| #1 Fastest Growing Life Science Workforce Milken Institute, June 2005 |
#2 Most Educated City
American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, April 2005 |
#2 Best Place for Business and Careers (Raleigh-Durham, N.C.) Forbes, May 2004 and 2005 |
#1 Area for Tech Business Silicon Valley Leadership Group, September 2005 |
#3 Hottest City for Entrepreneurs Entrepreneur, October 2005 |
| #3 Hottest City for Entrepreneurs Entrepreneur, October 2005 |
#1 City with the Happiest Workers (Raleigh, N.C.) Hudson Employment Index, March 2004 |
#3 High Value Labor Market Quotient 2004 Expansion Management, March 2004 |
#3 Best Education in the Biggest Cities (Wake County Schools)
Forbes, February 2004 |
#1 Hottest Job Market (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Business 2.0, March 2004 |
| #1 Best Place to Live MSN House & Home, July 2003 |
#1 Best Place to Live and Work Employment Review, June 2002 and 2003 |
#3 Best Place for Business and Careers Forbes, May 26, 2003 |
#3 Best Place to Reinvent Your Life AARP magazine, May/June 2003 |
#1 Best City for Education Places Rated Almanac, Millennium Edition |
| #1 Fastest-Growing Local Online Population Nielsen/Netratings Report, February 2003 |
#2 State That Takes the Cake Plants, Sites & Parks, January 2003 |
#1 Business Climate Site Selection magazine, November 2002 |
#3 Large Metro Area for Business Expansion Entrepreneurial Hot Spots: The Best Place in America to Start & Grow a Company, July 2002 |
#2 Favorable Busniness Climate in the U.S. Development Counsellors International Ltd. Survey, 2002 |
| #1 Best City in the South for Entrepreneurs Entrepreneur magazine, October 2002 |
#1 Healthiest Place to Live Outlook, July/August 2002 | #3 in New Biotechnology Companies in the 1990's Signs of Life: The Growth of the Biotechnology Centers in the U.S. Brookings Institute, June 2002 |
National Superintendent of the Year: Bill McNeal, Wake County Public Schools American Association of School Administrators, 2004 |
