SmartAsset.com looked at recent data for 500 of the largest cities across the following seven metrics: population change, unemployment rate, change in unemployment rate, GDP growth rate, business growth, housing growth and change in household income. Greeley, Colorado was ranked number five. Among their findings, “The population of Greeley, Colorado increased by almost 9% from 2014 through 2018, more than double the average population change of all cities in our study.”
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