• Top Metros of 2011
Site Selection Magazine – March 1, 2012
• Most Racially/Ethnically Diverse Large Metro Area
Kinder Institute for Urban Research & The Hobby Center for the Study of Texas – March 2012
• Top U.S. Manufacturing Cities
Manufacturers' News, Inc. – January 30, 2012
• Fastest Growing Wages in U.S.
Business Insiders – January 12, 2012
• Top Technology Job Growth
CyberCoders (as reported by Houston Business Journal) – January 11, 2012
• Best Cities for Manufacturing Jobs
Forbes – December 15, 2011
• Best–Performing Cities Among Top 10 Largest U.S. MSAs
Milken Institute – December 2011
• New Housing Construction
Houston Business Journal – August 26, 2011
• America's Best Hospitals – Cancer, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
U.S. News & World Report – July 2011
• Fastest Growing Millionaire City in the U.S.
Forbes.com – July 14, 2011
• Fastest Growing Metro Area
Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research – July 12, 2011
• Most Affordable City to Do Business – Worldwide
Cities of Opportunities 2011 (as reported by PwC and The Partnership for New York City) – May 3, 2011
• Wage Growth
PayScale, Inc. – April 12, 2011
• Lowest Cost of Living – Large Metros
ACCRA Cost of Living Index – First Quarter 2012
• Best Cities to Start a New Career
The Daily Beast – October 2010
• America's Best Airports
Travel + Leisure – July 2010
• Largest 5 Year Employment Gain (June 2005 – June 2010)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (as reported by the Houston Business Journal) – July 28, 2010
• Highest Level of Entrepreneurial Activity Among Largest Metro Areas
Kauffman Foundation of Entrepreneurship – May 2010
• Largest Population Gain – Harris County
U.S. Census Bureau – March 23, 2010
• Top Selling Master–Planned Community – Cinco Ranch
RCLCO– March 22, 2010
• Top Metro in the Nation
Site Selection Magazine – March 2009
• Nation's Healthiest Housing Market
Builder and Hanley Wood Market Intelligence – February 2009