|
| Market |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent
Change |
| Abilene, TX |
266 |
17.5 |
15.7 |
11.40% |
| Akron |
113 |
23 |
20.7 |
11.20% |
| Albany, GA |
236 |
19.4 |
16.7 |
15.70% |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy |
125 |
22.7 |
20.4 |
11.30% |
| Albuquerque |
117 |
22.9 |
20.3 |
12.70% |
| Alexandria, LA |
37 |
26.7 |
21.7 |
22.80% |
| Allentown-Bethlehem |
66 |
25 |
20.9 |
19.70% |
| Altoona |
216 |
20.2 |
16.3 |
23.90% |
| Amarillo, TX |
250 |
18.4 |
17.3 |
6.40% |
| Anchorage |
234 |
19.5 |
18.3 |
6.20% |
| Ann Arbor |
138 |
22.2 |
19.5 |
13.40% |
| Appleton-Oshkosh |
255 |
18.1 |
15.9 |
13.60% |
| Asheville |
147 |
22 |
19.3 |
13.80% |
| Atlanta |
12 |
31.2 |
26 |
20.30% |
| Atlantic City-Cape May |
97 |
23.6 |
19.9 |
18.20% |
| Augusta, GA |
90 |
23.9 |
21.7 |
10.10% |
| Augusta-Waterville, ME |
129 |
22.6 |
19.3 |
17.10% |
| Austin |
57 |
25.5 |
21.7 |
17.80% |
| B |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Bakersfield |
105 |
23.3 |
20.3 |
14.60% |
| Baltimore |
15 |
29.8 |
26 |
14.60% |
| Bangor |
159 |
21.8 |
18.5 |
18.30% |
| Baton Rouge |
66 |
25 |
22.7 |
9.80% |
| Battle Creek, MI |
220 |
20.1 |
17.5 |
14.80% |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
147 |
22 |
19.7 |
11.80% |
| Beckley, WV |
43 |
26.3 |
20.9 |
25.50% |
| Billings, MT |
257 |
17.9 |
16.1 |
11.20% |
| Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS |
97 |
23.6 |
20.6 |
14.70% |
| Binghamton |
216 |
20.2 |
17.4 |
16.10% |
| Birmingham |
40 |
26.6 |
23.1 |
15.20% |
| Bismarck, ND |
283 |
16.1 |
13.1 |
23.30% |
| Blksbrg-Chrstnbrg-Rdfrd-Plski, VA |
172 |
21.5 |
18.6 |
15.20% |
| Bloomington |
273 |
17 |
16 |
6.10% |
| Bluefield, WV |
54 |
25.6 |
20.6 |
24.20% |
| Boise |
216 |
20.2 |
17.3 |
16.70% |
| Boston |
28 |
28.4 |
24.1 |
17.90% |
| Bowling Green |
154 |
21.9 |
18.7 |
17.20% |
| Bridgeport |
49 |
26 |
21.6 |
20.60% |
| Brunswick, GA |
230 |
19.6 |
16.7 |
17.40% |
| Bryan-College Station, TX |
278 |
16.7 |
15.1 |
10.60% |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls |
189 |
21.1 |
19.4 |
8.60% |
| Burlington-Plattsburgh |
179 |
21.3 |
18 |
18.50% |
| C |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Canton |
164 |
21.7 |
19.2 |
13.20% |
| Cape Cod, MA |
86 |
24.1 |
19.6 |
22.90% |
| Casper, WY |
278 |
16.7 |
15.3 |
9.10% |
| Cedar Rapids |
259 |
17.8 |
16.1 |
10.60% |
| Champaign, IL |
276 |
16.8 |
15 |
12.40% |
| Charleston, SC |
74 |
24.6 |
23 |
6.90% |
| Charleston, WV |
113 |
23 |
19.9 |
15.90% |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill |
46 |
26.1 |
21.6 |
20.80% |
| Charlottesville, VA |
120 |
22.8 |
19.2 |
18.40% |
| Chattanooga |
93 |
23.8 |
22.1 |
7.70% |
| Cheyenne, WY |
280 |
16.3 |
13.8 |
18.30% |
| Chicago |
13 |
31.1 |
28.1 |
10.90% |
| Chico, CA |
194 |
20.9 |
17.4 |
20.40% |
| Cincinnati |
78 |
24.3 |
22.4 |
8.30% |
| Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN- KY |
113 |
23 |
19 |
21.30% |
| Cleveland |
78 |
24.3 |
22.4 |
8.60% |
| Colorado Springs |
137 |
22.3 |
18.8 |
18.60% |
| Columbia, MO |
259 |
17.8 |
16.7 |
6.40% |
| Columbia, SC |
102 |
23.5 |
20.6 |
14.30% |
| Columbus, GA |
212 |
20.3 |
17.4 |
17.20% |
| Columbus, OH |
107 |
23.2 |
21.2 |
9.10% |
| Columbus-Starkville-West Point, MS |
224 |
19.9 |
17.1 |
16.40% |
| Cookeville TN |
147 |
22 |
18.6 |
18.10% |
| Corpus Christi |
201 |
20.7 |
19.2 |
7.60% |
| D |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth |
30 |
27.4 |
24.1 |
13.80% |
| Danbury, CT |
17 |
29.6 |
24.7 |
19.50% |
| Dayton |
183 |
21.2 |
19.8 |
7.40% |
| Daytona Beach |
59 |
25.4 |
20.9 |
21.70% |
| Decatur, IL |
253 |
18.2 |
16.5 |
10.40% |
| Denver-Boulder |
49 |
26 |
22.4 |
16.10% |
| Des Moines |
244 |
18.9 |
17.4 |
8.40% |
| Detroit |
41 |
26.5 |
23.7 |
11.90% |
| Dothan, AL |
167 |
21.6 |
18.3 |
18.10% |
| Dubuque, IA |
264 |
17.7 |
15.8 |
12.10% |
| Duluth-Superior |
227 |
19.8 |
17.6 |
12.70% |
| E |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Eau Claire, WI |
246 |
18.7 |
16.3 |
15.10% |
| El Paso |
125 |
22.7 |
20 |
13.20% |
| Elizabeth City-Nags Head |
45 |
26.2 |
22.1 |
18.50% |
| Elmira-Corning, NY |
207 |
20.5 |
17.7 |
16.10% |
| Erie |
248 |
18.5 |
16.5 |
12.00% |
| Eugene-Springfield |
224 |
19.9 |
18.1 |
9.80% |
| Evansville |
212 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
11.70% |
| F |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Fargo-Moorhead |
281 |
16.2 |
14.6 |
11.00% |
| Fayetteville (North West Arkansas) |
230 |
19.6 |
16.6 |
18.40% |
| Fayetteville, NC |
102 |
23.5 |
18.3 |
28.30% |
| Flagstaff-Prescott, AZ |
194 |
20.9 |
16 |
30.50% |
| Flint |
54 |
25.6 |
20.7 |
23.40% |
| Florence, SC |
97 |
23.6 |
18.6 |
26.50% |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
96 |
23.7 |
20.6 |
15.00% |
| Frederick, MD |
10 |
31.9 |
28.3 |
12.90% |
| Fredericksburg |
2 |
35.8 |
30.9 |
15.70% |
| Fresno |
138 |
22.2 |
19.1 |
16.30% |
| Ft. Collins-Greeley, CO |
172 |
21.5 |
18.4 |
16.90% |
| Ft. Myers-Naples-Marco Island |
73 |
24.7 |
20.4 |
21.10% |
| Ft. Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach |
77 |
24.4 |
20 |
21.90% |
| Ft. Smith, AR |
143 |
22.1 |
19.3 |
14.50% |
| Ft. Walton Beach, FL |
154 |
21.9 |
18 |
21.90% |
| Ft. Wayne |
198 |
20.8 |
19.2 |
8.40% |
| G |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Gainesville-Ocala |
86 |
24.1 |
20 |
20.50% |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN |
286 |
15.1 |
13.2 |
13.90% |
| Grand Junction, CO |
248 |
18.5 |
15.9 |
16.30% |
| Grand Rapids |
212 |
20.3 |
18.1 |
12.60% |
| Great Falls, MT |
284 |
15.9 |
14.5 |
9.90% |
| Green Bay |
266 |
17.5 |
16 |
9.00% |
| Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point |
134 |
22.4 |
18.9 |
18.60% |
| Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville,
NC |
143 |
22.1 |
18.8 |
17.80% |
| Greenville-Spartanburg, SC |
130 |
22.5 |
18.6 |
21.00% |
| H |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD-PA |
89 |
24 |
20.3 |
18.30% |
| Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle |
147 |
22 |
19.5 |
12.80% |
| Harrisonburg, VA |
222 |
20 |
17.8 |
12.10% |
| Hartford-New Britain-Middletown |
130 |
22.5 |
20.4 |
10.30% |
| Honolulu |
31 |
27.3 |
24.8 |
10.00% |
| Houston-Galveston |
24 |
28.8 |
26.1 |
10.40% |
| Huntington-Ashland |
83 |
24.2 |
19.7 |
22.70% |
| Huntsville |
138 |
22.2 |
20.3 |
9.60% |
| I |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Indianapolis |
90 |
23.9 |
21.9 |
9.00% |
| Ithaca, NY |
259 |
17.8 |
16.4 |
8.10% |
| J |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Jackson, MS |
107 |
23.2 |
20.2 |
14.70% |
| Jackson, TN |
241 |
19 |
17.5 |
8.60% |
| Jacksonville |
37 |
26.7 |
22.6 |
18.10% |
| Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol |
134 |
22.4 |
19.5 |
14.70% |
| Johnstown |
138 |
22.2 |
18.4 |
20.60% |
| Jonesboro, AR |
253 |
18.2 |
15.8 |
15.30% |
| Joplin, Mo |
238 |
19.1 |
17.3 |
10.50% |
| K |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Kalamazoo |
228 |
19.7 |
17.4 |
13.70% |
| Kansas City |
120 |
22.8 |
21.4 |
6.50% |
| Killeen-Temple, TX |
189 |
21.1 |
16.4 |
28.80% |
| Knoxville |
107 |
23.2 |
21.3 |
8.90% |
| L |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Lafayette, IN |
270 |
17.3 |
15.6 |
11.00% |
| Lafayette, LA |
43 |
26.3 |
21 |
25.50% |
| Lake Charles, LA |
210 |
20.4 |
18.8 |
8.20% |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven |
59 |
25.4 |
20.6 |
23.50% |
| Lancaster |
164 |
21.7 |
18.4 |
18.30% |
| Lansing-East Lansing |
183 |
21.2 |
19 |
11.60% |
| Laredo, TX |
164 |
21.7 |
17.5 |
24.20% |
| Las Vegas |
78 |
24.3 |
20.4 |
19.40% |
| Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS |
120 |
22.8 |
19.2 |
19.10% |
| Lawton, OK |
274 |
16.9 |
15.2 |
11.20% |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME |
105 |
23.3 |
20 |
16.50% |
| Lexington-Fayette |
183 |
21.2 |
18.6 |
13.80% |
| Lima, OH |
252 |
18.3 |
16.6 |
10.20% |
| Lincoln |
259 |
17.8 |
16.2 |
9.50% |
| Little Rock |
117 |
22.9 |
19.5 |
17.60% |
| Los Angeles |
24 |
28.8 |
26.2 |
9.80% |
| Louisville |
120 |
22.8 |
21.3 |
6.90% |
| Lubbock |
271 |
17.1 |
16.3 |
5.30% |
| M |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Macon |
143 |
22.1 |
18.6 |
19.00% |
| Madison |
203 |
20.6 |
18.4 |
11.60% |
| Manchester |
66 |
25 |
22.5 |
11.10% |
| Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter, MN |
284 |
15.9 |
13.5 |
17.70% |
| Marion-Carbondale (Southern IL) |
203 |
20.6 |
17.4 |
18.20% |
| Mason City, IA |
276 |
16.8 |
14.1 |
19.30% |
| McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen |
198 |
20.8 |
17.6 |
18.10% |
| Meadville-Franklin, PA |
177 |
21.4 |
17.8 |
20.20% |
| Medford-Ashland, OR |
244 |
18.9 |
16.7 |
13.30% |
| Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa |
75 |
24.5 |
20.6 |
18.70% |
| Memphis |
75 |
24.5 |
21.6 |
13.50% |
| Merced, CA |
41 |
26.5 |
17.5 |
51.70% |
| Meridian, MS |
179 |
21.3 |
18 |
18.70% |
| Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood |
22 |
28.9 |
24.1 |
20.00% |
| Middlesex-Somerset-Union |
14 |
30.3 |
25.5 |
19.00% |
| Milwaukee-Racine |
143 |
22.1 |
20 |
10.60% |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul |
97 |
23.6 |
21.2 |
11.60% |
| Mobile |
59 |
25.4 |
21.9 |
15.90% |
| Modesto |
34 |
26.9 |
22.5 |
19.60% |
| Monmouth-Ocean |
4 |
33.8 |
27.1 |
24.60% |
| Monroe, LA |
210 |
20.4 |
18.4 |
10.80% |
| Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz |
64 |
25.2 |
20.6 |
22.20% |
| Montgomery |
125 |
22.7 |
19.4 |
16.80% |
| Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont, WV |
147 |
22 |
18.5 |
19.10% |
| Morristown, NJ |
18 |
29.4 |
25.7 |
14.40% |
| Muncie-Marion, IN |
224 |
19.9 |
17.7 |
12.50% |
| Muskegon, MI |
198 |
20.8 |
18.3 |
13.40% |
| Myrtle Beach, SC |
86 |
24.1 |
19.3 |
25.30% |
| N |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Nashville |
52 |
25.8 |
22.7 |
13.70% |
| Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) |
5 |
33 |
30 |
10.10% |
| New Bedford-Fall River, MA |
107 |
23.2 |
19.2 |
20.40% |
| New Haven |
107 |
23.2 |
20.1 |
15.30% |
| New London, CT |
138 |
22.2 |
19.8 |
12.10% |
| New Orleans |
37 |
26.7 |
24.4 |
9.60% |
| New York |
3 |
35.1 |
31.1 |
12.70% |
| Newburgh-Middletown, NY (Mid Hudson Valley) |
8 |
32.5 |
27.2 |
19.30% |
| Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News |
93 |
23.8 |
21.6 |
10.00% |
| O |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Odessa-Midland, TX |
247 |
18.6 |
17 |
9.40% |
| Oklahoma City |
147 |
22 |
20.3 |
8.30% |
| Olean, NY |
172 |
21.5 |
17.4 |
24.00% |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs |
238 |
19.1 |
18 |
5.90% |
| Orlando |
34 |
26.9 |
22.9 |
17.50% |
| Oxnard-Ventura |
102 |
23.5 |
21.8 |
7.60% |
| P |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Palm Springs, CA |
125 |
22.7 |
18.5 |
22.20% |
| Panama City, Fl |
167 |
21.6 |
17.5 |
23.30% |
| Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH |
194 |
20.9 |
18 |
16.10% |
| Pensacola |
71 |
24.8 |
20 |
24.20% |
| Peoria |
228 |
19.7 |
18.1 |
8.90% |
| Philadelphia |
26 |
28.7 |
24.8 |
15.70% |
| Phoenix |
46 |
26.1 |
22.3 |
16.70% |
| Pittsburgh |
62 |
25.3 |
22.5 |
12.70% |
| Portland, ME |
147 |
22 |
18.7 |
17.30% |
| Portland, OR |
78 |
24.3 |
21.4 |
13.20% |
| Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester |
32 |
27.1 |
23.9 |
13.20% |
| Poughkeepsie, NY |
15 |
29.8 |
24.6 |
21.50% |
| Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket |
97 |
23.6 |
19.8 |
19.20% |
| Pueblo |
201 |
20.7 |
17.1 |
20.90% |
| Puerto Rico |
18 |
29.4 |
26.1 |
12.60% |
| Q |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Quad Cities (Davenport-Rock Island-Moline) |
241 |
19 |
17.4 |
9.40% |
| R |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Raleigh-Durham |
70 |
24.9 |
20.2 |
23.10% |
| Rapid City, SD |
268 |
17.4 |
16.5 |
5.70% |
| Reading, PA |
134 |
22.4 |
18.7 |
19.50% |
| Redding, CA |
194 |
20.9 |
17.2 |
21.80% |
| Reno |
241 |
19 |
17.1 |
11.60% |
| Richmond |
78 |
24.3 |
21.8 |
11.10% |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
11 |
31.5 |
28 |
12.80% |
| Roanoke-Lynchburg |
159 |
21.8 |
18.8 |
16.00% |
| Rochester, MN |
257 |
17.9 |
16 |
11.80% |
| Rochester, NY |
189 |
21.1 |
19.8 |
6.70% |
| Rockford |
159 |
21.8 |
18.2 |
19.80% |
| S |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Sacramento |
51 |
25.9 |
22 |
17.50% |
| Saginaw-Bay City-Midland |
172 |
21.5 |
18.9 |
13.80% |
| Salisbury-Ocean City |
112 |
23.1 |
18.3 |
26.00% |
| Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo |
154 |
21.9 |
19.4 |
12.90% |
| San Angelo, TX |
259 |
17.8 |
15.7 |
13.20% |
| San Antonio |
66 |
25 |
22.3 |
12.00% |
| San Diego |
62 |
25.3 |
22.2 |
14.20% |
| San Francisco |
18 |
29.4 |
25.6 |
14.80% |
| San Jose |
46 |
26.1 |
23.3 |
12.00% |
| San Luis Obispo, CA |
183 |
21.2 |
18.3 |
15.40% |
| Santa Barbara, CA |
271 |
17.1 |
16.4 |
4.30% |
| Santa Fe, NM |
183 |
21.2 |
18.5 |
14.40% |
| Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA |
154 |
21.9 |
20.2 |
8.90% |
| Santa Rosa |
36 |
26.8 |
24.1 |
11.60% |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
130 |
22.5 |
18.7 |
20.00% |
| Savannah |
83 |
24.2 |
20.9 |
15.60% |
| Seattle-Tacoma |
29 |
27.7 |
24.1 |
14.70% |
| Sebring, FL |
113 |
23 |
16.3 |
40.90% |
| Sheboygan, WI |
274 |
16.9 |
14.8 |
13.80% |
| Shreveport |
154 |
21.9 |
19.5 |
12.60% |
| Sioux City, IA |
265 |
17.6 |
15.2 |
15.50% |
| South Bend |
216 |
20.2 |
18.1 |
11.40% |
| Spokane |
179 |
21.3 |
18.7 |
14.00% |
| Springfield, IL |
234 |
19.5 |
17.8 |
9.50% |
| Springfield, MA |
159 |
21.8 |
18.9 |
15.40% |
| Springfield, MO |
193 |
21 |
19.5 |
7.50% |
| St. Cloud, MN |
220 |
20.1 |
17.1 |
17.20% |
| St. Louis |
57 |
25.5 |
23.2 |
9.90% |
| Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
27 |
28.5 |
23.8 |
19.90% |
| State College, PA |
230 |
19.6 |
17.1 |
14.80% |
| Stockton |
21 |
29.2 |
21.9 |
33.40% |
| Sussex, NJ |
1 |
38.3 |
33.3 |
15.10% |
| Syracuse |
203 |
20.6 |
19 |
8.40% |
| T |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Tallahassee |
120 |
22.8 |
19 |
19.60% |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
54 |
25.6 |
21.8 |
17.40% |
| Terre Haute |
189 |
21.1 |
19.3 |
9.60% |
| Texarkana, TX-AR |
212 |
20.3 |
18.8 |
7.70% |
| Toledo |
207 |
20.5 |
18.6 |
10.20% |
| Topeka |
203 |
20.6 |
19 |
8.50% |
| Traverse City-Petoskey, MI |
167 |
21.6 |
17.5 |
22.90% |
| Trenton, NJ |
32 |
27.1 |
22.1 |
22.60% |
| Tri-Cities, WA (Richland-Kennewick-Pasco) |
177 |
21.4 |
19.2 |
11.10% |
| Tucson |
90 |
23.9 |
20.6 |
16.10% |
| Tulsa |
167 |
21.6 |
19.9 |
8.50% |
| Tupelo, MS |
130 |
22.5 |
19.5 |
15.70% |
| Tuscaloosa, AL |
183 |
21.2 |
18.4 |
15.20% |
| Tyler-Longview, TX |
172 |
21.5 |
18.7 |
15.30% |
| U |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Utica-Rome |
207 |
20.5 |
17.5 |
17.50% |
| V |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Victor Valley, CA |
9 |
32 |
25.7 |
24.40% |
| Visalia-Tulare-Hanford |
167 |
21.6 |
17.8 |
21.60% |
| W |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Waco, TX |
222 |
20 |
17.3 |
15.80% |
| Washington, DC |
6 |
32.7 |
29.5 |
10.60% |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls |
281 |
16.2 |
15.2 |
6.80% |
| Watertown, NY |
250 |
18.4 |
16.3 |
12.80% |
| Wausau-Stevens Point, WI (Central WI) |
255 |
18.1 |
15.7 |
15.10% |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton |
53 |
25.7 |
20.9 |
23.10% |
| Westchester |
6 |
32.7 |
29.3 |
11.90% |
| Wheeling |
117 |
22.9 |
19.8 |
15.50% |
| Wichita |
238 |
19.1 |
18.1 |
5.60% |
| Wichita Falls, TX |
268 |
17.4 |
15.5 |
12.70% |
| Wilkes Barre-Scranton |
93 |
23.8 |
18.7 |
27.60% |
| Williamsport, PA |
230 |
19.6 |
16.6 |
18.10% |
| Wilmington, DE |
71 |
24.8 |
20.8 |
19.60% |
| Wilmington, NC |
159 |
21.8 |
19.3 |
13.40% |
| Winchester, VA |
22 |
28.9 |
24.9 |
16.00% |
| Worcester |
64 |
25.2 |
21.4 |
17.60% |
| Y |
Rank |
2000 |
1999 |
Percent Change |
| Yakima, WA |
236 |
19.4 |
16.5 |
18.10% |
| York |
83 |
24.2 |
20.4 |
18.70% |
| Youngstown-Warren |
179 |
21.3 |
18.8 |
12.90% |
| Total U.S. |
- |
26 |
22 |
14% |
