State Technology and Science Index

Research and Development Inputs Composite Index*

This measures the ability to attract various types of federal, industry, and academic funding. Eighteen indicators are included in this Composite Index; they are listed at the bottom of this page. Click on an indicator to see further data comparisons at the individual indicator level.

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2008 State Rank Average Score Massachusetts 1 93.07 Maryland 2 87.08 California 3 80.12 Colorado 4 78.41 New Hampshire 5 76.98 Rhode Island 6 72.44 Connecticut 7 72.39 Washington 8 70.88 Virginia 9 70.17 New Mexico 10 67.24 Pennsylvania 11 67.08 Delaware 12 63.85 Oregon 13 61.13 Michigan 14 60.70 Vermont 15 59.73 Arizona 16 59.10 Utah 17 58.80 North Carolina 18 58.55 North Dakota 19 57.32 New Jersey 20 56.66 New York 21 56.62 Wisconsin 22 54.95 Hawaii 23 54.13 Minnesota 24 53.93 Montana 25 53.65 Illinois 26 52.72 Alabama 27 52.00 Ohio 28 50.71 Texas 29 50.38 Indiana 30 44.78 Missouri 31 44.55 Iowa 32 44.21 Alaska 33 41.39 Georgia 34 40.58 Kansas 35 40.44 Wyoming 36 39.69 Nebraska 37 39.22 Idaho 38 38.61 Tennessee 39 37.20 Mississippi 40 34.32 Maine 41 32.86 Nevada 42 30.82 South Carolina 43 29.61 Florida 44 27.75 West Virginia 45 27.23 Oklahoma 46 26.12 Louisiana 47 25.61 South Dakota 48 22.54 Kentucky 49 20.12 Arkansas 50 18.45

2004 State Rank Average Score Massachusetts 1 92.18 California 2 80.32 Colorado 3 78.94 Maryland 4 78.07 New Mexico 5 76.71 Rhode Island 6 74.55 Washington 7 73.06 New Hampshire 8 67.88 Pennsylvania 9 67.36 Virginia 10 66.08 Utah 11 65.37 Arizona 12 65.13 Connecticut 13 65.01 Delaware 14 63.21 Michigan 15 60.35 Oregon 16 60.11 New York 17 59.96 New Jersey 18 59.43 Minnesota 19 58.99 Vermont 20 57.83 Illinois 21 57.20 North Carolina 22 54.96 Nebraska 23 54.07 Wisconsin 24 53.76 Ohio 25 53.04 Georgia 26 52.14 Alaska 27 50.07 Hawaii 28 49.54 Alabama 29 49.08 Montana 30 48.77 Idaho 31 48.13 Texas 32 45.28 Indiana 33 44.71 Missouri 34 43.01 Kansas 35 42.58 Iowa 36 42.33 Maine 37 40.28 Tennessee 38 38.76 Wyoming 39 38.67 North Dakota 40 36.48 Florida 41 35.18 South Carolina 42 34.46 Mississippi 43 32.00 Oklahoma 44 27.52 Kentucky 45 25.24 Nevada 46 24.85 Louisiana 47 22.81 West Virginia 48 22.77 South Dakota 49 21.03 Arkansas 50 16.37

2002 State Rank Average Score Massachusetts 1 92.20 Colorado 2 79.91 Rhode Island 3 79.20 California 4 77.92 Maryland 5 75.99 New Mexico 6 73.97 Delaware 7 72.28 Utah 8 70.24 Washington 9 68.47 New Hampshire 10 67.52 Connecticut 11 65.69 Virginia 12 63.20 Pennsylvania 13 61.85 New York 14 60.59 New Jersey 15 58.20 Arizona 16 56.84 North Carolina 17 54.59 Michigan 18 54.39 Illinois 19 53.38 Alaska 20 52.69 Oregon 21 52.22 Ohio 22 51.25 Montana 23 50.85 Minnesota 24 50.21 Georgia 25 49.85 Alabama 26 48.05 Wisconsin 27 46.58 Texas 28 46.52 Indiana 29 43.51 Tennessee 30 43.18 Vermont 31 42.43 Iowa 32 42.14 Wyoming 33 41.97 Idaho 34 41.55 Kansas 35 41.46 Missouri 36 40.78 Hawaii 37 40.04 Nebraska 38 34.75 Florida 39 33.45 North Dakota 40 31.50 Maine 41 31.42 Mississippi 42 31.28 South Carolina 43 31.12 Nevada 44 31.01 Oklahoma 45 28.90 West Virginia 46 28.26 South Dakota 47 19.86 Louisiana 48 17.29 Kentucky 49 16.83 Arkansas 50 9.04

Academic R&D Dollars per Capita Average Annual Number of STTR Awards per 10,000 Business Establishments Competitive NSF Proposal Funding Rate Federal R&D Dollars per Capita Industry R &D Dollars per Capita National Science Foundation Funding per $100,000 of GSP National Science Foundation Research Funding per $100,000 of GSP R&D Expenditures on Agricultural Sciences, US$ per Capita R&D Expenditures on Biomedical Sciences, US$ per Capita R&D Expenditures on Engineering, US$ per Capita R&D Expenditures on Environmental Sciences, US$ per Capita R&D Expenditures on Life Sciences, US$ per Capita R&D Expenditures on Math and Computer Sciences, US$ per Capita R&D Expenditures on Physical Sciences, US$ per Capita SBIR Awards per 10,000 Business Establishments, Phase I SBIR Awards per 10,000 Business Establishments, Phase II SBIR Awards per 100,000 People STTR Award Dollars per $1 Million of GSP

^*Note: New indicators were incorporated and methodologies changed between indices publications. Please check publications for specific changes and limitations to cross-year comparison.