Urban America

In this report, the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company, puts US urban growth prospects into a global context. It compares the economic weight of US large cities with the urban centers of other developed regions, describe GDP growth patterns across US urban regions over the past few decades, and highlight the key challenges and opportunities for US metro areas as they plot their course through to economic recovery. This is part of MGI's ongoing work on global urbanization.