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Below is a list of the 239 cities that make up the second wave of the MeGAP. The table provides escores only, which is a summary statistic generated by the 55 specific performance dimensions which make up the overall assessment. For detailed information on how this assessment works, see the MeGAP main page.
This table lists the cities by population, starting with New York City, the largest.
These data are also available ordered by eScore and alphabetically.
Population KEY |
Over 500K |
200-500K |
100-200K |
| eScore Rank | Place Name (URL) | 2000 Population | Wave II -- Summer, '02 | Wave I -- Winter, '01 | % | Raw |
| | | | eScore | eScore | Change | Change |
| 14 | New York NY | 8,008,278 | 106.5 | 86.0 | 23.8% | 20.5 |
| 5 | Los Angeles CA | 3,694,820 | 113.0 | 71.0 | 59.2% | 42.0 |
| 21 | Chicago IL | 2,896,016 | 101.5 | 51.0 | 99.0% | 50.5 |
| 24 | Houston TX | 1,953,631 | 100.0 | 72.0 | 38.9% | 28.0 |
| 74 | Philadelphia PA | 1,517,550 | 79.0 | 42.0 | 88.1% | 37.0 |
| 22 | Phoenix AZ | 1,321,045 | 101.0 | 42.0 | 140.5% | 59.0 |
| 9 | San Diego CA | 1,223,400 | 108.5 | 78.0 | 39.1% | 30.5 |
| 12 | Dallas TX | 1,188,580 | 108.0 | 52.0 | 107.7% | 56.0 |
| 36 | San Antonio TX | 1,144,646 | 94.0 | 52.0 | 80.8% | 42.0 |
| 135 | Detroit MI | 951,270 | 61.0 | 11.0 | 454.5% | 50.0 |
| 13 | San Jose CA | 894,943 | 107.0 | 67.0 | 59.7% | 40.0 |
| 15 | Indianapolis IN | 791,926 | 106.0 | 75.0 | 41.3% | 31.0 |
| 18 | San Francisco CA | 776,733 | 103.0 | 54.0 | 90.7% | 49.0 |
| 66 | Jacksonville FL | 735,617 | 83.0 | 67.0 | 23.9% | 16.0 |
| 38 | Columbus OH | 711,470 | 93.0 | 21.0 | 342.9% | 72.0 |
| 28 | Austin TX | 656,562 | 96.5 | 64.0 | 50.8% | 32.5 |
| 140 | Baltimore MD | 651,154 | 60.0 | 22.0 | 172.7% | 38.0 |
| 49 | Memphis TN | 650,100 | 90.0 | 20.0 | 350.0% | 70.0 |
| 54 | Milwaukee WI | 596,974 | 87.5 | 20.0 | 337.5% | 67.5 |
| 26 | Boston MA | 589,141 | 99.0 | 53.0 | 86.8% | 46.0 |
| 69 | Washington DC | 572,059 | 82.0 | 52.0 | 57.7% | 30.0 |
| 23 | Nashville TN | 569,891 | 100.5 | 81.0 | 24.1% | 19.5 |
| 196 | El Paso TX | 563,662 | 46.0 | 21.0 | 119.0% | 25.0 |
| 16 | Seattle WA | 563,374 | 105.5 | 89.0 | 18.5% | 16.5 |
| 8 | Denver CO | 554,636 | 109.0 | 68.0 | 60.3% | 41.0 |
| 9 | Charlotte NC | 540,828 | 108.5 | 84.0 | 29.2% | 24.5 |
| 90 | Fort Worth TX | 534,694 | 73.5 | 39.0 | 88.5% | 34.5 |
| 1 | Portland OR | 529,121 | 122.0 | 80.5 | 51.6% | 41.5 |
| 168 | Oklahoma City OK | 506,132 | 53.0 | 41.0 | 29.3% | 12.0 |
| 2 | Tucson AZ | 486,699 | 115.0 | 43.0 | 167% | 72.0 |
| 192 | New Orleans LA | 484,674 | 46.5 | 15.0 | 210% | 31.5 |
| 49 | Las Vegas NV | 478,434 | 90.0 | 49.0 | 84% | 41.0 |
| 119 | Cleveland OH | 478,403 | 67.0 | 12.0 | 458% | 55.0 |
| 29 | Long Beach CA | 461,522 | 96.0 | 63.0 | 52% | 33.0 |
| 29 | Albuquerque NM | 448,607 | 96.0 | 51.0 | 88% | 45.0 |
| 60 | Kansas City MO | 441,545 | 85.5 | 29.0 | 195% | 56.5 |
| 110 | Fresno CA | 427,652 | 69.5 | 47.0 | 48% | 22.5 |
| 7 | Virginia Beach VA | 425,257 | 111.0 | 56.0 | 98% | 55.0 |
| 168 | Atlanta GA | 416,474 | 53.0 | 30.0 | 77% | 23.0 |
| 25 | Sacramento CA | 407,018 | 99.5 | 60.0 | 66% | 39.5 |
| 90 | Oakland CA | 399,484 | 73.5 | 4.0 | 1738% | 69.5 |
| 110 | Mesa AZ | 396,375 | 69.5 | 47.0 | 48% | 22.5 |
| 125 | Tulsa OK | 393,049 | 65.5 | 39.0 | 68% | 26.5 |
| 135 | Omaha NE | 390,007 | 61.0 | 37.0 | 65% | 24.0 |
| 9 | Minneapolis MN | 382,618 | 108.5 | 53.0 | 105% | 55.5 |
| 27 | Honolulu HI | 371,657 | 98.5 | 50.0 | 97% | 48.5 |
| 101 | Miami FL | 362,470 | 70.5 | 33.0 | 114% | 37.5 |
| 47 | Colorado Springs CO | 360,890 | 90.5 | 36.0 | 151% | 54.5 |
| 113 | St. Louis MO | 348,189 | 69.0 | 37.5 | 84% | 31.5 |
| 105 | Wichita KS | 344,284 | 70.0 | 47.0 | 49% | 23.0 |
| 125 | Santa Ana CA | 337,977 | 65.5 | 20.0 | 228% | 45.5 |
| 101 | Pittsburgh PA | 334,563 | 70.5 | 47.0 | 50% | 23.5 |
| 38 | Arlington TX | 332,969 | 93.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 90 | Cincinnati OH | 331,285 | 73.5 | 49.0 | 50% | 24.5 |
| 114 | Anaheim CA | 328,014 | 68.5 | 33.5 | 104% | 35.0 |
| 196 | Toledo OH | 313,619 | 46.0 | 30.0 | 53% | 16.0 |
| 4 | Tampa FL | 303,447 | 113.5 | 49.0 | 132% | 64.5 |
| 105 | Buffalo NY | 292,648 | 70.0 | 19.5 | 259% | 50.5 |
| 69 | St. Paul MN | 287,151 | 82.0 | 41.0 | 100% | 41.0 |
| 57 | Corpus Christi TX | 277,454 | 86.0 | 26.0 | 231% | 60.0 |
| 99 | Aurora CO | 276,393 | 71.0 | 28.0 | 154% | 43.0 |
| 33 | Raleigh NC | 276,093 | 94.5 | 58.5 | 62% | 36.0 |
| 226 | Newark NJ | 273,546 | 33.5 | 18.0 | 86% | 15.5 |
| 71 | Lexington-Fayette KY | 260,512 | 80.5 | 36.0 | 124% | 44.5 |
| 42 | Anchorage AK | 260,283 | 92.5 | 51.0 | 81% | 41.5 |
| 71 | Louisville KY | 256,231 | 80.5 | 45.0 | 79% | 35.5 |
| 57 | Riverside CA | 255,166 | 86.0 | 49.0 | 76% | 37.0 |
| 118 | St. Petersburg FL | 248,232 | 67.5 | 29.0 | 133% | 38.5 |
| 77 | Bakersfield CA | 247,057 | 78.5 | 25.0 | 214% | 53.5 |
| 90 | Stockton CA | 243,771 | 73.5 | 34.0 | 116% | 39.5 |
| 160 | Birmingham AL | 242,820 | 55.0 | 3.0 | 1733% | 52.0 |
| 238 | Jersey City NJ | 240,055 | 2.0 | 16.0 | -88% | -14.0 |
| 97 | Norfolk VA | 234,403 | 72.0 | 52.0 | 38% | 20.0 |
| 152 | Baton Rouge LA | 227,818 | 56.0 | 43.0 | 30% | 13.0 |
| 188 | Hialeah FL | 226,419 | 47.0 | ** | n/a | n/a |
| 33 | Lincoln NE | 225,581 | 94.5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 38 | Greensboro NC | 223,891 | 93.0 | 31.0 | 200% | 62.0 |
| 54 | Plano TX | 222,030 | 87.5 | 36.0 | 143% | 51.5 |
| 105 | Rochester NY | 219,773 | 70.0 | 40.0 | 75% | 30.0 |
| 74 | Glendale AZ | 218,812 | 79.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 129 | Akron OH | 217,074 | 63.0 | 46.0 | 37% | 17.0 |
| 158 | Garland TX | 215,768 | 55.5 | ** | n/a | n/a |
| 36 | Madison WI | 208,054 | 94.0 | 65.0 | 45% | 29.0 |
| 101 | Fort Wayne IN | 205,727 | 70.5 | 37.0 | 91% | 33.5 |
| 77 | Fremont CA | 203,413 | 78.5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 3 | Scottsdale AZ | 202,705 | 114.0 | 61.0 | 87% | 53.0 |
| 213 | Montgomery AL | 201,568 | 39.5 | ** | n/a | n/a |
| 168 | Shreveport LA | 200,145 | 53.0 | 37.0 | 43% | 16.0 |
| 173 | Augusta GA | 199,775 | 52.0 | | | |
| 96 | Lubbock TX | 199,564 | 72.5 | 50.0 | 45% | 22.5 |
| 45 | Chesapeake VA | 199,184 | 91.0 | | | |
| 80 | Mobile AL | 198,915 | 78.0 | | | |
| 42 | Des Moines IA | 198,682 | 92.5 | | | |
| 176 | Grand Rapids MI | 197,800 | 51.5 | 7.0 | 636% | 44.5 |
| 51 | Richmond VA | 197,790 | 89.0 | | | |
| 227 | Yonkers NY | 196,086 | 29.0 | | | |
| 81 | Spokane WA | 195,629 | 77.5 | 37.0 | 109% | 40.5 |
| 210 | Glendale CA | 194,973 | 40.0 | | | |
| 47 | Tacoma WA | 193,556 | 90.5 | 27.0 | 235% | 63.5 |
| 6 | Irving TX | 191,615 | 111.5 | 60.0 | 86% | 51.5 |
| 135 | Huntington Beach CA | 189,594 | 61.0 | | | |
| 61 | Modesto CA | 188,856 | 85.0 | | | |
| 45 | Durham NC | 187,035 | 91.0 | 65.0 | 40% | 26.0 |
| 200 | Columbus GA | 186,291 | 44.0 | | | |
| 97 | Orlando FL | 185,951 | 72.0 | 42.0 | 71% | 30.0 |
| 64 | Boise City ID | 185,787 | 84.0 | | | |
| 105 | Winston-Salem NC | 185,776 | 70.0 | | | |
| 116 | San Bernardino CA | 185,401 | 67.5 | 48.5 | 39% | 19.0 |
| 210 | Jackson MS | 184,256 | 40.0 | | | |
| 172 | Little Rock AR | 183,133 | 52.5 | | | |
| 20 | Salt Lake City UT | 181,743 | 102.0 | 75.0 | 36% | 27.0 |
| 64 | Reno NV | 180,480 | 84.0 | | | |
| 85 | Newport News VA | 180,150 | 75.5 | | | |
| 133 | Chandler AZ | 176,581 | 61.5 | | | |
| 181 | Laredo TX | 176,576 | 49.5 | 26.0 | 90% | 23.5 |
| 90 | Henderson NV | 175,381 | 73.5 | | | |
| 181 | Knoxville TN | 173,890 | 49.5 | | | |
| 199 | Amarillo TX | 173,627 | 45.0 | | | |
| 181 | Providence RI | 173,618 | 49.5 | | | |
| 133 | Chula Vista CA | 173,556 | 61.5 | 10.0 | 515% | 51.5 |
| 203 | Worcester MA | 172,648 | 43.0 | | | |
| 115 | Oxnard CA | 170,358 | 68.0 | 37.0 | 84% | 31.0 |
| 131 | Dayton OH | 166,179 | 62.5 | | | |
| 221 | Garden Grove CA | 165,196 | 36.0 | | | |
| 180 | Oceanside CA | 161,029 | 50.0 | | | |
| 29 | Tempe AZ | 158,625 | 96.0 | 42.0 | 129% | 54.0 |
| 105 | Huntsville AL | 158,216 | 70.0 | 30.0 | 133% | 40.0 |
| 160 | Ontario CA | 158,007 | 55.0 | | | |
| 149 | Chattanooga TN | 155,554 | 58.0 | 10.0 | 480% | 48.0 |
| 90 | Fort Lauderdale FL | 152,397 | 73.5 | 61.0 | 20% | 12.5 |
| 210 | Springfield MA | 152,082 | 40.0 | | | |
| 32 | Springfield MO | 151,580 | 95.5 | 24.0 | 298% | 71.5 |
| 67 | Santa Clarita CA | 151,088 | 82.5 | | | |
| 178 | Salinas CA | 151,060 | 50.5 | | | |
| 19 | Tallahassee FL | 150,624 | 102.5 | | | |
| 192 | Rockford IL | 150,115 | 46.5 | | | |
| 207 | Pomona CA | 149,473 | 41.0 | | | |
| 239 | Paterson NJ | 149,222 | 0.0 | | | |
| 38 | Overland Park KS | 149,080 | 93.0 | | | |
| 57 | Santa Rosa CA | 147,595 | 86.0 | | | |
| 152 | Syracuse NY | 147,306 | 56.0 | | | |
| 202 | Kansas City KS | 146,866 | 43.5 | | | |
| 61 | Hampton VA | 146,437 | 85.0 | 39.0 | 118% | 46.0 |
| 116 | Lakewood CO | 144,126 | 67.5 | | | |
| 82 | Vancouver WA | 143,560 | 76.0 | | | |
| 82 | Irvine CA | 143,072 | 76.0 | | | |
| 152 | Aurora IL | 142,990 | 56.0 | | |
