America's Downtowns Ranked by Number of Employees

America's 100 largest downtowns ranked by number of employees. Find out if and where Jacksonville makes the list.
Total Jobs in Commercial Downtown and One-Mile Area


Perk Plaza - Downtown Cleveland

1.    Midtown Manhattan   -   1,441,281
2.    Downtown Chicago   -   609,902
3.    Downtown Manhattan   -   527,118
4.    Downtown DC   -   468,907
5.    Downtown LA   -   372,337
6.    Downtown San Francisco   -   299,659
7.    Downtown Seattle   -   294,369
8.    Center City Philadelphia   -   288,227
9.    Downtown Minneapolis   -   232,458
10.   Downtown Austin   -   214,865
11.   Downtown Houston   -   200,383
12.   Downtown Miami   -   188,003
13.   Downtown Denver   -   180,863
14.   Downtown Portland   -   180,173
15.   Downtown Dallas   -   167,514
16.   Downtown Pittsburgh   -   153,224
17.   Downtown Sacramento   -   151,828
18.   Downtown Baltimore   -   149,432
19.   Downtown Atlanta   -   142,759
20.   Downtown Indianapolis   -   136,417
21.   Downtown Milwaukee   -   136,277
22.   Downtown Honolulu   -   129,357
23.   Downtown Cleveland   -   124,086
24.   Downtown Raleigh   -   122,005
25.   Downtown Columbus   -   121,455





Orange Avenue - Downtown Orlando


26.   Downtown Hartford   -   120,797
27.   Downtown Oakland   -   113,550
28.   Downtown Phoenix   -   107,859
29.   Downtown Orlando   -   104,290
30.   Downtown San Diego   -   100,905
31.   Downtown St. Louis   -   97,167
32.   Downtown San Antonio   -   96,643
33.   Downtown Louisville   -   95,581
34.   Downtown Cincinnati   -   90,271
35.   Downtown Charlotte   -   89,588
36.   Downtown Salt Lake City   -   88,812
37.   Downtown Tampa   -   87,134
38.   Downtown Nashville   -   86,615
39.   Downtown St. Paul, MN   -   85,753
40.   Downtown Columbia, SC   -   85,142
41.   Downtown New Orleans   -   84,566
42.   Downtown Des Moines   -   81,339
43.   Downtown Richmond   -   80,313
44.   Downtown Fort Worth   -   80,068
45.   Downtown Detroit   -   78,144
46.   Downtown Providence   -   77,885
47.   Downtown Buffalo   -   72,902
48.   Downtown San Jose   -   70,762
49.   Downtown Kansas City   -   69,482
50.   Downtown Rochester   -   68,449





Laura Street - Downtown Jacksonville

51.   Downtown Norfolk   -   67,774
52.   Downtown Grand Rapids   -   67,277
53.   Downtown Lexington, KY   -   65,206
54.   Downtown Las Vegas   -   62,054
55.   Downtown Oklahoma City   -   58,833
56.   Downtown Fort Lauderdale   -   58,216
57.   Downtown Little Rock   -   56,524
58.   Downtown Jacksonville   -   56,302
59.   Downtown Albany   -   55,936
60.   Downtown Tulsa   -   55,728
61.   Downtown Wichita   -   55,571
62.   Downtown Tallahassee   -   54,658
63.   Downtown Birmingham   -   54,450
64.   Downtown Spokane, WA   -   53,621
65.   Downtown Boise   -   53,368
66.   Downtown Omaha   -   51,579
67.   Downtown Greensboro   -   49,045
68.   Downtown Tucson   -   47,678
69.   Downtown Akron - Cleveland   -   47,394
70.   Downtown Tacoma - Seattle   -   46,994
71.   Downtown Rochester, MN   -   46,704
72.   Downtown Memphis   -   46,587
73.   Downtown Albuquerque   -   43,560
74.   Downtown Jackson, MS   -   41,952
75.   Downtown Colorado Springs   -   41,715





River Street - Downtown Savannah

76.   Downtown Chattanooga   -   41,397
77.   Downtown Syracuse   -   39,656
78.   Downtown Bakersfield   -   39,243
79.   Downtown El Paso   -   36,623
80.   Downtown Shreveport   -   36,183
81.   Downtown Lubbock, TX   -   35,121
82.   Downtown Baton Rouge   -   34,916
83.   Downtown Lincoln, NE   -   34,840
84.   Downtown Sioux Falls, SD   -   34,248
85.   Downtown Huntsville   -   33,787
86.   Downtown Amarillo, TX   -   33,019
87.   Downtown Stockton, CA   -   32,771
88.   Downtown Madison - Madison   -   32,170
89.   Downtown Montgomery, AL   -   32,110
90.   Downtown Knoxville, TN   -   32,038
91.   Downtown Corpus Cristi   -   31,640
92.   Downtown Toledo   -   31,474
93.   Downtown Savannah, GA   -   30,949
94.   Downtown Augusta, GA   -   30,780
95.   Downtown Greenville, SC   -   29,976
96.   Downtown Charleston   -   29,351
97.   Downtown Anchorage   -   28,987
98.   Downtown Fort Wayne, IN   -   28,585
99.   Downtown Cedar Rapids, IA   -   27,557
100.   Downtown Winston Salem   -   27,556
101.   Downtown Mobile   -   23,234

Source: https://definingdowntown.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/Defining_DowntownReport.pdf