America's Top-Rated Cities 2012—A Statistical Handbook

Written for a range of professional and general readers, this four-volume set lists statistical information on 100 US cities that have been cited as the best for business and living. Organized by city, each chapter has sections on background history and current events, including environment, politics, employment, cultural offerings, climate, and trivia. It has rankings from books, articles, and reports on business and finance, children and family, culture and performing arts, dating and romance, education, environment, health and fitness, pets, real estate (new), safety, seniors and retirement, sports and recreation, technology, transportation, and women and minorities. Also included are statistical tables for business and living topics, with new ones for housing, fraud and other consumer complaints, Hispanic or Latino origin, race, health risk, and maximum pollutant concentration. This edition has been updated with recent news, survey results from about 200 sources, and new data and data points. It includes Cape Coral and Pembroke Pines, Florida; Clarksville and Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Round Rock, Texas; Billings, Montana; Carlsbad, Sunnydale, Temecula, Thousand Oaks, and Roseville, California; Gilbert and Scottsdale, Arizona; Henderson, Nevada; Broken Arrow, Arkansas; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Columbia, Missouri; Green Bay and Kenosha, Wisconsin; Norman, Oklahoma; Olathe, Kansas; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Sterling Heights, Michigan; Alexandria and Chesapeake, Virginia; Columbia, Maryland; High Point, North Carolina; Huntington and Oyster Bay, New York; Jersey City, New Jersey; and Stamford, Connecticut. Data and information can be downloaded online. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)