TOP 5 CITIES FOR WORK MOMS

Work and Family
Full List: America's Top 50 U.S. Cities For Working Mothers
Meghan Casserly, 07.26.10, 09:00 AM EDT
A look at how the 50 largest cities rank for working moms, based on women's earnings, unemployment rates, crime levels, school systems, health care and cost of living.




Rank City Women's Income Living Cost Pediatricians Unemployment Violent Crimes1 Spending Per Pupil2
1 Minneapolis-St. Paul 11 34 12 2 1 13
2 Washington, D.C. 1 48 23 1 22 8
3 Boston 4 45 4 14 32 4
4 Pittsburgh 20 10 20 20 11 9
5 Baltimore-Towson, Md. 2 39 7 9 43 11
6 Denver 13 27 15 12 9 28
7 Hartford, Conn. 3 40 42 24 4 3
8 New York Metro 14 41 1 21 25 2
9 Seattle-Tacoma, Wash. 12 43 9 19 13 18
10 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y. 14 17 48 10 23 1
11 Atlanta 23 18 6 32 24 24
12 Richmond, Va. 17 32 46 10 8 23
13 Milwaukee 26 29 27 14 31 5
13 San Diego 5 46 16 34 17 26
15 Phoenix 19 24 10 21 20 47
16 San Jose-Sunnyvale, Calif. 5 49 18 42 5 29
17 Columbus, Ohio 32 14 26 21 14 19
18 Cleveland 32 26 14 27 18 12
18 Indianapolis 31 3 25 24 38 14
18 Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Va. 17 36 37 8 16 34
21 Chicago 24 38 2 38 25 17
22 Providence, R.I. 16 42 34 47 10 7
23 Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas 37 6 11 13 21 35
23 Portland, Ore. 25 33 35 36 3 16
23 San Francisco 5 50 17 34 30 22
26 Cincinnati 32 16 21 31 12 26
27 Austin, Texas 37 11 40 4 6 31
28 Los Angeles 5 47 3 44 36 32
29 St. Louis 37 4 13 28 29 25
30 Detroit 22 28 8 48 50 10
31 Salt Lake City 36 25 32 5 7 50
32 Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif. 5 35 27 49 19 43
33 Raleigh, N.C. 37 23 22 14 2 45
34 Houston 37 9 5 17 41 38
35 Sacramento, Calif. 5 37 32 46 28 37
36 Philadelphia 20 44 41 29 42 6
37 San Antonio 37 18 29 7 33 30
38 Louisville, Ky. 49 1 43 32 15 15
39 Kansas City, Mo. 37 21 38 17 25 21
40 Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. 27 13 24 45 39 33
41 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 27 31 19 42 44 20
42 New Orleans 47 22 30 5 37 44
43 Nashville, Tenn. 45 2 31 26 45 42
44 Jacksonville, Fla. 27 8 44 39 47 46
45 Oklahoma City 49 12 49 3 34 49
45 Orlando, Fla. 27 20 39 41 46 41
47 Birmingham, Ala. 48 7 47 30 35 40
48 Charlotte, N.C. 37 15 36 40 40 39
49 Memphis, Tenn. 45 5 45 36 49 48
50 Las Vegas 32 30 50 50 48 36

1Per 100,000
2Including pre-K through 12th grade
Sources: ACCRA; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Cities: Ranked & Rated, by Bert Sperling and Peter Sander, Second Edition, Frommer's (2007);
U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Department of Justice; healthgrades.com.
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