America's smartest cities
June 21, 2006
Bizjournals.com analyzed the educational levels of adults in nearly 16,000 cities, towns, villages, boroughs and unincorporated areas. Communities were ranked in three population categories, based on a formula that rewards places with heavy concentrations of college graduates.
1. Seattle 56.36
2. San Francisco 52.09
3. Austin 50.03
4. Colorado Springs 49.61
5. Minneapolis 48.52
6. Charlotte, N.C. 47.93
7. San Diego 47.9
8. Washington, D.C. 47.39
9. Portland, Ore. 46.31
10. Albuquerque, N.M. 46.11
11. Virginia Beach, Va. 45.53
12. Arlington, Texas 45.05
13. Boston 45.02
14. Denver 44.8
15. Honolulu 44.09
The bottom five
53. Miami 25.98
52. Cleveland 27.17
51. Detroit 28.09
50. Philadelphia 31.36
49. Baltimore 31.82
SOURCE: Bizjournals.com
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