Slow Growth in Greensboro, NC

"The overall state of the city is less than robust," concludes a new study of Greensboro, NC, a city of 231,000 people. Prepared by researchers at UNC-Greensboro for a local economic development group, the report benchmarks Greensboro's economic and social conditions against those of ten peer cities across the South.

Compared to its peers, Greensboro is struggling with slow population and economic growth, deteriorating, little expansion of the tax base and inadequate education and health services. Many of these trends are related to the fact that Greensboro's economy still depends heavily on "old" industries.