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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Child Care Workers

The map below shows some metro areas where the profession is more popular, compared to the size of the population, than in the rest of the country. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the US.

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
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Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Child Care Workers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.

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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Auburn	390	$17,780	2.3
Gadsden	270	$15,290	2.2
Mobile	1,170	$15,510	1.5
Montgomery	880	$16,180	1.2
Birmingham	2,790	$17,130	1.2
Tuscaloosa	420	$16,090	1.2
Florence	220	$15,540	1.1
Dothan	260	$15,170	1.1
Huntsville	740	$15,820	0.8
Decatur	160	$15,170	0.8
Anniston	100	$14,340	0.6
ALASKA
Fairbanks	130	$28,000	1.1
Anchorage	570	$22,300	0.8
ARIZONA
Kingman	170	$16,560	0.9
Phoenix	6,680	$18,960	0.8
Tucson	1,260	$19,210	0.8
Prescott	190	$19,580	0.8
Yuma	60	$17,360	0.3
ARKANSAS
Fort Smith	850	$16,130	1.7
Pine Bluff	190	$14,860	1.5
Jonesboro	290	$16,110	1.5
Fayetteville	1,130	$17,470	1.3
Little Rock	1,940	$16,020	1.3
Hot Springs	130	$16,480	0.9
CALIFORNIA
Redding	660	$22,980	2.5
Yuba City	230	$23,190	1.6
Merced	340	$22,510	1.5
Modesto	1,030	$21,230	1.5
Sacramento	4,880	$22,160	1.2
San Luis Obispo	500	$21,290	1.2
Riverside	6,470	$21,730	1.1
Salinas	740	$21,180	1.1
Napa	270	$27,110	1.1
Hanford	110	$19,680	1
Bakersfield	1,170	$22,440	1
Santa Cruz	360	$22,940	1
Fresno	1,420	$21,240	1
Santa Rosa	750	$25,120	1
Oxnard	1,220	$23,940	0.9
Chico	260	$21,120	0.9
San Diego	5,260	$23,390	0.9
Vallejo	400	$22,350	0.8
Oakland	3,470	$24,110	0.8
San Francisco	3,130	$29,970	0.7
San Jose	2,680	$24,440	0.7
Visalia	350	$20,380	0.6
Stockton	530	$23,770	0.6
Santa Ana	3,870	$24,480	0.6
Santa Barbara	380	$22,950	0.5
COLORADO
Grand Junction	310	$20,260	1.4
Denver	6,140	$21,560	1.1
Colorado Springs	1,150	$20,860	1.1
Pueblo	210	$18,940	1
Boulder	580	$25,170	0.9
Greeley	190	$20,250	0.6
Fort Collins	300	$19,870	0.6
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	710	$22,500	2.6
Norwich	680	$21,660	1.3
Hartford	3,140	$23,140	1.2
Danbury	320	$21,660	1.1
New Haven	1,180	$24,430	1
Bridgeport	1,810	$23,900	0.9
DELAWARE
Dover	240	$23,880	1.1
Wilmington	1,110	$19,680	0.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	6,810	$22,160	0.7
FLORIDA
Deltona	1,490	$20,090	2.3
Fort Walton Beach	560	$20,530	1.9
Port St. Lucie	970	$20,500	1.8
Pensacola	1,010	$19,090	1.6
Palm Coast	70	$18,400	1.6
Miami	6,260	$17,930	1.4
Punta Gorda	200	$17,230	1.4
Lakeland	1,080	$18,070	1.3
Fort Lauderdale	4,140	$20,510	1.3
Sebastian	230	$26,190	1.2
Tampa	6,660	$18,880	1.2
Gainesville	570	$17,790	1.2
Palm Bay	900	$21,950	1.1
Panama City	290	$19,020	1.1
Jacksonville	2,640	$19,730	1
Tallahassee	680	$19,290	1
Naples	470	$18,910	0.9
West Palm Beach	2,100	$18,230	0.9
Orlando	3,690	$19,880	0.8
Ocala	300	$21,770	0.8
Cape Coral	690	$20,770	0.8
Sarasota	740	$18,960	0.7
GEORGIA
Hinesville	140	$14,200	3.2
Gainesville	530	$17,670	1.9
Columbus	740	$16,690	1.6
Savannah	1,030	$16,080	1.6
Albany	390	$15,270	1.6
Valdosta	320	$14,290	1.5
Warner Robins	260	$14,930	1.4
Macon	550	$18,360	1.4
Augusta	1,130	$15,390	1.3
Rome	120	$15,890	0.9
Atlanta	6,900	$18,760	0.7
Athens	80	$17,550	0.3
Dalton	70	$17,950	0.2
HAWAII
Honolulu	1,400	$18,120	0.7
IDAHO
Boise	2,090	$18,020	1.8
Lewiston	110	$18,010	1.4
Coeur d'Alene	270	$20,540	1.3
Idaho Falls	200	$17,310	1.1
Pocatello	100	$17,010	0.9
ILLINOIS
Bloomington	350	$18,810	1.3
Rockford	770	$19,490	1.2
Springfield	430	$19,870	1
Decatur	180	$20,700	1
Peoria	610	$19,590	0.8
Champaign	300	$20,190	0.8
Chicago	9,080	$23,190	0.5
INDIANA
Muncie	390	$20,500	2.3
Bloomington	490	$18,150	1.8
Anderson	200	$17,820	1.3
Lafayette	380	$15,060	1.3
Gary	1,460	$19,160	1.2
Indianapolis	3,890	$19,040	1
Terre Haute	270	$16,810	1
South Bend	550	$16,930	1
Michigan City	140	$17,750	0.9
Columbus	130	$16,310	0.8
Evansville	560	$16,490	0.8
Kokomo	70	$17,200	0.5
Fort Wayne	460	$17,050	0.5
Elkhart	170	$20,310	0.3
IOWA
Iowa City	1,020	$18,020	3.6
Waterloo	590	$16,480	1.7
Dubuque	330	$17,360	1.7
Ames	220	$16,760	1.6
Cedar Rapids	870	$19,650	1.6
Sioux City	400	$17,840	1.4
Des Moines	1,920	$20,720	1.4
Davenport	470	$17,510	0.6
KANSAS
Lawrence	310	$17,120	1.8
Wichita	1,300	$17,580	1
Topeka	430	$18,730	0.9
KENTUCKY
Elizabethtown	380	$16,130	2.3
Owensboro	400	$17,420	2.2
Bowling Green	470	$15,680	2.1
Lexington	1,500	$18,600	1.4
Louisville	3,510	$18,450	1.3
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	380	$14,300	1.6
Monroe	380	$15,900	1.2
Lake Charles	390	$16,690	1.1
Baton Rouge	1,320	$17,280	0.8
New Orleans	1,810	$19,920	0.8
Houma	270	$15,170	0.7
Lafayette	350	$16,060	0.6
Shreveport	400	$15,800	0.5
MAINE
Bangor	430	$20,910	1.7
Portland	910	$22,440	1.1
Lewiston	120	$19,900	0.6
MARYLAND
Cumberland	140	$17,990	1.1
Hagerstown	360	$20,740	0.9
Bethesda	1,900	$22,960	0.8
Baltimore	4,090	$20,710	0.7
Salisbury	130	$17,300	0.6
MASSACHUSETTS
Pittsfield	540	$24,090	4.5
Taunton	300	$21,800	1.7
Haverhill	460	$20,730	1.5
Worcester	1,580	$23,700	1.5
Lawrence	290	$22,660	1.3
Brockton	420	$22,740	1.2
Springfield	1,350	$20,600	1
New Bedford	250	$21,050	1
Leominster	160	$22,410	0.8
Boston	5,070	$23,270	0.7
Framingham	430	$21,890	0.6
Barnstable	150	$25,290	0.4
Lowell	160	$22,280	0.3
MICHIGAN
Flint	1,070	$19,750	1.9
Battle Creek	330	$18,590	1.8
Holland	690	$23,350	1.7
Kalamazoo	910	$21,430	1.6
Muskegon	360	$21,660	1.5
Jackson	280	$19,710	1.4
Ann Arbor	950	$23,170	1.4
Monroe	190	$22,490	1.3
Bay City	160	$20,350	1.2
Saginaw	360	$20,080	1.2
Detroit	3,670	$22,030	1.2
Lansing	870	$19,420	1.1
Warren	4,890	$21,920	1
Niles	160	$18,590	0.7
Grand Rapids	950	$22,630	0.6
MINNESOTA
Duluth	460	$18,160	0.9
St. Cloud	250	$19,030	0.6
Minneapolis	3,630	$21,270	0.5
Rochester	170	$18,060	0.5
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	370	$15,160	1.7
Jackson	1,630	$16,810	1.5
Pascagoula	260	$15,280	1.5
Gulfport	570	$16,870	1.3
MISSOURI
Jefferson City	360	$23,270	1.3
Springfield	1,100	$17,110	1.3
St. Louis	7,640	$19,310	1.3
Kansas City	5,270	$19,880	1.2
St. Joseph	140	$17,660	0.7
Joplin	210	$15,890	0.7
Columbia	190	$22,400	0.6
MONTANA
Great Falls	330	$17,660	2.6
Billings	600	$17,240	1.9
Missoula	280	$16,850	1.4
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	1,290	$17,540	1.9
Omaha	2,280	$18,280	1.1
NEVADA
Carson City	80	$18,670	0.8
Reno	550	$20,100	0.6
Las Vegas	930	$17,450	0.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	310	$20,810	1.4
Portsmouth	200	$21,500	0.9
Nashua	520	$19,290	0.9
Manchester	290	$19,590	0.7
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	580	$18,630	2.6
Camden	3,740	$21,030	1.6
Newark	6,640	$23,030	1.5
Edison	5,580	$21,210	1.2
Atlantic City	650	$21,820	1
Ocean City	160	$21,630	1
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	510	$15,930	2.1
Albuquerque	970	$18,280	0.6
Farmington	110	$22,170	0.5
Santa Fe	110	$32,630	0.4
NEW YORK
Ithaca	450	$21,060	2.8
Poughkeepsie	2,790	$22,500	2.7
Kingston	510	$21,970	2.2
Albany	3,860	$22,100	2
Nassau	8,820	$23,910	1.6
New York	35,990	$25,620	1.6
Elmira	200	$18,560	1.5
Buffalo	3,610	$19,860	1.5
Rochester	3,310	$19,420	1.5
Glens Falls	270	$19,490	1.3
Utica	650	$20,150	1.2
Syracuse	1,550	$20,760	1.2
NORTH CAROLINA
Jacksonville	260	$16,990	1.7
Goldsboro	220	$17,050	1.6
Asheville	800	$19,540	1.1
Rocky Mount	240	$16,870	1.1
Hickory	630	$19,260	0.9
Winston-Salem	720	$19,710	0.8
Wilmington	450	$17,570	0.7
Charlotte	2,760	$19,960	0.7
Fayetteville	300	$17,300	0.6
Greensboro	920	$21,170	0.6
Burlington	130	$18,420	0.6
Raleigh	1,190	$19,620	0.5
Greenville	140	$17,720	0.5
Durham	530	$19,790	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	1,080	$16,820	2.3
Bismarck	440	$17,240	2
Grand Forks	340	$16,160	1.8
OHIO
Canton	1,110	$21,340	1.5
Mansfield	280	$21,070	1.4
Toledo	1,750	$19,770	1.3
Youngstown	1,270	$21,060	1.3
Cleveland	4,500	$22,940	1
Springfield	170	$23,390	0.9
Cincinnati	4,210	$20,160	0.9
Columbus	3,520	$21,660	0.9
Dayton	1,420	$19,660	0.8
Akron	1,180	$22,010	0.8
Sandusky	70	$16,520	0.5
Lima	60	$22,750	0.3
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	240	$17,910	1.8
Oklahoma City	2,950	$17,690	1.2
Tulsa	1,620	$18,880	0.8
OREGON
Corvallis	220	$21,950	2
Eugene	510	$20,040	0.8
Bend	210	$22,490	0.8
Salem	460	$19,910	0.7
Medford	230	$21,500	0.7
Portland	2,680	$21,230	0.6
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown	2,230	$19,280	1.5
Johnstown	320	$17,160	1.5
Williamsport	280	$17,060	1.4
Philadelphia	11,440	$20,310	1.4
York	990	$21,270	1.3
Pittsburgh	6,050	$19,330	1.2
Erie	610	$19,800	1.2
Lancaster	1,010	$19,930	1
Altoona	230	$17,740	1
Reading	670	$20,610	1
State College	200	$20,290	0.9
Harrisburg	1,210	$21,830	0.9
Scranton	900	$18,010	0.8
Lebanon	100	$18,260	0.6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	4,290	$21,900	1.7
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	330	$14,900	2.6
Anderson	320	$15,150	1.4
Charleston	1,550	$17,450	1.2
Florence	410	$16,610	1.2
Columbia	1,680	$16,800	1.1
Spartanburg	540	$17,710	1.1
Greenville	1,290	$17,480	1
Myrtle Beach	400	$16,660	0.8
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	1,050	$19,500	1.8
Rapid City	430	$17,960	1.8
TENNESSEE
Clarksville	620	$15,430	2.1
Johnson City	390	$15,480	1.3
Memphis	2,860	$16,430	1
Knoxville	1,400	$15,890	1
Jackson	180	$16,380	0.8
Cleveland	100	$17,000	0.8
Morristown	110	$15,840	0.6
Kingsport	290	$16,980	0.6
Chattanooga	460	$17,580	0.5
TEXAS
Victoria	340	$15,470	1.9
Brownsville	960	$16,960	1.9
Laredo	550	$17,230	1.7
San Angelo	250	$14,630	1.6
McAllen	1,490	$15,700	1.6
Midland	350	$16,980	1.3
Texarkana	280	$15,170	1.3
Waco	520	$18,200	1.3
Killeen	640	$16,070	1.3
Lubbock	650	$15,520	1.3
Sherman	180	$18,370	1.2
Abilene	260	$16,740	1.1
Corpus Christi	750	$17,220	1
Beaumont	640	$15,450	1
El Paso	1,090	$16,370	1
San Antonio	3,530	$16,550	1
College Station	280	$15,090	0.9
Austin	2,950	$20,200	0.9
Fort Worth	3,250	$18,250	0.9
Longview	310	$15,160	0.8
Wichita Falls	170	$15,790	0.8
Houston	7,730	$16,820	0.7
Tyler	200	$16,260	0.5
Odessa	50	$19,260	0.2
UTAH
Ogden	1,190	$18,460	1.4
Logan	190	$17,650	1.1
Salt Lake City	2,250	$18,090	0.8
Provo	500	$18,960	0.7
St. George	130	$18,970	0.7
VERMONT
Burlington	420	$20,300	0.9
VIRGINIA
Winchester	330	$20,680	1.6
Blacksburg	320	$17,390	1.3
Danville	140	$16,850	1.1
Richmond	2,490	$18,340	0.9
Roanoke	480	$16,390	0.7
Virginia Beach	2,310	$18,250	0.7
Charlottesville	260	$22,790	0.7
Lynchburg	260	$15,200	0.6
Harrisonburg	100	$17,220	0.5
WASHINGTON
Kennewick	660	$19,800	1.8
Yakima	530	$20,310	1.7
Bellingham	480	$21,000	1.5
Spokane	1,330	$20,080	1.5
Bremerton	390	$21,310	1.2
Wenatchee	150	$21,380	1
Longview	120	$21,760	1
Olympia	360	$21,630	1
Tacoma	1,100	$20,910	0.9
Seattle	5,960	$22,790	0.9
Mount Vernon	100	$20,500	0.6
WEST VIRGINIA
Parkersburg	350	$16,360	1.3
Huntington	500	$17,220	1.1
Morgantown	160	$15,630	0.9
Wheeling	200	$16,560	0.8
Charleston	440	$16,710	0.7
Weirton	110	$18,870	0.7
WISCONSIN
Eau Claire	630	$22,860	2.1
Milwaukee	6,950	$26,320	1.9
Green Bay	1,050	$19,690	1.5
Madison	1,830	$21,570	1.3
Fond du Lac	190	$19,870	1.2
Oshkosh	370	$21,480	1.1
Racine	270	$19,220	0.9
La Crosse	230	$19,150	0.8
Sheboygan	180	$20,530	0.8
Appleton	350	$18,100	0.7
Wausau	100	$18,580	0.4
WYOMING
Cheyenne	250	$16,880	1.5
Casper	170	$19,710	1.2

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