Additionally, 97 of the 100 largest metro areas experienced a loss of employment within 35 miles of their central business districts during the recession, according to a new report by the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institute.
The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area had the largest drop of 91,692 jobs. The largest amount of current jobs, 45 percent, is located between three and 10 miles from a central business district, the report said.