First: The report uses metro area as unit. Below is the simple list from high to low: Atlanta, Phoenix, Riverside, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco

First: The report uses metro area as unit. Below is the simple list from high to low: Atlanta, Phoenix, Riverside, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Washington DC Here is the summary without going through 11 pages. Definition of the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity : "the percent of individuals (ages twenty to sixty-four) who do not own a business in the first survey month that start a business in the following month with fifteen or more hours worked per week." The 10 metro area by Kauffman Foundation Index of Entrepreneurial Activity from high to low. Atlanta, Georgia: Population: 5,376,285 2008 Kauffman Foundation Index of Entrepreneurial Activity: .74% Phoenix, Arizona Population: 4,281,899. 2008 Kauffman Foundation Index of Entrepreneurial Activity: .55% Riverside, California Population: 4,115,871. 2008 Kauffman Foundation Index of Entrepreneurial Activity: .52% Los Angeles, California Population: 12,872,808. 2008 Kauffman Foundation Index of Entrepreneurial Activity: .51% Miami, Florida Population: 5,414,772. 2008 Kauffman Foundation Index of Entrepreneurial Activity: .50% New York, New York Population: 19,006,798. 2008 Kauffman Foundation Index of Entrepreneurial Activity: .45% San Francisco, California Population: 4,274,531. 2008 Kauffman Foundation Index of Entrepreneurial Activity: .42% Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Population: 6,300,006. 2008 Kauffman Foundation Index of Entrepreneurial Activity: .42% Houston, Texas Population: 5,728,143. 2008 Kauffman Foundation Index of Entrepreneurial Activity: .34% Washington, D.C. Population: 5,358,130.2008 Kauffman Foundation Index of Entrepreneurial Activity: .30%