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Did you know that our region ranks 1st nationally in major league sports appreciation? Read about it.

A reasonably effective way to evaluate overall health status is to simply ask. Read about it.

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Did you know that 45,000 jobs in SW PA are dependent upon the waterway transportation system? Read about it.

Our neighbors in Ohio and West Virginia lead the region in classical music attendance. Read about it.

Pittsburgh trails Baltimore, St. Louis and Denver in number of cultural institutions. Read about it.

Educational and Health Services is Pittsburgh’s largest job sector. Read about it.

Pittsburgh’s unemployment rate lower than all benchmark regions for a fourth month in a row. Read about it.

Registered nurses pay is low in Pittsburgh by national standards. Read about it.

Pittsburgh last among benchmark regions in startup firms. Read about it.

No benchmark region has as high a high school graduation rate as Pittsburgh. Read about it.

A bad air day in Pittsburgh is still bad. Read about it.

Local spending on schools is low by benchmark standards. Read about it.

Rush hour traffic in Pittsburgh is less congested than in most cities? Read about it.

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Economy / Business Formation & Survival

This group of indicators show business startup rates as well as survival rates for new and established businesses. The survival indicators takes the number of businesses which were in operation in a region two years earlier and computes the percentage which were still in operation in the year shown. The data are supplied by The Brandow Company, which assembles information on millions of businesses nationally from multiple private business databases, reporting agencies, and government statistical sources.

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Data source(s):

The Brandow Company