The Impact of Interstate Migration on Human Capital Development in Washington.

Washington State is a leader in the innovation economy largely due to the combination of aerospace, software, and biomedical industries centered in the greater Seattle area; and, the state’s high level of international trade. Washington ranks second in the 2008 State New Economy Index 2 – an analysis of 29 indicators that measures the degree to which state economies are knowledge-based, globalized, entrepreneurial, IT-driven, and innovation-based.