Huntsville: One of America’s Top 5 “Techiest Cities”

Huntsville is one of America’s Top 5 “Techiest Cities” according to an article in Computerworld that is based on a recent U.S. Census Bureau report that reveals what metros have the highest concentration of information technology workers in the workforce. Huntsville had the fourth highest ratio of IT workers as a percentage of the overall workforce at 5.2 percent, according to the report.

“It’s great to see Huntsville recognized across the country as a high-technology city. This area, thanks to innovative companies and large aerospace and defense government programs, continues to be a national leader in creating, utilizing and managing technology,” said Evans Quinlivan, chair of the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County. “With the opening of the new HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and continued growth and expansion of other related high-tech companies, we expect that percentage to continue to increase.”

Computerworld published an article about the top “Techiest Cities” and listed the top-12 “Techiest Metros” as well as “America’s Largest Tech Workforces”. The article is available in its entirety on the web:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=
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Silicon Valley, which includes the California communities of San Jose, Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara, had the highest percentage of IT workers in the workforce. The Washington D.C. area was second, followed by Raleigh-Cary, N.C. and Boulder, Colo.

The Census Bureau recently released its annual American Community Survey report, which shows a metropolitan area’s technology quotient – the number of information technology workers in a community as a percentage of the overall workforce.