America's 50 Largest Metro Areas Get Their Annual Physical

Rank

Metropolitan Area

2010 Score

2009 Rank

2009 Score

1.

Washington, D.C.

73.5

1

74.4

2.

Boston, Mass.

72.6

4

71.4

3.

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

71.7

2

72.1

4.

Seattle, Wash.

70.5

6

69.7

5.

Portland, Ore.

70.4

7

68.1

6.

Denver, Colo.

69.9

3

71.6

7.

Sacramento, Calif.

65.8

12

62.2

8.

San Francisco, Calif.

64.7

5

71.3

9.

Hartford, Conn.

64.4

11

62.5

10.

Austin, Texas

63.9

9

65.1

11.

Richmond, Va.

62.7

NR

N/A

12.

Cincinnati, Ohio

62.5

14

60.8

13.

San Diego, Calif.

62.0

8

66.8

14.

San Jose, Calif.

61.0

13

61.3

15.

Salt Lake City, Utah

60.6

NR

N/A

16.

Atlanta, Ga.

57.7

15

59.3

17.

Virginia Beach, Va.

57.2*

10

63.1

18.

Providence, R.I.

57.2*

NR

N/A

19.

Orlando, Fla.

55.5

NR

N/A

20.

Baltimore, Md.

53.5

19

52.5

21.

New York, N.Y.

52.9

22

48.9

22.

Raleigh, N.C.

52.4

20

52.3

23.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

52.0

16

54.3

24.

Jacksonville, Fla.

51.2

28

45.2

25.

Cleveland, Ohio

51.0

24

47.9

26.

Philadelphia, Pa.

50.4

27

45.9

27.

Milwaukee, Wisc.

49.2

17

53.0*

28.

Buffalo, N.Y.

49.2

18

53.0*

29.

Kansas City, Mo.

47.9

21

50.3

30.

Tampa, Fla.

47.8

23

48.5

31.

Nashville, Tenn.

47.8

26

46.8

32.

Phoenix, Ariz.

47.4

32

42.5*

33.

Chicago, Ill.

47.0

25

47.6

34.

Charlotte, N.C.

44.0

34

40.3

35.

Columbus, Ohio

42.8

29

43.9

36.

Riverside, Calif.

42.8

40

35.1

37.

St. Louis, Mo.

40.5

33

42.5*

38.

Los Angeles, Calif.

40.5

30

43.6

39.

Miami, Fla.

39.9

31

42.7

40.

Dallas, Texas

39.5

35

39.6

41.

New Orleans, La.(2)

37.7

NR

N/A

42.

Houston, Texas

37.6

41

34.7

43.

San Antonio, Texas

36.9

39

35.5

44.

Indianapolis, Ind.

35.9

36

39.3

45.

Las Vegas, Nev.

35.3

42

34.6

46.

Louisville, Ky.

32.5

38

37.7

47.

Detroit, Mich.

31.9

44

30.5

48.

Memphis, Tenn.

31.6

37

38.5

49.

Birmingham, Ala.

31.2

43

32.2

50.

Oklahoma City, Okla.

24.3

45

23.2