eden prairie mn

Maybe it's the charm of its most likely name.But 5.1 percent unemployment Eden Prairie, Minnesota pushed him to the top of the stack of the annual list of Money magazine's 100 "Best Places to Live. "

The unemployment rate in the suburb of 64,000 troops from Minneapolis has more than four points below the national average. It does not hurt that running back Adrian Peterson NFL lives there with his team, the Minnesota Vikings installation practice and the planting of his office in the city. Other significant companies are the trucking company of Fortune 500 CH Robinson and headphone manufacturer Starkey Laboratories. "Why is Eden Prairie No. 1 this year? Not only is familiar, is an economy that's dynamite," says the magazine.

12.6 percent of Eden Prairie job growth between 2000 and 2009 is encouraging, but the comparison with the rate of 124.3 percent of McKinney, Texas (fifth on the list) and does not seem so impressive - the city is a of the fastest growing cities in the country, triggered by 115 percent since 2000.