Metro Regions

Equity, Growth, and Community presents case studies and emerging narratives on 11 metro regions on what’s happening with different types of multi-sector collaborations – places that are successfully working together, places working through conflict, and places somewhere in between. These approaches –whether planner-led, business-led, conflict-driven, or high tech/high road-centered – offer a range of strategies instructive for other metro regions grappling with similar issues.  Learn more about the 11 case studies in our Metro Regions section.

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Maps and Charts

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Data

Access interactive tables and downloadable metro-level data and rankings on measures of equity and growth (including by US census-designated regions: Northeast, Midwest, South, or West) on our Data page.

Metropolitan Region1979
80-20 ratio
1979
Poverty
1979
Jobs (000s)
1979
Earnings Per Job - 2010
2010
80-20 ratio
2010
Poverty
2010
Jobs (000s)
2010
Earnings Per Job - 2010
Equity Index
Value
Equity Index
Rank
Growth Index
Value
Growth Index
Rank
2010
Gini
2010
Median Income -2010
Northeast average (unweighted)4.080.09717438494.740.12942529460980960.4555816
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY4.090.1385446504.850.11533555130.04940.19700.4455796
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ3.890.07311469064.60.1241849623-0.52169-0.211170.4355630
Atlantic City, NJ4.530.13100446534.590.14175481140.67170.27600.4352571
Barnstable Town, MA4.060.0974313214.210.11138397380.52271.1280.4755294
Binghamton, NY4.030.09131435364.490.1513345859-0.28141-1.171880.4345959
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH4.40.092214441855.080.13078682350.31470.83220.4768020
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT4.40.07443503425.660.0959881934-0.511670.87190.5474831
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY4.470.1598468674.960.14637488290.1964-0.91820.4546420
Erie, PA3.930.1138439095.210.1715641779-1.05188-0.991840.4542519
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA3.650.08258448524.040.11384522750.17700.2670.4254009
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT3.740.08615470624.650.177463313-0.371570.16730.4563104
Lancaster, PA3.540.08193417554.110.1294445020.09840.01870.4251740
Manchester-Nashua, NH3.730.07155397103.90.07248566580.8270.88180.4168312
New Haven-Milford, CT4.090.09385432335.090.1247654745-0.32151-0.121050.4757056
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA5.160.138178522465.640.1410837729920.59240.45420.561927
Norwich-New London, CT3.710.08123452214.190.09168550870.37420.14760.4362349
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD4.480.122532485075.140.133391622060.34450.21640.4758095
Pittsburgh, PA4.330.091231508654.820.121392537150.350-0.641730.4746700
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME3.530.1200381544.20.1338463810.29540.74260.4356530
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY3.970.09222434344.180.09327493880.6230.16740.4267269
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA4.470.1700381155.430.1484650689-0.281400.02860.4651935
Reading, PA3.920.08164433954.510.1421846277-0.6172-0.311310.4451759
Rochester, NY4.060.09493483574.680.1461150234-0.32149-0.611680.4550211
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA3.740.1266393584.730.1531142509-0.47162-0.621700.4542368
Springfield, MA4.480.12306387675.490.1636445551-0.27139-0.381360.4549209
Syracuse, NY4.110.1311448614.990.1437249880-0.3148-0.561580.4649694
Trenton-Ewing, NJ4.280.09180479635.190.1226069727-0.321501.01120.4770956
Utica-Rome, NY3.820.11143397344.610.1515944151-0.08113-0.691770.4246625
Worcester, MA4.230.09311395264.980.11412516480.09830.17720.4461212
York-Hanover, PA3.670.07161439813.880.09217468390.3149-0.21160.456368

Bibliography

Explore the full list of sources for Equity, Growth, and Community on our Bibliography page.

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