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Amazon's HQ2 Contenders: By the Numbers

Here's a quick look at housing and other economic data for the 20 metros Amazon is considering for its second headquarters -- and up to 50,000 employees.

Amazon headquarters South Lake Union Seattle

Written by on January 18, 2018

Amazon plans to employ up to 50,000 people in a second headquarters location, which it said will be located in one of the following metro areas or Toronto. Because they share metro areas, we combined Amazon contenders New York City and Newark, as well as Washington, D.C., northern Virginia and Montgomery County, Md.

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