State Rankings for 2000 Patent Activity
 Source: Science & Engineering State Profiles: 1999-2000
National Science Foundation

State 2000 Patents Issued to State Residents Patents Rank 2000 Civilian Workforce (000s) Workforce Rank 2000 Patents/ Civilian Worker Patents/Worker Rank 1999 Doctoral Scientists & Engineers Doctoral S&E Rank 2000 Patents/ 1999 Doctoral S&E Patents/S&E Rank 1999 Total R&D Performance ($ millions) R&D Perf. Rank 1999 R&D $/ 2000 Patents (000s) R&D $/ Patent Rank
AK 44 51 322 50 0.000137 49 1,330 49 0.0331 49 152 49 3,454.55 12
AL 337 36 2,154 23 0.000156 48 6,850 27 0.0492 47 1,761 27 5,225.52 4
AR 215 41 1,238 34 0.000174 47 3,120 37 0.0689 38 378 44 1,758.14 38
AZ 1,595 17 2,347 21 0.000680 12 8,150 26 0.1957 6 5,091 14 3,191.85 14
CA 17,492 1 17,091 1 0.001023 5 86,780 1 0.2016 5 47,965 1 2,742.11 19
CO 1,850 12 2,276 22 0.000813 10 13,540 16 0.1366 18 4,209 17 2,275.14 27
CT 1,826 14 1,746 28 0.001046 4 10,790 19 0.1692 10 4,436 15 2,429.35 25
DC 62 49 279 51 0.000222 42 14,220 15 0.0044 52 2,510 23 40,483.87 1
DE 395 33 409 46 0.000966 7 4,390 34 0.0900 32 1,343 31 3,400.00 13
FL 2,603 11 7,490 4 0.000348 28 17,540 13 0.1484 13 4,265 16 1,638.49 41
GA 1,314 21 4,173 10 0.000315 32 12,280 18 0.1070 27 2,960 20 2,252.66 28
HI 77 48 595 43 0.000129 51 2,660 40 0.0289 50 270 45 3,506.49 11
IA 589 28 1,563 30 0.000377 27 5,040 31 0.1169 22 1,003 34 1,702.89 39
ID 1,570 18 658 42 0.002386 1 2,350 44 0.6681 1 1,309 32 833.76 50
IL 3,833 5 6,419 5 0.000597 20 24,560 7 0.1561 12 9,719 8 2,535.61 22
IN 1,428 19 3,084 14 0.000463 25 10,040 21 0.1422 16 2,763 21 1,934.87 34
KS 391 34 1,411 31 0.000277 35 4,220 35 0.0927 31 1,556 29 3,979.54 9
KY 458 32 1,982 26 0.000231 41 4,920 33 0.0931 30 968 36 2,113.54 29
LA 518 31 2,030 24 0.000255 37 6,200 28 0.0835 34 626 38 1,208.49 47
MA 3,463 8 3,237 13 0.001070 3 29,730 4 0.1165 24 12,190 5 3,520.07 10
MD 1,355 20 2,805 18 0.000483 23 24,950 6 0.0543 44 8,087 10 5,968.27 3
ME 127 44 689 40 0.000184 45 2,570 42 0.0494 46 225 46 1,771.65 37
MI 3,724 6 5,201 8 0.000716 11 18,300 11 0.2035 4 18,799 2 5,048.07 6
MN 2,716 10 2,739 20 0.000992 6 12,480 17 0.2176 3 3,905 18 1,437.78 45
MO 822 24 2,930 17 0.000281 33 10,430 20 0.0788 35 2,009 25 2,444.04 24
MS 182 42 1,326 32 0.000137 49 3,500 36 0.0520 45 476 39 2,615.38 21
MT 114 45 479 45 0.000238 40 1,940 47 0.0588 42 169 47 1,482.46 43
NC 1,846 13 3,958 11 0.000466 24 17,700 12 0.1043 28 5,268 12 2,853.74 18
ND 85 47 339 48 0.000251 38 1,430 48 0.0594 40 168 48 1,976.47 32
NE 230 40 924 37 0.000249 39 2,980 38 0.0772 36 417 42 1,813.04 36
NH 626 27 686 41 0.000913 9 2,610 41 0.2398 2 1,256 33 2,006.39 31
NJ 3,889 4 4,188 9 0.000929 8 24,490 8 0.1588 11 10,536 7 2,709.18 20
NM 323 37 833 38 0.000388 26 8,860 24 0.0365 48 3,279 19 10,151.70 2
NV 318 39 986 36 0.000323 30 2,180 45 0.1459 14 458 40 1,440.25 44
NY 6,083 3 8,941 3 0.000680 12 47,460 2 0.1282 21 14,110 3 2,319.58 26
OH 3,197 7 5,783 7 0.000553 22 22,980 9 0.1391 17 8,082 11 2,527.99 23
OK 542 29 1,648 29 0.000329 29 5,030 32 0.1078 25 664 37 1,225.09 46
OR 1,193 22 1,803 27 0.000662 14 8,240 25 0.1448 15 1,974 26 1,654.65 40
PA 3,636 7 5,972 6 0.000609 18 28,110 5 0.1293 19 10,695 6 2,941.42 16
PR 26 52 1,306 33 0.000020 52 1,320 50 0.0197 51 NA NA NA NA
RI 320 38 505 44 0.000634 16 2,980 38 0.1074 26 1,651 28 5,159.38 5
SC 531 30 1,985 25 0.000268 36 5,360 30 0.0991 29 979 35 1,843.69 35
SD 86 46 401 47 0.000214 43 1,150 51 0.0748 37 60 51 697.67 51
TN 781 25 2,798 19 0.000279 34 9,220 23 0.0847 33 2,290 24 2,932.14 17
TX 6,323 2 10,325 2 0.000612 17 35,510 3 0.1781 8 12,429 4 1,965.68 33
UT 707 26 1,104 35 0.000640 15 5,500 29 0.1285 20 1,474 30 2,084.87 30
VA 1,143 23 3,610 12 0.000317 31 18,960 10 0.0603 39 5,100 13 4,461.94 8
VT 378 35 332 49 0.001139 2 2,020 46 0.1871 7 389 43 1,029.10 49
WA 1,821 15 3,045 15 0.000598 19 15,620 14 0.1166 23 8,336 9 4,577.70 7
WI 1,685 16 2,935 16 0.000574 21 9,740 22 0.1730 9 2,566 22 1,522.85 42
WV 144 43 825 39 0.000175 46 2,440 43 0.0590 41 439 41 3,048.61 15
WY 55 50 267 52 0.000206 44 960 52 0.0573 43 66 50 1,200.00 48
USA 85,068 142,172 0.000598 625,770 0.1359 231,832 2,725.26

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