The Fiscal Times Ranks Fort Wayne First in the Nation for Job Creation
The online publication ranked the 100 largest metro areas in the United States by the rate of new job generation over the past 12 months
The Fiscal Times issued an article stating that the Fort Wayne metro area has the highest job growth rate in the nation. The online publication ranked the 100 largest metro areas in the United States by the rate of new job generation over the past 12 months, compared to the number of jobs it had in September 2010.
The Fort Wayne metro area added 8,000 jobs to its base of 203,000 jobs, giving the city a 3.9 percent increase in the total number of jobs, placing the city at the top. That surge was also enough to bring the unemployment rate down by 1.3 percentage points to 8.1 percent—a full point below the national average.
“We’ve got our act together,” Andi Udris, president of the Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance, told The Fiscal Times.
The Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance has seen tremendous success this year in corporate investment and new job creation. The Alliance, with the help of its partners, the City of Fort Wayne and Allen County, brought $484 million worth of investments to the area in 2011.
“The magnitude of corporate investment in our community has fueled job growth,” says Udris. “It is not surprising that the Fort Wayne area has been ranked #1 in job creation by this news source.”
