Missouri
Top 100 finalists
City Population
Columbia 91,800
Lee's Summit 80,300
O'Fallon 69,700
Other cities
City Population
Florissant 49,325
Independence 113,058
Kansas City 451,717
Springfield 152,183
St. Charles 68,578
St. Joseph 71,845
St. Louis 324,238
St. Peters 56,853
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Missouri companies
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Company Best Companies
2006 Rank
Edward Jones 16
American Century Investments 22
A.G. Edwards 70
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FORTUNE 500
Company F500 rank
Emerson Electric 126
Express Scripts 134
Anheuser-Busch 146
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Biggest employers
Company Employees
Ozark Purchasing Llc 15,000
Hammons, John Q. Hotels, Incor 10,500
Union Electric Development Cor 3,200
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Top earning cities
  Median household income
Greenwich, CT $112,493
Cupertino, CA $110,518
San Ramon, CA $109,500
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Hottest cities
  Avg. high temp
in July (°F)
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
Peoria, AZ 107.6°F
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Priciest homes
  Median price
Newport Beach, CA $1,362,500
Greenwich, CT $1,129,000
Santa Barbara, CA $979,500
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Most educated
  % residents with
graduate degrees
Arlington, VA 35.7%
Davis, CA 34.6%
Brookline, MA 32.5%
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Most singles
  % single residents
Bloomington, IN 58.2%
New Brunswick, NJ 54.6%
College Station, TX 54.3%
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Youngest
  Median age
Jacksonville, NC 22.90
Provo, UT 23.28
New Brunswick, NJ 24.16
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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.