Previous Martin Prosperity Institute Insights have looked at the relationship between the population and GDP share for U.S. metropolitan areas. This Insight will look deeper into these findings, by looking at metros in relation to two additional variables-awarded patents and Creative Class occupations. While previous Insights have looked at metro population and GDP shares in relation to U.S. totals, this Insight will examine the percentage shares of each of these four variables relation to the U.S. metro total.
The top 5 metros that contribute the most to the U.S Metro Creative Class are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington and Boston. These 5 metros contribute to 23.33% of the total U.S. metro Creative Class occupation total. The top 10 largest Creative Class metros contribute to 35.04% of the total share and the top 25 contribute to 53.09%. These metros contribute a higher percentage to the total Creative Class metro total than the top 25 most populated metros contrib- ute to total population (49.19%), but less of a percentage than the top 25 GDP metros contribute to total GDP (57.09%).
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