Best Cities for Working Moms

 

ForbesWoman reports:

A look at how the 50 largest U.S. 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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