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Columbus, Ohio has a generally strong and diverse economy based on education, insurance, banking, fashion, defense, aviation, food, logistics, steel, energy, medical research, health care, hospitality, retail, and technology. Overall, it was ranked as one of the top 10 best big cities in the country in 2010, according to Relocate America, a real estate research firm.〔("Ranking: Columbus among top 10 big cities" ), BizJournals. Retrieved 22 apr 2010.〕 Market Watch ranked Columbus and their metro area as the No. 7 best place in the country to operate a business in 2008.〔(Market Watch, Best Places to do business ) Retrieved 26 july 2009.〕 The same year Ohio was ranked No. 5 in the nation for headquarters of Fortune 500 companies, with Columbus home to the most in the state.〔(Ohio Department of Development, "Major Ohio Employers" ), Retrieved 2 sept 2009.〕 In 2007, the city was ranked No. 3 in the United States by fDi magazine for "Cities of the Future", and No. 4 for most business-friendly in the country.〔("Location Overview" ), Ohio Equities, Retrieved 13 nov 2009.〕 Columbus was ranked as the seventh strongest economy in the United States in 2006, and the best in Ohio, according to Policom Corp.〔("Study: Columbus has Ohio's best economy" ), Columbus Biz Journals, Retrieved 9 jan 2010.〕 In 2011 the Columbus metropolitan area's GDP was $94.7 billion,〔http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0712/FullReport.pdf〕 up from $90 billion in 2009,〔("Top 100 U.S. metro economies" ), U.S. Conference of Mayors. Retrieved 22 apr 2010.〕 up from $85.5 billion in 2006,〔("Chamber Reports Third Quarter Increase in Employment" ), Columbus Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 22 apr 2010.〕 $75.43 billion in 2005, and $69.98 billion in 2001.〔("New metro GDP stats show slow Columbus growth" ), Biz Journals. Retrieved 22 apr 2010.〕 During the recession beginning in late 2007, Columbus's economy was not impacted as much as the rest of the country, due to decades of diversification work by long-time corporate residents, business leaders, and political leaders. The current administration of mayor Michael B. Coleman has continued this work, although the city faced financial turmoil and had to increase taxes, due in part to alleged fiscal mismanagement.〔("Recount Still Possible" ), This Week Community Papers, Retrieved 13 nov 2009.〕〔(NBC 4, Columbus Budget Shortfall, Tax Increase ) Retrieved 26 july 2009.〕 As Columbus is the state capital, there is a large government presence in the city. Including city, county, state, and federal employers, government jobs provide the largest single source of employment within Columbus. Prominent employers in the Columbus area include numerous schools (e.g., The Ohio State University) and hospitals, hi-tech research and development and information/library companies such as Battelle Memorial Institute, OCLC, and Chemical Abstracts, and retail clothing and restaurant companies (such as Limited Brands and Wendy`s). Other large employers include Nationwide Insurance, JP Morgan Chase, American Electric Power, Huntington Bancshares, Worthington Industries and CardinalHealth, not to mention both state and local government. ==Defense== One of the larger processing centers of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) is located in Columbus.〔http://www.dfas.mil/about/Locations/columbus.html〕 The Department of Defense also operates the Defense Supply Center, Columbus (DSCC) east of downtown. Rickenbacker International Airport, located south of the city, hosts the United States Air Force's Ohio National Guard 121st Refueling Wing. Fort Hayes, located downtown, hosts the 391st Military Police Battalion and the 375th Criminal Investigations Division of the U.S. Army Reserve. The Ohio National Guard Headquarters is located on the far north side of the city. Mission Essential Personnel, the government's leading source of linguists in Afghanistan, is based in the Easton Town Center. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Economy of Columbus, Ohio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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