Columbus is 14th-best US city to do business in

Marketwatch.com released a report today on the top 50 US cities to do business in, and Columbus scored fairly high at 14th place.

Minneapolis-St. Paul topped the list in first place, which is the only other midwestern city to beat out Columbus.

Cleveland came in at 22nd, Chicago at 23rd, Indianapolis at 28th, Cincinnati at 32nd and Detroit at 44th.

Each city was ranked with a score from eight seperate categories: the number of Fortune 1000 companies per capita, the number of S&P 500 companies per capita, the number of Russell 2000 companies per capita, the number of Forbes 400 companies per capita, the number of small businesses (with fewer than 500 employees), the unemployment rates, the population growth, and the city’s job growth.

To view the entire list of cities, go to How the 50 major metropolitan areas ranked.