State Technology and Science Index

Technology Concentration and Dynamism Composite Index*

This measures the stock of capable entrepreneurs and risk capital available to support the conversion of research into commercially viable technology products and services.  Ten 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 Utah 1 85.40 Maryland 2 80.40 Virginia 3 77.40 New Mexico 4 75.00 Colorado 5 74.40 Arizona 6 74.20 California 7 72.60 Washington 8 72.40 New Jersey 9 71.60 New Hampshire 10 71.33 Massachusetts 11 71.20 Idaho 12 69.20 Rhode Island 13 66.44 Connecticut 14 66.20 Texas 15 65.60 Oregon 16 63.60 Georgia 17 63.00 Kansas 18 61.60 Florida 19 61.40 Minnesota 19 61.40 Delaware 21 60.40 North Carolina 22 60.00 Nevada 23 59.78 Vermont 24 57.40 Alabama 25 57.00 Montana 26 54.89 Indiana 27 52.00 Pennsylvania 28 51.20 New York 29 50.40 Hawaii 30 49.50 Illinois 31 47.00 South Carolina 32 45.20 Missouri 33 44.80 Wisconsin 33 44.80 North Dakota 35 43.78 Alaska 36 42.44 Wyoming 37 41.50 Arkansas 38 40.60 Iowa 39 39.80 Kentucky 40 39.11 Maine 41 38.75 Nebraska 42 38.22 Michigan 43 35.00 Tennessee 44 32.44 West Virginia 45 32.00 Oklahoma 46 30.89 South Dakota 47 30.25 Ohio 48 28.80 Mississippi 49 27.78 Louisiana 50 26.00

2004 State Rank Average Score Virginia 1 90.40 Colorado 2 86.00 Massachusetts 3 84.80 California 4 84.20 New Jersey 5 83.40 Maryland 6 83.00 New Hampshire 7 76.40 Utah 7 76.40 Delaware 9 73.80 Georgia 10 71.80 Minnesota 11 70.80 Texas 12 66.60 Washington 13 65.40 Connecticut 14 63.40 Pennsylvania 15 63.00 Illinois 16 59.20 Arizona 17 58.80 Oregon 18 57.80 Indiana 19 57.60 Kansas 19 57.60 Rhode Island 21 57.40 Idaho 22 56.80 Michigan 23 56.60 Ohio 24 56.40 New York 25 56.00 North Carolina 26 55.80 Vermont 27 55.60 Nevada 28 54.40 Florida 29 49.60 Wisconsin 30 48.60 New Mexico 31 48.40 Oklahoma 32 47.60 Kentucky 33 46.60 Alabama 34 42.60 Missouri 35 40.00 South Carolina 35 40.00 Montana 37 38.80 Nebraska 38 37.60 West Virginia 38 37.60 Louisiana 40 36.60 Iowa 41 35.40 Tennessee 42 34.20 Alaska 43 33.60 Arkansas 44 31.60 Maine 45 30.20 Wyoming 46 27.60 Hawaii 47 26.60 North Dakota 48 25.60 South Dakota 49 25.40 Mississippi 50 19.40

2002 State Rank Average Score Virginia 1 91.00 Colorado 2 88.60 California 3 86.20 Massachusetts 4 83.00 New Jersey 5 80.20 Maryland 6 79.80 Utah 7 78.20 Delaware 8 77.40 Washington 9 77.40 New Hampshire 10 77.20 Texas 11 73.80 Georgia 12 73.20 Minnesota 13 73.20 Connecticut 14 66.20 Kansas 15 64.60 Arizona 16 59.80 Idaho 17 59.00 Illinois 18 59.20 Pennsylvania 19 58.60 North Carolina 20 57.80 Michigan 21 57.20 New York 22 56.20 Nevada 23 56.20 Florida 24 55.00 Indiana 25 53.20 Rhode Island 26 53.00 Oregon 27 52.00 Ohio 28 50.80 Vermont 29 49.00 Wisconsin 30 46.80 Kentucky 31 46.40 Oklahoma 32 45.00 New Mexico 33 44.60 South Carolina 34 40.40 Louisiana 35 39.40 Missouri 36 38.80 Montana 37 37.20 Alabama 38 37.00 Wyoming 39 35.80 Tennessee 40 35.20 Iowa 41 34.40 West Virginia 42 33.40 South Dakota 43 33.00 Alaska 44 32.40 Arkansas 45 32.00 Maine 46 29.60 Nebraska 47 28.80 North Dakota 48 28.60 Mississippi 49 19.20 Hawaii 50 13.80

Average Yearly Growth of High-Tech Industries Net Formation of High-Tech Establishments per 10,000 Business Establishments Number of High-Tech Industries Growing Faster than U.S. Average Number of High-Tech Industries with LQ Higher than 1.0 Number of Inc. 500 Companies per 10,000 Business Establishments Number of Technology Fast 500 Companies per 10,000 Business Establishments Percent of Employment in High-Tech NAICS Codes Percent of Establishment Births in High-Tech NAICS Codes Percent of Establishments in High-Tech NAICS Codes Percent of Payroll in in High-Tech NAICS Codes

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