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Useful Stats: Gross Metropolitan Product Statistics
Last week, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National Association of Counties released a report documenting the 1999 Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP) for the nation’s 319 largest metro areas. The 44-page report indicates that 95 percent of high tech job creation between 1992 and 1999 took place in metro areas.
The report ranks metro areas relative to each other, and, states and national economies around the world. For example, 48 of the world’s largest 100 economies are US metro areas. The GMP of the ten largest metro areas exceeds the combined output of 31 states. Twenty pages of tables provide statistics and rankings for each metro area.
The report can be downloaded from http://www.usmayors.org/citiesdrivetheeconomy/