Jacksonville metro ranks as the No. 7 “boomtown” in the country in a new LendingTree analysis of the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas, placing amongst some of the fastest-growing markets in the south.

According to Jacksonville data provided by LendingTree, the metro’s workforce grew 5.6%, the largest increase among all 50 metros analyzed.

Two other Florida metros accompanied the top 10, Tampa ranked No. 5, followed by Jacksonville at No. 7 and Orlando at No. 8.

Jacksonville earned an overall score of 59 out of 100; the strongest showing came in the people-and-housing category, where it ranked No. 4 nationally with a score of 67.2.

LendingTree ranked the country’s largest metros using three categories — people and housing, work and earnings, and business and economy — using federal data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Economic Analysis.