Kern 7th Most Improved Metro Economy

Written on 29 July 2013.

Kern County ranked as the seventh most improved metro economy over the past six months, according to the business blog On Numbers. The On Numbers Economic Index provides a monthly snapshot of the economic vitality of 102 major metropolitan areas with populations of more than 500,000.

Here are the markets that improved the most during the six-month span from January to July 2013 (the Bakersfield metro area includes all of Kern County):
• Tampa-St. Petersburg, up 71 places (from 94 in January to 23 in July)
• Jacksonville, up 56 places (from 98 in January to 42 in July)
• Detroit, up 42 places (from 86 in January to 44 in July)
• Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., up 37 places (from 83 in January to 46 in July)
• Baltimore, up 36 places (from 65 in January to 29 in July)
• Indianapolis, up 36 places (from 52 in January to 16 in July)
• Bakersfield, Calif., up 31 places (from 81 in January to 50 in July)
• Grand Rapids, Mich., up 31 places (from 45 in January to 14 in July)
• Orlando, up 30 places (from 70 in January to 40 in July)
• Palm Bay-Melbourne, Fla., up 30 places (from 93 in January to 63 in July)

The On Numbers Economic Index is generated by an 18-part formula that assesses private-sector employment growth, unemployment, earnings, home values, and construction and retail activity.

For the complete data base: http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/on-numbers/scott-thomas/2013/07/database-for-on-numbers-economic.html