This year, Raleigh, N.C. is number one for the second year in a row due in part, to its strong job growth. For the third straight year, the Southeast is home to half of the top ten, however there is new blood near the top with Lexington, Atlanta and Richmond joining the ranks and Spokane and Fort Collins also jumping ahead. Rounding out the top ten is Knoxville, Tenn. where business costs are 14% below the national average.
Also, the Forbes ranking may have you rethinking Iowa as just "the corn state". Des Moines, ranked fourth, with its sports arena, art center and heated 3 mile sky-walk, now boasts an unemployment rate of 3.4% and business costs that are 10% below the national average.
2008 Top Ten Places For Business and Careers
1. Raleigh, North Carolina (#1, 2007)
2. Boise, Idaho (#3, 2007)
3. Fort Collins, Colorado (#28, 2007)
4. Des Moines, Iowa (#4, 2007)
5. Lexington, Kentucky ( #30, 2007)
6. Atlanta, Georgia (#25, 2007)
7. Richmond, Virginia (#14, 2007)
8. Olympia, Washington (#10, 2007)
9. Spokane, Washington (#20, 2007)
10. Knoxville, Tennessee (#5, 2007)
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