With the economic collapse, pandemic and racial strife, Columbus’ minority-owned businesses need and deserve your support more than ever! Today’s link gives a list of Ohio Black-owned businesses.
40 businesses are listed here, but there are far more within the city, and even more in the suburbs and other Ohio cities. Follow the links within the site to check out businesses throughout the region.
This post comparing Columbus metro GDP with that of other metros is largely just an update of previous versions, and now includes data for 2017, the latest year available.
Rank of Major Midwest Metros and Columbus National Peers by GDP, 2001 and 2017 In Millions 2001————————————————————–2017 1. Chicago: $502,222.7——————-1. Chicago: $583,137.2 2. Detroit: $217,366.5——————–2. San Jose: $256,419.3 3. Minneapolis: $176,780.9————–3.Detroit: $228,069.4 4. San Jose: $128,869.7——————4. Minneapolis: $226,151.9 5. St. Louis: $126,476.1——————-5. Portland: $156,552.6 6. Pittsburgh: $106,840.3—————6. St. Louis: $139,508.7 7. Cleveland: $103,743.4—————–7. Austin: $135,072.4 8. Cincinnati: $96,633.3——————8. Pittsburgh: $131,221.8 9. Indianapolis: $94,562.8—————-9. Indianapolis: $122,607.7 10. Kansas City: $92,306.6————–10. Cleveland: $120,380.2 11. Sacramento: $85,624.2————–11. Cincinnati: $119,222.7 12. Columbus: $85,481.4—————–12. Columbus: $117,249.9 13. Portland, OR: $84,793.6————-13. Nashville: $115,716.5 14. Milwaukee: $77,852.2—————-14. Kansas City: $114,418.2 15. Virginia Beach, VA: $69,736.1——-15. Sacramento: $108,731.8 16. Las Vegas: $68,883.0—————-16. Las Vegas: $96,061.8 17. Nashville: $68,332.6——————17. Milwaukee: $91,961.9 18. Austin: $62,312.4———————18. Virginia Beach: $81,820.7 19. Providence, RI: $61,594.2———–19. Providence: $71,739.2 20. Jacksonville, FL: $49,447.8———20. Jacksonville: $65,829.8 21. Grand Rapids, MI: $42,329.6——–21. Omaha: $56,228.7 22. Omaha, NE: $39,148.8—————22. Grand Rapids: $52,734.5 23. Dayton: $35,227.9——————–23. Des Moines: $49,031.4 24. Madison, WI: $29,854.1————–24. Madison: $43,597.4 25. Des Moines, IA: $28,118.4———–25. Dayton: $35,396.9 26. Akron: $27,124.1———————-26. Akron: $32,386.3 27. Toledo: $26,129.5———————27. Wichita: $29,825.3 28. Wichita, KS: $25,465.4—————28. Toledo: $28,299.8 29. Youngstown: $19,767.5————–29. Fort Wayne: $19,786.0 30. Fort Wayne, IN: $16,048.8———–30. Lincoln: $17,300.5 31. Canton: $13,932.2———————31. Youngstown: $17,257.5 32. Lincoln, NE: $12,537.4—————-32. Canton: $14,901.4
Columbus is not performing as well in this metric. In Ohio, Columbus is poised to become Ohio’s largest metro economy eventually, but may lag behind on a per-capita basis.