Industrial R&D performance by State, 1999–2003
Ranked by Percent Change over Five-year Period

Source: Survey of Industrial Research and Development: 2003, National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf06305/

Note: All R&D is in millions of dollars.

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State		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		Change in Dollar Amount 1999-03	% Change 1999-03
		$ Total	Rank	$ Total	Rank	$ Total	Rank	$ Total	Rank	$ Total	Rank
16	Alabama	823	33	821	32	905	31	846	32	999	30	176	21.39
50	Alaska	82	48	48	50	68	50	51	50	36	51	-46	-56.10
14	Arizona	2,109	20	2,182	20	2,707	19	3,201	17	2,605	21	496	23.52
40	Arkansas	326	41	400	38	254	41	225	43	270	42	-56	-17.18
15	California	38,169	1	45,455	1	44,628	1	42,177	1	47,142	1	8,973	23.51
25	Colorado	3,266	15	3,143	15	3,082	17	2,823	19	3,544	17	278	8.51
8	Connecticut	4,145	11	4,132	12	4,686	11	6,077	11	5,834	11	1,689	40.75
31	Delaware	1,295	28	1,468	25	1,232	27	1,219	26	1,298	27	3	0.23
39	District of Columbia	268	42	196	45	242	43	194	45	235	43	-33	-12.31
36	Florida	3,482	14	3,773	14	3,755	14	3,707	14	3,181	18	-301	-8.64
24	Georgia	1,904	22	2,159	21	1,912	22	2,107	22	2,108	22	204	10.71
5	Hawaii	68	49	93	46	93	47	103	47	133	47	65	95.59
47	Idaho	1,239	29	1,363	26	884	32	992	31	745	34	-494	-39.87
29	Illinois	8,102	7	8,393	8	8,232	9	7,616	8	8,319	8	217	2.68
12	Indiana	2,863	16	2,888	16	3,583	16	3,572	16	3,658	16	795	27.77
21	Iowa	730	35	762	33	817	33	753	33	833	33	103	14.11
20	Kansas	1,448	24	1,327	27	1,299	26	1,427	24	1,675	24	227	15.68
42	Kentucky	777	34	762	34	636	34	656	34	601	35	-176	-22.65
48	Louisiana	516	37	364	40	316	38	248	42	295	41	-221	-42.83
33	Maine	208	45	255	43	249	42	250	41	200	46	-8	-3.85
4	Maryland	2,020	21	2,213	19	3,682	15	3,800	13	3,998	15	1,978	97.92
22	Massachusetts	9,781	5	10,857	4	11,756	3	10,609	5	11,094	4	1,313	13.42
38	Michigan	16,877	2	17,489	2	14,283	2	13,565	2	15,241	2	-1,636	-9.69
9	Minnesota	3,695	13	3,971	13	4,355	13	4,460	12	5,003	12	1,308	35.40
1	Mississippi	224	43	242	44	219	45	224	44	1,021	29	797	355.80
27	Missouri	1,664	23	1,978	22	1,792	23	1,592	23	1,742	23	78	4.69
43	Montana	92	47	78	49	70	49	66	48	65	49	-27	-29.35
6	Nebraska	217	44	335	41	306	39	342	36	363	38	146	67.28
41	Nevada	490	38	433	37	290	40	339	37	383	37	-107	-21.84
19	New Hampshire	1,157	30	722	35	1,339	25	1,153	27	1,349	26	192	16.59
23	New Jersey	10,145	4	10,580	5	10,164	5	11,566	3	11,401	3	1,256	12.38
51	New Mexico	1,352	26	1,203	28	231	44	331	38	349	40	-1,003	-74.19
44	New York	12,260	3	11,622	3	10,884	4	9,234	6	8,556	7	-3,704	-30.21
18	North Carolina	3,754	12	4,535	11	4,437	12	3,704	15	4,424	13	670	17.85
2	North Dakota	95	46	83	48	347	36	154	46	216	45	121	127.37
34	Ohio	6,531	10	6,245	10	6,694	10	6,230	10	6,260	10	-271	-4.15
30	Oklahoma	562	36	463	36	543	35	412	35	577	36	15	2.67
3	Oregon	1,408	25	1,533	24	2,677	20	2,320	21	2,973	19	1,565	111.15
35	Pennsylvania	7,474	8	8,473	7	8,967	7	7,064	9	7,091	9	-383	-5.12
37	Rhode Island	1,317	27	1,167	29	1,134	29	1,121	28	1,203	28	-114	-8.66
26	South Carolina	922	32	1,059	31	921	30	1,054	30	976	32	54	5.86
10	South Dakota	57	51	89	47	87	48	53	49	75	48	18	31.58
45	Tennessee	2,205	18	1,644	23	1,503	24	1,289	25	1,507	25	-698	-31.66
13	Texas	8,661	6	10,048	6	9,839	6	10,744	4	11,057	5	2,396	27.66
32	Utah	1,028	31	1,063	30	1,173	28	1,116	29	996	31	-32	-3.11
28	Vermont	346	40	389	39	339	37	286	39	360	39	14	4.05
7	Virginia	2,662	17	2,683	17	2,957	18	2,920	18	4,152	14	1,490	55.97
11	Washington	7,093	9	8,235	9	8,933	8	8,579	7	9,222	6	2,129	30.02
46	West Virginia	351	39	329	42	211	46	264	40	219	44	-132	-37.61
17	Wisconsin	2,194	19	2,415	18	2,469	21	2,649	20	2,623	20	429	19.55
49	Wyoming	65	50	37	51	28	51	21	51	37	50	-28	-43.08
	U.S. Total	184,129		201,962		202,017		193,868		204,004		19,875	10.79

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