CHARLESTON, South Carolina
Population: 127,999
Unemployment: 5.8 percent
Population Growth Since 2010: 6.3 percent

Charleston’s 6.6 percent export growth since 2008 ranks 25th in the nation and is in large part due to its growing status as a hub for informatio
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana
Population: 229,426
Unemployment: 6.2 percent
Population Growth Since 2010: 0

Being one of the strongest local economies in the nation means you get included on lists ranking best places for young people and new businesses as well as havin
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GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan
Population: 192,294
Unemployment: 4.2 percent
Population Growth Since 2010: 2.3 percent

Home to five of the world’s leading makers of office furniture, Grand Rapids posts solid export numbers—$7.7 billion in exported goods ranks 46th i
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GREELEY, Colorado
Population: 96,539
Unemployment: 4.6 percent
Population Growth Since 2010: 3.9 percent

You may not have heard of Greeley, located about 50 miles north of Denver, but the numbers certainly are starting to add up for a lot of people and businesse
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico
Population: 101,324
Unemployment: 8.2 percent
Population Growth Since 2010: 3.8 percent

When it comes to exports, Las Cruces isn’t so much emerging as exploding (in the good way). The city’s borderline ridiculous 210.9 percent increase
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MADISON, Wisconsin
Population: 243,344
Unemployment: 3.6 percent
Population Growth Since 2010: 4.3 percent

Madison has always been able to flaunt its quality of life, which somehow manages to be both idyllic and sensible, i.e. the city boasts two lakes, four col
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ORLANDO, Florida
Population: 255,483
Unemployment: 5.1 percent
Population Growth Since 2010: 7 percent

While mentioning Orlando is likely to conjure up visions of amusement parks, the fact is the city is becoming a major industrial and tech center. The tech indu
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SACRAMENTO, California
Population: 479,686
Unemployment: 5.7 percent
Population Growth Since 2010: 2.8 percent

Sacramento has seen positive growth in its exports over the past five years highlighted by a 23 percent increase from 2013 to 2014—$1.4 billion in go
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TOLEDO, Ohio
Population: 282,313
Unemployment: 5.1 percent
Population Growth Since 2010: -1.7 percent

In noting that Toledo’s recovery had gathered considerable momentum—local exports surged 41 percent last year—Moody’s attributed that to plenty of manuf
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia
Population: 450,980
Unemployment: 5.5 percent
Population Growth Since 2010: 3 percent

The $3.6 billion in goods sent out of the region was a record, a $1 billion and 40.7 percent increase over the previous year. The increase, in part due
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