Las Cruces Named 7th Hardest-Working Town In U.S.

Las Cruces was named the 7th in Parade Magazine’s ?Top 25 Hardest Working Towns in America.?

Total cereal partnered with Parade on the list, ranking cities by analyzing the total number of hours worked, unemployment rates, commute times, dual-income families and the likelihood of people to give up personal time for work. The list was compiled by Parade magazine?s editorial research team using data from MRI, Claritas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau to rank America?s hardest-working cities.

The top 10 are as follows: 1. Columbia, Mo. 2. Hartford, Conn. 3. Norfolk, Va. 4. Bloomington, Ind. 5. Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6. Gainesville, Fla. 7. Las Cruces, N.M. 8. Newark, N.J. 9. Lansing, Mich. 10. Bridgeport, Conn. According to Parade’s website, Las Cruces scored five points above the rest of the country in giving up personal time and six points more in giving up weekend. Seventy-seven percent of the households are dual-income as well.

The list, which was released in conjunction with Parade magazine?s annual ?What People Earn? issue, paints a vivid picture of what exactly makes a hard-working town: one where the citizens punch the clock longer, and work harder, than anyone else. The issue included in the April 15 edition of newspapers nationwide, takes a 30-year historical look at the American income.

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