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Where The Researchers Are

Employment: Census data analysis shows U.S. states and metropolitan areas with highest concentrations of scientists and engineers

by Andrea Widener
August 23, 2013 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 91, Issue 34

Most U.S. science and engineering workers are concentrated in just a few states, a National Science Foundation analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows. Half of the nation’s science employees are in nine states.

California, Texas, and New York—the country’s most populous states—together were home to one-quarter of the 5.7 million U.S. scientists and engineers in 2011, the analysis found. The largest proportion of physical scientists in the workforce was found in the Los Angeles, Denver, and Boston metropolitan areas.

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