Monday, January 09, 2006

Most-Educated Cities in the United States

Blue means that that city's county voted for Kerry in 04, red means that city's county voted for Moron in Chief. Raleigh was close, San Diego is still in California, and we all know why Cincinatti OH went red.

I'll let the chart speak for itself:

Most-Educated Cities in the United States

City, in order of education rank

% population with college degree or higher

Median household income & (rank)

1. Seattle, WA

51.3

$46,650 (8)

2. San Francisco, CA

51.0

$60,031 (2)

3. Raleigh, NC

49.7

$47,878 (7)

4. Washington, DC

47.7

$46,574 (9)

5. Austin, TX

45.1

$45,508 (15)

6. Atlanta, GA

42.9

$37,385 (50)

7. Minneapolis, MN

41.1

$44,116 (20)

8. Boston, MA

40.9

$45,892 (13)

9. Lex.-Fayette, KY

39.2

$38,322 (43)

10. San Diego, CA

39.0

$51,382 (5)

11. Portland, OR

37.8

$41,128 (28)

12. Oakland, CA

37.7

$46,190 (11)

13. San Jose, CA

37.3

$71,765 (1)

14. Charlotte, NC

37.2

$46,082 (12)

15. Denver, CO

35.9

$43,777 (21)

16. Honolulu, HI

34.4

$46,500 (10)

17. CO. Springs, CO

34.1

$45,388 (16)

18. Pittsburgh, PA

33.6

$31,910 (59)

18. St. Paul, MN

33.6

$38,731 (41)

19. Cincinnati, OH

33.5

$31,960 (58)

19. VA. Beach, VA

33.5

$55,781 (4)


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