Major U.S Cities Lost 1.2 Million jobs (state, Atlanta, Los Angeles)

[downtown1]

Any prediction for 2009? If the economy does not rebound fast, many of us will be out of work.

Job losses among major U.S Cities

1. New York City, down 120,300 jobs
2. Detroit, down 89,700 jobs
3. Phoenix, down 86,800 jobs
4. Los Angeles, down 82,900 jobs
5. Atlanta, down 82,000 jobs
6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale, down 69,500 jobs
7. Chicago, down 59,100 jobs
8. Minneapolis-St. Paul, down 42,800 jobs
9. San Francisco-Oakland, down 41,400 jobs
10. Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., down 38,500 jobs

Major U.S. cities lost 1.2 million jobs in 2008 - Dayton Business Journal:

[()_T]

Here's the list. Job loss/gains from Dec.07 to Dec08

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

[SteelCityRising]

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is only down 2,600 jobs? Sheesh! From the way people talk in our metroplex you'd think the sky was quite literally falling onto their heads!

[Buffalonian4life]

As Buffalo continues to fall.

[DailyJournalist]

That's nothing, Florida down 255,200 in 2008. I predict it will only get worse in the sunshine state due to their lack of a diversified economy or any industry to speak of.