Here’s where Phoenix ranks among fastest-growing cities in U.S.

With the Census Bureau reporting that the South and West held 14 of the 15 cities with the largest population gains in 2018, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Fastest-Growing Cities in America as well as accompanying videos.

To determine where the most rapid local economic growth occurred over a period of seven years, WalletHub compared 515 U.S. cities across 17 key metrics. The data set ranges from population growth to college-educated population growth to unemployment rate decrease. In addition, we produced a separate ranking by city size.

Economic Growth in Phoenix

• 77^th – Population Growth

• 150^th – Median Household Income Growth

• 39^th – Job Growth

• 40^th – Poverty Rate Decrease

• 394^th – Regional GDP Growth

• 318^th – Unemployment Rate Decrease

• 138^th – Growth in Number of Businesses

• 72^nd – Working-Age Population Growth

• 70^th – Foreclosure Rate Decrease

• 77^th – Median House Price Growth

Phoenix ranks 81^st overall and 11^th in terms of large-city growth.

NOTE: 1=Fastest-Growing; 258=Avg.

For the full report,  visit https://wallethub.com/edu/fastest-growing-cities/7010/