0Brainiest CitiesWhere do the biggest brainiacs in America live? Richard Florida crunches the numbers to figure out the smartest cities in the country.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 5:54PM EDT / Published Aug. 23, 2010 5:02AM EDT 1 Boulder, CO 2 Durham, NCGetty Images 3 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 4 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA 5 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 6 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CABernd Geh / Getty Images 7 Ithaca, NY 8 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CAMichael Paulsen / AP Photo 9 Charlottesville, VA 10 Madison, WI 11 Raleigh-Cary, NCMatej Krajcovic 12 Olympia, WA 13 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 14 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 15 Ames, IA 16 Austin-Round Rock, TXBen Blankenburg 17 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA 18 Rochester, MNGetty Images 19 Corvallis, ORBarbara Henry 20 Iowa City, IA
1 Boulder, CO 2 Durham, NCGetty Images 3 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 4 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA 5 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 6 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CABernd Geh / Getty Images 7 Ithaca, NY 8 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CAMichael Paulsen / AP Photo 9 Charlottesville, VA 10 Madison, WI 11 Raleigh-Cary, NCMatej Krajcovic 12 Olympia, WA 13 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 14 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 15 Ames, IA 16 Austin-Round Rock, TXBen Blankenburg 17 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA 18 Rochester, MNGetty Images 19 Corvallis, ORBarbara Henry 20 Iowa City, IA