Metro · Density Score
San Diego, CA
Metro area in California
69 Combined score #11 of 127 metros
- Economic
- 69 #18 of 127
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 69 #12 of 127
San Diego ranks #11 overall, #12 in Startup & VC and #18 in Economy among 127 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #4 of 122: 166 patents per 100k people
- #8 of 127: $130M in VC per year per 100k people
- #8 of 127: 0.85 Series B+ rounds 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
- $130M #8 of 127
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 3.3 #15 of 127
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.85 #8 of 127
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.55 #13 of 121
- GDP per person
- $101K #19 of 127
- Patents per 100k people
- 166 #4 of 122
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 249 #43 of 127
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.8% #26 of 127
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -337 #98 of 127
Some of this metro’s inputs are estimated or still pending.
