Durham slipped in the new Milken index but ranked fourth in the one-year measure for what the Institute calls its high-tech “location quotient.”

The breakdown by category:

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  • 5-year job growth: 16
    • 1-year job growth: 23
      • 5-year wages: 34
        • 1-year wages: 105
          • Job growth April 2009 to April 2010: 29
            • 5-year high-tech GDP: 24
              • 1-year high-tech GDP: 151
                • Combined metropolitan area high-tech location quotient during 2009: 4
                  • Number of high-technology industries with a location quotient (LQ) about the U.S. average of 1.0 during 2009: 28