Two Interesting Charts

A report from the Bay Area Council, a business group, show educational attainment by metro area. LA has not been a particularly prosperous area, even before the Great Recession.  The Bay Area and the San Diego area in California have done better.  They are notably characterized by higher educational attainments of their populations.  As the chart below indicates, the higher educational attainment correlates with per-capita income and output.

The report is at:
http://www.bayareaeconomy.org/media/files/pdf/BAEconAssessmentAdvance.pdf