Economy

Where America's Economic Output Is Growing

80 percent of all metro areas saw their GDP's rise in 2012, according to a new Bureau of Economic Analysis report.
Bureau of Economic Analysis

Eighty percent of America's metropolitan areas experienced real economic growth in 2012, according to new figures released yesterday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Of the nation's 381 metros, a full 305 experienced some year-over-year growth in GDP. And significantly, this pace of this growth has accelerated, averaging 2.5 percent across the country's metro areas in 2012, compared to 1.7 percent last year.