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Tech, Energy, and Tourism Drive Success for Top-Performing Cities
December 15, 2020 GMT
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BENTONVILLE, Ark., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Today, Heartland Forward published a new report, “Most Dynamic Metropolitan Regions,” that ranks 375 U.S. metropolitans by their economic performance. Midland, Texas, the capital of the oil-rich Permian basin, placed first for the second consecutive year. The rankings draw upon both pre-pandemic data and recent job momentum data to assess each metropolitan’s economic performance before and during the pandemic. Cities with vibrant tech, tourism and oil & gas industries performed best, but some of these sectors are especially vulnerable to the economic fallout of COVID-19 putting these cities’ future success in jeopardy.