How High Tech is Your Hometown? US Cities Ranked by iPad Usage

We all love lists, so here’s an interesting one to ponder. Men’s Health magazine has just ranked 100 U.S. cities by iPad usage, combining data from online ad impressions, the number of Apple and Best Buy stores per capita, and the percentage of households that own tablets or notebooks. And the winner’s are:

1 Plano, TX A+
2 San Jose, CA A
3 San Francisco, CA A
4 Boise, ID A-
5 Austin, TX A-
6 Oakland, CA B+
7 San Diego, CA B+
8 Durham, NC B+
9 Chesapeake, VA B+
10 Colorado Springs, CO B+

Based on these results, Men’s Health has coined the term Plano Effect for an entire city of early adopters. I’m a bit surprised my hometown of Boston only earns a C+ at number 40, I see iPads everywhere and we almost trip over Apple Stores around here. But we aren’t overly saturated with Best Buys…

Where does your hometown rank? Here’s the rest of the list:

11 Charlotte, NC B+
12 Las Vegas, NV B
13 Jersey City, NJ B
14 Anchorage, AK B
15 Honolulu, HI B
16 Virginia Beach, VA B
17 Fort Worth, TX B
18 Birmingham, AL B
19 Reno, NV B
20 Lexington, KY B-
21 New Orleans, LA B-
22 Los Angeles, CA B-
23 Raleigh, NC B-
24 Orlando, FLB-
25 Houston, TX B-
26 Santa Ana, CA B-
27 Denver, CO B-
28 Phoenix, AZ C+
29 Madison, WI C+
30 Omaha, NE C+
31 Nashville, TN C+
32 Wilmington, DE C+
33 Chicago, IL C+
34 Tampa, FLC+
35 San Antonio, TX C+
36 Greensboro, NC C+
37 Salt Lake City, UT C+
38 Burlington, VT C+
39 St. Paul, MN C+
40 Boston, MA C+
41 Aurora, CO C+
42 New York, NY C
43 Wichita, KS C
44 Des Moines, IA C
45 Minneapolis, MN C
46 Tulsa, OK C
47 Bakersfield, CA C
48 Jacksonville, FL C
49 Portland, OR C
50 Oklahoma City, OK C
51 Miami, FL C-
52 Riverside, CA C-
53 Atlanta, GA C-
54 Dallas, TX C-
55 Baton Rouge, LA C-
56 Washington, DC C-
57 Little Rock, AR C-
58 Manchester, NH C-
59 Louisville, KY C-
60 Albuquerque, NM C-
61 Kansas City, MO C-
62 Richmond, VA C-
63 Winston-Salem, NC C-
64 Lubbock, TX C-
65 Seattle, WA D+
66 Portland, ME D+
67 Columbus, OH D+
68 Sacramento, CA D+
69 Memphis, TN D
70 Tucson, AZ D
71 Pittsburgh, PA D
72 Sioux Falls, SD D
73 Indianapolis, IN D
74 Lincoln, NE D
75 El Paso, TX D
76 Corpus Christi, TX D
77 Buffalo, NY D
78 St. Petersburg, FL D
79 Fresno, CA D
80 Fargo, ND D-
81 Billings, MT D-
82 Jackson, MS D-
83 Bridgeport, CT D-
84 St. Louis, MO D-
85 Newark, NJ D
86 Columbia, SC D-
87 Cleveland, OH D-
88 Providence, RI D-
89 Philadelphia, PA D-
90 Charleston, WV F
91 Laredo, TX F
92 Norfolk, VA F
93 Milwaukee, WI F
94 Cheyenne, WY F
95 Stockton, CA F
96 Cincinnati, OH F
97 Baltimore, MD F
98 Detroit, MI F
99 Fort Wayne, IN F
100 Toledo, OH F

Agree? Disagree? Prefer a Kindle? Let us know in the comments.

[via boston.com]

Adam Rosen

Adam Rosen is an Apple certified IT consultant specializing in Macintosh systems new and old. He lives in Boston with two cats and too many possessions. In addition to membership in the Cult of Mac, Adam has written for Low End Mac and is curator of the Vintage Mac Museum. He also enjoys a good libation.