The Manhattan Project town of Los Alamos now has America's highest share of doctorate holders. Nearly 1 in 5 adults has a PhD and almost 70% hold a bachelor's degree

Los Alamos has the highest share of doctorate holders in the United States, with nearly 1 in 5 adults holding a PhD.

Almost 70% of adults aged 25 and older in Los Alamos have at least a bachelor's degree, nearly double the national average.

The town was established in 1943 as the secret headquarters of the Manhattan Project, which developed the world's first nuclear weapons.

Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer selected the remote New Mexico mesa for its isolation, enabling highly classified research.