Top 100 US metros ranked by income growth

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Here's the complete rankings (Plus data and methodology): http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/pages/92.html

The top 10 are:

1. Birmingham, Alabama

2. Bridgeport-Stamford, Connecticutt

3. San Diego, California

4. Baltimore, Maryland

5. Charleston, South Carolina

6. Boston, Massachusettes

7. San Francisco-Oakland, California

8. Nashville, Tennessee

9. Cape Coral-Ft. Myers, Florida

10. Madison, Wisconsin

11. Omaha, Nebraska

12. El Paso, Texas

13. Jackson, Mississippi

14. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, California

15. Houston, Texas

Note--This is ranking by income growth, not absolute income. In terms of absolute per capita income, Bridgeport-Stamford (home of Greenwich and the hedge fund) it way tops @ $67,269 and San Francisco-Oakland is a distant second @ $52, 543. #20 grower San Jose is third @ $50,468.

By the way, #100 (again, for growth rate) is--no surprise--New Orleans. #99 is Stockton, California.