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Charlotte County Economic Development - Best Places

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Forbes/Miliken 2001

 
 
 
Congratulations!
 
The Punta Gorda, Florida MSA
Voted #5 for Best Small Place
For Business and Career
 
The Forbes/Miliken Institute Best Small Places for Business and Career ranks 94 smaller metros based on growth in jobs and earned income, plus a measure of activity in critical technologies that foster future growth.  These metros had 1999 populations below 177,000.  The official government statistics that underlie the rankings are the latest available, most through the end of calendar 2000.  The metropolitan areas are those designated by the U.S. Census. This data is available exclusively on Forbes.com
 

The Rankings:
Metro Scores for Punta Gorda, Florida: Each metro's score is derived from the sum of its rankings in the first four rows and half of the sum of the latter four.  The lower the score, the higher the overall ranking.
 
Score
525.5
Relative Wage & Salary Growth Indexed to 1994
(1999 Value)
81
Relative Wage & Salary Growth Indexed to 1998
(1999 Value)
64
Relative Job Growth Indexed to 1995
(2000 Value)
28
Relative Job Growth Indexed to 1999
(2000 Value)
21
High-Tech Concentration 2000
221
Tech output growth 1995-2000
169
Tech output growth 1999-2000
103
Number of tech clusters 2000
170
   
         
18501 Murdock Circle, Suite 502 • Port Charlotte, FL 33948 • 941/627-3023 • FAX 941/627-6314

Charlotte County Economic Development Office

18501 Murdock Circle, Suite 502

Port Charlotte, FL  33948

(941) 627-3023 ● (800) 729-5836

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