Information About the Char-Lanta MegaRegion
Richard Florida, author of Rise of the Creative Class, identifies Char-Lanta as the 3rd largest mega-region in the United States, the 8th largest in the World!
Char-Lanta
begins in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, and runs through Charlotte,
NC to Atlanta, Georgia. It includes Greenville, South Carolina.
Stats:
- Population: Called home by 22 million people
- Economy: $730 billion per year
- Leading sectors: Biotech, telecom, finance
- Creative-class jobs: Computer systems designer, systems analyst, scientist, bioprocessing technician
Major Cities
- Atlanta: Regional headquarters center and talent magnet.
- Charlotte: Regional finance center.
- Raleigh-Durham NC Research Triangle: Regional technology center.
Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, and Charlotte have the highest concentration of residents aged 25 and 34 in the United States.
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel
Hill ranks No. 1 in the country for having the largest percentage of
young people with a bachelor’s degree or higher education (45 percent).
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