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Maps, Figures, and Tables=ix
Acknowledgments=xiii
1. Introduction : Small Cities in a Big Nation=1
2. The Divergent Fates of Small Cities=27
3. Putting Out the Welcome Mat : How People Affect Small Cities=71
4. Diversify, Don't Specialize=91
5. Balancing It All : Paths of Success or Failure for Small Metro Areas=116
6. Small Cities Matter!=132
7. Epilogue : Small Cities after 2000=148
Appendix : Technical Information on Data Sources and Statistical Analyses=155
Notes=165
Bibliography=171
Index=179
1.1. Changing Numbers of Cities in the United States, 1970-2000=15
1.2. Small Metro Areas by Region=17
1.3. Median Population, Population Range, and Largest MSA, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=21
1.4. Median Growth Rates for Eighty Small Study Metro Areas, Percentage of Metro Areas That Shrank by Decade, and List of Metro Areas That Shrank by Decade, 1970-2000=22
2.1. Eighty Small Metro Areas Grouped by Rate of Population Growth for the Period 1970-2000=31
2.2. Median Percentage of Workforce Employed in Various Economic Sectors, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=52
2.3. Average Median Household Income by Decade by Rate of Population Growth, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=62
3.1. Eighty Small Metro Areas Grouped by Percentage Change in 90 : 10 Economic Inequality Index, 1970-2000=88
4.1. Increase in Median Household Income by Quartile, Eighty Small MSAs, 1970-2000=105
4.2. Median Household Income Levels by Growth Quartile, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=106
5.1. Success Index Rank of the Eighty Small Metro Areas in 2000=122
5.2. Small Metro Areas That Experienced the Biggest Change in Success Index Rank, 1980-2000=125
5.3. Success Index Rankings of Case Study Metro Areas, 1980-2000=127
6.1. Median Location Quotients by Success Index Quartiles in 2000=140
2.1. Median Population for Entire Metro Area, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=33
2.2. Median Central City Population of Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=35
2.3. Median Suburban Population of Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=36
2.4. Median Percentage Population Identified as White in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=43
2.5. Median Percentage Foreign-Born Population in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=44
2.6. Median Percentage of Population with College Degree in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=46
2.7. Median Percentage of Population Employed in Manufacturing Sector in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=54
2.8. Median Percentage of Population Employed in Professional Services Sector in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=55
2.9. Median Values on the 90 : 10 Economic Inequality Index in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=64
2.10. Median Unemployment Rate in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=65
3.1. Median Percentage of Population with a College Degree by Income Growth Group, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=84
3.2. Median Percentage Foreign Born by Income Growth Group, Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=86
4.1. Median Percentage of Workforce Employed by Sector for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=97
4.2. Median Percentage of Firms by Sector for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=98
4.3. Median of Average Wages by Sector for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=99
4.4. Median Location Quotient for Employment by Sector for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=100
4.5. Median Location Quotient for Number of Firms within Sectors for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=101
4.6. Median Location Quotient for Wages by Sector for Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=102
4.7. Percentage Change in Level of Employment by Sector by Level of Change in Median Household Income in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=107
4.8. Average Wages by Sector by Level of Income Change in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=108
4.9. Changes in Employment by Sector by Change in Economic Inequality Levels in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=110
4.10. Median Percentage Change in Average Wages by Sector by Change in Economic Inequality Levels in Eighty Small Metro Areas, 1970-2000=111
1.1. Eighty Small Metro Areas, United States=18
2.1. Providence, Rhode Island=38
2.2. Green Bay, Wisconsin=48
2.3. Salinas, California=58
2.4. Laredo, Texas=67