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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Biggest tech cities? Surprise.
What’s the biggest tech town in the country?
No, not San Jose. Austin? Nope. Boston? No again.
Try New York.
According to a new study of some old numbers by AEA, the technology trade group, the New York metro area had more high-tech workers than any other place in the country. The Big Apple could claim 316,500 technology workers back in 2006 - the latest figures available from the group.
Top “Cybercities” - based on total tech employment
- New York
- Washington, D.C.
- San Jose/Silicon Valley
- Boston
- Dallas-Fort Worth
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Philadelphia
- Seattle
- Atlanta
Source: AeA
Washington, D.C., San Jose/Silicon Valley, Boston and Dallas-Fort Worth followed, in that order. Atlanta ranked No. 10 in high-tech workers.
If you haven’t noticed the trend yet, the bigger the city, the more the high-tech employment. Not exactly surprising.
When you dice the numbers based on high-tech workers per 1,000 residents, the data is a bit different - but still surprising too. San Jose/Silicon Valley was No. 1 on that list, followed by Boulder, Col., Huntsville Ala. (yes, that’s right), Durham, N.C. (ditto) and Washington, D.C.
Austin didn’t make the Top 10. In Texas, it trailed Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston in terms of total tech employment, but in terms of high-tech concentration, it led the state, with about 12 percent of all Austin workers in the tech industry.
In Florida, the Palm Bay-Melbourne region had the biggest concentration of tech workers, followed respectively by the Tampa Bay area, Orlando and then South Florida.
Though Atlanta was No. 10 on the overall list, it’s only No. 4 in the South (Florida excluded) when it comes to high-tech worker concentration. Huntsville led that list, followed respectively by Durham, Raleigh, Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville.