The U.S. Is Growing Older
The implications of this demographic shift require attention now. Cities are at the forefront, as their leaders act to help older adults realize healthy, productive, and purposeful lives. Best Cities for Successful Aging examines the capacity of metropolitan areas to address the challenges and capitalize on the opportunities as a new future of successful aging takes shape across America.
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LARGE CITIES
-Select a Large Metro-
1 Madison, WI
2 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
3 Provo-Orem, UT
4 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
5 Salt Lake City, UT
6 Jackson, MS
7 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
8 Toledo, OH
9 Austin-Round Rock, TX
10 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
11 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
12 Urban Honolulu, HI
13 Syracuse, NY
14 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
15 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
17 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
18 Springfield, MA
19 Cleveland-Elyria, OH
20 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
21 Pittsburgh, PA
22 Boise City, ID
23 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
24 Rochester, NY
25 Oklahoma City, OK
26 Kansas City, MO-KS
27 Wichita, KS
28 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
29 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
30 St. Louis, MO-IL
31 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
32 Dayton, OH
33 Richmond, VA
34 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
35 Ogden-Clearfield, UT
36 Charleston-North Charleston, SC
37 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
38 New Orleans-Metairie, LA
39 Akron, OH
40 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
41 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
42 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
43 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
44 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
45 Birmingham-Hoover, AL
46 Columbus, OH
47 Tucson, AZ
48 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
49 Colorado Springs, CO
49 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
51 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
52 Worcester, MA-CT
52 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
54 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
55 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
56 Raleigh, NC
57 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
58 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
59 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
59 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
61 El Paso, TX
62 Tulsa, OK
63 Columbia, SC
64 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
65 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
66 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
67 Albuquerque, NM
68 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
69 Baton Rouge, LA
70 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
71 Jacksonville, FL
72 New Haven-Milford, CT
73 Knoxville, TN
74 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
75 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
76 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
77 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
78 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
79 Winston-Salem, NC
80 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
81 Chattanooga, TN-GA
82 Memphis, TN-MS-AR
83 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
84 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
85 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
86 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
87 Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
88 Greensboro-High Point, NC
89 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
90 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
91 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
92 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
93 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
94 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
95 Fresno, CA
96 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
97 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
98 Bakersfield, CA
99 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
100 Stockton-Lodi, CA
SMALL CITIES
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1 Iowa City, IA
2 Sioux Falls, SD
3 Columbia, MO
4 Bismarck, ND
5 Rapid City, SD
6 Ames, IA
7 Rochester, MN
8 Ann Arbor, MI
9 Cheyenne, WY
10 Fargo, ND-MN
11 Midland, TX
12 Gainesville, FL
13 Lincoln, NE
14 Lubbock, TX
15 Morgantown, WV
16 Missoula, MT
17 Ithaca, NY
18 Billings, MT
19 Abilene, TX
20 Casper, WY
21 Grand Forks, ND-MN
22 Charlottesville, VA
23 Burlington-South Burlington, VT
24 San Angelo, TX
25 Dubuque, IA
26 Boulder, CO
27 Great Falls, MT
28 Odessa, TX
29 Athens-Clarke County, GA
30 Lawrence, KS
31 St. Cloud, MN
32 Victoria, TX
33 College Station-Bryan, TX
34 State College, PA
35 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
35 Wichita Falls, TX
37 Hattiesburg, MS
38 Wheeling, WV-OH
39 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
39 Corvallis, OR
41 Champaign-Urbana, IL
41 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
43 Tyler, TX
44 Anchorage, AK
45 Eau Claire, WI
46 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
47 Logan, UT-ID
48 Bowling Green, KY
49 Napa, CA
50 Lexington-Fayette, KY
51 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
52 Greenville, NC
53 Decatur, IL
54 Alexandria, LA
55 Killeen-Temple, TX
56 Springfield, IL
57 Laredo, TX
58 Jefferson City, MO
59 St. Joseph, MO-KS
60 Topeka, KS
61 Lafayette, LA
62 Fort Collins, CO
63 Amarillo, TX
64 Rome, GA
65 Sherman-Denison, TX
66 Bloomington, IL
67 Cedar Rapids, IA
68 Evansville, IN-KY
69 Carson City, NV
70 Hot Springs, AR
71 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
72 Lawton, OK
73 Flagstaff, AZ
74 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
75 Tuscaloosa, AL
76 Santa Fe, NM
77 Valdosta, GA
78 Jackson, TN
79 Auburn-Opelika, AL
80 Bloomington, IN
81 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
82 Longview, TX
83 Altoona, PA
84 Johnson City, TN
85 Lynchburg, VA
86 Pocatello, ID
87 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
88 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
88 Duluth, MN-WI
90 Pittsfield, MA
91 Texarkana, TX-AR
92 Dothan, AL
93 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
94 Wausau, WI
95 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
96 Reno, NV
97 Tallahassee, FL
98 Lima, OH
99 Waco, TX
100 Lewiston, ID-WA
101 Jonesboro, AR
102 Florence, SC
103 Harrisonburg, VA
104 Trenton, NJ
105 Williamsport, PA
105 Saginaw, MI
107 Kankakee, IL
108 Charleston, WV
109 Barnstable Town, MA
109 Springfield, MO
111 Danville, IL
112 Joplin, MO
113 Owensboro, KY
114 Appleton, WI
115 Fairbanks, AK
116 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
117 Manchester-Nashua, NH
118 Sumter, SC
119 Coeur d'Alene, ID
120 Macon, GA
121 Corpus Christi, TX
122 Houma-Thibodaux, LA
122 Monroe, LA
124 Huntsville, AL
125 Lebanon, PA
126 Savannah, GA
127 Canton-Massillon, OH
128 Bangor, ME
128 Roanoke, VA
130 Decatur, AL
131 Lake Charles, LA
132 Sheboygan, WI
133 Muncie, IN
134 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
135 Portland-South Portland, ME
136 Kokomo, IN
137 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
138 Fort Wayne, IN
139 Pueblo, CO
140 Las Cruces, NM
141 Albany, GA
142 Columbus, GA-AL
142 Panama City, FL
144 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
145 Johnstown, PA
145 Peoria, IL
147 Glens Falls, NY
148 Idaho Falls, ID
149 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
149 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
151 Punta Gorda, FL
152 Fort Smith, AR-OK
153 El Centro, CA
154 Grand Junction, CO
155 Wilmington, NC
156 Gadsden, AL
157 Montgomery, AL
158 Lansing-East Lansing, MI
159 St. George, UT
160 Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
161 Racine, WI
162 Lewiston-Auburn, ME
163 Wenatchee, WA
164 Winchester, VA-WV
165 Green Bay, WI
166 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
167 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
168 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
169 Farmington, NM
170 Santa Rosa, CA
171 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
172 Columbus, IN
172 Mobile, AL
174 Terre Haute, IN
175 Asheville, NC
176 Cumberland, MD-WV
177 Bellingham, WA
178 Utica-Rome, NY
179 Clarksville, TN-KY
180 Lancaster, PA
180 Norwich-New London, CT
182 Bend-Redmond, OR
183 Brunswick, GA
183 Fond du Lac, WI
185 Monroe, MI
186 Olympia-Tumwater, WA
187 Flint, MI
188 Kennewick-Richland, WA
189 Greeley, CO
190 Pine Bluff, AR
191 Elmira, NY
192 Rockford, IL
193 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
194 Medford, OR
195 Erie, PA
196 Eugene, OR
197 Battle Creek, MI
197 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
199 Salinas, CA
200 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
201 Hinesville, GA
202 Kingston, NY
202 Gainesville, GA
204 Spartanburg, SC
205 Ocean City, NJ
205 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
207 Binghamton, NY
207 Salem, OR
209 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
210 Bay City, MI
211 York-Hanover, PA
212 Port St. Lucie, FL
213 Mansfield, OH
214 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
215 Goldsboro, NC
216 Fayetteville, NC
217 Reading, PA
218 Chico, CA
219 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
220 Jacksonville, NC
221 Hanford-Corcoran, CA
222 Cleveland, TN
223 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
224 Janesville-Beloit, WI
225 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
226 Prescott, AZ
227 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
228 Jackson, MI
229 Yakima, WA
230 Dover, DE
231 Springfield, OH
232 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
233 Warner Robins, GA
234 Rocky Mount, NC
235 Elkhart-Goshen, IN
236 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
237 Ocala, FL
238 Visalia-Porterville, CA
239 Burlington, NC
240 Morristown, TN
241 Michigan City-La Porte, IN
242 Redding, CA
243 Salisbury, MD-DE
244 Muskegon, MI
245 Dalton, GA
246 Madera, CA
247 Yuba City, CA
248 Merced, CA
249 Modesto, CA
250 Longview, WA
251 Yuma, AZ
252 Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ