print email comment close Best Performing Cities 2005: Where America's Jobs Are Created and Sustained URL: http://www.milkeninstitute.org/publications/publications.taf?function=detail&ID=478&cat=ResRep Description: This February 2006 report "ranks 379 U.S. metropolitan areas based on their economic performance and their ability to create, as well as keep, the greatest number of jobs in the nation." Includes large metropolitan area and small cities rankings back to 2003 and the full text of the 2005 report (requires free registration). From the Milken Institute, "an independent economic think tank." Author: DeVol, Ross; Wallace, Lorna: Bedroussian, Armen Publisher: Milken Institute Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cities and towns -- Growth Cities and towns -- Ratings -- United States Economic development United States -- Economic conditions LII Database Information: Record 21008 created by Dennis Maness on 03/23/2006 Last modification on 03/28/2006 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 11/14/2006 Charlotte Bagby on 07/16/2006 Charlotte Bagby on 07/07/2006 Published: 03/30/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21008