NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon narrowed the list of locations under consideration for its second headquarters to 20, with the largest concentration in the Northeast.

Seattle-based Amazon plans to invest $5 billion in the new headquarters and could employ as many as 50,000 people in and around the city it chooses. Cities are in fierce competition to lure Amazon, and the company said last year that it received 238 proposals.

Amazon said it will make a final selection sometime this year.

The finalists are:

Atlanta

Austin, Texas

Boston

Chicago

Columbus, Ohio

Dallas

Denver

Indianapolis

Los Angeles

Miami

Montgomery County, Md.

Nashville

Newark, N.J.

New York

Northern Virginia

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Raleigh, N.C.

Toronto

Washington, D.C.