County receives favorable POLICOM ranking

Although the United States is in a period of economic uncertainty, Baldwin County has added another feather to its cap. A report entitled Economic Strength Rankings — 2008, issued by POLICOM Corp. of Palm City, Fla., indicates the county (designated as the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley Micropolitan Area) ranked 25th out of the 577 micros studied, putting it in the top 4 percent of the 694 counties included in the survey.

According to William H. Fruth, POLICOM president, “The top rated areas have had rapid, consistent growth in both size and quality for an extended period of time.” The study analyzes the economic strength of 363 Metropolitan Statistical Areas containing 1092 counties, and 577 Micropolitan Statistical Areas containing 694 counties.

Baldwin County was once under the umbrella of the Mobile Metropolitan Area in such rankings, but a population shift prompted the federal Office of Management and Budget to designate Baldwin as a micro for economic classification.

County receives favorable POLICOM ranking