LOS ANGELES, California
Population: 3,928,864
Unemployment: 7.5 percent
Key Transportation Infrastructure: Port of Los Angeles
The rise of Asia’s economies can be tracked by the ascension of the Port of Los Angeles to become the busiest in the country by container volume. Its top five trading partners in 2013 were all located in Asia and it did more than $175 billion of trade with China and Japan. LAX is the nation’s fifth-busiest cargo airport, and another five commercial airports are located in the L.A. metro area.