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Below is a list of the Top 10 large counties as determined by the Fourth Economy Index –

Durham County (Durham), North Carolina Sedgwick County (Wichita), Kansas Guilford County (Greensboro), North Carolina Linn County (Cedar Rapids), Iowa Onondaga County (Syracuse), New York Dakota County (Twin Cities), Minnesota Lehigh County (Allentown), Pennsylvania Polk County (Des Moines), Iowa Kalamazoo County (Kalamazoo), Michigan Hamilton County (Chattanooga), Tennessee

It is interesting to note that none of the Top 10 are from the New England, South Central, Rocky Mountain, or Pacific Coast states. Congratulations to all those counties that made the Top 10 for 2013.