CITIES WITH STRONG ECONOMIES 2009 - 2010

RECESSION-PROOF CITIES

Strongest employment, goods & services, housing prices (in order):

  1. Austin, Texas
  2. Baton Rouge, La
  3. Columbus, S.C.
  4. Dallas
  5. Des Moines, Iowa
  6. El Paso, Texas
  7. Harrisburg, Pa.
  8. Honolulu, Hawaii
  9. Houston
  10. Jackson, Miss.
  11. Little Rock, Ark.
  12. McAllen, Texas
  13. Oklahoma City
  14. Omaha, Neb.
  15. Pittsburgh, Pa.
  16. Rochester, N.Y.
  17. San Antonio
  18. Tulsa, Okla.
  19. Virginia Beach, Va.
  20. Washington, D.C.


Source: Brookings Intitution


GREEN TECHNOLOGY AREAS

Best metropolitan areas based on employment opportunities in renewable energy/green industries based on patent applications, employment positions and investment:

  1. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.
  2. Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Califl
  3. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
  4. Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell Brockton, Mass.
  5. Washington, D.C.-Baltimore
  6. Denver-Boulder-Greeley, Colo.
  7. Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.
  8. Portland-Salem, Ore.
  9. Chicago-Gary-Kentucky, Ill.-Ind.
  10. Sacramento-Yolo County, Calif.
  11. San Diego
  12. Austin-San Marcos, Texas
  13. Phoenix
  14. Detroit-Ann Arbor, Mich.
  15. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas


Source: Clean Edge, Inc., 2009
MOST ROBUST URBAN ECONOMIES

Measured by output of goods and services (2008):

  1. New York $1.26 trillion
  2. Los Angeles $$717.9 billion
  3. Chicago $520.7 billion
  4. Houston $403.2 billion
  5. Washington D.C. $395.7
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas $$379.9 billion
  7. Philadelphia $331.9 billion
  8. San Francisco-Oakland, Calif $310.9 billion
  9. Boston $299.6 billion
  10. Atlanta $269.8 billion


Source: Commerce Department
BEST EDUCATED URBAN AREAS

Populations of over 500,000 that have the most residents with college degrees:

  1. Seattle                        55.2%
  2. San Francisco              51.2% 
  3. Washington D.C.         48.2%      
  4. Atlanta                       44.1%
  5. Portland, Ore              42.2% 
  6. Boston                       42.1%
  7. Austin, Texas             42.1%  
  8. San Diego                  40.8%    
  9. Charlotte, N.C.           39.9%    
  10. Denver                      38.5% 


Source: US Census Bureau
STRONGEST FOREIGN TRADE DRIVEN METROPOLITAN AREA ECONOMIES

By export value:

  1. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island  $80.9 billion
  2. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas  $62.8 billion
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.  $54.4 billion
  4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash.  $53.9 billion
  5. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.  $49.2 billion
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.  $30.6 billion
  7. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla.  $26.2 billion
  8. San Jose-Sunnyvale-SantaClara, Calif.  $28.2 billion
  9. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.  $21.6 billion
  10. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.  $21.0 billion


Source: International Trade Administration, US Department of Commece
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