America's Richest Cities 2012 compared to 1978 (bigger, Atlanta, Los Angeles, people)

[po-boy]

Click the link to see a really interesting graph. No huge surprises, but it is a handy visual representation of the flow of people and money South, West, and away from the Rust Belt.

America's Richest Cities, 1978 and Now - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities

[ckhthankgod]

Columbus falling out of the top 30 really surprises me.

[sacramento916]

California now has 6 cities in the top 30, up from 4. Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, Sacramento and Riverside.

[msamhunter]

I would say, there is always a reason to verify:

Real GDP from BEA (Different than the article)
http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTableHtml..._NAZwxHg.email

Gross GDP (raw number) from BEA Web site, also different than article
http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTableHtml...ALFD4WvI.email

Click on the year header and it will sort by true ranking.

[ckhthankgod]

I wonder if this list has been updated recently?

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

I wonder if this list has been updated recently?

It's technically updated every year as new numbers are released annually.


Here are the top 30 from 2010 and 2015, in millions.


2010
1. New York: $1,340,859
2. LA: $762,565
3. Chicago: $533,825
4. Washington: $432,364
5. Houston: $401,087
6. Dallas: $377,500
7. Philadelphia: $348,749
8. San Francisco: $333,830
9. Boston: $330,024
10. Atlanta: $274,874
11. Miami: $250,639
12. Seattle: $248,203
13. Minneapolis: $199,606
14. Detroit: $197,973
15. Phoenix: $182,494
16. San Diego: $175,903
17. San Jose: $163,836
18. Denver: $155,598
19. Baltimore: $152,820
20. Portland: $141,233
21. St. Louis: $133,888
22. Pittsburgh: $117,895
23. Riverside: $114,960
24. Charlotte: $114,500
25. Indianapolis: $111,084
26. Tampa: $110,187
27. Cleveland: $109,365
28. Kansas City: $107,265
29. Cincinnati: $104,314
30. Orlando: $101,307


2015 (and rank change since 2010)
1. New York: $1,602,705 +0
2. LA: $930,817 +0
3. Chicago: $640,656 +0
4. Houston: $503,311 +1
5. Washington: $491,042 -1
6. Dallas: $485,683 +0
7. San Francisco: $431,704 +1
8. Philadelphia: $411,161 -1
9. Boston: $396,549 +0
10 Atlanta: $339,203 +0
11. Miami: $317,986 +0
12. Seattle: $313,654 +0
13. Minneapolis: $248,779 +0
14. Detroit: $245,607 +0
15. San Jose: $235,222 +2
16. San Diego: $220,573 +0
17. Phoenix: $219,968 -2
18. Denver: $193,172 +0
19. Baltimore: $181,419 +0
20. Portland: $158,770 +0
21. St. Louis: $155,077 +0
22. Charlotte: $152,447 +2
23. Riverside: $140,637 +0
24. Pittsburgh: $138,873 -2
25. Indianapolis: $134,081 +0
26. Tampa: $133,838 +0
27. Cleveland: $128,448 +0
28. Cincinnati: $127,057 +1
29. Kansas City: $125,618 -1
30. Columbus: $124,381 +1

[pwduvall]

Baltimore is up only one spot, but the its peers in failure: Detroit, Cleveland, and St. Louis are down 5 to 10 spots.

[Tall Traveler]

Phoenix from 28 to 13....impressive and makes me wonder where they go now.

[Bluefox]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

Phoenix from 28 to 13....impressive and makes me wonder where they go now.

Well it has dropped two spots since 2010, so it looks like it is getting bigger and less wealthy relative to other cities.

[MS313]

Idk where they were getting some of their numbers from but as another poster pointed out, they are a bit off from the 2010 numbers GDP numbers. Phoenix for example is different.