The 2007 Regional Report is online, and it’s already making news. An Associated Press story circulating today focuses on how the region has the nation’s highest concentration of female top executives. The total number, as the AP reports, is more than 14,000. But here’s a look at how other metro areas stack up.

Top Female Executives Per 100K Residents

1. Greater Washington - 274
2. San Francisco-San Jose - 246
3. Atlanta - 239
4. Boston - 232
5. New York - 189
6. Dallas - 184
7. Chicago - 174
8. Miami - 173
9. Los Angeles- 162
10. Philadelphia - 147

• Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005. GWI Analysis.

Why the high concentration in Greater Washington? Here’s what the AP reported:

A spokesman for the board, said the prevalence of high-powered women fits in with the area’s concentration of “knowledge workers.” A study released in March by the Greater Washington Initiative found that Washington had the highest concentration of such workers.

Diane J. Hoskins, an executive director at the international architecture firm Gensler, agreed.

“Generally, in knowledge economies, you find it’s very gender-blind,” said Hoskins, who works out of the company’s Washington office. “So it doesn’t surprise me that there’s a very strong showing of women in the work force as leaders.”

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