Midland tops another Milken list

The 2009 Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners Best-Performing Cities Index ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth. The components include job, wage and salary and technology growth.

Here is the link.

Here is Milken's top performing small metros.

2009 2008 Metropolitan
Rank Rank Area
1 1 Midland, TX MSA
2 7 Longview, TX MSA
3 5 Grand Junction, CO MSA
4 26 Tyler, TX MSA
5 10 Odessa, TX MSA
6 29 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA MSA
7 15 Bismarck, ND MSA
8 6 Warner Robins, GA MSA
9 11 Las Cruces, NM MSA
10 17 Fargo, ND-MN MSA
Also
17 81 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA
18 27 Waco, TX MSA
20 44 Laredo, TX MSA
21 40 Abilene, TX MSA