Charleston, SC Economic Development

Charleston Rankings

Award Description Publication/Date
2008 Best Performing Cities: Where America's Jobs Are Created 10th among largest U.S. metros Milken Institute
September 2008
50 Best Places to Live: The Next Great Adventure Towns One of five Southern cities in the eastern U.S. National Geographic Adventure
August 2008
Top U.S. Cities for Doing Business 6th among mid-sized metros Inc.
August 2008
Top Arts Destinations 6th among the nation's mid-size cities American Style
June 2008
Job Market Leaders 5th in private-sector job growth 2006-2007 Bizjournals
September 2007
Where to Live Now - Best Towns in America Best "big city" on the East Coast Outside
August 2007
Hot Growth for Incomes 5th in per capita income growth since 1995 Bizjournals
June 2007
Best Places for Business Attraction A top 15 midsize metro Expansion Management
May/June 2007
Best Places for Business and Careers In the top 25 for job growth Forbes
April 2007
North American City of the Future Ranked #2 for infrastructure among large metros fDi (a Financial Times publication)
April 2007
Five-Star Knowledge Worker Metros Listed among top 20 percent Expansion Management
March/April 2007
America's 50 Hottest Cities for business expansion Ranked among top 25 Expansion Management
January/February 2007
Top Logistics Metros in the U.S. Designated a 5-Star Logistics Metro Expansion Management
October 2006
Hot Cities for Entrepreneurs Ranked #2 among top midsize metros Entrepreneur
September 2006
Mid-Size Markets with Highly Diverse Economies Listed among top 10 Southern Business & Development
Winter 2006
New American Dream Towns Listed among top 10 Outside magazine
August 2005
Top Logistics Metros in the Southeast Listed among top 15 Expansion Management
June 2005
America's Most Unwired Cities Ranked #32 Intel.com
June 2005