Careerbuilder.com released a fun new study just in time for Halloween, ranking the 53 largest US cities (by metropolitan areas) in order of those most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse. The study used occupational skills and industry metrics to develop a ranking criteria based on 4 categories: defense, containment, cure and food.
Boston was rated the most likely to survive, while New York was rated the least likely. Where does your city fall? See the complete study at: http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=pr971&sd=10/27/2016&ed=10/27/2016
| MSA | Defense Score | Containment Score | Cure Score | Food Score | Total Score | Final Rank |
| Boston, MA | 13.69 | 11.05 | 20 | 3.59 | 48.33 | 1 |
| Kansas City, MO | 23.38 | 10.02 | 4.53 | 3.10 | 41.03 | 2 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 8.29 | 18.61 | 10.49 | 3.62 | 41.01 | 3 |
| Baltimore, MD | 17.55 | 7.68 | 11.56 | 2.79 | 39.58 | 4 |
| San Diego, CA | 16.44 | 9.89 | 11.69 | 1.41 | 39.43 | 5 |
| Seattle, WA | 9.58 | 17.86 | 8.45 | 1.99 | 37.88 | 6 |
| Denver, CO | 7.82 | 20.03 | 6.39 | 3.58 | 37.82 | 7 |
| Virginia Beach, VA | 22.38 | 10.61 | 2.76 | 1.79 | 37.54 | 8 |
| Hartford, CT | 17.28 | 9.07 | 5.80 | 3.32 | 35.47 | 9 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 17.51 | 8.19 | 5.57 | 3.94 | 35.21 | 10 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 8.73 | 9.39 | 10.79 | 5.01 | 33.92 | 11 |
| Richmond, VA | 14.61 | 11.16 | 4.73 | 3.38 | 33.89 | 12 |
| Grand Rapids, MI | 0.08 | 9.73 | 2.08 | 20 | 31.89 | 13 |
| San Francisco, CA | 6.43 | 8.97 | 14.86 | 1.48 | 31.73 | 14 |
| Portland, OR | 3.71 | 13.41 | 6.35 | 8.01 | 31.48 | 15 |
| Washington, D.C. | 16.55 | 7.96 | 6.80 | 0 | 31.31 | 16 |
| Sacramento, CA | 8.80 | 12.29 | 4.77 | 4.99 | 30.85 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 5.98 | 13.38 | 7.26 | 3.60 | 30.22 | 18 |
| San Jose, CA | 5.74 | 15.02 | 8.17 | 1.09 | 30.02 | 19 |
| Raleigh, NC | 7.70 | 12.22 | 4.89 | 4.18 | 28.98 | 20 |
| Orlando, FL | 9.44 | 9.55 | 3.53 | 6.03 | 28.55 | 21 |
| Memphis, TN | 14.07 | 2.96 | 5.15 | 6.26 | 28.43 | 22 |
| Louisville, KY | 11.56 | 6.76 | 2.03 | 8.04 | 28.39 | 23 |
| Cleveland, OH | 10.36 | 4.24 | 8.02 | 5.32 | 27.93 | 24 |
| Birmingham, AL | 9.84 | 6.73 | 5.29 | 5.51 | 27.37 | 25 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 8.25 | 10.69 | 6.53 | 1.55 | 27.01 | 26 |
| St. Louis, MO | 13.96 | 8.24 | 2.99 | 1.62 | 26.81 | 27 |
| Houston, TX | 6.08 | 15.92 | 2.71 | 1.37 | 26.09 | 28 |
| New Orleans, LA | 13.55 | 8.85 | 2.12 | 1.23 | 25.75 | 29 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 12.81 | 7.39 | 1.96 | 3.44 | 25.59 | 30 |
| Charlotte, NC | 8.65 | 6.12 | 0.50 | 9.78 | 25.06 | 31 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 15.84 | 6.20 | 0.68 | 1.44 | 24.16 | 32 |
| Columbus, OH | 7.88 | 7.59 | 6.03 | 2.50 | 24.01 | 33 |
| Providence, RI | 8.82 | 5.37 | 4.19 | 4.85 | 23.23 | 34 |
| Austin, TX | 5.83 | 12.13 | 4.45 | 0.70 | 23.11 | 35 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 5.46 | 5.63 | 5.16 | 6.62 | 22.87 | 36 |
| Rochester, NY | 5.16 | 4.92 | 3.87 | 8.69 | 22.64 | 37 |
| Nashville, TN | 8.53 | 7.15 | 3.77 | 2.89 | 22.34 | 38 |
| Milwaukee, WI | 6.29 | 7.48 | 4.09 | 3.95 | 21.81 | 39 |
| Dallas, TX | 7.66 | 7.50 | 2.12 | 4.53 | 21.80 | 40 |
| San Antonio, TX | 9.88 | 4.27 | 1.95 | 5.48 | 21.58 | 41 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 8.53 | 1.18 | 7.46 | 3.90 | 21.07 | 42 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 11.40 | 6.04 | 1.63 | 1.27 | 20.33 | 43 |
| Detroit, MI | 2.03 | 14.50 | 2.10 | 1.32 | 19.94 | 44 |
| Chicago, IL | 9.74 | 0.63 | 2.34 | 6.73 | 19.44 | 45 |
| Tucson, AZ | 10.88 | 1.59 | 6.40 | 0.52 | 19.40 | 46 |
| Buffalo, NY | 10.23 | 3.35 | 3.38 | 1.83 | 18.80 | 47 |
| Atlanta, GA | 6.73 | 5.87 | 2.65 | 3.30 | 18.56 | 48 |
| Miami, FL | 12.67 | 1.10 | 1.57 | 2.78 | 18.11 | 49 |
| Riverside, CA | 4.44 | 4.99 | 0 | 7.30 | 16.72 | 50 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 7.37 | 0.68 | 3.89 | 1.70 | 13.65 | 51 |
| Tampa, FL | 6.07 | 2.33 | 2.97 | 1.52 | 12.89 | 52 |
| New York City, NY | 12.44 | -10.08 | 4.33 | 1.99 | 8.69 | 53 |
I’m headed to Rapid City.