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Cities Ranked and Rated: 101 - 200

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2007 RankMetro area2004 Rank
101Champaign-Urbana, IL33
102Appleton, WI117
103Austin-Round Rock, TX22
104Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC164
105Harrisonburg, VA46
106Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA170
107Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA46
108Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA166
109Cheyenne, WY182
110Columbia, SC50
111Greenville, NC180
112Casper, WY185
113Grand Forks, ND-MN259
114Bismarck, ND195
115Columbia, MO189
116Macon-Warner Robins, GA302
117Fort Wayne, IN102
118Reading, PA122
119Bowling Green, KYN/A
120Toledo, OH267
121Sheboygan, WI199
122Tallahassee, FL249
123Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WAN/A
124Bloomington-Normal, IL42
125Peoria, IL51
126Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA113
127Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA201
128Auburn-Opelika, AL192
129Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA88
130Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV26
131Rochester, MN144
132Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX95
133Fort Worth-Arlington, TX36
134Great Falls, MT212
135Cedar Rapids, IA207
136Fond du Lac, WIN/A
137Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC17
138Billings, MT106
139Lincoln, NE223
140Holland-Grand Haven, MI157
141Redding, CA177
142Oshkosh-Neenah, WI117
143St. Cloud, MN136
144Tulsa, OK133
145Albuquerque, NM45
146Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI157
147Niles-Benton Harbor, MI299
148Bremerton-Silverdale, WA44
149Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL43
150Denver-Aurora, CO60
151Las Cruces, NM39
152San Angelo, TX277
153Philadelphia, PA76
154Las Vegas-Paradise, NV129
155Orlando-Kissimmee, FL134
156Lakeland, FL126
157Rapid City, SD284
158Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL57
159Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ222
160Boston-Quincy, MA71
161Edison, NJN/A
162Ocala, FL58
163Camden, NJN/A
164New Haven-Milford, CT149
165El Paso, TX225
166Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MAN/A
167Sherman-Denison, TX221
168Lubbock, TX120
169Amarillo, TX229
170Tuscaloosa, AL111
171Barnstable Town, MA75
172Corpus Christi, TX121
173Baltimore-Towson, MD179
174Charleston-North Charleston, SC63
175College Station-Bryan, TX14
176Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL163
177Anderson, INN/A
178Carson City, NVN/A
179Lynchburg, VA15
180Newark-Union, NJ-PA261
181Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VAN/A
182Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL239
183Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA85
184Gainesville, GAN/A
185Oklahoma City, OK161
186Brunswick, GAN/A
187Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA77
188Lebanon, PA46
189Ames, IAN/A
190Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MIN/A
191Johnson City, TN77
192Lawton, OK159
193Wilmington, NC172
194Kokomo, IN101
195Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC254
196Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR99
197Ithaca, NYN/A
198West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL69
199Kansas City, MO-KS130
200Montgomery, AL258

Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS (#293 in 2004) and New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA (#139 in 2004) were not ranked this year.