Metro · Density Score
Boulder, CO
Metro area in Colorado
86 Combined score #2 of 127 metros
- Economic
- 82 #6 of 127
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 89 #2 of 127
Boulder ranks #2 overall, #2 in Startup & VC and #6 in Economy among 127 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #1 of 122: 253 patents per 100k people
- #2 of 127: 12 early-stage rounds per year per 100k people
- #2 of 121: 2.0 startup exits per year per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $221M #4 of 127
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 12 #2 of 127
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.5 #3 of 127
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 2.0 #2 of 121
- GDP per person
- $120K #7 of 127
- Patents per 100k people
- 253 #1 of 122
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 1,242 #8 of 127
- Tech share of jobs
- 8.6% #2 of 127
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -895 #115 of 127
Some of this metro’s inputs are estimated or still pending.
