Houston's Rankings in The Nation.

Mega Market of the Year
Southern Business Development - August 2009

Top U.S. Manufacturing Cities
Manufacturers' News Inc. (as reported in the Houston Business Journal) - May 19, 2009

Best City to Get Ahead
Forbes.com - June 19, 2009

America's Best Hospitals - Cancer, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
U.S News & World Report - July 15, 2009

Top Metro in the Nation
Site Selection Magazine - March 2009

Nation's Healthiest Housing Market
Builder and Hanley Wood Market Intelligence - February 2009

Best City to Live, Work and Play
Kiplinger's Personal Finance - July 2008

Best U.S. City to Earn a Living
Forbes.com - August 18, 2008

Best City for Your Job
BusinessWeek - June 12, 2008

Best City to Buy a Home
Forbes.com - July 14, 2008

Best City for Recent College Grads
Forbes.com - June 26, 2008

Lowest Cost of Living Among Major Metro Areas
ACCRA Cost of Living Index - Second Quarter 2009

Largest IT Service Economy
Onforce, Inc. (VoIP Monitor) – December 5, 2008

Top Local Government Green Power Purchaser
Environmental Protection Agency - July 2008

Highest Population Growth in the Nation
U.S. Census Bureau (as reported in the Houston Business Journal) - July 10, 2008

Highest Quality of Life Among Students - Rice University
Princeton Review (as reported by Rice University) - July 28, 2009

Top Destination city in the U.S
UHAUL-April, 2010-compiled from more than 1 million U-Haul truck transactions occurring during a recent 12 month period.

Houston #2

Houston #3

Counties with Highest Job Growth - Fort Bend
Bureau of Labor Statistics - October 16, 2009 

Fastest Growing Cities
US Census Bureau  – July 2009

North American Cities of the Future
FDI Magazine – April 2009

Most Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings in the Nation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (as reported at USAToday.com) – March 3, 2009

Green Jobs
Global Insight – October 2008

Best Cities for Young Professionals
Forbes.com - July 09, 2008

Nation's Most Charitable Cities
Charity Navigator's 2008 Metro Market Charitable Analysis Study

Houston #4

Hottest Labor Markets
Bizjournals.com – October 16, 2009

Best Metro Areas to Launch a Small Business
CNN Money - October 2009

Green Space
Smarter Cities - August 2009 

Cities Where Your Nest Egg Goes Farthest
Forbes.com - October 2008

Best Big City for Business
Inc.com - July 2008

Top Ten Up-and-Coming Tech Cities
Forbes.com - March 10, 2008

Best Value in Private Institutions - Rice University
Kiplinger's - February 2009

Houston #5

Best Performing Cities
Milken Institute- November 2009

Top Markets for Income Growth
BizJournals.com- September 2009

Highest Total Personal Income
Bureau of Economic Analysis - August 6, 2009

America's Best Hospitals - Heart, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
U.S News & World Report - July 15, 2009

Houston #6

Top U.S. Real Estate Investment Markets
Urban Land Institute (as reported in the Houston Business Journal) - January 10, 2008

Texas #1