Albuquerque is 2020’s 6th Slowest-Growing Large City in America – WalletHub Study

With the Census Bureau reporting that the South and West held 13 of the 15 cities with the largest population gains between 2010 and 2019, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Fastest-Growing Cities in America.

To determine where the most rapid local economic growth occurred over a period of seven years, WalletHub compared 515 U.S. cities across 17 key metrics. The data set ranges from population growth to college-educated population growth to unemployment rate decrease. In addition, we produced a separate ranking by city size.

Economic Growth in Albuquerque (1=Fastest-Growing; 258=Avg.):

• 359^th – Population Growth
• 450^th – Median Household Income Growth
• 340^th – Job Growth
• 318^th – Poverty Rate Decrease
• 403^rd – Regional GDP Growth
• 442^nd – Unemployment Rate Decrease
• 454^th – Growth in Number of Businesses
• 387^th – Working-Age Population Growth
• 435^th – Median House Price Growth

Albuquerque ranks 437^th overall and 61^st in terms of large-city growth.

For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/fastest-growing-cities/7010/

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