A-to-Z GUIDE
to CINCINNATI
"Best Place to Live
in North America"
Cincinnati combines small-town charm and big-city amenities. People have a strong attachment to
their neighborhoods and pride in their
community. They feel comfortable where they live and where they go. The area is a center for arts,
business, education, entertainment, health
care, sports and transportation. Among its treasures:
If you live in Greater Cincinnati, we hope you'll discover some new places to go, new things to do, or
learn something you didn't know for the next
time you want to brag about your community.
If you don't live here, here's a chance to discover what the editors of Places Rated Almanac
did. Eat your heart out.
The
Tristate, as we call it, consists of eight counties:
Here are some significant facts and figures:
Population (by 1990 census)
Cincinnati was started in 1788 as a settlement named Losantiville. There the U.S. Army built Fort
Washington as its headquarters for the west.
General Arthur St. Clair renamed the settlement Cincinnati in honor of the Society of Cincinnati, an
organization of Revolutionary War officers
founded by George Washington.
Cincinnati was chartered as a village in 1802 and incorporated as a city in 1819.
Places Rated Almanac measured 343 metropolitan areas in 10 categories for its 1993 edition.
The authors, David Savageau and Richard
Boyer, used data from governments and private organizations.
Their conclusions:
Cincinnati ranked the eighth safest of 43 metro areas with populations above 1 million.
Cincinnati ranked among the top 20% in the arts, job outlook, recreation, health care, education and
transportation.
Here's how Cincinnati ranked:
The next rating will be announced in the Fall 1997.
The 343 metropolitan areas listed best to worst by Places Rated Almanac:
1. Cincinnati. 2. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. 3. Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J. 4. Toronto. 5.
Pittsburgh. 6. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C. 7.
Washington. 8. Salt Lake City-Ogden. 9. Indianapolis, Ind. 10. Louisville, Ky.-Ind. 11. Vancouver,
British Columbia. 12. Atlanta. 13. Portland, Ore.
14. Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria. 15. Knoxville, Tenn. 16. San Diego. 17. Boston. 18. San Francisco. 19.
Greensboro-Winston-Salem, N.C. 20. Syracuse, N.Y.
21. Baltimore. 22. St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. 23. Orange County, Calif. 24. Detroit. 25. Eugene-Springfield,
Ore. 26. Oklahoma City. 27. Johnson
City-Kingsport, Tenn.-Va. 27. Los Angeles-Long Beach. 29. Tucson, Ariz. 30. Quebec. 31. Nashville, Tenn.
32. Denver. 33. Miami. 34.
Milwaukee-Waukesha. 35. Kansas City, Mo.-Kan. 36. Albuquerque, N.M. 37. Lexington, Ky. 37. Phoenix-Mesa.
39. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y. 40. Long
Island, N.Y. 40. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Wis. 42. Rochester, N.Y. 43. Akron, Ohio. 44. Chicago. 45.
Houston. 46. Columbus, Ohio. 47. Spokane,
Wash. 48. Montreal. 49. San Jose, Calif. 50. Dayton-Springfield, Ohio.
51. Oakland, Calif. 52. Toledo, Ohio. 53. Birmingham, Ala. 54. Ann Arbor, Mich. 55. Halifax, Nova
Scotia. 56. Hamilton, Ontario. 56. Madison, Wis.
58. Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, S.C. 59. Boise City, Idaho. 60. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y. 61.
South Bend, Ind. 62. Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. 63. Ottawa-Hull, Ontario-Quebec. 64. Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio. 65.
Honolulu. 66. Omaha, Neb.-Iowa. 67. La
Crosse, Wis.-Minn. 68. London, Ontario. 69. Duluth-Superior, Minn.-Wis. 70. St. John's, Newfoundland.
71. Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif. 71. San
Antonio. 73. Salem, Ore. 73. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, Calif. 75. Ventura, Calif. 76. Charleston-North
Charleston, S.C. 77. Charleston, W.Va. 77.
Richmond-Petersburg, Va. 79. Springfield, Mo. 80. Central New Jersey, N.J. 81.
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, Pa. 82. Calgary, Alberta. 83.
Charlottesville, Va. 84. Erie, Pa. 85. Providence-Warwick-Cranston, R.I. 86. Lynchburg, Va. 87.
Wilmington-Newark Del.-Md. 88. Lubbock, Texas. 89.
Roanoke, Va. 90. Kitchener, Ontario. 90. Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Pa. 92. Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Mich.
93. Dallas. 94. Asheville, N.C. 95. Gary, Ind.
96. Lafayette, Ind. 97. Norfolk-Virginia Beach, Va.-N.C. 98. Memphis, Tenn. 99. Monmouth-Ocean, N.J.
100. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C.-S.C.
101. Wichita, Kan. 102. Champaign-Urbana, Ill. 103. Bellingham, Wash. 104. Santa Cruz-Watsonville,
Calif. 105. New York City. 106. Wheeling,
W.Va.-Ohio. 107. Northern New Jersey. 108. Edmonton, Alberta. 109. Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas. 110.
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, Mich. 111.
Sacramento, Calif. 112. Victoria, British Columbia. 113. Fort Wayne, Ind. 114.
Worcester-Fitchburg-Leominster, Mass. 114. Youngstown-Warren, Ohio.
116. Chattanooga, Tenn.-Ga. 117. Columbia, S.C. 118. Gainesville, Fla. 119. Little Rock-North Little
Rock, Ark. 120. Tulsa, Okla. 121. Orlando, Fla.
122. Stamford-Norwalk, Conn. 123. Santa Rosa, Calif. 124. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Ark. 125.
Tacoma, Wash. 126. Jacksonville, Fla. 127.
Winnipeg, Manitoba. 128. St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario. 129. Windsor, Ontario. 129. Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan. 131. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island,
Iowa-Ill. 132. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 133. Hickory-Morgantown, N.C. 134. Lincoln, Neb. 135.
Evansville-Henderson, Ind.-Ky. 136. Muncie, Ind. 137. Des
Moines, Iowa. 138. Springfield, Ill. 139. Daytona Beach, Fla. 139. New Orleans. 141. Greenville, N.C.
142. Peoria-Pekin, Ill. 143.
Parkersburg-Marietta, W.Va.-Ohio. 144. Las Vegas, Nev.-Ariz. 145. Medford-Ashland, Ore. 146. Atlantic
City-Cape May, N.J. 147. Boulder-Longmont,
Colo. 148. Columbia, Mo. 149. Jamestown, N.Y. 150. Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, Wis.
151. Austin-San Marcos, Texas. 151. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa. 153. Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, Mich.
154. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 155.
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, Calif. 156. Hagerstown, Md. 157. Cumberland, Md.-W.Va. 157. Sioux Falls, S.D.
159. Bangor, Maine. 160. Hartford, Conn. 161.
Lake County, Ill. 162. Jackson, Mo. 163. Trenton, N.J. 164. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. 164.
Fargo-Moorhead, N.D.-Minn. 166. Olympia, Wash.
167. Amarillo, Texas. 168. Fort Smith, Ark.-Okla. 169. Huntsville, Ala. 170. Newark-Jersey City, N.J.
171. Lansing-East Lansing, Mich. 172.
Provo-Orem, Utah. 173. Bloomington-Normal, Ill. 173. Green Bay, Wis. 175. Danbury, Conn. 175. San Luis
Obispo-Atascadero, Calif. 177. West Palm
Beach, Boca Raton, Fla. 178. Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester, N.H. 179. New Haven-Meriden, Conn. 180. Reno,
Nev. 181. Galveston-Texas City, Texas. 182. El
Paso, Texas. 183. Bloomington, Ind. 183. Fort Collins-Loveland, Colo. 185. Portland, Maine. 186.
Florence, Ala. 187. Terre Haute, Ind. 188.
Burlington, Vt. 189. Tallahassee, Fla. 190. Regina, Saskatchewan.
191. Colorado Springs, Colo. 191. Utica-Rome, N.Y. 193. Mobile, Ala. 194. Biloxi,
Gulfport-Pascagoula, Miss. 195. Montgomery, Ala. 195.
Sherbrooke, Quebec. 197. Johnstown, Pa. 198. St. Cloud, Minn. 199. Pensacola, Fla. 200. Joplin, Mo. 201.
Redding, Calif. 202. State College, Pa. 203.
Eau Claire, Wis. 204. Santa Fe, N.M. 205. Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, W.Va. 206. Grand Forks, N.D.-Minn.
207. Lafayette, La. 208. Manchester-Nashua,
N.H. 209. Vancouver, Wash. 210. Oshawa, Ontario. 211. Augusta-Aiken, Ga.-S.C. 212. Iowa City, Iowa. 213.
Bridgeport, Conn. 214. Binghamton, N.Y. 215.
Canton-Massillon, Ohio. 216. New Bedford-Fall River, Mass. 217. Elmira, N.Y. 218. Hamilton-Middletown,
Ohio. 219. Savannah, Ga. 220. Fort Myers-Cape
Coral, Fla. 221. Billings, Mont. 222. Salinas, Calif. 223. Altoona, Pa. 224. Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
225. Athens, Ga. 225. Decatur, Ala. 227. Fresno,
Calif. 228. Yakima, Wash. 228. Great Falls, Mont. 230. Topeka, Kan. 231. Rapid City, S.D. 232. Sioux
City, Iowa-Neb. 233. Greeley, Colo. 234.
Wilmington, N.C. 235. Flint, Mich. 236. Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, Fla. 237. Orange County, N.Y.
238. Shreveport-Bossier City, La. 239. Kankakee,
Ill. 240. Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla. 241. Las Cruces, N.M. 241. Tuscaloosa, Ala. 243.
Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas. 243. Pueblo, Colo. 245. St. John,
New Brunswick. 246. Sharon, Pa. 247. Rocky Mount, N.C. 248. Williamsport, Pa. 249. Bismarck, N.D. 250.
Bremerton, Wash.
251. Kenosha, Wis. 252. Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas. 252. Owensboro, Ky. 254. Alexandria, La. 255.
Dubuque, Iowa. 256. Florence, S.C. 257.
Lancaster, Pa. 258. Monroe, La. 259. Sheboygan, Wis. 260. Chico-Paradise, Calif. 261. Rochester, Minn.
262. Danville, Va. 263. Reading, Pa. 263. St.
Joseph, Mo. 265. Lawrence, Kansas. 266. Macon, Ga. 267. Anniston, Ala. 268. Baton Rouge, La. 269.
Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. 269. Rockford, Ill. 271.
Dutchess County, N.Y. 272. Janesville-Beloit, Wis. 272. Thunder Bay, Ontario. 274. Cheyenne, Wyo. 275.
Barnstable-Yarmouth, Mass. 276. Springfield,
Mass. 277. Decatur, Ill. 278. Kokomo, Ind. 279. Yolo, Calif. 280. Anchorage, Alaska. 281. Benton Harbor,
Mich. 282. Lake Charles, La. 282.
Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-W.Va. 284. Myrtle Beach, S.C. 285. Odessa-Midland, Texas. 286. Wausau, Wis.
287. Columbus, Ga.-Ala. 288. Wichita Falls,
Texas. 288. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas. 290. Pittsfield, Mass. 291. Corpus Christi, Texas. 291.
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, Fla. 293. Mansfield,
Ohio. 294. Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, N.J. 295. Bryan-College Station, Texas. 296.
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, Tenn.-Ky. 297. Yuma, Ariz. 298.
Sherman-Denison, Texas. 299. New London-Norwich, Conn.-R.I. 300. Enid, Okla.
301. Tyler, Texas. 302. Racine, Wis. 303. Sudbury, Ontario. 304. Gadsden, Ala. 305. Brazoria, Texas
306. Fort Walton Beach, Fla. 307.
Chicoutimi-Jonquiere, Quebec. 308. Lima, Ohio. 309. Panama City, Fla. 310. Waco, Texas. 311. Houma, La.
311. Killeen-Temple, Texas. 313. San Angelo,
Texas. 314. Ocala, Fla. 315. Texarkana, Texas-Ark. 316. Abilene, Texas. 317. Glen Falls, N.Y. 318.
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla. 319. Dothan, Ala. 319.
Modesto, Calif. 321. Jackson, Mich. 322. Fayetteville, N.C. 323. Casper, Wyo. 324. Longview-Marshall,
Texas. 325. Lewiston-Auburn, Maine. 326.
Bakersfield, Calif. 327. Goldsboro, N.C. 328. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, Calif. 329. Dover, Del. 330.
Stockton-Lodi, Calif. 331. Lawton, Okla. 332.
Naples, Fla. 333. Punta Gorda, Fla. 334. Pine Bluff, Ark. 335. York, Pa. 336. Laredo, Texas. 337.
Victoria, Texas. 338. Jacksonville, N.C. 339.
Albany, Ga. 340. Sumter, S.C. 341. Waterbury, Conn. 342. Merced, Calif. 343. Yuba City, Calif.
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It's official:
In 1993, Places Rated Almanac made official what we knew all along:
We're No. 1!
Greater Cincinnati is the No. 1 place to live in North America.
Read all about it -- and our area -- in our A-to-Z Guide to Greater Cincinnati:
Introduction
The authors of Places Rated Almanac went to a lot of trouble to determine the No. 1 place to
live in North America. They might have just
referred to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow or Winston Churchill, who marveled at the beauty of the
green hills surrounding the city and the Ohio
River winding through the valley. Wadsworth dubbed Cincinnati "the Queen City of the West." A century
later, Churchill called it America's "most
beautiful inland city."
Greater Cincinnati has everything from A to Z. So does our guide. You can read about our famous citizens, how we work, shop, and pray. We hope you'll browse through
it and enjoy it.Our area
Where is Cincinnati? The city is in southwestern Ohio, but the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area
crosses three states -- including Kentucky and
Indiana -- and 13 counties.
Greater Cincinnati, the metropolitan area designated by the
federal government, includes five additional
counties:
For rating purposes, the Places Rated Almanac used the 12-county Cincinnati primary
metropolitan statistical area. It did not include
Butler County, which is considered a separate metropolitan area.
Rank by population in the nation:
Area (square miles)
How Cincinnati got its name
How they rated
In three previous Almanac editions, Cincinnati ranked 17th in 1981 and '85 and 14th in '89.
Complete list of city rankings
