A revamped Gene Leahy Mall, looking west, is part of Omaha's riverfront makeover intended, in part, to help attract and recruit talent. But a couple of new reports sound alarm over lagging economic prosperity compared to peer metros. (Courtesy of MECA)

OMAHA — A new “economic scorecard” ranks the Omaha metro area, anchored by Nebraska’s largest city, near the bottom of 23 metros nationwide that compete for jobs, talent and investment.

More specifically, the Omaha area placed No. 18 — sixth lowest of 23 peer metros from Boise to Kansas City and Pittsburgh — based on an examination of 50 data points across nine key economic-related categories.

Omaha’s rank is unchanged from last year but has slipped two spots since 2021 in the annual Barometer report produced for the past decade by the Gr

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