Abstract
Despite the principal role of high-tech clusters in local planning practice and research, their location and sectoral typology at the granular level have been rarely studied. This chapter explores the location of U.S. high-tech clusters at a microscale by employing firm-level data sets and spatial statistics in 52 largest U.S. regions. This chapter also assesses these regions in terms of high-tech clustering level. Finding of these chapters shows 627 tech clusters in the 52 Largest regions. Furthermore, while clusters form the major regional hubs for the high-tech economy, they are home to a very small share (7%, on average) of regional population. The U.S. regions also have widely diverse spatial patterns of high-tech clusters; although some regions have scattered clusters, the New York and Northern California high-tech booming regions have clusters concentrated in central business districts.
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