Bizjournal’s Portfolio.com has declared Austin, Texas to be the best place to create and develop a small business.

The nation’s top score for small-business vitality, according to a new Portfolio.com/bizjournals study, belongs to Austin, the state’s capital and the center of a thriving metro with 1.7 million residents. A six-part formula was used to analyze the nation’s 100 largest metros, looking for the places that are most conducive to the creation and development of small businesses.

Austin emerges as the clear winner, based on its outstanding performances in three statistical categories of critical importance to entrepreneurs.

Those being population, employment, and small business growth. Click through to read the whole article, and congrats Austin!