This volume provides a multitude of economic facts and figures relating to the larger cities in the USA. Individual states and Metropolitan Statistical Areas are profiled to show gross state product figures; state tax rates; state tax incentives; land area; population figures, including growth rate and ethnic and age breakdowns; labour force statistics; comparative salary data; income data; sales figures; quality of life statistics, including crime rates and physician rates; companies with corporate headquarters in the area; major companies in the area; business and industrial parks; local business and economic development organizations; state and local government organizations; colleges and universities; and utilities.

An annual index to the monographs appears early in the following year.