California Business Minute™

Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.

A geek is defined as any worker with a bachelor’s degree level of knowledge and
education in science and engineering related fields or workers in occupations
that require some degree of technical knowledge or training.

The National Science Foundation has released a ranking of the Top 20 cities in
the US by the percentage of workers with jobs in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics in their “Science and Engineering Indicators 2010.”  The following
is the Top 20 list.

TOP 20 CITIES FOR GEEKS
                                                             Percentage        Workers

1. Silicon Valley-San Jose                         18.2%            165,400
2. Boulder, CO                                             17.4%             28,010
3. Framingham, MA                                      16.6%             25,940
4. Huntsville, AL                                           16.2%             32,630
5. Durham, NC                                             15.5%             41,560
6. Lowell, MA                                               14.1%             16,580
7. Washington DC                                         12.75%         290,700  
8. Ithaca, NY                                                12.5%               6,270
9. Bethesda, MD                                           12%                68,340
10. Seattle                                                    11.8%           167,060
11. Kennewick-Richland –Pasco, WA             11.2%               9,700
12. Austin                                                     11%                82,100
13. Ames, IA                                                10.7%                4,480
14. Palm Bay-Titusville, FL                            10.7%               21,800
15. Boston                                                   10.3%             174,180
16. Ann Arbor                                               10.3%               20,250
17. Bloomington IL                                        10.1%                 8,680
18. Olympia, WA                                          10.1%                 9,700 
19. San Francisco,                                        9.7%               96,170
20. Fort Walton Beach, FL     8.8%     7,200

While the US economy has been supported by foreign born scientists and engineers,
the US growth has averaged 6.2 percent from 182,000 in 1950 to $5.5 million in 2007.

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.