Htwn is the Fastest Growing City in America

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