2009 Best Cities for Jobs

Forbes Magazine discusses the best cities for job growth in this article. For the actual list of cities click here - Newgeography.com - where Forbes got their data.

Overall Best Cities for Jobs
1) Odessa, Texas
2) Grand Junction, Colorado
3) Longview, Texas
4) Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
5) Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
6) Austin-Round Rock, Texas
7) McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
8) Laredo, Texas
9) Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
10) Tulsa, Oklahoma

Forbes has further broken them down into subcategories:

Best Big Cities for Jobs
10) Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Oregon, Washington
9) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
8) Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
7) Salt Lake City, Utah
6) Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
5) Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
4) Forth Worth-Arlington, Texas
3) San Antonio, Texas
2) Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
1) Austin-Round Rock, Texas

Best Mid-Sized Cities for Jobs
10) Mobile, Alabama
9) Anchorage, Alaska
8) Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
7) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
6) Corpus Christi, Texas
5) Kansas City, Kansas
4) Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
3) Lafayette, Lousiana
2) Tulsa, Oklahoma
1) McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas

Best Small Cities for Jobs
10) College Station-Bryan, Texas
9) Morgantown, West Virginia
8) Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
7) Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
6) Laredo, Texas
5) Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
4) Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
3) Longview, Texas
2) Grand Junction, Colorado
1) Odessa, Texas