Education

General Measure

X

X

X

X

X

Specific

High School

X

X

X

X

Associates

X

X

Bachelors

X

X

X

X

Masters

X

PhD

X

X

X

Bachelor

X

X

X

Master

X

X

PhD

X

X

X

Post Doc

X

Test Scores

X

X

X

Spending on Education

X

X

Workforce Make-up

Labor Force Participation Rate

X

X

Employment in High Tech

X

X

X

IT Professionals

X

X

Professional and Managerial jobs

X

Scientists

X

X

X

X

X

X

Engineers

X

X

X

X

X

X

Industry Make-up & Environment

High-tech measure

X

X

X

X

X

X

Tech fast 500 companies

X

X

Inc 500 companies

X

X

X

Growth of Companies

X

X

X

IPOs

X

X

X

X

Incubators

X

X

Number of Patents

X

X

X

X

X

X

Business Start-Ups

X

X

X

X

X

X

R&D Expenditures

Total

X

Industry

X

X

X

X

X

Federal

X

X

X

X

Academic

X

X

X

X

Specific R&D expenditures on:

Engineering

X

Physical sciences

X

Environmental sciences

X

Math and computer sciences

X

Life sciences

X

Federal Funding Received:

NSF

X

X

STTR

X

X

SBIR

X

X

X

X

SBIC

X

X

X

X

NIH

X

Venture Capital Availability

X

X

X

X

X

X

Broadband Availability

X

X

Exports

X

X

X

Foreign Direct Investment

X

X

X

Access To Computers

X

X

X

X

X

Access To Internet

X

X

X

X

X

Other socio-economic factors

X

X

X

X

Technology use by community

X

* This is not an exhaustive list of all indicators in all of the studies.