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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Postal Service Clerks

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:
Postal Service Clerks

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Postal Service Clerks 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	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Florence	40	1.6
Anniston	30	1.3
Mobile	100	1
Dothan	30	1
Birmingham	280	1
Tuscaloosa	40	0.9
Montgomery	70	0.8
Huntsville	80	0.7
ALASKA
Fairbanks	30	2
Anchorage	120	1.4
ARIZONA
Prescott	70	2.3
Flagstaff	50	1.9
Kingman	40	1.6
Yuma	40	1.4
Tucson	180	0.9
Phoenix	700	0.7
ARKANSAS
Hot Springs	40	2.3
Jonesboro	40	1.7
Fort Smith	80	1.3
Little Rock	190	1
Fayetteville	100	1
CALIFORNIA
Madera	40	2.4
Yuba City	40	2.2
Redding	60	1.8
Merced	50	1.8
San Luis Obispo	90	1.8
El Centro	40	1.6
Santa Cruz	70	1.6
Chico	50	1.5
Santa Rosa	140	1.4
Vallejo	90	1.4
Salinas	110	1.4
Sacramento	650	1.3
Modesto	110	1.3
Napa	40	1.3
Riverside	810	1.2
Visalia	80	1.2
Stockton	130	1.2
Santa Barbara	100	1.1
San Diego	810	1.1
San Francisco	590	1.1
Bakersfield	150	1.1
Oakland	570	1
Fresno	150	0.8
Santa Ana	700	0.8
Oxnard	130	0.8
San Jose	330	0.7
COLORADO
Grand Junction	60	2.2
Greeley	60	1.6
Boulder	110	1.3
Colorado Springs	160	1.2
Denver	630	0.9
Fort Collins	50	0.8
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	60	1.8
Norwich	110	1.7
Danbury	50	1.4
New Haven	210	1.4
Hartford	410	1.3
Bridgeport	290	1.2
DELAWARE
Dover	30	1.1
Wilmington	190	1.1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	1,480	1.2
FLORIDA
Sebastian	40	1.8
Ocala	80	1.7
Punta Gorda	30	1.6
Fort Walton Beach	60	1.6
Deltona	110	1.4
Palm Bay	140	1.4
Cape Coral	140	1.3
Port St. Lucie	80	1.2
Gainesville	70	1.2
Panama City	40	1.2
Pensacola	90	1.2
Naples	70	1.1
Sarasota	150	1.1
Miami	580	1.1
West Palm Beach	310	1.1
Fort Lauderdale	410	1
Lakeland	100	1
Tallahassee	80	0.9
Jacksonville	290	0.9
Tampa	580	0.9
Orlando	480	0.8
GEORGIA
Athens	50	1.3
Macon	60	1.2
Columbus	60	1.1
Atlanta	1,390	1.1
Savannah	80	1
Augusta	110	1
Gainesville	30	0.9
HAWAII
Honolulu	270	1.1
IDAHO
Coeur d'Alene	50	1.9
Boise	100	0.7
ILLINOIS
Champaign	70	1.5
Springfield	50	1
Chicago	1,910	0.9
Peoria	80	0.9
Bloomington	30	0.9
Rockford	60	0.8
INDIANA
Bloomington	40	1.2
Terre Haute	40	1.2
Gary	170	1.1
South Bend	80	1.1
Evansville	90	1
Indianapolis	460	0.9
Lafayette	30	0.8
Fort Wayne	80	0.7
Elkhart	30	0.5
IOWA
Cedar Rapids	60	0.9
Sioux City	30	0.9
Iowa City	30	0.8
Davenport	80	0.8
Des Moines	130	0.7
KANSAS
Topeka	60	1.1
Wichita	140	0.9
KENTUCKY
Lexington	110	0.9
Louisville	280	0.8
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	40	1.4
Houma	50	1
Baton Rouge	200	1
New Orleans	270	1
Lafayette	70	0.9
Lake Charles	40	0.9
Shreveport	80	0.9
Monroe	30	0.8
MAINE
Lewiston	40	1.7
Portland	140	1.3
Bangor	40	1.3
MARYLAND
Hagerstown	70	1.4
Salisbury	30	1.2
Bethesda	370	1.2
Baltimore	730	1
MASSACHUSETTS
Barnstable	180	3.5
Leominster	50	2.1
Haverhill	80	2.1
Brockton	90	2
New Bedford	50	1.6
Worcester	200	1.5
Lawrence	40	1.5
Springfield	210	1.3
Lowell	80	1.3
Boston	1,180	1.2
Framingham	80	0.9
MICHIGAN
Flint	120	1.7
Niles	50	1.7
Monroe	30	1.6
Kalamazoo	110	1.6
Detroit	520	1.3
Lansing	110	1.1
Saginaw	40	1.1
Muskegon	30	1
Holland	50	1
Ann Arbor	80	0.9
Warren	550	0.9
Grand Rapids	170	0.8
MINNESOTA
Duluth	70	1.1
Minneapolis	800	0.8
St. Cloud	40	0.8
Rochester	30	0.6
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	60	2.2
Pascagoula	30	1.4
Jackson	130	1
Gulfport	50	0.9
MISSOURI
Kansas City	650	1.2
Springfield	80	0.8
St. Louis	510	0.7
MONTANA
Billings	50	1.2
NEBRASKA
Omaha	220	0.9
Lincoln	70	0.8
NEVADA
Reno	110	1
Las Vegas	320	0.6
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	50	1.8
Nashua	110	1.5
Portsmouth	40	1.5
Manchester	50	0.9
NEW JERSEY
Ocean City	60	3.1
Camden	460	1.6
Vineland	40	1.5
Edison	800	1.4
Newark	770	1.4
Atlantic City	90	1.2
Trenton	90	0.8
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	40	1.3
Albuquerque	230	1.1
Santa Fe	30	1
NEW YORK
Kingston	110	3.8
Poughkeepsie	280	2.2
Nassau	1,200	1.7
Glens Falls	40	1.6
Utica	100	1.5
Syracuse	240	1.4
Binghamton	70	1.3
New York	3,570	1.3
Albany	260	1.1
Rochester	270	1
Buffalo	220	0.8
NORTH CAROLINA
Jacksonville	40	2.1
Asheville	170	1.8
Wilmington	130	1.7
Goldsboro	30	1.7
Fayetteville	100	1.6
Burlington	40	1.4
Greenville	40	1.1
Rocky Mount	30	1.1
Winston-Salem	120	1.1
Greensboro	200	1
Raleigh	270	1
Charlotte	460	0.9
Durham	130	0.9
Hickory	70	0.8
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	40	0.7
OHIO
Youngstown	150	1.2
Dayton	220	1
Akron	180	1
Canton	90	1
Cleveland	570	1
Toledo	160	1
Columbus	390	0.8
Cincinnati	340	0.6
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	200	0.8
Oklahoma City	250	0.8
OREGON
Medford	60	1.4
Bend	40	1.2
Eugene	90	1.2
Salem	90	1.2
Portland	490	0.9
PENNSYLVANIA
Williamsport	40	1.7
Pittsburgh	850	1.4
Philadelphia	1,300	1.3
Allentown	220	1.2
Scranton	160	1.2
Reading	100	1.2
Erie	70	1.1
Harrisburg	180	1.1
Lancaster	130	1
York	90	1
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	420	1.4
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson	40	1.4
Florence	50	1.2
Myrtle Beach	60	1
Spartanburg	60	1
Greenville	140	0.9
Columbia	150	0.8
Charleston	120	0.8
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	40	0.6
TENNESSEE
Clarksville	50	1.3
Kingsport	70	1.2
Chattanooga	140	1.1
Johnson City	40	1.1
Memphis	290	0.9
Knoxville	150	0.8
TEXAS
Sherman	40	2.2
Wichita Falls	40	1.4
Abilene	40	1.3
Longview	60	1.3
Killeen	70	1.1
Tyler	50	1.1
College Station	40	1
Beaumont	80	1
Corpus Christi	90	1
Fort Worth	410	0.9
Dallas	980	0.8
Waco	40	0.8
Lubbock	50	0.8
Amarillo	40	0.8
El Paso	110	0.8
Austin	320	0.8
San Antonio	320	0.7
Brownsville	40	0.6
McAllen	70	0.6
Houston	630	0.4
UTAH
St. George	40	1.7
Logan	30	1.4
Provo	90	1
Ogden	100	0.9
Salt Lake City	250	0.7
VERMONT
Burlington	80	1.4
VIRGINIA
Winchester	50	2
Blacksburg	40	1.4
Charlottesville	60	1.3
Lynchburg	60	1.2
Roanoke	80	1
Richmond	310	1
Virginia Beach	330	0.8
WASHINGTON
Bremerton	70	1.7
Mount Vernon	30	1.4
Tacoma	200	1.4
Bellingham	50	1.3
Spokane	130	1.2
Olympia	40	0.9
Yakima	30	0.8
Seattle	590	0.7
Kennewick	30	0.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Weirton	40	2
Charleston	100	1.3
Wheeling	40	1.3
Huntington	70	1.2
Parkersburg	40	1.2
WISCONSIN
Racine	40	1.1
Oshkosh	40	1
Milwaukee	440	0.9
Appleton	50	0.9
Madison	150	0.8
Green Bay	50	0.6

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Postal Service	77,800	99%

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Postal Service Clerks

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Postal Service Clerks

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN