0Smartest CitiesFor the second year in a row, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers for America’s 55 largest cities, ranking their brainpower from first-to-worst. How does your hometown fare?Updated Jul. 14, 2017 8:15PM EDT / Published Oct. 23, 2010 9:39AM EDT AP Photo BOSTONAP Photo HARTFORD-NEW HAVEN SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND-SAN JOSE RALEIGH-DURHAMMatej Krajcovic DENVERDoug Pensinger / Getty Images SEATTLE-TACOMA AUSTINJack Plunkett / AP Photo MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL WASHINGTON, DC ROCHESTER, NY PORTLAND, ORAP Photo KANSAS CITY SALT LAKE CITY PHILADELPHIA MILWAUKEE NEW YORK CLEVELAND SAN DIEGO COLUMBUSKiichiro Sato / AP Photo BALTIMOREGreg Pease / Getty Images PITTSBURGHAP Photo NASHVILLEJohn Russell / AP Photo RICHMONDWayne Scarberry / AP Photo CHICAGOScott Olson / Getty Images INDIANAPOLISDarron Cummings / AP Photo CHARLOTTE unknown SACRAMENTO ATLANTA GRAND RAPIDS-KALAMAZOO-BATTLE CREEKDavid M. Converse PROVIDENCE LOS ANGELESMichael Heiman / Getty Images ST. LOUIS BIRMINGHAM TUCSON NORFOLK (VA) CINCINNATI OKLAHOMA CITY WEST PALM BEACHPaul Giamou HARRISBURG (PA) NEW ORLEANS DALLAS-FORT WORTH BUFFALO DETROIT JACKSONVILLE (FL) PHOENIX GREENSBORO (NC) MIAMI LOUISVILLE TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG ORLANDOGetty Images MEMPHISPer-Anders Pettersson / Getty Images HOUSTON FRESNO (CA.) SAN ANTONIO LAS VEGAS
BOSTONAP Photo HARTFORD-NEW HAVEN SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND-SAN JOSE RALEIGH-DURHAMMatej Krajcovic DENVERDoug Pensinger / Getty Images SEATTLE-TACOMA AUSTINJack Plunkett / AP Photo MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL WASHINGTON, DC ROCHESTER, NY PORTLAND, ORAP Photo KANSAS CITY SALT LAKE CITY PHILADELPHIA MILWAUKEE NEW YORK CLEVELAND SAN DIEGO COLUMBUSKiichiro Sato / AP Photo BALTIMOREGreg Pease / Getty Images PITTSBURGHAP Photo NASHVILLEJohn Russell / AP Photo RICHMONDWayne Scarberry / AP Photo CHICAGOScott Olson / Getty Images INDIANAPOLISDarron Cummings / AP Photo CHARLOTTE unknown SACRAMENTO ATLANTA GRAND RAPIDS-KALAMAZOO-BATTLE CREEKDavid M. Converse PROVIDENCE LOS ANGELESMichael Heiman / Getty Images ST. LOUIS BIRMINGHAM TUCSON NORFOLK (VA) CINCINNATI OKLAHOMA CITY WEST PALM BEACHPaul Giamou HARRISBURG (PA) NEW ORLEANS DALLAS-FORT WORTH BUFFALO DETROIT JACKSONVILLE (FL) PHOENIX GREENSBORO (NC) MIAMI LOUISVILLE TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG ORLANDOGetty Images MEMPHISPer-Anders Pettersson / Getty Images HOUSTON FRESNO (CA.) SAN ANTONIO LAS VEGAS