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Social Connections: a Scorecard for 40 Regions

Based on results of a survey of nearly 30,000 Americans, researchers have rated the following regions to determine how well they fare in various measures of community connections. Researchers used a base line of 100, so scores above 100 show that a city or region measured above average for an area with similar demographics; scores below 100 are less than average.

	Giving and volunteering	Membership in charities and other groups	Civic leadership	Religious leadership	Social trust	Trust between races	Diversity of social networks	Involvement in politics	Participation in political protests	Informal socializing	Egalitarian civic participation
Atlanta^*	116	104	89	108	83	91	108	88	85	77	112
Auburn and Lewiston (Me.)	86	79	92	87	104	131	89	135	104	133	114
Baton Rouge (La.)	121	102	116	124	99	91	97	106	76	116	96
Birmingham (Ala.)^*	100	118	112	124	103	89	86	90	89	93	102
Bismarck (N.D.)	109	106	122	120	131	124	59	136	91	122	106
Boston	71	78	83	81	81	99	121	118	116	77	97
Boulder (Colo.)^**	90	113	112	76	108	115	128	98	121	104	104
Charlotte (N.C.)^***	125	114	97	121	93	78	102	91	87	78	97
Chicago^*	85	93	92	99	81	86	90	89	100	95	94
Cincinnati^*	108	112	107	105	102	95	92	81	91	104	116
Cleveland^**	77	107	108	99	96	91	81	94	105	94	107
Delaware^**	105	108	104	97	99	105	101	105	87	98	95
Denver^**	102	101	105	88	99	109	125	101	120	98	74
Detroit^*	102	118	96	103	90	94	98	104	114	121	113
Fremont and Newaygo Counties (Mich.)	102	107	96	100	97	92	111	92	106	113	114
Grand Rapids (Mich.)	123	116	99	119	111	108	100	96	102	99	103
Greensboro (N.C.)^**	125	111	109	118	96	95	101	101	86	87	99
Houston^**	87	68	78	106	85	85	88	81	67	78	77
Indiana	97	100	95	105	98	102	98	90	94	119	102
Kalamazoo County (Mich.)	108	109	98	99	103	99	111	89	108	132	109
Kanawha Valley (W.Va.)	92	89	107	102	85	94	86	118	109	96	109
Los Angeles^**	103	97	96	99	81	83	105	86	97	88	64
Minneapolis	103	103	85	103	111	110	110	109	103	105	102
Minneapolis, north metropolitan region	95	99	104	83	75	94	111	103	111	87	79
Montana	105	123	114	95	118	120	101	130	109	118	130
New Hampshire	80	90	91	74	102	122	101	90	104	98	138
Oregon, central region	76	107	104	74	90	98	102	95	108	89	104
Peninsula and Silicon Valley (Calif.)	79	62	74	83	110	105	106	99	96	89	95
Phoenix^**	92	88	90	94	88	77	106	91	87	112	73
Rochester (N.Y.)^*	95	82	97	95	110	110	103	89	94	103	99
San Diego^**	80	83	84	88	93	81	93	77	92	89	89
San Francisco	79	91	84	70	95	84	102	114	140	102	100
South Dakota, southeastern region	127	116	161	128	150	143	74	124	93	84	109
Seattle	102	127	114	85	118	111	148	113	138	108	101
St. Paul^*	112	80	93	107	120	106	90	112	88	92	94
Syracuse (N.Y.)^**	101	115	104	101	99	107	91	95	108	111	108
Tennessee, eastern region	107	89	86	115	81	81	87	91	94	94	99
Winston-Salem (N.C.)^**	123	98	89	118	98	85	96	99	80	77	87
Yakima (Wash.)	104	108	112	102	98	95	108	107	110	116	75
York (Pa.)	107	91	99	103	119	113	97	74	89	105	117
* Indicates metropolitan region. Indicates entire county where city is located. * Includes 14 counties that surround Charlotte.
SOURCE: Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey