Houston’s innovation ecosystem has been booming with news, and it’s likely some might have fallen through the cracks.
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Houston named a best city for STEM
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For the fifth year, personal finance website, SmartAsset, analyzed data for the 35 cities in the county with the largest STEM workforces. The study looked at the racial diversity index as well as the gender diversity index. The data for both metrics comes from the Census Bureau’s 2019 1-year American Community Survey.
Houston ranked No. 7 on the list, and according to the report, the total number of STEM workers in Houston, Texas exceeds 79,500. Around 70 percent…
