Cincinnati ranked

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The report divided the 100 largesf metrosinto 20-city segments, ranging from to “weakest.” San Antonio ranked at the top of the category, and Detroit placed last in the “weakest” The Cincinnati metropolitan area rankedc 62 of 100 metros overall, just behind according to the first-quarter MetroMonitor released Wednesday. That placed it at No. 2 in the cities category. MetroMonitor ranked cities accordintg tofour indicators: the percent change in employmentr from its peak to first-quarter the percentage change in the unemployment rate from 1Q 2008 to 1Q the percent change in gross metropolita product from its peak to 1Q 2009; and the percentr change in housing prices from 1Q 2008 to 1Q 2009.
The grosz metropolitan product is the total value of goods and services producexd within themetro area. Cincinnati rankecd 50th of 100 for changein employment, down 2.8 percent from its 56th for year-over-year change in unemployment, up 3.6 percent; 78th for GMP, down 4.4 and 37th for year-over-year housing price change, up 0.1 percent. Two citiesd in the region fared better: Columbus was 40th, at the botton of the “second-strongest” category. Indianapolis was ranking at No.2 in the “middle” category.
Othert area metros in the second-weakest categoru included Cleveland, 64th; Louisville, 65th; Akron, 74th; and Dayton, Youngstown (88th) and Toledo both fell into the “weakest” category. The MetroMonitor will be published quarterly, according to the Metropolitan Policy Program at To read thecomplete report, .