Huntsville, Alabama
The unemployment rate for engineers is 0.2%; that's 2 out of 1000.
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S&P -HSV receives the highest possible rating for strength of the local economy with an "AAA". 1-09
Forbes: Leading cities for business 4-09, top 5 cities for defense jobs 4-09, Madison County, best place to live to weather the economy 11-08, one of the fastest growing metros in country 1-08
CNN Money-top 6 places to find a job 5-09
Wall Street Journal-Country's leading Metro for consumer lending growth 3-09
Yahoo- one of 10 great cities for salary growth 1-09
Business Week- top 50 best places to raise children in the US 11-08
Milken Institute- top 5 best performing cities in the country 10-08
US News-10 best cities for job seeking retirees 9-08
Smart Money-top 5 cities for job opportunities 9-08
Expansion Solutions-top 5 locations for aerospace companies 10-08
Kiplingers: Nations best city in 2009-July 2009
Fortune Small Business: Top mid-sized city to launch and grow a business 9-09
Forbes: Top 10 smartest cities in the WORLD 12-09, Top 5 best cities for recession recovery 7-09, Top 5 cities for defense jobs 4-09
Milken Institute: Top 10 best performing cities in the country 11-09
USNews: Top 10 places for tech jobs 9-09
City of Madison named the second best place to grow up in the US 8-09
Business Week: Second best recovering job market 11-09, 4th among America's 20 strongest building markets 9-09
Christian Science Monitor: Named of the nations next "boom towns" (if this is true, it's going to be good to be me, lol. (Realtor
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Relocate America: Top 10 places to live-7-09
Inc.: Top 5 mid-sized cities for doing business-7-08
Wall Street Journal: Top 10 metro for business vitality 6-07
Computerworld: Top 5 cities for information technology 10-07
Staffing Industry Analysts,
Inc: Top 5 engineering and design markets 7-08
Southern Business &
Development: #1 mid-market in the south 8-08
Cybercities 2008: #3 America's leading technology cities
National Geographic Adventure: Top adventure town 9-07
Popular Science: One of America's leading greenest cities 3-08
Kiplingers Personal Finance: Top 5 cities for professional workers 6-07
Foreign Direct Investment: #1 small city of the future 4-07
- Huntsville was named one of the Top 5 Cities for Job Opportunities – SmartMoney.com, September 2008
• Huntsville was named one of the Top 5 Best Performing Cities in the Country – Milken Institute, September 2008
• Huntsville was named the Number One Mid-Market in the South – Southern Business Development Magazine, June 2006 and August 2008
• Huntsville was named one of America’s Top 5 Mid-Sized Cities for Doing Business – Inc.com, July 2008
• Huntsville is one of the Country’s Top 10 Technology Cities, Ranking 3rd in the Country for Concentration of Technology Workers – Cybercities 2008, June 2008
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Top 10 Places to Live – Relocate-America.com, May 2008
• Huntsville was named one of America’s Leading Greenest Cities – Poplar Science, March 2008
• Forbes Projects Huntsville to be one of the Fastest Growing Metros in the Country – Forbes Magazine, January 2008
• Huntsville was named one of America’s Top 5 Technology Cities – Computerworld, October 2007
• Huntsville was named one of the country’s Top Adventure Towns – National Geographic Adventure, September 2007
• Huntsville was named one of the country’s Top 10 Metros for Business Vitality – Wall Street Journal, June 2007
• Huntsville was named one of America’s Top 5 Cities for Professional Workers – Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, June 2007
• Huntsville is one of the country’s Top 10 Metros for Scientists and Engineers – Expansion Management Magazine, May 2007
• Huntsville was named one of Forbes’ Leading Cities for Business – Forbes Magazine, May 2005 & May 2007
• Huntsville was named the #1 Small City of the Future – Foreign Direct Investment Magazine, April 2007
• Huntsville was named one of America’s Top 100 Places to Live – Relocate-America.com, April 2007
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Top 10 Cities for Job Growth and Affordability – MSN/Sperling, March 2007
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Top 10 Job Growth Markets – Manpower, March 2007
• Huntsville was named one of America’s Hottest Cities – Expansion Management Magazine, February 2007
• Huntsville is one of the Country’s 15 Great Cities for Job Seekers – Careerbuilder.com, January 2007
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Top Entrepreneur Hot Spots – Entrepreneur Magazine, September 2006
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Top Metros for Business Opportunities – Expansion Management Magazine, July 2006
• Huntsville was named the Country’s Best Value for Salaries and Cost of Living – Salary.com, June 2006
• Huntsville is one of the Country’s Top 10 Communities for Best Overall Standard of Living – Expansion Management Magazine, May/June 2006
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Hottest Midsize Cities – Inc. Magazine, May 2006
• Huntsville was named the Top Mid-Sized” Military Community of Excellence” in the Country – Expansion Magazine, Special Issue, April 2006
• Financial Times’ publication recognizes Huntsville’s Biotech Brain Gain – Foreign Direct Investment, April 2006
• Huntsville was named one of the Top 10 Green Cities in the U.S., The Green Guide, April 2006
• Huntsville ranks as one of the country’s Best Locations for Scientists and Engineers, Expansion Management Magazine, April 2006
• Huntsville was ranked among the country’s Best Performing Cities – Milken Institute, February 2006
• Huntsville was named America’s 2nd Most Affordable City – Career World Magazine, November/December 2005
• Huntsville is one of the South’s Booming Manufacturing Centers – The Manufacturer Magazine, October 2005
• Huntsville has the highest concentration of Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S. – Inc. Magazine, November 2005 and October 2004
• Huntsville was named the 2nd most Cost Effective Community in the United States – Foreign Direct Investment Magazine, June 2005
• Huntsville was named as one of the country’s leading Knowledge Worker Metros and one of America’s Super Cities of the Future – Expansion Management Magazine, May 2005
• Huntsville was listed as the South’s 2nd ranked Metro for Quality of Life – Expansion Management Magazine, March, 2005
• Huntsville ranks in Poplar Science’s list of America’s Top 50 Technology Hotspots – Poplar Science, March 2005
• The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s graduate engineering management program was ranked best in the U.S. by the American Society of Engineering Management, January 2005
• Huntsville ranks 5th in the country for software-related employment – Software Information Industry Association, November 2004
• Huntsville leads the nation for the highest concentration of Inc. 500’s fastest growing private companies – Inc. Magazine, October 2004
• Huntsville was chosen as the top city in the nation for “Best Places to Live for Black Americans” Family Digest Magazine, March 2003
• Huntsville was ranked number 4 on the list of “America’s Best Places to Live and Work” Employment Review, June 2003
• NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, located in Huntsville, has been selected as the best place to work in federal government – Partnership for Public Service, November 2003
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Pretty predictable though.
