The 9 fastest-growing cities in the US

In the wake of the Great Recession and the subsequent uneven recovery, some US cities have grown faster than others. To track where urban economic growth is happening, nonprofit public policy organization Brookings Institution launched the annual Metro Monitor report.

The 2016 report looked at the 100 largest American cities and ranked them based on economic prosperity and equality. The nonprofit also examined indicators within these categories, including standard of living, number of jobs, and income poverty rates - primarily from 2009 to 2014 during the economic recovery from the recession.

Only nine large metropolitan areas performed above the national averages, according to the report. Check them out below.