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The Los Angeles--Long Beach area ranks second in a listing of the top personal computer markets in the U.S. Two other California cities make the list.

(in millions)

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Rank Metropolitan Installed % of U.S. Statistical personal units Area computers, 1 New York 3.14 4.3 2 Los Angeles--Long Beach 2.95 4.0 3 Chicago 2.64 3.6 4 Washington DC 2.58 3.5 5 Boston 2.14 2.9 6 Philadelphia 1.52 2.1 7 San Francisco 1.25 1.7 8 San Jose 1.18 1.6 9 Seattle, Bellevue, Everett 1.15 1.6 10 Atlanta 1.12 1.5

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Note: Data is as of Jan. 1, 1996

Source: International Data Corp.

Researched by JENNIFER OLDHAM / Los Angeles Times