The 10 Fastest-Growing Metros in the U.S

摘要

Check out how your market sizes up against the nation's fastest-growing metropolitan areas. With all the grim news about the U.S. economy over the past few months, it may seem like an odd time to publish an article on the fastest-growing local market areas. However, you can find some real economic gems among the 300-plus metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the United States by using free economic metrics to measure the growth of the electrical construction industry in any geographic market: electrical contractor employment, building permits, and population growth. Other key metrics to consider are industrial employment, unemployment data, and gross metropolitan product (GMP).