I have always posted on Omaha being pro business. But check out these stats
2009 rankings for the Omaha area:
- No. 1, Best-Bang-for-the-Buck City, Forbes
- No. 1, America’s Fastest-Recovering Cities, Forbes
- No. 1, lowest urban unemployment at 5 percent, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- No. 3, Best Cities for Business, MarketWatch
- No. 3, Cities Where Americans Are Getting Richer, Forbes
- No. 3, Papillion, Best Places to Live in America – Small Towns,” CNNMoney
- No. 3, Papillion, Best Home Deals in the Best Places, CNNMoney
- No. 3, Best Midsize Metros for Small Business Startups, CNNMoney
- No. 5, Best Places to Start Over, Business Week
- No. 6, 10 Affordable Places to Retire, Yahoo Real Estate
- No. 6, 2009 Next Cities – Midsize, includes best U.S. and Canadian cities for young professionals, Next Generation Consulting
- No. 6, Best Midsize Cities for Next Gen Workers, Next Generation Consulting
- No. 6: Most Favorable Cities for a Plant That Turns an Ethanol Byproduct into Health Food, the Boyd Co.
- No. 10: Top Midsize Metros for 2008, Site Selection magazine
- No. 11: 2009 Best Large Cities for Job Growth, NewGeography
- One of 79: (out of 381) metro areas in recovery from the recession in August, Moody’s Economy
- One of 10 metro areas posting faster growth in jobs and economic output in the third quarter than in the second quarter.
- No. 8: America’s 10 Best Undervalued Places to Live, IHS Global Insights’ “2009 House Prices in America” report
- No. 12: 100 of America’s Best Cheap Cities, Forbes
- No. 25: U.S. Cities Sustainability Ranking, SustainLane
- One of 15 Logistics Hot Spots for 2009, Inbound Logistics, ranking on inbound call centers
- No. 10: America’s Most Recession-Resistant Cities, Brookings Institution
- Listed among Top 10 Fittest Cities in America, Men’s Fitness
- Listed among America’s 25 Strongest Housing Markets, Forbes and Moody’s Economy.com
- No. 17 of 124 midsize metros for best quality of life, Bizjournals
- Papillion ranked No. 1 in Nebraska, 2009 Best Affordable Suburbs, Business Week
- No. 35 of 200, Best Places for Business and Careers, Forbes
- No. 33 of 200, cost of living, Forbes
- No. 35 of 200, projected job growth, Forbes
- rankings for other Nebraska counties
- No. 2: Platte County, No. 3 Sarpy County, No. 8, Madison County, Best Places for Jobs, CNNMoney
- rankings for the state of nebraska
- No. 1: Financially Happiest States in the Union, MainStreet Happiness Index
- No. 1: in percentage of people ages 16 to 64 in the work force (83 percent), American Community Survey
- No. 2: lowest unemployment rates, Bureau of Labor Statistics
- No. 2: second-highest rate of volunteering, Volunteering in America
- No. 5: comparison of 44 quality-of-life characteristics, Congressional Quarterly Press
- No. 5: Best States for Business, Directorship Boardroom Intelligence
- No. 6: National Physical Health Ranking, Forbes
- No. 7: lowest cost of living, CNBC
- No. 7: Healthiest States in America, AOL Money and Finance
- No. 10: Best States for Business, Forbes
- No. 7: income growth leaders, U.S. Census Bureau
- No. 7: Energy Cost Index, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
- No. 8: America’s Least Expensive States for Closing Costs, U.S. News and World Report
- No. 9: Best States for Business, Forbes
- Top 10 Pro-Business State for 2009, Pollina Corporate Real Estate
- one of nine, Best Places to Avoid a Recession, JobBait
- one of 10 states outperforming the U.S. economy, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
- No. 12: quality of life, CNBC
- Top 10 States Where Struggling Americans Can Find a Fresh Start, BusinessWeek
- No. 11: Best States for Business in 2009, CNBC
- No. 16: America’s Best States to Live, Forbes
- Top 20 Safest States for 2009, WalletPop
- 90+ percent recession-proof from 1991 through 2009, JobBait
Source: Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce
