Job gains and losses

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WASHINGTON – The Pentagon provided estimates of job gains and losses in communities affected by the proposed base closures announced Friday.

The figures include proposed changes in the number of uniformed, civilian and contractor jobs on the affected bases in the area, as well as an estimate of the number of off-base jobs that would be created or lost by changes to the military’s presence in that community.

In terms of projected job losses as a percentage of the local economy, the hardest-hit community in the United States would be Clovis, N.M., home to Cannon Air Force Base, a fighter base slated for closure.

The biggest winner would be St. Marys, Ga., which would receive many of the attack submarines now based in New London, Conn.

The hardest-hit communities in the United States, according to Pentagon estimates:

Clovis, N.M.: Would lose 4,779 jobs, 20.5 percent decrease in local jobs

Martin County, Ind.: Would lose 991 jobs, 11.6 percent decrease

Norwich-New London, Conn.: Would lose 15,813 jobs, 9.4 percent decrease

Fairbanks, Alaska: Would lose 4,710 jobs, 8.6 percent decrease

Rapid City, S.D.: Would lose 6,767 jobs, 8.5 percent decrease

Grand Forks, N.D.-Minn.: Would lose 4,929 jobs, 7.4 percent decrease

Texarkana, Texas-Ark.: Would lose 4,405 jobs, 6.5 percent decrease

Mountain Home, Idaho: Would lose 898 jobs, 6.2 percent decrease

King George County, Va.: Would lose 775 jobs, 5.5 percent decrease

Wichita Falls, Texas: Would lose 4,368 jobs, 4.7 percent decrease

Elizabethtown, Ky.: Would lose 2,926 jobs, 4.5 percent decrease

Portland, Maine: Would lose 13,432 jobs, 4 percent decrease

Corpus Christi, Texas: Would lose 7,232 jobs, 3.3 percent decrease

Pascagoula, Miss.: Would lose 1,761 jobs, 2.6 percent decrease

Some other losers:

Washington, D.C.-Arlington, Va.-Alexandria, Va.: Would lose 25,016 jobs

Atlanta: Would lose 11,050 jobs

Edison, N.J.: Would lose 10,236 jobs

Lake County-Kenosha County, Ill.: Would lose 4,686 jobs

Pensacola, Fla.: Would lose 4,100 jobs

St. Louis: Would lose 3,716 jobs

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Calif.: Would lose 3,397 jobs

Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario, Calif: Would lose 3,053 jobs

Charleston, S.C.: Would lose 3,037 jobs

Winners:

St. Marys, Ga.: Would gain 5,034 jobs, 21.9 percent increase

Lawton, Okla.: Would gain 5,731 jobs, 9 percent increase

Columbus, Ga.-Ala.: Would gain 13,828 jobs, 8.5 percent increase

Enterprise-Ozark, Ala.: Would gain 3,559 jobs, 7.4 percent increase

Manhattan, Kan.: Would gain 4,673 jobs, 6.5 percent increase

El Paso, Texas: Would gain 20,196 jobs, 6.1 percent increase

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Fla.: Would gain 3,954 jobs, 3.3 percent increase

Anniston-Oxford, Ala.: Would gain 1,800 jobs, 3 percent increase

Sumter, S.C.: Would gain 1,421 jobs, 2.6 percent increase

Bremerton-Silverdale, Wash.: Would gain 2,921 jobs, 2.5 percent increase

Colorado Springs, Co.: Would gain 8,658 jobs, 2.5 percent increase

Some other winners:

Baltimore: Would gain 14,722 jobs

Richmond, Va.: Would gain 11,180 jobs

Little Rock, Ark.: Would gain 6,521 jobs

Bakersfield, Calif.: Would gain 5,711 jobs

Indianapolis: Would gain 5,691 jobs

Jacksonville, Fla.: Would gain 5,420 jobs

San Antonio, Texas: Would gain 5,199 jobs

Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md.: Would gain 3,406 jobs