(in millions of dollars)

	Metro Area	1994	1995	1996	1997
1	Atlanta	256.2	427	455.4	447.1
2	San Diego	361.9	393.8	415.5	424.9
3	Seattle, Tacoma, Bremerton	354.2	390	407	410
4	Minneapolis, St. Paul	317.9	336.5	341.2	363.1
5	Pittsburgh	309.1	313.6	327.2	338.9
6	Denver, Boulder, Greeley	255.1	255.3	279.9	298.1
7	St. Louis	213.2	231.8	243.7	297.3
8	Cleveland, Akron	160.6	167.2	169.8	202.1
9	Miami Ft. Lauderdale	136.2	146.4	148.2	153.2
10	Cincinnati, Hamilton	94.6	92.3	90.5	142.9
11	Portland, Salem	71.3	83	90.2	107.9
12	Tampa, St. Petersburg	86.2	92.8	94.2	99.6
13	Phoenix, Mesa	62.6	77	84.7	80.7
14	Milwaukee, Racine	74.1	69.4	73	77.5
15	Kansas City	12.1	12.7	13.5	12.3

Source: National Science Foundation