A5	Elizabethtown KY	MELI	106.17	48	100.39	80	103.25	64	103.29	23	0.49%	124	136.97	19	98.81	111	0.46	112	5.0	56	109.55	434.54	N/A
56	1	Missoula MT	MMIS	107.64	37	100.92	57	112.41	15	102.59	35	1.38%	89	110.34	76	90.28	174	0.49	102	1.0	169	99.02	438.75	-55
57	25	Burlington-South Burlington VT	MBUR	105.16	58	101.12	54	105.11	55	100.70	96	-.35%	151	102.17	98	101.91	55	1.62	3	8.0	7	204.48	441.65	-32
58	1003	Longview TX	MLOG	103.09	76	101.68	33	95.74	117	100.72	95	2.17%	57	114.58	61	100.75	77	0.62	66	5.0	39	200.40	444.97	42
59	N/A5	Lebanon PA	MLEB	109.26	28	101.90	29	102.00	72	101.63	64	0.45%	126	100.66	102	93.52	165	0.65	60	5.0	52	124.49	452.58	N/A
60	N/A5	Fairbanks AK	MFAI	108.68	31	101.57	41	105.47	52	102.49	42	0.94%	100	96.94	117	99.20	103	0.37	141	3.0	126	85.93	453.14	N/A
61	N/A5	Farmington NM	MFAM	105.77	54	102.24	25	103.00	66	100.79	93	2.41%	51	117.07	52	103.41	36	0.20	176	0.0	178	124.17	453.72	N/A
62	31	Santa Fe NM	MSFE	104.74	59	100.48	75	105.71	49	99.62	130	2.09%	59	90.24	146	106.76	14	0.51	91	6.0	29	138.70	456.01	-59
63	27	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton NJ	MVIN	101.24	96	100.89	58	98.48	93	102.57	36	1.09%	95	126.29	39	102.36	47	0.45	114	4.0	69	151.18	456.49	-36
64	N/A5	Vero Beach FL	MVER	109.61	25	100.87	59	113.96	11	109.79	1	0.43%	128	71.58	177	95.56	149	0.36	144	3.0	114	124.11	458.63	N/A
65	261	College Station-Bryan TX	MCSB	105.78	53	99.77	107	104.17	59	101.76	60	2.19%	56	103.73	93	99.18	105	0.63	64	3.0	101	189.47	459.77	-39
66	191	Rapid City SD	MRAP	103.15	74	100.76	66	109.96	29	101.85	56	1.59%	79	103.91	92	94.43	160	0.50	96	4.0	78	117.49	460.02	-47
67	N/A5	Carson City NV	MCAR	103.28	73	101.50	44	104.56	57	101.59	66	2.52%	45	93.74	130	94.88	154	0.45	117	4.0	91	55.97	472.31	#VALUE!
68	N/A5	Brunswick GA	MBSW	101.49	93	101.23	49	101.25	76	103.60	19	0.49%	125	119.69	51	99.01	106	0.41	127	5.0	57	98.04	474.12	N/A
69	N/A5	Hot Springs AR	MHOT	103.94	68	101.17	51	100.33	84	100.94	89	4.16%	21	85.71	158	100.59	81	0.44	120	4.0	86	92.14	476.47	N/A
70	N/A5	Valdosta GA	MVAD	107.49	39	100.14	90	101.71	73	101.86	55	0.82%	106	121.34	45	102.28	48	0.35	147	3.0	115	123.72	481.21	N/A
71	56	Grand Forks ND-MN	MGRF	102.87	79	100.87	60	97.81	101	102.62	32	2.14%	58	106.62	87	102.98	39	0.39	134	1.0	170	96.05	484.99	-15
72	411	Pocatello ID	MPOC	103.45	71	101.15	53	94.88	120	100.81	92	3.08%	32	109.09	79	98.88	108	0.67	55	3.0	127	83.15	491.88	-31
73	1291	Appleton WI	MAPP	101.67	91	99.91	102	104.02	60	101.03	81	1.48%	86	138.46	18	101.45	64	0.63	63	2.0	129	213.10	496.19	56
74	55	Lawrence KS	MLWR	104.32	64	100.78	65	102.90	67	98.39	153	1.69%	75	134.82	21	98.21	123	0.71	49	4.0	84	102.79	501.09	-19
75	N/A5	Gainesville GA	MGAG	105.54	56	99.02	134	110.03	28	101.70	63	1.04%	98	125.65	40	96.32	140	0.49	99	3.0	104	160.92	507.89	N/A
76	34	Dubuque IA	MDUB	98.07	125	100.24	83	94.31	129	102.16	47	1.49%	85	111.58	71	105.90	22	0.49	103	7.0	20	91.00	514.22	-42
77	631	Tuscaloosa AL	MTUS	100.09	104	101.42	46	98.53	92	100.35	107	5.33%	9	101.46	100	101.68	58	0.31	157	2.0	130	195.13	516.62	-14
78	N/A5	Fond du Lac WI	MFLW	100.04	108	100.70	69	88.54	160	99.82	127	2.62%	41	151.97	7	100.82	75	0.67	54	7.0	19	98.66	519.31	N/A
79	N/A5	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford VA	MBLC	102.09	87	99.80	106	100.85	78	100.12	116	-.37%	153	130.90	29	101.96	54	1.17	9	13.0	1	150.87	523.08	N/A
80	17	Lewiston-Auburn ME	MLEW	103.12	75	99.50	119	108.06	36	101.54	68	1.56%	81	124.54	43	100.23	86	0.27	170	3.0	122	107.02	524.73	-63
81	233	Napa CA	MNAA	106.70	45	99.54	118	120.42	2	100.99	82	-.17%	143	88.23	153	94.47	158	0.73	43	5.0	49	132.34	526.57	-58
82	68	Jacksonville NC	MJAS	99.85	110	102.79	17	103.27	63	101.56	67	0.90%	103	96.10	122	105.87	23	0.32	152	0.0	175	154.30	530.37	-14
83	351	Bloomington IN	MBLM	99.70	112	100.15	88	96.70	107	101.80	58	-1.29%	172	144.69	14	100.15	90	1.35	6	7.0	12	177.59	533.25	-48
84	87	Cumberland MD-WV	MCUM	105.33	57	99.97	99	97.44	102	99.54	132	0.52%	118	115.72	56	102.13	51	0.66	59	7.0	18	101.02	534.84	3
85	391	Dothan AL	MDOT	97.42	136	101.06	55	96.48	110	101.23	75	3.05%	34	120.34	48	98.19	124	0.47	110	3.0	109	135.25	539.10	-46
86	381	Greenville NC	MGVL	100.42	100	100.69	70	100.59	81	100.75	94	1.53%	83	110.84	73	94.78	156	0.88	27	3.0	105	160.81	541.87	-48
87	28	St. Cloud MN	MSTC	102.27	85	100.13	92	102.38	69	99.89	126	0.74%	110	129.73	33	103.77	33	0.60	71	2.0	131	179.15	548.85	-59
88	432	Abilene TX	MABI	99.25	116	99.61	114	97.01	105	101.09	77	4.65%	16	100.12	103	100.90	71	0.49	100	3.0	106	158.51	550.29	-45
89	N/A5	Cleveland TN	MCLD	97.76	133	101.54	42	94.44	128	100.97	85	-.18%	144	178.27	2	102.03	53	0.80	35	4.0	82	107.24	550.94	N/A
90	763	Waco TX	MWAC	99.94	109	100.46	78	98.96	90	100.03	121	2.58%	43	98.79	106	98.80	112	0.53	84	4.0	60	222.44	553.92	-14
91	881	Ocean City NJ	MOCE	102.89	77	102.51	19	107.23	44	102.55	38	-18.30%	179	81.12	166	101.28	66	0.29	163	2.0	153	100.76	561.37	-3
92	N/A5	Ames IA	MAME	97.79	132	98.87	140	101.50	74	102.08	50	1.43%	87	96.28	121	108.64	8	0.55	83	4.0	88	80.40	563.93	N/A
93	821	Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA	MWAE	101.47	94	99.65	112	94.45	127	100.13	115	1.70%	74	121.13	47	106.44	16	0.49	98	4.0	66	161.91	566.38	-11
94	37	Chico CA	MCHO	102.49	83	97.44	167	105.66	50	98.83	143	2.00%	63	99.40	105	102.13	50	0.53	85	6.0	22	212.97	567.61	-57
95	911	St. Joseph MO-KS	MSTJ	104.48	61	101.03	56	98.40	96	98.77	147	0.80%	108	110.06	77	101.88	56	0.62	68	1.0	166	122.21	580.22	-4
96	711	Wichita Falls TX	MWIH	97.23	140	98.65	147	100.37	83	100.39	106	2.23%	55	148.50	10	95.61	147	0.96	17	4.0	71	147.83	582.39	-25
97	N/A5	Jefferson City MO	MJEF	101.35	95	99.67	111	101.37	75	101.74	62	0.56%	116	116.07	55	99.87	95	0.50	94	1.0	162	142.45	589.47	N/A
98	59	Anniston-Oxford AL	MANI	97.84	130	101.61	36	90.13	156	102.55	37	-.63%	162	92.51	136	100.22	87	0.82	31	6.0	34	112.43	592.52	-39
99	64	Jonesboro AR	MJOB	100.43	99	100.66	72	97.21	103	100.52	102	0.83%	105	101.19	101	100.70	79	0.47	111	4.0	80	111.53	593.60	-35
100	N/A5	Kingston NY	MKIS	99.79	111	98.15	158	99.56	87	100.70	97	2.97%	35	88.21	154	83.85	176	0.92	22	8.0	8	181.78	594.97	N/A
101	511	Terre Haute IN	MTER	95.19	152	99.74	108	94.67	124	101.81	57	0.51%	119	90.87	143	101.14	68	0.89	25	6.0	27	168.77	616.24	-50
102	72	Jackson TN	MJAT	98.49	121	100.68	71	96.25	113	100.94	88	0.64%	113	107.81	83	98.44	118	0.43	122	5.0	55	110.17	619.01	-30
103	65	Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR	MTEX	100.12	103	99.92	101	99.54	88	100.60	99	3.24%	31	96.32	120	99.32	102	0.28	165	1.0	163	132.72	620.26	-38
104	451	Athens-Clarke County GA	MATH	100.09	105	99.05	131	102.25	71	101.74	61	-.19%	145	102.88	94	97.56	131	0.47	108	5.0	41	173.76	623.48	-59
105	N/A5	Pascagoula MS	MPAS	87.92	177	98.73	143	79.33	178	101.93	53	5.51%	8	101.63	99	100.29	84	0.77	38	4.0	67	156.27	626.43	N/A
106	32	Wausau WI	MWAU	101.60	92	100.22	84	100.78	79	100.18	114	0.66%	112	97.54	114	96.85	136	0.43	121	4.0	75	127.73	626.83	-74
107	611	Columbia MO	MCOM	105.79	52	99.61	115	98.77	91	98.54	150	2.01%	62	102.30	97	97.69	128	0.45	113	2.0	138	151.31	630.30	-46
108	52	Elkhart-Goshen IN	MELK	100.12	102	104.82	5	94.28	130	101.52	70	0.50%	121	76.15	176	92.89	167	0.41	125	3.0	99	191.77	633.14	-56
109	44	State College PA	MSTG	102.39	84	99.40	121	102.34	70	98.79	146	0.29%	132	83.42	164	97.28	133	0.99	16	9.0	6	140.48	634.81	-65
110	30	La Crosse WI-MN	MLAR	99.66	113	100.14	89	98.47	94	100.96	86	-.10%	140	92.66	135	102.37	46	0.45	115	3.0	112	128.64	646.58	-80
111	77	Sherman-Denison TX	MSHE	94.96	156	98.97	136	92.82	139	99.64	129	4.17%	20	85.38	160	99.90	94	0.96	18	6.0	33	115.93	652.70	-34
112	1293	Oshkosh-Neenah WI	MOSH	99.35	115	99.56	117	95.77	116	98.86	141	2.25%	54	113.89	64	100.74	78	0.47	109	2.0	136	159.01	656.01	17
113	831	Hattiesburg MS	MHAT	100.09	106	98.92	138	100.50	82	100.47	103	1.55%	82	106.32	88	102.37	45	0.30	159	1.0	164	129.97	658.03	-30
114	1353	Johnstown PA	MJOH	96.06	146	98.79	142	94.11	133	101.17	76	1.57%	80	110.67	74	94.47	157	0.84	29	4.0	70	148.50	661.10	21
115	75	Williamsport PA	MWII	98.18	123	99.98	98	94.21	132	100.32	109	0.49%	123	96.77	119	98.90	107	0.64	62	6.0	32	118.54	663.81	-40
116	N/A5	Rome GA	MROR	104.04	66	98.44	154	98.26	98	98.83	144	0.54%	117	120.15	49	99.45	100	0.38	137	5.0	58	94.01	669.09	N/A
117	86	Corvallis OR	MCOV	100.41	101	100.29	82	92.38	142	98.88	140	0.38%	130	80.44	168	96.79	137	2.36	1	8.0	10	79.36	670.96	-31
118	N/A	Columbus IN	MCON	91.63	171	102.07	27	84.63	175	100.27	112	1.89%	69	93.19	134	99.36	101	0.57	79	4.0	89	72.99	672.92	N/A
119	N/A5	Lewiston ID-WA	MLET	101.97	89	98.64	148	94.68	123	100.00	123	0.22%	134	128.22	37	100.91	70	0.68	52	3.0	128	58.65	677.74	N/A
120	105	Janesville WI	MJAN	95.19	153	100.16	86	91.56	149	100.98	83	1.42%	88	91.35	141	100.19	89	0.36	143	5.0	44	156.51	683.58	-15
121	23	Eau Claire WI	MEAU	100.60	98	99.70	109	96.26	112	99.81	128	-.29%	148	93.53	132	100.03	92	0.62	67	4.0	68	153.15	690.01	-98
122	481	Alexandria LA	MALE	98.92	119	101.71	31	99.61	86	100.85	91	-.16%	141	85.58	159	96.12	141	0.29	161	1.0	161	147.15	693.20	-74
123	531	Champaign-Urbana IL	MCHA	99.45	114	97.84	164	103.67	61	98.30	154	-.78%	164	108.02	82	104.07	32	0.55	82	4.0	61	215.12	700.14	-70
124	33	Bangor ME	MBAN	102.72	82	99.28	125	99.01	89	98.07	160	-.86%	165	107.73	84	96.00	143	0.66	57	5.0	46	148.20	700.36	-91
125	57	Altoona PA	MALT	101.09	97	99.89	103	96.21	115	100.88	90	-.72%	163	90.27	145	95.70	144	0.58	75	4.0	76	127.47	701.80	-68
126	921	Owensboro KY	MOWE	95.65	149	99.05	132	93.91	136	99.31	134	2.25%	53	131.36	27	101.68	59	0.37	140	2.0	147	111.03	704.24	-34
127	852	Odessa TX	MODE	103.97	67	100.21	85	91.76	146	101.42	72	0.38%	129	94.77	126	93.07	166	0.29	162	1.0	165	124.49	719.54	-42
128	N/A5	Longview WA	MLON	94.82	158	98.73	144	91.52	150	97.98	161	2.73%	37	114.56	62	100.77	76	0.50	97	4.0	85	96.19	721.81	N/A
129	N/A5	Muskegon-Norton Shores MI	MMUS	102.77	80	100.00	97	92.05	144	98.89	138	-.05%	138	109.77	78	99.19	104	0.50	93	1.0	158	174.40	724.58	N/A
130	113	Pueblo CO	MPUE	98.24	122	98.28	156	96.51	109	99.14	136	1.97%	65	76.65	175	97.93	127	0.48	105	5.0	45	150.17	724.97	-17
131	84	Springfield IL	MSPR	95.22	151	98.81	141	94.21	131	95.54	178	0.91%	102	112.29	68	99.75	97	0.94	20	5.0	37	204.75	725.68	-47
132	96	Joplin MO	MJOP	97.87	129	99.67	110	94.94	119	100.41	105	0.50%	122	97.01	116	100.87	74	0.37	138	2.0	134	164.24	726.72	-36
133	N/A5	Dalton GA	MDAG	98.05	126	99.03	133	97.94	100	100.57	100	0.00%	137	77.52	172	94.04	163	1.48	5	3.0	111	130.02	731.66	N/A
134	93	Wheeling WV-OH	MWHE	97.88	128	99.61	116	96.21	114	99.98	124	1.95%	66	83.84	162	97.62	130	0.39	132	2.0	139	149.50	738.45	-41
135	118	Florence-Muscle Shoals AL	MFLR	92.69	169	100.53	73	86.43	172	100.04	120	2.07%	61	91.18	142	106.08	20	0.27	169	2.0	142	142.34	740.52	-17
136	581	San Angelo TX	MSAO	97.13	141	97.46	166	96.31	111	100.33	108	1.91%	68	77.18	174	90.88	172	1.07	12	3.0	123	105.51	743.17	-78
137	N/A5	Burlington NC	MBUN	93.90	161	99.13	129	91.84	145	95.97	176	1.81%	70	98.62	109	106.98	12	0.49	101	3.0	108	138.46	753.90	N/A
138	891	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH	MPAR	101.96	90	98.30	155	89.90	159	95.67	177	0.73%	111	121.22	46	99.96	93	0.58	73	3.0	103	162.95	757.07	-49
139	35	Bloomington-Normal IL	MBLO	98.09	124	96.91	171	106.72	45	100.07	117	-.33%	149	104.47	91	94.17	162	0.52	89	1.0	159	158.01	762.74	-104
140	14	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux LA	MHMT	106.07	50	96.73	172	100.77	80	100.94	87	-.17%	142	80.48	167	93.97	164	0.23	175	1.0	156	198.68	767.15	-126
141	81	Pittsfield MA	MPIS	98.99	118	98.52	152	94.87	121	97.12	170	-.20%	146	107.50	85	101.37	65	0.71	48	3.0	110	132.49	767.36	-60
142	36	Sheboygan WI	MSHB	97.25	139	99.16	128	98.36	97	100.30	110	0.62%	114	77.73	170	70.37	179	0.41	126	4.0	79	113.96	770.16	-106
143	108	Sumter SC	MSUT	96.78	143	98.88	139	94.04	135	100.98	84	-.42%	156	133.62	23	98.26	121	0.42	124	2.0	151	105.94	771.92	-35
144	941	Pine Bluff AR	MPIN	98.60	120	99.83	105	94.57	125	100.29	111	1.31%	91	83.22	165	91.16	171	0.33	150	2.0	152	105.87	775.25	-50
145	1011	Macon GA	MMAC	97.89	127	99.48	120	91.65	147	98.25	156	-.90%	167	97.65	112	96.59	139	0.68	51	7.0	11	228.17	778.50	-44
146	621	Monroe LA	MMOR	102.14	86	98.18	157	98.43	95	97.13	169	-.94%	168	130.99	28	95.15	151	0.53	86	2.0	133	171.25	778.68	-84
147	731	Albany GA	MALN	96.75	144	98.71	145	91.63	148	99.93	125	0.16%	135	93.19	133	98.47	117	0.53	87	5.0	42	162.80	789.89	-74
148	1141	Mansfield OH	MMAS	94.24	160	97.17	169	92.56	141	98.88	139	-.47%	160	149.17	9	96.73	138	0.95	19	4.0	74	128.10	792.56	-34
149	88	Racine WI	MRAC	95.02	155	100.05	93	90.06	158	101.08	78	-.35%	150	89.66	150	98.66	114	0.32	151	3.0	97	194.19	792.60	-61
150	111	Danville VA	MDNV	93.89	162	95.74	179	90.96	154	99.19	135	-3.56%	178	132.06	26	96.06	142	1.23	8	10.0	3	108.12	800.33	-39
151	951	Lake Charles LA	MLAK	97.47	135	98.54	151	87.96	165	97.67	164	2.59%	42	90.85	144	95.49	150	0.48	104	3.0	96	194.64	805.15	-56
152	N/A5	Sandusky OH	MSAD	100.08	107	99.34	124	93.71	137	100.05	119	-1.27%	171	114.59	60	99.78	96	0.27	172	1.0	172	78.99	808.70	N/A
153	1993	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North MI	MSAG	93.72	165	97.05	170	87.87	167	99.38	133	-.25%	147	98.73	107	104.10	31	0.67	53	4.0	62	209.06	809.92	46
154	106	Goldsboro NC	MGOL	96.26	145	99.35	123	94.74	122	98.12	158	-.09%	139	111.03	72	105.08	26	0.19	178	0.0	179	114.24	814.64	-48
155	99	Decatur IL	MDEC	88.07	176	98.94	137	85.15	174	99.55	131	0.58%	115	129.25	34	102.65	41	0.36	145	2.0	148	110.98	817.14	-56
156	781	Lima OH	MLIM	97.28	138	98.51	153	95.58	118	98.85	142	0.92%	101	94.29	127	98.36	119	0.38	136	2.0	150	106.87	817.52	-78
157	109	Rocky Mount NC	MROM	93.66	166	99.07	130	90.12	157	98.79	145	-.87%	166	89.92	147	95.63	146	1.09	11	7.0	13	145.42	822.21	-48
158	N/A5	Danville IL	MDAI	92.92	168	98.05	162	87.50	168	102.13	49	0.90%	104	77.55	171	86.66	175	0.43	123	4.0	87	82.79	827.26	N/A
159	1743	Anderson SC	MANE	95.11	154	100.46	79	92.23	143	99.03	137	-.44%	159	84.11	161	109.68	5	0.19	177	0.0	173	173.55	828.28	15
160	761	Victoria TX	MVIC	95.31	150	98.57	150	91.07	152	96.33	174	1.97%	64	89.82	148	98.55	116	0.58	76	2.0	146	113.45	831.05	-84
161	851	Lafayette IN	MLAF	95.79	148	99.84	104	90.98	153	98.26	155	-.41%	155	89.76	149	97.35	132	0.66	56	3.0	102	181.51	832.54	-76
162	N/A5	Monroe MI	MMOE	102.75	81	96.69	173	103.62	62	100.01	122	-1.69%	175	94.79	124	82.42	177	0.27	168	0.0	176	152.55	832.79	N/A
163	691	Florence SC	MFLO	97.83	131	99.39	122	94.04	134	97.95	162	0.34%	131	97.78	111	100.10	91	0.31	156	1.0	157	197.26	834.98	-94
164	N/A5	Battle Creek MI	MBCR	99.09	117	98.66	146	87.94	166	96.81	171	-1.10%	169	142.62	15	106.38	17	0.28	164	2.0	143	139.07	836.42	N/A
165	1991	Bay City MI	MBCY	97.35	137	99.23	126	86.81	171	98.46	151	-2.86%	177	99.41	104	96.88	135	0.73	44	4.0	81	109.48	841.25	34
166	107	Kokomo IN	MKOK	86.93	179	97.66	165	84.49	176	97.70	163	11.36%	1	53.25	178	95.61	148	0.51	92	3.0	124	101.22	850.51	-59
167	1011	Topeka KS	MTOP	97.05	142	98.14	160	94.52	126	96.51	173	0.95%	99	95.06	123	91.22	170	0.38	135	3.0	92	227.82	855.04	-66
168	N/A5	Anderson IN	MAND	92.22	170	97.30	168	82.07	177	96.27	175	0.78%	109	102.73	95	97.96	126	0.66	58	5.0	50	130.60	858.76	N/A
169	100	Kankakee-Bradley IL	MKAK	96.00	147	98.59	149	92.77	140	97.30	167	-1.15%	170	97.57	113	91.95	168	0.75	40	4.0	83	107.19	868.79	-69
170	110	Decatur AL	MDEZ	93.83	163	100.34	81	88.14	163	98.41	152	0.51%	120	92.40	137	91.55	169	0.39	133	1.0	160	147.63	871.30	-60
171	97	Gadsden AL	MGAD	94.48	159	100.16	87	86.01	173	98.62	149	-1.60%	174	96.93	118	103.61	35	0.27	171	1.0	168	103.25	880.11	-74
172	N/A5	Michigan City-La Porte IN	MMIC	93.76	164	98.12	161	91.33	151	97.28	168	-.43%	157	108.05	81	95.07	152	0.56	81	3.0	120	109.75	907.06	N/A
173	90	Jackson MI	MJAK	94.90	157	99.00	135	93.59	138	96.72	172	0.11%	136	86.92	157	95.65	145	0.37	139	2.0	135	162.97	913.76	-83
174	115	Elmira NY	MELM	88.71	175	96.51	176	88.39	162	98.11	159	-2.00%	176	93.84	128	98.82	110	0.84	30	3.0	125	89.98	930.84	-59
175	79	Niles-Benton Harbor MI	MNIL	87.18	178	96.57	175	88.39	161	97.34	166	0.44%	127	88.76	152	94.83	155	0.40	129	4.0	65	163.13	942.10	-96
176	1121	Sioux City IA-NE-SD	MSIO	90.95	173	96.61	174	86.93	170	98.67	148	-.36%	152	92.40	138	99.47	99	0.44	118	2.0	140	143.19	948.37	-64
177	116	Muncie IN	MMUN	91.13	172	96.47	177	87.09	169	98.16	157	-1.54%	173	92.15	139	94.98	153	0.50	95	3.0	117	117.77	980.02	-61
178	103	Weirton-Steubenville WV-OH	MWEI	93.60	167	95.90	178	88.04	164	97.37	165	-.39%	154	77.26	173	94.32	161	0.32	153	3.0	113	127.71	1004.71	-75
179	N/A5	Springfield OH	MSPF	90.88	174	97.96	163	77.15	179	95.12	179	-.44%	158	18.92	179	76.83	178	0.18	179	0.0	177	142.61	1077.08	N/A

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	2	Added/subtracted metro(s)
	3	Indicates this city's position on last year's 2004 largest metros list
	4	Indicates this city's position on last year's 2004 smallest metros list
	5	New metro