2008
Best-Performing Cities
The 2008 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.
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of the links across the top to re-rank the metros by that category.
MSA = metropolitan statistical area
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Biggest Gainers
Spots Climbed
2008 Rank
2007 Rank
Metropolitan Area
85
37
122
El Paso, TX MSA
71
46
117
Asheville, NC MSA
69
45
114
Wichita, KS MSA
64
67
131
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA
63
85
148
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ MD
62
44
106
Denver-Aurora, CO MSA
60
17
77
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA MD
58
50
108
Oklahoma City, OK MSA
53
68
121
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC MSA
53
21
74
Durham, NC MSA
Biggest Decliners
Spots Declined
2008 Rank
2007 Rank
Metropolitan Area
-123
145
22
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA MSA
-113
140
27
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA
-107
133
26
Reno-Sparks, NV MSA
-107
120
13
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA
-77
83
6
Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA
-72
159
87
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY MSA
-70
98
28
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA
-69
105
36
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL MD
-66
75
9
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA
-62
92
30
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL MSA
