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Top 10 states for patents per 100,000 residents
Colorado ranks No. 9 nationwide in terms of patents granted per 100,000 residents, as of 2021.
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Boulder ranks No. 1 on Bloomberg’s Brain Concentration Index
Boulder ranked No. 1 and Fort Collins No. 11 in Bloomberg’s Brain Concentration Index
for 2020, which measures business growth and the concentration of workers in science,
technology, engineering and math 昀椀elds.
Rank
City
Score
1
BOULDER
99.8
2
San Jose, Calif.
99.63
3
Ann Arbor, Mich.
98.97
4
Washington, D.C.
98.67
5
San Francisco
98.37
6
Boston
98.1
7
Ithaca, N.Y.
97.43
8
Madison, WI
96.97
9
Durham, N.C.
96.4
10
Charlottesville, VA
95.83
11
FORT COLLINS
95.57
Source: Bloomberg Brain Contraction Index, 2020
