Educated Metropolitan Area Rankings Rank Rank in Size Group Region (MSA) Size Score 2013 share 2000-2013 Growth 2000-2013 point change 1 1 St. George, UT S 72.0 32.0% 167.3% 11.1% 2 2 Bloomington, IN S 69.7 40.6% 27.6% 11.7% 3 3 Ocean City, NJ S 67.6 33.7% 48.7% 11.7% 4 4 Auburn-Opelika, AL S 65.6 37.9% 90.0% 10.0% 5 1 Wilmington, NC M 62.5 34.6% 37.6% 10.4% 6 5 Hattiesburg, MS S 62.1 32.6% 77.7% 10.0% 7 6 Lawrence, KS S 60.6 50.4% 50.4% 7.7% 8 2 Asheville, NC M 60.2 32.7% 71.8% 9.6% 9 7 Bend-Redmond, OR S 60.1 33.8% 104.6% 8.9% 10 8 Burlington-South Burlington, VT S 59.2 43.3% 39.8% 8.4% 11 9 Bloomington, IL S 58.1 41.8% 48.0% 8.2% 12 1 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH L 57.1 44.8% 32.2% 7.8% 13 3 Boulder, CO M 56.8 58.5% 20.1% 6.1% 14 10 Iowa City, IA S 55.2 48.6% 45.2% 6.6% 15 4 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC M 54.7 45.5% 53.1% 6.8% 16 2 Pittsburgh, PA L 54.7 32.2% 37.3% 8.8% 17 5 Charleston-North Charleston, SC M 54.7 33.0% 81.5% 8.0% 18 3 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA L 54.2 46.7% 32.9% 6.8% 19 4 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI L 54.0 30.6% 92.7% 7.9% 20 6 Savannah, GA M 53.9 31.3% 73.2% 8.1% 21 5 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV L 53.3 48.7% 44.9% 6.2% 22 7 Provo-Orem, UT M 52.9 37.7% 94.5% 6.7% 23 11 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC S 52.6 36.7% 83.4% 6.9% 24 6 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD L 52.6 36.8% 40.8% 7.6% 25 7 Raleigh, NC L 52.6 43.7% 78.7% 6.1%
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