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According to a study by the Milken Institute, which ranks the top high-tech centers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, most of the top tech metros are well known – like Seattle, Cambridge, Washington, D.C., New York and San Francisco. But there are many lesser-known regions that have made tremendous inroads in the past decade to build their technology assets, such as Toronto, Canada; Kalamazoo, Mich.; and even Baja California.
The top-ten rankings for the preeminent high-tech metros in North America:
Score
1 1 San Jose - Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The top-ten rankings for the preeminent high-tech metros in North America:
Score
1 1 San Jose - Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
45.2
4 5 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 41.8
5 4 Los Angeles - Long Beach - Glendale, CA 40.2
6 6 Dallas - Plano - Irving, TX 21.8
7 7 San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos, CA 19.3
8 11 Santa Ana - Anaheim-Irvine, CA 17.7
9 9 New York - White Plains - Wayne, NY-NJ 16.8
10 8 San Francisco - San Mateo-Redwood City, CA 16.1
The report includes benchmarking for 2003 for metros in the United States and Canada and states in Mexico. (This was the latest available data for Mexico and the best way to ensure an accurate analysis. Mexico does not have data available at the metro level.) The 2007 benchmarking data is the latest available data for U.S. and Canadian metros.
Toronto, ON jumped 10 places from 2003, showing impressive gains in building and attracting high-tech businesses in manufacturing and reproducing of optical media, biopharmaceuticals, and medical and diagnostic laboratories.
4 5 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 41.8
5 4 Los Angeles - Long Beach - Glendale, CA 40.2
6 6 Dallas - Plano - Irving, TX 21.8
7 7 San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos, CA 19.3
8 11 Santa Ana - Anaheim-Irvine, CA 17.7
9 9 New York - White Plains - Wayne, NY-NJ 16.8
10 8 San Francisco - San Mateo-Redwood City, CA 16.1
The report includes benchmarking for 2003 for metros in the United States and Canada and states in Mexico. (This was the latest available data for Mexico and the best way to ensure an accurate analysis. Mexico does not have data available at the metro level.) The 2007 benchmarking data is the latest available data for U.S. and Canadian metros.
Toronto, ON jumped 10 places from 2003, showing impressive gains in building and attracting high-tech businesses in manufacturing and reproducing of optical media, biopharmaceuticals, and medical and diagnostic laboratories.