1、ABOUT THE MILKEN INSTITUTEThe Milken Institute is a nonprofit,nonpartisan think tank focused on accelerating measurable progress on the path to a meaningful life.With a focus on financial,physical,mental,and environmental health,we bring together the best ideas and innovative resourcing to develop b
2、lueprints for tackling some of our most critical global issues through the lens of whats pressing now and whats coming next.2025 Milken InstituteThis work is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International,available at http:/creativeco
3、mmons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.CONTENTS 1 Executive Summary 3 Best-Performing Large City:Raleigh,NC 4 Best-Performing Small City:Gainesville,GA 5 Introduction 5 Components of the Best-Performing Cities Rankings 6 Breaking Down the Rankings 10 National Economic Conditions 10 Continued Growth amid S
4、lowing Inflation 10 Changing Population Patterns 12 Need for Affordable Housing 13 The Industries Driving Cities Growth 15 Biggest Gains 16 Biggest Drops 17 Large Cities Rankings 18 Best-Performing Large Cities 30 Complete Results:2025 Best-Performing Large Cities 38 Small Cities Rankings 39 Best-Pe
5、rforming Small Cities 49 Complete Results:2025 Best-Performing Small Cities 56 Endnotes 59 About the AuthorsMILKEN INSTITUTE 2025 Best-Performing Cities:Mapping Economic Growth across the US1EXECUTIVE SUMMARYWith inflation declining and the US economy continuing to grow,the initial turbulence caused
6、 by the COVID-19 pandemic has moved into the rear-view mirror.In this post-pandemic reality,metropolitan areas(“cities”)remain at the center of economic activity.In 2023,US metropolitan areas grew in aggregate by 2.6 percent in real GDP,accounting for 91.1 percent of the nations real growth.Consider