The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan statistical area ranked No. 54 among the Milken Institute’s 2008 list of America’s Best-Performing Cities Index.
Released Thursday, the index measures the hottest places for jobs creation in the country.
The Little Rock metro moved up on the list from No. 73 in 2007.
The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro dropped in the rankings from No. 21 last year to No. 57 in 2008.
The list’s No. 1 and No. 3 metro areas are in Utah, with the top ranking taken by the Provo-Orem metro and the third by the Salt Lake City metro. The Raleigh-Cary metro in North Carolina was No. 2.
The list is ranked by several metrics, including a measurement of five-year job growth. Click here to see the full list.
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