Living in Heels

Living Hels While no specific area of America has a lock on well-being for women, the top five metro areas included at least one location RATING THE BEST AND WORST CITIES FOR WOMEN from each region, while the remaining cities on the list were predominantly in the West, Northeast, and the South. THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX OF WOMEN IN THE 25 MOST POPULO US METRO AREAS A Human Development Index Health Index Education Index O Median Earnings INDEX $40,000 10 A WOMAN'S QUALITY OF LIFE AS MEASURED BY HER CITY 8. 1 in every 5 Americans is a woman living in one of the country's top 25 most populous metropolitan areas. A recent report by Measure of America gauged this vital demographic's well-being and access to opportunities by analyzing the results of the American Human Development Index (a summarized measure of basic ingredients of human well-being: health, education and income into a number between 0 and 10). We take a look at the findings. Washington, DC San Francisco United States Boston New York Denver San Diego Saçamento Los Angeles Portland Phoenix St. Louis Pittsburgh Houston Riverside-San Bernardino Minneapolis- St. Paul Baltimore Tampa-St. Petersburg All U.S. Females Seattle Philadelphia Chicago Atlanta Miami Dallas-Ft. Worth Detroit San Antonio A CLOSER LOOK AT THE RESULTS San Francisco, California, rated among the top cities for overall well-being, education and standard of living for American women, while both San Antonio, Texas, and Riverside-San Bernardino, California, scored low on the human development and access to education indexes. • Top 3 • Bottom 3 BY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BY LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE BY STANDARD OF LIVING BY ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE > 45% 6.8 6.7 6.4 84.5 83.8 $38,000 $35,000 $32,000 83.7 80.5 80.4 Washington, DC 80.3 43% San Francisco Washington, DC San Francisco Boston > 42.4% Washington, DC San Francisco Baltimore Boston 4.9 4.8 4.5 • 25.9% $24,000 $23,000 $22,000 Phoenix > 24.8% Houston San Antonio Riverside-San Bernardino San Antonio Los Angeles San Diego St. Louis Baltimore Detroit Pittsburgh San Riverside- San Bernardino San Antonio > 19,5% Francisco Riverside-San Bernardino COUPO CABIN.COM SOURCE: MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG