Using data gathered by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the following study focused on U.S. metropolitan areas with populations of less than 1 million residents and scored them across six indicators, including:

Life quality (such as regional price parity, educational attainment and unemployment rate) – 25 points
Tech job density – 30 points
Average tech salary – 15 points
Tech business density – 15 points
Percentage of the total population covered by employer-based health insurance – 5 points
Number of leisure establishments per 100,000 residents – 10 points

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