10. 75%
GDP
Top 100 Metros
Share of US Totals
Source: Brookings Analysis of BEA, Census Data
66%
population
12%
land area
11. 66%
74%
Metros Concentrate National Assets
Top 100 Metro Share of US Totals
85% 90% 92% 92%
Population Bachelor’s
Degrees
Foreign Born
Population
Advanced
Industry
Employment
Patents Airline
Boardings
15. 0-25
26-150
151-500
501 or more
Poor Persons
per Square Mile
Houston Metropolitan Area
Geography of Poverty
1980
Sugar Land
Pasadena
Galveston
Baytown
The Woodlands
Conroe
Houston
16. 0-25
26-150
151-500
501 or more
Poor Persons
per Square Mile
Houston Metropolitan Area
Geography of Poverty
2010
Sugar Land
Pasadena
Galveston
Baytown
The Woodlands
Conroe
Houston
24. NEW YORK
Finance Jobs
New YorkUnited States
8% 18%
Science & Engineering Jobs
New YorkBostonSan Jose
14%
7%
4%
DETROIT
3%Land mass
11%Businesses
37%Jobs
Set Your Vision2
PORTLAND
Export Intensity
13%
24%
PortlandUnited States
Clean Economy
27,489
clean jobs
25. Find Your Game Changer3
A significant intervention that fundamentally alters
your economic profile and/or performance.
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26. Find Your Game Changer3
NEW YORK
Applied Sciences
Setting a new
institutional platform
for innovation
NORTHEAST OHIO
Manufacturing
Network
Enable existing firms
in manufacturing to
innovate more
DETROIT
Innovation District
Realize the potential of
the new geography of
innovation