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Hey, a new definition of a "10x programmer”.

More are urban than non-urban, so the national average isn't a particularly useful number either.

Here's a relevant page by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. If you scroll down a bit past the state-level charts, they start showing metropolitan areas. "San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara" has a fairly good compromise between volume and density, but it's not at the top of either chart.

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151131.htm#st

Hehe, silicon valley people usually forget about the east/north bay and pretty much anything north of the bay bridge or hayward bridge.

I live in San Francisco and trust me, the feeling is mutual.

But then you're overestimating, as many many programmers of Silicone Valley don't live in the valley itself.