Metropolitan Statistical Areas

2003 Rank

2002 Rank

2001 Rank

2000 Rank

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA

1

1

1

1

Fresno, CA MSA

2

3

3

3

Bakersfield, CA MSA

3

2

2

2

Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA MSA

4

4

4

4

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA

5

5

5

5

Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA

6

10

12

11

Merced, CA MSA

7

7

13

10

Atlanta, GA MSA

8

6

6

9

Knoxville, TN MSA

9

8

9

12

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA

10

9

8

8

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA

11

11

7

7

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA

12

16

14

14

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA

13

14

10

13

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, CT-NJ-NY CMSA

14

20

15

16

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA

15

12

17

19

Baton Rouge, LA MSA

16

17

24

N/A

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA

17

21

25

N/A

Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA

18

19

22

23

Birmingham, AL MSA

18

21

33

24

San Diego, CA MSA

20

15

17

6

Nashville, TN MSA

21

18

16

18

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA

22

13

10

17

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA

23

35

28

N/A

Macon, GA MSA

24

24

26

N/A

Louisville, KY-IN MSA

25

29

25

N/A

City

2002 Rank

2002 Grade

2003 Rank

2003 Grade

Redding, CA MSA

21

F

97

F

Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA

24

F

36

F

Metropolitan Area

Population

Bellingham, WA MSA

166,814

Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, MSA

335,227

Colorado Springs, CO MSA

516,929

Duluth-Superior, MN-WI MSA

243,815

Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA

182,791

Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA

322,959

Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN MSA

174,367

Flagstaff, AZ-UT MSA

122,366

Greeley, CO PMSA

180,936

Honolulu, HI MSA

876,156

Laredo, TX MSA

193,117

Lincoln, NE MSA

250,291

Medford-Ashland, OR MSA

181,269

Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA

2,205,223

Salinas, CA MSA

401,762

San Francisco, CA PMSA

1,731,183