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July 26, 2012

Portland's economy (we're #78!)

Well, we would be #78 if every U.S. metropolitan area were treated as a separate country. Our 2011 GDP was just $200 million less than Hungary, which maybe doesn't sound all that impressive, but Hungary does have a population around 10 million, compared to our 2 million or so.

What really surprised me is how our local economy is (significantly) bigger than a number of other Midwestern or East Coast metro areas, including:

St. Louis (#79)

Pittsburgh (#81)

Riverside/Inland Empire (#84)

Kansas City (#85)

Cleveland (#86)

Cincinnati (#90)

New Orleans (#104)

In fact, there are only 19 metro areas ahead of us, none terribly surprising except maybe Minneapolis/St. Paul.

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Matthew Lewis

The Twin Cities have 19 Fortune 500 companies including some giants like Target, Cargill, and 3M. In addition, there's a huge medical device and health insurance sector. So yeah, we definitely punch above our weight.

Posted by: Matthew Lewis | July 27, 2012 at 08:02 AM

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