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Thu, 2012-07-05 10:46
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The Atlantic Cities editor and co-founder Richard Florida combined used measures of patents per capita, average annual patent growth, and concentration of technology companies in an area to assign Technology Index Scores to each of the top 20 metros.
A new study from Richard Florida, co-founder and editor of The Atlantic Cities, examines the top high-tech metropolitan areas in the U.S.
Florida ranked each metro using a calculated Technology Index Score, which combines a measure of the concentration of high-tech companies in an area with two measures of regional innovation: patents per capita and average annual patent growth.
Seattle came out on top, largely thanks to its status as the home of Microsoft, Amazon, and a number of other high-profile technology companies.
The top 10 list of high-tech metros with their Technology Index Scores is as follows:
1. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (.996)
2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. (.983)
3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. (.976)
4. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore. (.956)
5. Austin-Round Rock, Texas (.955)
6. Raleigh-Cary, N.C. (.952)
7. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif. (.945)
8. Durham, N.C. (.940)
9. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (.933)
10. Boulder, Colo. (.920)
The study is part of Florida’s new book, The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited.
To see the rest of the top 20 list, click here [1].
