Cities Ranked?& Rated: More than 400 Metropolitan Areas Evaluated in the U.S. and CanadaCities Ranked & Rated: Your Guide to the Best Places to Live in the U.S. & Canada provides timely facts and unbiased information on over 400 U.S. and 30 Canadian cities in an easy-to-access format. Whether you're mulling over the idea of relocating, trying to decide where to start out, or just curious about how your hometown stacks up, you’ll be intrigued by Cities Ranked & Rated. In addition to providing population statistics, each city is ranked on a number of essential factors, many of which are of vital interest in today's economy. Categories include: economy and jobs, cost of living, climate, education, health and health care, crime, transportation, leisure, and arts and culture. Easy-to-use tables help you put this wealth of information to work to find the city that best suits your special needs and interests. |
Contents
The Rankings | 33 |
The Categories | 55 |
Unemployment Rate | 67 |
Cost of Living Index | 75 |
Sample Climate Table from Santa BarbaraSanta MariaLompoc California | 81 |
Days of Sunshine | 87 |
Average Life Expectancy in Years | 93 |
Sample Crime Table from Atlanta Georgia | 99 |
Sample Transportation Table from Asheville North Carolina | 105 |
The States | 123 |
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2-year college ACTIVITIES airport American Annual days Annual inches Apr Mar Feb AREA U.S. AVG Arts Aug Jul Jun auto Average Change climate CLOUDS collar college degree Commute Cost of Living County daily Dec Nov Oct EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC Falls feet Food growth HAZARDS Healthcare Hospital Household income Housing humidity inches precipitation Index INDUSTRY inland July Jun May Apr LARGEST libraries Living Index Location major Mar Feb Jan Married mass transit miles per capita museum rating Nov Oct Sep Oct Sep Aug OUTDOOR Overall Park rating Population PRECIPITATION Professional PROFILE Projected Property crime rate public school rain Rank Recent relative rent RESIDENT Restaurant risk score Sales tax Sep Aug Jul Single Small snow snowfall sports rating Standard summer Table tax rate TEMPERATURE town Transportation University violent crime rate White winter