2011 Best Performing Cities (200 Largest Metros in U.S.)

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Top 200, with an interactive map:
2011 List

Some interesting data for those that are in to it.

The 2011 Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities Index ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth. The components include job, wage and salary, and technology growth. In most years, these give a good indication of the underlying structural performance of regional economics.

Best-Performing Cities 1 - 25
2011 Rank 2010 Rank Metropolitan Area
1 14 San Antonio, TX MSA
2 9 El Paso, TX MSA
3 50 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA
4 2 Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA
5 1 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX MSA
6 49 Salt Lake City, UT MSA
7 8 Anchorage, AK MSA
8 3 Huntsville, AL MSA
9 25 Provo-Orem, UT MSA
10 5 Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA MSA
11 19 Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA
12 22 Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA MD
13 28 Cedar Rapids, IA MSA
14 7 Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA
15 53 Ogden-Clearfield, UT MSA
16 10 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA
17 6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MD
18 4 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA
19 93 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA
20 17 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX MD
21 20 Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD MD
22 46 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA
23 31 Madison, WI MSA
24 23 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MD
25 24 Lubbock, TX MSA