Overall Rankings
CITY | FINAL RANK 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Minneapolis, MN | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Washington, DC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3.5 | 3 |
Seattle, WA | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
St. Paul, MN | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9.5 |
Atlanta, GA | 5 | 4.5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3.5 | 4 |
Pittsburgh, PA | 6 | 4.5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
Denver, CO | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
San Francisco, CA | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
Boston, MA | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
St. Louis, MO | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9.5 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 15 |
Portland, OR | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9.5 | 6 | 10.5 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
Cincinnati, OH | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10.5 | 11 | 7 | 9.5 |
Raleigh, NC | 13 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Kansas City, MO | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 14 |
Baltimore, MD | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 27 | 24 | 21 |
Honolulu CDP, HI | 16 | 17 | 15.5 | 19 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 35 |
Cleveland, OH | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
Orlando, FL | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Virginia Beach, VA | 19 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 35 | 44 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 41 |
New York City, NY | 20 | 16 | 21 | 22.5 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 42 | 32.5 |
Columbus, OH | 21 | 26 | 32 | 30 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 12 |
Austin, TX | 22 | 21.5 | 23 | 22.5 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 16 |
Oakland, CA | 23 | 27 | 15.5 | 15 | 37 | 35 | 23 | 46 | 35 | 30 |
Tulsa, OK | 24.5 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 20.5 | 21 | 16 | 19.5 | 24.5 |
Omaha, NE | 24.5 | 38.5 | 38 | 40.5 | 42 | 37 | 40 | 34.5 | 31 | 31 |
Nashville-Davidson, TN | 26 | 21.5 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 19.5 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
Lexington-Fayette, KY | 27.5 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 19.5 | 17 | 30 | 27.5 |
New Orleans, LA | 27.5 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Tampa, FL | 29.5 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 20.5 | 29 | 20 | 21 | 24.5 |
Lincoln, NE | 29.5 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 23 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
San Diego, CA | 31 | 32 | 36 | 33.5 | 38.5 | 33.5 | 25 | 36 | 26 | 39 |
Colorado Springs, CO | 33 | 28.5 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 33.5 | 19 |
Chicago, IL | 32 | 28.5 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 40 | 39 | 46 |
Buffalo, NY | 34 | 33 | 29 | 33.5 | 41 | 41.5 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 47 |
Philadelphia, PA | 35 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 31.5 | 32 | 28 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 32.5 |
Newark, NJ | 37 | 35 | 33 | 35 | 57 | 57 | 52 | 49 | 51 | 37 |
Indianapolis, IN | 37 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 25 | 37 | 29 | 29 | 23 |
Sacramento, CA | 37 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 41.5 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 22 |
San Jose, CA | 39 | 38.5 | 35 | 32 | 50.5 | 56 | 46 | 54 | 50 | 51 |
Greensboro, NC | 40 | 50 | 43 | 40.5 | 38.5 | 36 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Plano, TX | 41 | 43 | 45 | 46 | 54 | 53.5 | 55 | 51 | 53 | -- |
Milwaukee, WI | 42 | 47.5 | 41 | 39 | 46 | 43 | 44 | -- | -- | -- |
Miami, FL | 43 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 33 | 22 | 23 | 27.5 |
Dallas, TX | 44 | 37 | 47 | 51 | 44 | 48 | 38.5 | 47.5 | 49 | 48 |
Albuquerque, NM | 45 | 45 | 39 | 38 | 43 | 39 | 35 | 41 | 38 | 36 |
Louisville-Jefferson Co.,KY | 46 | 46 | 49 | 42 | 40 | 40 | 38.5 | 31.5 | 37 | 40 |
Detroit, MI | 47 | 41 | 46 | 49.5 | 56 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 52 | 56 |
Fort Wayne, IN | 48 | 47.5 | 40 | 48 | 29.5 | 31 | 36 | 34.5 | 25 | 29 |
Tucson, AZ | 49 | 42 | 48 | 55 | 33 | 45 | 32 | 33 | 36 | 34 |
Oklahoma City, OK | 50 | 51 | 51 | 49.5 | 36 | 38 | 43 | 38.5 | 43 | 38 |
Charlotte, NC | 51 | 52 | 50 | 45 | 31.5 | 27 | 31 | 26 | 19.5 | 20 |
Santa Ana, CA | 52 | 53.5 | 54 | 47 | 52 | 50 | 41 | 43 | 40 | 44.5 |
Fort Worth, TX | 53.5 | 49 | 52 | 54 | 50.5 | 52 | 45 | 45 | 45.5 | 44.5 |
Las Vegas, NV | 53.5 | 53.5 | 57 | 58 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 57 | 61 | 62 |
Toledo, OH | 55 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 37 | 32 | 26 |
Jacksonville, FL | 56 | 58 | 55 | 52 | 49 | 55 | 50 | 47.5 | 45.5 | 44.5 |
Jersey City, NJ | 57 | 55 | 53 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Anchorage, AK | 58 | 56.5 | 56 | 61 | 53 | 49 | 47 | 38.5 | 47 | 43 |
Henderson, NV | 59 | 60 | 58 | 53 | 63 | 64 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Houston, TX | 60 | 56.5 | 60.5 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 53 |
Wichita, KS | 61 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 48 | 46 | 49 | 44 | 48 | 49 |
Arlington, TX | 62 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 71 | 70.5 | 63 | 62 | 64.5 | 57 |
Los Angeles, CA | 63 | 64 | 60.5 | 59 | 61 | 62 | 56 | 53 | 57 | 60 |
Memphis, TN | 64 | 65 | 66 | 63 | 55 | 53.5 | 58 | 59 | 54 | 58.5 |
Phoenix, AZ | 65 | 59 | 59 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 56 | 59 | 54 |
Riverside, CA | 66 | 61 | 63 | 57 | 59 | 58 | 53 | 52 | 56 | 58.5 |
Long Beach, CA | 67 | 66 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 65.5 | 65 | -- | -- | -- |
Mesa, AZ | 68 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 63 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 61 |
Aurora, CO | 69 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 65 | 68 | 61 | 61 | 58 | 52 |
San Antonio, TX | 70 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 64.5 | 66 |
Fresno, CA | 71 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 74 | 70.5 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 55 |
Anaheim, CA | 72 | 70.5 | 70 | 71 | 64 | 65.5 | 59 | 58 | 60 | 63 |
Stockton, CA | 73 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 69.5 | 75 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 68 |
Chula Vista, CA | 74 | 70.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
El Paso, TX | 75 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 62 | 61 | 64 | 62 | 63 | 64 |
Corpus Christi, TX | 76 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 |
Bakersfield, CA | 77 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 69.5 | 74 | 69 | 65 | 68 | 67 |