Houston still leads nation in job growth

Houston Business Journal

Houston may be known as Space City, but this week it has another new title: the job-creation capital of the United States.

Houston added 65,600 nonfarm jobs between August 2010 and the same month this year, the biggest raw gain by any of the country's 100 major metros, according to statistics released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Latest from The Business Journals Memphis ranks 38th in 12-month job growthAtlanta dead last for job creation in AugustLos Angeles among markets adding jobs Follow this company .

The Business Journal's On Numbers, a division of American City Business Journals, has pulled together an interactive database of the latest data that shows that 77 of 100 markets posted job gains during that period while 23 saw employment shrinkage.

Ogden, Utah, expanded its job base by 3.73 percent during the same span, the nation's largest increase in percentage terms.

Following behind Houston in raw employment gains are New York City (up 57,400 jobs in the past year), Boston (up 50,600), and Dallas-Fort Worth (up 50,200).