San Francisco and Palo Alto may be major tech hubs, but they're not the only places big-name tech companies call home.
Facebook, IBM, and 5 other big-name tech companies based in small-town America
You might think that all major tech companies are based in San Francisco, but these Fortune 500 tech companies are based in less populous areas.
Some tech companies, in fact, are located a bit off the beaten path in areas with relatively small populations.
Business Insider recently scoured the Fortune 500 list to find such companies.
To compile our list, we skipped right over any tech companies headquartered in the biggest US cities. From there, we ordered each company's location based on population size, using information from City Data.
As it turns out, there are a solid number of tech companies that aren't based in the biggest US cities. The companies on this list are all based in locations with populations under 50,000, as of 2014.
Here are seven tech companies that are based in small-town America:
Amphenol
Amphenol is a electronic and fiber optic company that was founded in 1932. It has 62,000 workers and ranks 424 on the Fortune 500 list.
Location: Wallingford, Connecticut
Population of Wallingford, Connecticut: 45,135
Computer Sciences Corporation
Formed in 1959, Computer Sciences Corporation is an IT company. With 59,000 total employees, the company comes in at 379 in the Fortune 500 rankings.
Location: Tysons Corner, Virginia
Population of Tysons Corner, Virginia: 19,627
Netflix
Netflix is an entertainment company that was founded in 1997. Netflix ranks 314 on the Fortune 500 list and employs 3,850 workers.
Location: Los Gatos, California
Population of Los Gatos, California: 30,735
Cognizant
Founded in 1994, Cognizant is a digital services corporation. Cognizant employs 260,200 workers and ranks 205 on the Fortune 500 list.
Location: Teaneck, New Jersey
Population of Teaneck, New Jersey: 39,274
CDW
An information technology services company, CDW was founded in 1984. The company has 8,516 workers and comes in at number 199 on the Fortune 500 list.
Location: Lincolnshire, Illinois
Population of Lincolnshire, Illinois: 7,292
Founded in 2004, Facebook is a social media company. Facebook has 17,048 workers and comes in at number 98 on the Fortune 500 list.
Location: Menlo Park, California
Population of Menlo Park, California: 33,309
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation, known as IBM, is a tech company that was founded in 1911. IBM ranks 31 on the Fortune 500 list and employs 411,798 workers.
Location: Armonk, New York
Population of Armonk, New York: 4,330