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Top Midsize Cities in the South for 2003
* = Overall rank
Regional
Rank |
City/Metro Area |
Entrepreneurial
Activity |
Small Biz
Growth |
Job
Growth |
Risk |
| 1 |
Daytona Beach, FL (2*)
|
95 |
41 |
95 |
88 |
| 2 |
Charleston/North
Charleston, SC (9*) |
84 |
72 |
49 |
62 |
| 3 |
Melbourne/Titusville/Palm Bay, FL (12*)
|
93 |
11 |
63 |
91 |
| 3 |
Richmond/Petersburg, VA
(12*) |
52 |
85 |
53 |
68 |
| 5 |
Fort Myers/Cape Coral,
FL (17*) |
94 |
43 |
99 |
14 |
| 6 |
Lafayette, LA (18*)
|
21 |
59 |
78 |
89 |
| 7 |
Little Rock/North Little
Rock, AR (19*) |
63 |
84 |
57 |
42 |
| 8 |
Columbia, SC (22*)
|
61 |
54 |
33 |
88 |
| 9 |
Birmingham, AL (25*)
|
74 |
73 |
25 |
47 |
| 10 |
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL
(35*) |
82 |
31 |
80 |
12 |
| 11 |
Baton Rouge, LA (38*)
|
39 |
74 |
16 |
63 |
| 12 |
Knoxville, TN (40*)
|
59 |
56 |
69 |
6 |
| 13 |
Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC
(43*) |
56 |
86 |
14 |
32 |
| 14 |
Lakeland/Winter Haven,
FL (45*) |
86 |
7 |
88 |
4 |
| 15 |
Chattanooga, TN /GA
(47*) |
54 |
61 |
41 |
28 |
| 16 |
Jackson, MS (49*)
|
44 |
83 |
51 |
3 |
| 17 |
Augusta/Aiken, GA /SC
(54*) |
73 |
16 |
30 |
38 |
| 18 |
Pensacola, FL (59*)
|
99 |
7 |
32 |
10 |
| 19 |
Johnson
City/Kingsport/Bristol, TN /VA (67*) |
14 |
33 |
47 |
45 |
| 20 |
Mobile, AL (73*) |
65 |
27 |
24 |
11 |
| 21 |
Shreveport/Bossier City,
LA (79*) |
13 |
3 |
20 |
67 |
| 22 |
Biloxi/Gulfport/Pascagoula, MS (81*)
|
62 |
5 |
5 |
29 |
Overall
Best Cities Rankings
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Region:
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| Southwest
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| West
Top Midsize Cities by
Region:
East
| South
| Midwest
| Southwest
| Mountain
| West
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