Top 10 Metropolitan Areas with Populations Over 500,000

Rank | Metro Area | Score

1. Wilmington-Newark, Del. (100)
2. San Francisco, Calif. (72)
3. Boston, Mass. (48)
4. New York, N.Y. (46)
5. Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah (43)
6. Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, N.J. (43)
7. San Jose, Calif. (38)
8. Minneapolis-St. Paul, (Wisconsin/Minnesota) (38)
9. Chicago, Ill. (35)
10. Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y. (33)

Metropolitan Areas with Populations Between 200,000 to 500,000

Rank | Metro Area | Score

1. Trenton, N.J. (100)
2. Madison, Wis. (74)
3. Boulder-Longmont, Colo. (67)
4. Green Bay, Wis. (66)
5. Oshkosh-Neenah, Wis. (65)
6. Burlington, Vt. (63)
7. Barnstable-Yarmouth, Mass. (62)
8. Santa Rosa, Calif. (59)
9. Des Moines, Iowa (59)
10. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif. (56)

Metropolitan Areas with Populations Under 200,000

Rank | Metro Area | Score

1. Bloomington-Normal, Ill. (100)
2. Sioux Falls, S.D. (96)
3. Rochester, Minn. (85)
4. Wausau, Wis. (84)
5. Iowa City, Iowa (82)
6. St. Cloud, Minn. (82)
7. Sheboygan, Wis. (80)
8. Fargo-Moorhead (North Dakota, Minnesota) (79)
9. Columbia, Mo. (77)
10. La Crosse (Wisconsin/Minnesota) (76)

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