Source: Census Bureau, special tabulations (2011) of 1989–2008 Business Information Tracking Series via NSF Science and Engineering Indicators 2012.
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Employment in high-technology establishments as percentage of total employment, by state: 2003, 2004, 2006–2008
Total Employment | Employment in high-technology establishments | High-technology/Total employment (%) | |||||||||||||||
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2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||
United States | 113,373,663 | 115,049,548 | 119,892,505 | 120,579,971 | 120,933,454 | 13,563,122 | 13,356,596 | 13,733,632 | 14,152,153 | 13,870,679 | 11.96 | 11.61 | 11.45 | 11.74 | 11.47 | ||
Alabama | 1,597,265 | 1,628,733 | 1,713,185 | 1,722,354 | 1,714,898 | 152,879 | 158,927 | 162,197 | 160,545 | 162,713 | 9.57 | 9.76 | 9.47 | 9.32 | 9.49 | ||
Alaska | 216,707 | 223,099 | 241,568 | 244,560 | 248,274 | 21,851 | 22,107 | 27,306 | 30,766 | 30,794 | 10.08 | 9.91 | 11.30 | 12.58 | 12.40 | ||
Arizona | 1,997,990 | 2,043,729 | 2,334,665 | 2,403,472 | 2,334,785 | 234,603 | 238,462 | 246,648 | 263,246 | 243,159 | 11.74 | 11.67 | 10.56 | 10.95 | 10.41 | ||
Arkansas | 988,822 | 1,007,283 | 1,041,868 | 1,031,129 | 1,025,872 | 95,180 | 101,124 | 93,648 | 89,819 | 93,991 | 9.63 | 10.04 | 8.99 | 8.71 | 9.16 | ||
California | 12,986,496 | 13,260,306 | 13,830,274 | 13,767,970 | 13,746,493 | 1,781,830 | 1,767,202 | 1,826,638 | 1,838,795 | 1,785,871 | 13.72 | 13.33 | 13.21 | 13.36 | 12.99 | ||
Colorado | 1,883,883 | 1,908,126 | 2,018,905 | 2,075,404 | 2,121,945 | 274,979 | 265,613 | 272,952 | 302,681 | 291,442 | 14.60 | 13.92 | 13.52 | 14.58 | 13.73 | ||
Connecticut | 1,550,615 | 1,537,160 | 1,585,660 | 1,538,977 | 1,551,373 | 210,114 | 204,107 | 198,450 | 208,417 | 200,106 | 13.55 | 13.28 | 12.52 | 13.54 | 12.90 | ||
Delaware | 385,098 | 391,647 | 388,178 | 396,251 | 389,927 | 52,349 | 54,164 | 47,749 | 47,144 | 42,178 | 13.59 | 13.83 | 12.30 | 11.90 | 10.82 | ||
District of Columbia | 422,912 | 436,791 | 446,502 | 454,512 | 466,152 | 54,314 | 57,250 | 57,297 | 59,284 | 61,916 | 12.84 | 13.11 | 12.83 | 13.04 | 13.28 | ||
Florida | 6,548,276 | 6,863,196 | 7,534,165 | 7,423,816 | 7,367,042 | 576,274 | 587,452 | 618,540 | 632,765 | 614,504 | 8.80 | 8.56 | 8.21 | 8.52 | 8.34 | ||
Georgia | 3,386,590 | 3,451,802 | 3,622,522 | 3,647,746 | 3,633,902 | 413,384 | 411,977 | 428,272 | 435,409 | 448,230 | 12.21 | 11.94 | 11.82 | 11.94 | 12.33 | ||
Hawaii | 458,952 | 473,181 | 512,488 | 518,928 | 518,052 | 25,777 | 26,203 | 28,848 | 28,932 | 28,500 | 5.62 | 5.54 | 5.63 | 5.58 | 5.50 | ||
Idaho | 466,379 | 488,557 | 546,108 | 544,337 | 537,706 | 55,706 | 53,738 | 59,082 | 60,056 | 56,624 | 11.94 | 11.00 | 10.82 | 11.03 | 10.53 | ||
Illinois | 5,204,887 | 5,216,180 | 5,356,504 | 5,397,867 | 5,463,437 | 646,285 | 617,306 | 619,777 | 644,910 | 662,391 | 12.42 | 11.83 | 11.57 | 11.95 | 12.12 | ||
Indiana | 2,540,554 | 2,586,282 | 2,672,558 | 2,647,861 | 2,619,567 | 219,598 | 219,694 | 224,644 | 240,529 | 227,568 | 8.64 | 8.49 | 8.41 | 9.08 | 8.69 | ||
Iowa | 1,232,709 | 1,241,688 | 1,295,143 | 1,303,265 | 1,317,765 | 102,387 | 96,100 | 96,190 | 98,655 | 105,099 | 8.31 | 7.74 | 7.43 | 7.57 | 7.98 | ||
Kansas | 1,109,699 | 1,115,930 | 1,142,487 | 1,168,907 | 1,185,876 | 155,023 | 153,046 | 146,849 | 160,739 | 169,118 | 13.97 | 13.71 | 12.85 | 13.75 | 14.26 | ||
Kentucky | 1,471,622 | 1,489,285 | 1,551,791 | 1,550,035 | 1,570,686 | 121,838 | 119,167 | 125,204 | 132,400 | 129,162 | 8.28 | 8.00 | 8.07 | 8.54 | 8.22 | ||
Louisiana | 1,603,492 | 1,623,431 | 1,592,682 | 1,645,547 | 1,654,417 | 137,029 | 129,722 | 143,846 | 145,219 | 145,702 | 8.55 | 7.99 | 9.03 | 8.82 | 8.81 | ||
Maine | 488,788 | 494,165 | 508,061 | 503,725 | 508,905 | 35,184 | 36,221 | 37,934 | 39,004 | 40,028 | 7.20 | 7.33 | 7.47 | 7.74 | 7.87 | ||
Maryland | 2,088,552 | 2,151,093 | 2,231,888 | 2,238,894 | 2,235,033 | 315,887 | 323,966 | 326,546 | 353,025 | 333,584 | 15.12 | 15.06 | 14.63 | 15.77 | 14.93 | ||
Massachusetts | 2,974,164 | 2,979,251 | 3,043,643 | 3,073,572 | 3,076,457 | 460,984 | 455,749 | 496,630 | 495,550 | 464,759 | 15.50 | 15.30 | 16.32 | 16.12 | 15.11 | ||
Michigan | 3,884,881 | 3,895,217 | 3,817,762 | 3,686,604 | 3,637,690 | 499,133 | 486,706 | 475,350 | 449,369 | 424,066 | 12.85 | 12.49 | 12.45 | 12.19 | 11.66 | ||
Minnesota | 2,381,860 | 2,392,481 | 2,475,859 | 2,525,488 | 2,517,847 | 315,994 | 309,303 | 329,927 | 351,940 | 318,203 | 13.27 | 12.93 | 13.33 | 13.94 | 12.64 | ||
Mississippi | 912,004 | 928,181 | 940,329 | 941,215 | 944,776 | 66,566 | 61,858 | 64,558 | 64,539 | 64,420 | 7.30 | 6.66 | 6.87 | 6.86 | 6.82 | ||
Missouri | 2,387,245 | 2,420,994 | 2,467,626 | 2,457,551 | 2,472,861 | 254,299 | 257,290 | 263,494 | 265,680 | 272,023 | 10.65 | 10.63 | 10.68 | 10.81 | 11.00 | ||
Montana | 302,932 | 314,806 | 342,461 | 353,717 | 359,721 | 20,296 | 20,452 | 26,958 | 23,340 | 23,651 | 6.70 | 6.50 | 7.87 | 6.60 | 6.57 | ||
Nebraska | 774,858 | 774,187 | 789,117 | 795,489 | 805,633 | 68,975 | 69,724 | 64,779 | 65,653 | 66,152 | 8.90 | 9.01 | 8.21 | 8.25 | 8.21 | ||
Nevada | 970,678 | 1,021,842 | 1,165,243 | 1,195,473 | 1,156,305 | 61,847 | 64,648 | 66,875 | 74,288 | 72,942 | 6.37 | 6.33 | 5.74 | 6.21 | 6.31 | ||
New Hampshire | 540,132 | 550,869 | 577,322 | 573,026 | 595,473 | 63,264 | 63,907 | 64,914 | 66,235 | 79,105 | 11.71 | 11.60 | 11.24 | 11.56 | 13.28 | ||
New Jersey | 3,578,674 | 3,609,297 | 3,644,967 | 3,661,138 | 3,646,897 | 550,224 | 558,921 | 550,515 | 563,587 | 556,378 | 15.38 | 15.49 | 15.10 | 15.39 | 15.26 | ||
New Mexico | 571,057 | 580,443 | 628,472 | 642,068 | 641,010 | 60,399 | 61,149 | 68,627 | 71,616 | 72,838 | 10.58 | 10.53 | 10.92 | 11.15 | 11.36 | ||
New York | 7,415,430 | 7,431,893 | 7,531,772 | 7,528,488 | 7,622,956 | 823,992 | 798,462 | 790,696 | 796,369 | 758,087 | 11.11 | 10.74 | 10.50 | 10.58 | 9.94 | ||
North Carolina | 3,337,552 | 3,365,050 | 3,523,954 | 3,585,951 | 3,585,005 | 349,424 | 345,316 | 358,501 | 379,831 | 370,028 | 10.47 | 10.26 | 10.17 | 10.59 | 10.32 | ||
North Dakota | 258,878 | 265,632 | 278,395 | 292,851 | 304,892 | 20,584 | 20,176 | 22,450 | 29,850 | 33,096 | 7.95 | 7.60 | 8.06 | 10.19 | 10.85 | ||
Ohio | 4,769,406 | 4,761,492 | 4,824,859 | 4,781,448 | 4,728,989 | 531,491 | 512,352 | 518,835 | 520,079 | 514,408 | 11.14 | 10.76 | 10.75 | 10.88 | 10.88 | ||
Oklahoma | 1,184,312 | 1,194,830 | 1,276,743 | 1,307,578 | 1,335,467 | 132,887 | 133,871 | 141,575 | 142,168 | 137,334 | 11.22 | 11.20 | 11.09 | 10.87 | 10.28 | ||
Oregon | 1,338,380 | 1,355,101 | 1,461,339 | 1,476,970 | 1,482,627 | 152,140 | 147,549 | 161,641 | 162,690 | 166,086 | 11.37 | 10.89 | 11.06 | 11.02 | 11.20 | ||
Pennsylvania | 5,028,650 | 5,106,171 | 5,189,349 | 5,194,723 | 5,233,871 | 566,406 | 551,971 | 549,180 | 558,193 | 564,569 | 11.26 | 10.81 | 10.58 | 10.75 | 10.79 | ||
Rhode Island | 427,369 | 434,600 | 440,715 | 441,293 | 433,626 | 35,806 | 36,577 | 41,020 | 40,738 | 42,046 | 8.38 | 8.42 | 9.31 | 9.23 | 9.70 | ||
South Carolina | 1,550,227 | 1,560,401 | 1,631,690 | 1,647,759 | 1,654,494 | 163,373 | 164,035 | 170,200 | 166,710 | 167,198 | 10.54 | 10.51 | 10.43 | 10.12 | 10.11 | ||
South Dakota | 299,723 | 307,944 | 325,045 | 330,071 | 337,830 | 18,890 | 19,897 | 20,202 | 21,680 | 22,551 | 6.30 | 6.46 | 6.22 | 6.57 | 6.68 | ||
Tennessee | 2,298,836 | 2,346,903 | 2,472,939 | 2,475,155 | 2,493,070 | 219,898 | 217,191 | 245,517 | 244,256 | 225,724 | 9.57 | 9.25 | 9.93 | 9.87 | 9.05 | ||
Texas | 8,049,300 | 8,116,465 | 8,709,575 | 9,038,702 | 9,232,889 | 1,158,481 | 1,101,175 | 1,144,997 | 1,222,727 | 1,210,285 | 14.39 | 13.57 | 13.15 | 13.53 | 13.11 | ||
Utah | 900,331 | 934,939 | 1,038,879 | 1,102,528 | 1,114,776 | 99,856 | 101,547 | 114,815 | 123,602 | 124,399 | 11.09 | 10.86 | 11.05 | 11.21 | 11.16 | ||
Vermont | 256,401 | 256,040 | 263,759 | 268,023 | 272,847 | 29,402 | 27,572 | 27,001 | 26,216 | 29,372 | 11.47 | 10.77 | 10.24 | 9.78 | 10.77 | ||
Virginia | 2,932,471 | 3,054,221 | 3,173,767 | 3,196,510 | 3,186,112 | 459,017 | 489,703 | 502,890 | 545,693 | 508,097 | 15.65 | 16.03 | 15.85 | 17.07 | 15.95 | ||
Washington | 2,292,462 | 2,268,155 | 2,420,633 | 2,500,835 | 2,536,196 | 401,413 | 329,698 | 347,710 | 380,962 | 387,407 | 17.51 | 14.54 | 14.36 | 15.23 | 15.28 | ||
West Virginia | 561,317 | 568,581 | 583,033 | 580,953 | 592,356 | 46,635 | 46,172 | 45,284 | 46,395 | 45,280 | 8.31 | 8.12 | 7.77 | 7.99 | 7.64 | ||
Wisconsin | 2,382,979 | 2,434,580 | 2,481,998 | 2,483,664 | 2,496,839 | 233,967 | 245,257 | 253,499 | 260,033 | 259,072 | 9.82 | 10.07 | 10.21 | 10.47 | 10.38 | ||
Wyoming | 180,866 | 187,318 | 204,058 | 215,571 | 221,835 | 15,008 | 14,820 | 16,375 | 19,824 | 18,423 | 8.30 | 7.91 | 8.02 | 9.20 | 8.30 |