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Houston slides into first place taking the title of the fastest growing city in America.

According to Forbes‘ latest annual list of America’s Fastest-Growing Cities, Houston proudly came in on top.

“Thanks in large part to the boom in horizontal drilling and fracking, which has helped the Houston metro area add a whopping 667,800 new jobs since 2005, the energy city is an economic powerhouse: Its 4.5 percent year-over-year job growth rate is the nation’s fastest…Jobs at major corporations like ConocoPhillips and Halliburton help boost the median annual pay for college-educated workers to $71,900, fourth among America’s 100 largest metro areas. Add to that an economy that grew at a 3.52-percent clip last year alone,” states the Forbes report.

H-Town continues to grow at this very moment and according to Culture Map, 63,000 jobs will be added to the market in 2015.

 

 

H-Town is the Fastest Growing City in America  was originally published on boom92houston.com