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We Got Your Rocket Scientsts Right Here

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Here’s an interesting tidbit. Here in DC, I’m surrounded by rocket scientists. OK, not surrounded but it turns out the metro-DC area is home to a large percentage of the rocket scientist population. Higher than most cities, I bet.

The latest issue of The Washingtonian pulls some data from the Greater Washington Initiative’s latest regional report, which puts the percentage of rocket scientists in the area at 32% of the population. (12% of the nation’s physicists).

Rocket Scientists in DC

Impressive. But that’s only about a third of the country’s rocket scientists. Where are the rest of them? Where are most of them?