A LOOK AT THE BEST AND WORST
(Annualized, June 2009)
Top 10
- Salt Lake City 86.0%
- Honolulu 84.7%
- San Jose/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara, Calif. 84.1%
- Detroit/Warren/Livonia 83.5%
- Riverside/San Bernardino/Ontario, Calif. 83.4%
- Bakersfield, Calif. 83.3%
- Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale 83.1%
- Memphis 83.0%
- Albuquerquee 83.0%
- Sacramento 82.6%
Bottom 10
- New York City 66.3%
- Palm Bay/Melbourne/Titusville, Fla. 69.2%
- Portland/South Portland/Biddeford, Maine 73.3%
- Philadelphia 73.4%
- Columbia, S.C. 73.6%
- Atlanta 73.6%
- Rochester, N.Y. 73.9%
- Augusta/Richmond County, Ga. 74.0%
- Greensboro/High Point, N.C. 74.3%
- Syracuse, N.Y. 74.6%
Source: Brookings Institution