Quick Recovery
In November 2009, Forbes magazine ranked America’s 100 largest metropolitan areas on the progress of their recovery from the recession, based on factors including unemployment rates, economic output, foreclosures and home prices and sales. Texas cities dominated the top of the list.
America’s “Fastest-Recovering” metros, November 2009
- Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
- San Antonio, TX
- Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Rochester, NY
- Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
- Raleigh-Cary, NC
- Baton Rouge, LA
Source: Forbes