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Cities Ranked & Rated: More Than 400 Metropolitan Areas Evaluated In The U. S. & Canada

Bert Sperling, Peter J. Sander

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About the Authors. Introduction. PART I: FINDING YOUR BEST PLACE TO LIVE. Chapter 1: The Places. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). What's Included in Cities Ranked & Rated? Chapter 2: The Rankings. About the Cities Ranked & Rated Model. Reading the Ranking Report. Chapter 3: The Categories. Reading the Data. Use of Data for Ranking & Scoring. Population. Economy & Jobs. Cost of Living. Climate. Education. Health & Healthcare. Crime. Transportation. Leisure. Arts & Culture. Quality of Life. Chapter 4: The States. How Cities Ranked & Rated Compares States. Overall Rankings. Population. Physical Environment. Economy. Table 0.1: U.S. States & Postal Codes. Table 0.2: U.S. Population Mobility, 1990 2001. Table 0.3: Reasons for Moving, 2000 2001. Table 1.1: Principal U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Table 1.2: Canada Census Metropolitan Areas. Table 1.3: Emerging U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Table 2.1: The Top 30 U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Table 2.2: The Bottom 30 U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Table 2.3: Ranking Report Sample. Table 2.4: U.S. Metropolitan Areas by Rank. Table 2.5: U.S. Metropolitan Areas by Alphabetical Sequence with Rank. Table 3.1: Net Gain or Loss in Population by Region. Table 3.2: Sample Population Data from Charlottesville, Virginia. Table 3.3: Most Sprawl Threatened Cities. Table 3.4: Largest & Smallest Metropolitan Areas. Table 3.5: Fastest Growing Metropolitan Areas. Table 3.6: Declining & Slowest Growing Metropolitan Areas. Table 3.7: Population Density. Table 3.8: Diversity Measure. Table 3.9: Sample Economy & Jobs Data from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Table 3.10: Household Income. Table 3.11: Household Income Growth. Taxation. Education. Politics. Safety & Safety Consciousness. PART II: EVALUATING THE CITIES. Chapter 5: Principal U.S. Metropolitan Areas. City Profiles. City Descriptions & Data. Chapter 6: Canada Metropolitan Areas. Ranking & Rating Canadian Cities. Data Sources. City Descriptions & Data. Chapter 7: Emerging U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Ranking & Rating Emerging Cities. City Descriptions & Data. APPENDIX: CATEGORY RANKINGS OF PRINCIPAL U.S. METROPOLITAN AREAS. INDEX.

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About the Authors. Introduction. PART I: FINDING YOUR BEST PLACE TO LIVE. Chapter 1: The Places. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). What's Included in Cities Ranked & Rated? Chapter 2: The Rankings. About the Cities Ranked & Rated Model. Reading the Ranking Report. Chapter 3: The Categories. Reading the Data. Use of Data for Ranking & Scoring. Population. Economy & Jobs. Cost of Living. Climate. Education. Health & Healthcare. Crime. Transportation. Leisure. Arts & Culture. Quality of Life. Chapter 4: The States. How Cities Ranked & Rated Compares States. Overall Rankings. Population. Physical Environment. Economy. Table 0.1: U.S. States & Postal Codes. Table 0.2: U.S. Population Mobility, 1990 2001. Table 0.3: Reasons for Moving, 2000 2001. Table 1.1: Principal U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Table 1.2: Canada Census Metropolitan Areas. Table 1.3: Emerging U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Table 2.1: The Top 30 U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Table 2.2: The Bottom 30 U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Table 2.3: Ranking Report Sample. Table 2.4: U.S. Metropolitan Areas by Rank. Table 2.5: U.S. Metropolitan Areas by Alphabetical Sequence with Rank. Table 3.1: Net Gain or Loss in Population by Region. Table 3.2: Sample Population Data from Charlottesville, Virginia. Table 3.3: Most Sprawl Threatened Cities. Table 3.4: Largest & Smallest Metropolitan Areas. Table 3.5: Fastest Growing Metropolitan Areas. Table 3.6: Declining & Slowest Growing Metropolitan Areas. Table 3.7: Population Density. Table 3.8: Diversity Measure. Table 3.9: Sample Economy & Jobs Data from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Table 3.10: Household Income. Table 3.11: Household Income Growth. Taxation. Education. Politics. Safety & Safety Consciousness. PART II: EVALUATING THE CITIES. Chapter 5: Principal U.S. Metropolitan Areas. City Profiles. City Descriptions & Data. Chapter 6: Canada Metropolitan Areas. Ranking & Rating Canadian Cities. Data Sources. City Descriptions & Data. Chapter 7: Emerging U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Ranking & Rating Emerging Cities. City Descriptions & Data. APPENDIX: CATEGORY RANKINGS OF PRINCIPAL U.S. METROPOLITAN AREAS. INDEX.

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About the Authors. Introduction. PART I: FINDING YOUR BEST PLACE TO LIVE. Chapter 1: The Places. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). What's Included in Cities Ranked & Rated? Chapter 2: The Rankings. About the Cities Ranked & Rated Model. Reading the Ranking Report. Chapter 3: The Categories. Reading the Data. Use of Data for Ranking & Scoring. Population. Economy & Jobs. Cost of Living. Climate. Education. Health & Healthcare. Crime. Transportation. Leisure. Arts & Culture. Quality of Life. Chapter 4: The States. How Cities Ranked & Rated Compares States. Overall Rankings. Population. Physical Environment. Economy. Table 0.1: U.S. States & Postal Codes. Table 0.2: U.S. Population Mobility, 1990 2001. Table 0.3: Reasons for Moving, 2000 2001. Table 1.1: Principal U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Table 1.2: Canada Census Metropolitan Areas. Table 1.3: Emerging U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Table 2.1: The Top 30 U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Table 2.2: The Bottom 30 U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Table 2.3: Ranking Report Sample. Table 2.4: U.S. Metropolitan Areas by Rank. Table 2.5: U.S. Metropolitan Areas by Alphabetical Sequence with Rank. Table 3.1: Net Gain or Loss in Population by Region. Table 3.2: Sample Population Data from Charlottesville, Virginia. Table 3.3: Most Sprawl Threatened Cities. Table 3.4: Largest & Smallest Metropolitan Areas. Table 3.5: Fastest Growing Metropolitan Areas. Table 3.6: Declining & Slowest Growing Metropolitan Areas. Table 3.7: Population Density. Table 3.8: Diversity Measure. Table 3.9: Sample Economy & Jobs Data from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Table 3.10: Household Income. Table 3.11: Household Income Growth. Taxation. Education. Politics. Safety & Safety Consciousness. PART II: EVALUATING THE CITIES. Chapter 5: Principal U.S. Metropolitan Areas. City Profiles. City Descriptions & Data. Chapter 6: Canada Metropolitan Areas. Ranking & Rating Canadian Cities. Data Sources. City Descriptions & Data. Chapter 7: Emerging U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Ranking & Rating Emerging Cities. City Descriptions & Data. APPENDIX: CATEGORY RANKINGS OF PRINCIPAL U.S. METROPOLITAN AREAS. INDEX.

Key concepts: Metropolitan area, Geography, Census, Table (database), Population, Ranking (information retrieval), Sample (material), Socioeconomics

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