It's been six years now since the Great Recession supposedly ended, although the economic aftershocks continue all around the country. With that grim bit of socio-economic truth in mind, the good folks over at WalletHub decided to conduct a ranking of the cities that have best jumped out of the recession, as well as those that haven't mounted quite as robust a recovery. Not surprisingly, Broward cities land on the list — but where?

To build the list "2015’s Most & Least Recession-Recovered Cities," WalletHub looked at economic data from the 150 most populated cities in the US, training their eye on seven categories. These include median home price, number of businesses, and foreclosure rate, to unemployment rate, inflow of college-educated workers, and ratio of part-time works to full time. Below, the full list of categories:



Employment & Earning Opportunities – Total Weight: 5

Unemployment Rate: Double Weight

Inflow of College-Educated Workers (%): Full Weight

Ratio of Part-Time to Full-Time Jobs: Full Weight

Median Household Income: Full Weight

Labor-Force Participation Rate: Double Weight

Economic Environment – Total Weight: 5

Median Home Price: Full Weight

Foreclosure Rate: Full Weight

Poverty Rate: Full Weight

Percentage of Households Receiving Public Assistance: Full Weight

Population Size: Full Weight

Bankruptcy: Half* Weight

Number of Businesses: Full Weight

Average Experian Vantage Credit Score: Full Weight

Consumer Non-Housing Debt: Full Weight

Violent-Crime Rate: Full Weight

GMP (Gross Metropolitan Product): Full Weight

Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Filing: Double Weight

Balancing all these categories, the analysts behind the list found that Lubbock, Texas, topped the 150 entry list as the most "recession-recovered" city in the US. The least recovered was San Bernardino, California.

Broward's own cities came in with a mostly "meh" score, falling right near the middle of the list. Fort Lauderdale, according to the WalletHub study, is at 79th. Pembroke Pines fell at 88th. Only three Florida municipalities racked up higher rankings than the Broward ones: Miami (25); Orlando (69); and St. Petersburg (73).

Many Florida cities fared worse than Broward, which doesn't exactly paint an economically healthy picture of the majority of the state: Tallahassee (81), Tampa (85), Hialeah (90), Port St. Lucie (100), Jacksonville (130), and Cape Coral (137).

No Palm Beach County cities were listed on the round-up.

