Kern No. 2 California Metro in Economic Recovery
September 21, 2012
Kern County ranks second in economic recovery among large California metro areas, according to a Brookings survey released this week. The only California metro with a stronger recovery was San Jose.
Brookings also found that Kern had the second best employment recovery nationwide; the New Orleans area ranked first.
The list below shows how Brookings ranked the eleven large California metros by economic recovery, along with their respective national rankings among the 100 largest U.S. metros; the Bakersfield-Delano metro area includes all of Kern County.
CALIFORNIA METRO AREA | RECOVERY RANKING |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 4 |
Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 23 |
Stockton, CA | 37 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 44 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 45 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 53 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 65 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 73 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade- | 84 |
Modesto, CA | 85 |
Fresno, CA | 86 |
Source: Brookings Metro Monitor, September 2012
For more information: http://www.brookings.edu/
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