I: Finding your best place to live -- 1. The places -- Metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) -- Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) -- What's included in Cities ranked & rated? -- 2. The rankings -- About the Cities ranked & rated model -- Reading the ranking report -- 3. The categories -- Reading the data -- Use of data for ranking & scoring -- Population -- Economy & jobs -- Cost of living -- Climate -- Education -- Health & healthcare -- Crime -- Transportation -- Leisure -- Arts & culture -- Quality of life -- 4. The states -- How Cities ranked & rated compares states -- Overall rankings -- Population -- Physical environment -- Economy -- Taxation -- Education -- Politics -- Safety & safety consciousness -- II: Evaluating the cities -- 5. Principal U.S. metropolitan areas -- City profiles -- City descriptions & data -- 6. Canada metropolitan areas -- Ranking & rating Canadian cities -- Date sources -- City descriptions & data -- 7. Emerging U.S. metropolitan areas -- Ranking & rating emerging cities -- City descriptions & data -- Category rankings of principal U.S. metropolitan areas.