California Business Minute™

Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.

Forbes.com released their annual list of the nation’s most dangerous cities. 
While Detroit continues to hold the number one position for two years in a row,
the states of Florida followed by Louisiana appear to be the leaders

The list is compiled using the violent crime statistics from the FBI's latest
uniform crime report, issued in 2008. The violent crime category is composed of
four offenses: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and
aggravated assault. We evaluated U.S. metropolitan statistical areas--geographic
entities defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget for use by federal
agencies in collecting, tabulating and publishing federal statistics--with more
than 500,000 residents.

1. Detroit
2. Memphis
3. Miami
4. Las Vegas
5. Stockton
6. Orlando
7. Little Rock
8. Charleston
9. Nashville
10. Baltimore
11. New Orleans
12. Baton Rouge
13. West Palm Beach
14. Charlotte
15.  Philadelphia   

While Stockton does not have a city population of 500,000 that means the statistics
take in San Joaquin County including the cities of Lathrop, Manteca and Tracy.

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.