This statistic shows a ranking of metropolitan areas that experienced the largest gain in economic status from 2000 to 2014 in the U.S. Between 2000 and 2014, Odessa and Midland in Texas had the highest gains in economic status with 26 percentage points.
Metropolitan areas that experienced the largest gain in economic status in the United States from 2000 to 2014
*Percentage point change represents the change in the share of adults who were upper income, minus the change in the share who were lower income.
An increase in the share that is upper income or a decrease in the share that is lower income signals an improvement in economic status. A decrease in the share that is upper income or an increase in the share that is lower income signals deterioration in economic status.
1 percentage point increase or decrease in the share that is lower income is given the same weight as a 1 percentage point increase or decrease in the share that is upper income.
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Pew Research Center. (May 11, 2016). Metropolitan areas that experienced the largest gain in economic status in the United States from 2000 to 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/547432/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-largest-gain-in-economic-status/
Pew Research Center. "Metropolitan areas that experienced the largest gain in economic status in the United States from 2000 to 2014." Chart. May 11, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/547432/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-largest-gain-in-economic-status/
Pew Research Center. (2016). Metropolitan areas that experienced the largest gain in economic status in the United States from 2000 to 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/547432/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-largest-gain-in-economic-status/
Pew Research Center. "Metropolitan Areas That Experienced The Largest Gain in Economic Status in The United States from 2000 to 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 May 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/547432/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-largest-gain-in-economic-status/
Pew Research Center, Metropolitan areas that experienced the largest gain in economic status in the United States from 2000 to 2014 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/547432/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-largest-gain-in-economic-status/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Metropolitan areas that experienced the largest gain in economic status in the United States from 2000 to 2014 [Graph], Pew Research Center, May 11, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/547432/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-largest-gain-in-economic-status/
