Quiz..............

[Niteshift]

Which US city has the highest percentage of adults with a bachelors degree?

[mac90]

Washington DC

[Niteshift]

They didn't even make the top 10. :)


(keep in mind, most of those "smart" political types don't actually live in DC. They know they're prey there)

[gracedawn]

SanFransico maybe? :confused:

[Tiger Lily]

How about Denver?

[Niteshift]

Still no winner.

Not even a top 10 guess yet :)

[blondie72]

Boulder? :o

[SpecOpsWarrior]

Silicon Valley

I'm basing that answer on the huge amount of computer based industry there.

If its not Silicon then I'm gonna say Seattle.

[kateykakes]

Running out the door for school, thought I'd throw a few guesses out before going. How about Philadelphia? Boston? Houston?

[Jean]

Virginia? Maryland?

[grum]

Minneapolis, or failing that, Minot, North Dakota

[ubergeek]

I am going to say New York city

[Lt Dan]

I'm gonna guess Salt Lake City. I don't think I've ever met a stupid Mormon. :D

[Neltja]

Iowa City, Iowa :D

[ 07-16-2001: Message edited by: Neltja ]

[grum]

Using 1994 U.S. census data, comparing cities with >200,000 people, Raleigh N.C. is #1 with 40.6% of the population having a bachelor's degree.

Did I get it right?

[Niteshift]

2 Top 10 guesses.......

Seattle is #7 with 28.3%
Raleigh is #5 with a current 31.2%

Getting close.

[cajuncop]

I'm gonna say Houston...

[Watchman]

Dallas

[Sparky]

As of March 2000:

Wash DC metro area is first at 35%
www.census.gov/population/socdemo/education/p20-536/tab16.pdf (http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/education/p20-536/tab16.pdf)

[Niteshift]

The reason that's misleading is because it includes DC, Baltimore and other cities. :) The trick in the question was single city (which renders most census tables unusable, since they do metro areas) :p

10: Huntsville, AL 26.7%
9. Tallahassee, FL 26.8%
8. Sunnyvale, CA 28.3%
7. Seattle, WA 28.3%
6. Ann Arbor, MI 31.1%
5. Raleigh, NC 31.2%
4. Alexandria, VA 33.7%
3. Irvine, CA 34.1%
2. Overland Park, KS 35.8%
1. Plano, TX 37%

[mac90]

Originally posted by Sparky:
<STRONG>As of March 2000:

Wash DC metro area is first at 35%
www.census.gov/population/socdemo/education/p20-536/tab16.pdf (http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/education/p20-536/tab16.pdf)</STRONG>


That's what I read. Who knows though? I don't.

[goodgirl]

6. Ann Arbor, MI 31.1%

Home of the Hash Bash :D :cool:

Darn brain washing college educations :p

[ 07-16-2001: Message edited by: goodgirl ]

[Niteshift]

Mac,

Like I said, that stat includes DC, Baltimore and other smaller cities. You're in DFW, so you should understand how Dallas, Ft. Worth and Arlington are all different cities, but one metro area.