The Best Small Places for Business and Careers
1 Feb 2019
City Awards & Recognitions
The List
#1 Sioux Falls, SD
Cost of Business Rank 44 | Job Growth Rank 33 | Education Rank 44 | Population 259,400
#2 Lafayette, IN
Cost of Business Rank 54 | Job Growth Rank 76 | Education Rank 26 | Population 219,500
#3 College Station, TX
Cost of Business Rank 21 | Job Growth Rank 13 | Education Rank 28 | Population 258,600
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America’s metropolitan areas have driven growth through the economic expansion, creating jobs and prosperity with their policy choices and their industrial, workforce, and innovation assets. The Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities (BPC) index provides an objective benchmark for examining underlying factors for and identifying unique characteristics of economic growth in successful...
