12 US Cities Doing The Best Economically Right Now

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9. Cedar Rapids, IA

Composite score: 25

Iowa’s second largest city is not as dependent on agriculture as people would like to think of. While it’s corn processing plants do employ a large chunk of metro area’s population, employers like Transamerica and Rockwell Collins are doing something entirely different. GDP per capita has reached $62,261 for 2013 and 2014, and exhibits a tendency to rise. The unemployment rate of 3.3% and a poverty rate of 9.2% are playing a major role in Cedar Rapids’ ninth position on this list of 12 US cities doing the best economically right now.

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