Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers Moneytree Survey, available here and the U.S. Census Annual Population Estimate
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Academic science and engineering R&D per $1,000 of gross domestic product, by state: 2004–2009
| Academic S&E R&D ($)/ $1,000 GDP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| United States | 3.66 | 3.64 | 3.58 | 3.53 | 3.63 | 3.91 |
| Alabama | 4.03 | 3.90 | 3.78 | 3.95 | 4.17 | 4.57 |
| Alaska | 4.26 | 4.06 | 3.90 | 3.59 | 2.27 | 2.89 |
| Arizona | 3.23 | 3.23 | 3.10 | 3.01 | 3.19 | 3.50 |
| Arkansas | 2.19 | 2.37 | 2.54 | 2.47 | 2.48 | 2.43 |
| California | 3.83 | 3.70 | 3.60 | 3.59 | 3.68 | 4.01 |
| Colorado | 3.83 | 3.79 | 3.56 | 3.59 | 3.63 | 4.22 |
| Connecticut | 3.44 | 3.40 | 3.29 | 3.11 | 3.24 | 3.31 |
| Delaware | 2.24 | 2.11 | 2.15 | 2.09 | 2.27 | 2.21 |
| District of Columbia | 3.88 | 3.66 | 3.40 | 3.54 | 3.79 | 3.29 |
| Florida | 2.10 | 2.13 | 2.08 | 2.04 | 2.13 | 2.27 |
| Georgia | 3.56 | 3.51 | 3.41 | 3.47 | 3.75 | 3.97 |
| Hawaii | 4.62 | 4.22 | 4.21 | 4.27 | 4.22 | 4.59 |
| Idaho | 2.65 | 2.46 | 2.21 | 2.10 | 2.06 | 2.25 |
| Illinois | 3.13 | 3.11 | 3.03 | 2.97 | 3.10 | 3.34 |
| Indiana | 3.63 | 3.17 | 3.30 | 3.05 | 3.62 | 3.87 |
| Iowa | 4.58 | 4.56 | 4.61 | 4.37 | 3.91 | 4.13 |
| Kansas | 3.33 | 3.32 | 3.16 | 3.10 | 3.22 | 3.60 |
| Kentucky | 3.22 | 3.25 | 3.26 | 3.32 | 3.25 | 3.47 |
| Louisiana | 3.26 | 2.94 | 2.67 | 2.90 | 3.09 | 3.27 |
| Maine | 2.24 | 2.12 | 2.52 | 2.79 | 2.56 | 2.57 |
| Maryland | 9.77 | 9.50 | 9.69 | 9.29 | 9.75 | 10.60 |
| Massachusetts | 6.44 | 6.43 | 6.29 | 6.15 | 6.21 | 6.83 |
| Michigan | 3.83 | 3.88 | 3.91 | 3.90 | 4.24 | 4.71 |
| Minnesota | 2.36 | 2.34 | 2.46 | 2.50 | 2.66 | 2.93 |
| Mississippi | 4.48 | 4.33 | 4.29 | 4.41 | 4.20 | 4.42 |
| Missouri | 4.03 | 4.12 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 3.98 | 4.24 |
| Montana | 5.55 | 5.68 | 5.35 | 5.10 | 5.18 | 5.19 |
| Nebraska | 4.67 | 4.97 | 4.69 | 4.44 | 4.43 | 4.56 |
| Nevada | 1.63 | 1.56 | 1.57 | 1.41 | 1.44 | 1.46 |
| New Hampshire | 5.40 | 5.36 | 5.62 | 5.31 | 5.14 | 5.05 |
| New Jersey | 1.96 | 2.01 | 1.89 | 1.83 | 1.81 | 1.94 |
| New Mexico | 4.73 | 5.33 | 5.90 | 5.52 | 5.40 | 5.66 |
| New York | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.68 | 3.65 | 3.65 | 3.86 |
| North Carolina | 4.42 | 4.66 | 4.51 | 4.74 | 4.90 | 5.31 |
| North Dakota | 6.50 | 6.08 | 6.14 | 5.94 | 5.71 | 5.87 |
| Ohio | 3.08 | 3.44 | 3.61 | 3.86 | 3.88 | 4.10 |
| Oklahoma | 2.52 | 2.42 | 2.26 | 2.13 | 2.19 | 2.36 |
| Oregon | 3.68 | 3.74 | 3.48 | 3.44 | 3.41 | 3.80 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.78 | 4.91 | 4.79 | 4.58 | 4.78 | 4.98 |
| Rhode Island | 4.48 | 4.52 | 4.95 | 4.87 | 4.99 | 5.19 |
| South Carolina | 3.38 | 3.44 | 3.51 | 3.60 | 3.61 | 3.85 |
| South Dakota | 1.92 | 2.12 | 2.24 | 2.32 | 2.40 | 2.67 |
| Tennessee | 3.08 | 3.23 | 3.14 | 3.14 | 3.18 | 3.42 |
| Texas | 3.17 | 3.17 | 3.10 | 2.98 | 3.11 | 3.47 |
| Utah | 4.93 | 4.41 | 4.11 | 3.79 | 3.79 | 4.50 |
| Vermont | 5.28 | 5.16 | 5.23 | 4.77 | 4.76 | 5.08 |
| Virginia | 2.57 | 2.55 | 2.52 | 2.50 | 2.61 | 2.66 |
| Washington | 3.48 | 3.23 | 3.29 | 3.02 | 3.16 | 3.27 |
| West Virginia | 2.77 | 2.82 | 2.72 | 2.93 | 2.89 | 2.86 |
| Wisconsin | 4.57 | 4.57 | 4.54 | 4.50 | 4.67 | 5.02 |
| Wyoming | 2.58 | 3.18 | 2.91 | 2.37 | 1.92 | 2.11 |