SPECIAL REPORT: The Indie City Index 2011/A Measure of Independent Retail Vitality in Every American Metropolitan Area
January, 18, 2011
Civic Economics and the American Booksellers Association release the Indie City Index, a groundbreaking ranking of American Metropolitan Areas by the proportion of retail activity captured by independents. Years of research have demonstrated that independent retail produces local wealth by recirculating dollars within the community.
The Indie City Index reveals the patterns of that wealth, generating Index scores and rankings nationwide in regional and population class categories. Where does Lancaster MSA (Lancaster County) rank?
Take a look!
Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
- #1 in Pennsylvania.
- Lancaster is the only PA metropolitan area in the top 100 MSAs in the United States.
- #2 metropolitan area with a population greater than 500,000 people.
- #5 metropolitan area among the 30 MSAs in the Mid-Atlantic region.
- #25 metropolitan area out of the total 363 in the United States.
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