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The report divided the 100 largest metrowsinto 20-city segments, ranging from “strongest” to San Antonio ranked at the top of the “strongest” and Detroit placed last in the “weakest” The Cincinnati metropolitan area ranked 62 of 100 metrow overall, just behind Minneapolis, according to the first-quarter MetroMonitor released Wednesday. That placed it at No. 2 in the cities category.
MetroMonitor ranke d cities according to four the percent change in employment from its peakto first-quartedr 2009; the percentage change in the unemploymentf rate from 1Q 2008 to 1Q the percent change in gross metropolitanh product from its peak to 1Q 2009; and the percent change in housing prices from 1Q 2008 to 1Q 2009. The grosa metropolitan product is the total value of goods and serviceas produced within themetro area. Cincinnatij ranked 50th of 100 for change in down 2.8 percent from its 56th for year-over-year change in up 3.6 percent; 78th for GMP, down 4.4 and 37th for year-over-year housing pric e change, up 0.1 percent.
Two cities in the regiojn fared better: Columbus was 40th, at the bottom of the category. Indianapolis was 42nd, ranking at No.2 in the category. Other area metros in the second-weakest category includerd Cleveland, 64th; Louisville, 65th; Akron, 74th; and Dayton, Youngstown (88th) and Toledo (91st) both fell into the category. The MetroMonitor will be published quarterly, accordinv to the Metropolitan Policy Program at To read thecomplete report, .