2010 Best-Performing Cities
179 Smallest Metros
2010 Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities  
The 2010 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.

Click on any of the links across the top to re-rank the metros by that category.
MSA = metropolitan statistical area
MD = metropolitan division
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Biggest Gainers
Spots Climbed 2010 Rank 2009 Rank Smallest Metros
59  52  111  Altoona, PA MSA  
45  40  85  Harrisonburg, VA MSA  
41  16  57  Bloomington, IN MSA  
37  46  83  Yakima, WA MSA  
34  35  69  Missoula, MT MSA  
29  22  51  Columbia, MO MSA  
28  32  60  Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA  
24  60  84  Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA MSA  
21  49  70  Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL MSA  
21  71  92  Burlington-South Burlington, VT MSA  
Biggest Decliners
Spots Declined 2010 Rank 2009 Rank Smallest Metros
-92  142  50  Prescott, AZ MSA  
-88  116  28  Bend, OR MSA  
-87  117  30  St. George, UT MSA  
-85  176  91  Wausau, WI MSA  
-78  93  15  Coeur d'Alene, ID MSA  
-77  145  68  Winchester, VA-WV MSA  
-75  110  35  Santa Fe, NM MSA  
-73  127  54  Medford, OR MSA  
-71  152  81  Macon, GA MSA  
-70  148  78  Rocky Mount, NC MSA  
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