Although Silicon Valley tops the list of most innovative metro areas in the United States according to a new study, the cities that round out the top five aren’t so obvious.
Verizon based its “Most Innovative Metro Areas in the U.S.” report on the number of patents per 10,000 residents of each metro area. Data was compiled from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for metropolitan areas across the country as defined by the U.S. Census.
